Easter in Florida

 This is the only day I pulled out the real camera... going through these pictures and taking the time to blog them reminded me why! It just takes so much time!  But I'm glad I have at least a few captured with more than the iphone.

Hope your Easter was colorful and sweet and full of happy kids and too much food .... like ours.

What? It's still Spring...

I was perusing my picture folder and realized I'd never blogged our easter weekend in San Diego... for record's sake, here is a "pile" of photos.

Busy:

-Trying to remember how to run to see if I could physically (literally) survive the Napa Valley Ragnar.

- Shimmying around the house because my muscles are too sore for anything else.

- Cooking for dinner group. This week I did this Thai Chicken Salad.

- Getting shots for Mila and Finn. They were both champs.

- Eating 8 dollar yogurts from yogurt island. Not because yogurt island is expensive, but because I have a disease and I CANNOT control myself at a u-serve yogurt joint and I ALWAYS get the largest in the group. Even when I tell myself the whole way there that I WILL NOT.

- Hearing Ross wander around the house watching cross-fit clips on his iphone. He is obsessed... I'm convinced it's a cult. Just kidding... it sounds pretty amazing.

- Hanging tons of frames on the girls' wall to create a big gallery wall... now wondering if I need to simplify to a few identical in a row instead...

- Video taping Mila sing Justin Beiber. I think I might have to blog it-- it's dang cute.

Clearly all real check-list items that take lots of time. It's no wonder I've had the same stack of laundry on my dining table for like 5 days.

The last of Nana and Papa's house

Sophia gets stars in her eyes when she's with nana. I'm always amazed by it, since she doesn't really get THAT much time with her. She's a busy, parallegal, nana-of-19 type nana. I feel like Sophia can just really feel that she's MY mommy. And she has this instant, tender bond... like she trusts her implicitly. And it helps that she's like the funnest, happiest woman you've ever met.

I asked her the other day in the car if she missed Nana and Papa.

"Yeah--- I miss them a lot. I LOVE nana and papa."

Why do you love your nana?

I love her because she dances with me, and she makes me white toast, and she gives me a BIG chocolate popsicle, and she lets me watch cartoons in her bed with her....

Why do you love papa?

Because Papa's CRAZY. And that's only one thing. Let's talk about nana again.

She loves you too Kirk. :) That lady's some serious competition.

More of the beach at Easter...

Met for a picnic at the beach with Mom and Kirk, and Ian and his boys.... there are few things as good for my soul as the ocean. Dramatic, I know. But really--- I felt like it cleared parts of my mind I forgot I had in there.

I was laying flat most of the time buried in Ross' clothes, trying to avoid the freezing cold breeze--- and Sophia insisted on getting in her suit to romp around in the frigid water. She's tough.

One of my favorite self-portraits. You can almost tell just how good my body looks in my stretchy target skirt with Ross' over sized fleece. Did I mention it was FREEZING. I remind myself of Rosario from "Will and Grace". What if the head to body ratio was for reals? Cuuuuute.

I just attended a photography workshop in AZ this weekend by BLUE LILY--- my brain is FILLED to the brim (is it brim or rim? suddenly they both sound right.... or wrong?) with new information and skeeeeels. I can't wait to unleash. These two were some of the most endearing, loveable, down-to-earth people I've met. I loved them. No I still love them. I'm worried I'm going to weird them out now because I think we're really REALLY friends. They were humble yet brilliant--- open books--- so happy to share the wealth of knowledge they've acquired. I feel like I've got a whole new bag of tricks. Thank you Whitacres! I can't wait to post some stuff from the workshop. But my behind is BEhind.

Posted a new engagement shoot I did over on the photo-blog. And while it's not long and flowy, I think I found myself a "field" in this barren desert.