during the start of this year we were invited to spend time with our best friends at their texas ranch.  i had a wonderful time there and it was a nice relaxing start to the new year. 

one thing that i have little time to do these days is shoot for myself.  i find that it is hard to pick up a camera at the end of the day so rarely do i challenge myself to create for me.  while away i took my camera out to the horse barn and captured some shots of these beautiful animals.  they were eager to pose for me and i may enlarge a few for some art work on our walls (another project that has been put to the side).  now the only hard part is picking which ones to print, size of prints and what wall to place them on.

stella, who is four, had lots of fun playing with her little friend and going on fishing trips with dad.  she even took on to horse back riding with my dear friend ashley.  one goal in 2010 is to pick up my camera for myself!

happy friday.

my sister and brother in law have been here in houston for the holidays and  i got the chance to meet my nephew for the first time.  can i say that i am in love with this child.. he is yummy and so fun to be around. getting him to chuckle is about the funniest thing and you often find him smiling at you if you make a funny face.

for christmas i received a 35mm 1.4 lens so it was necessary to find a model to play with.  it certainly helped me capture some fun ones.


he loves his mommy. blue eyes are bright. cousins - stella loves playing with owen and she insisted that she take a photo with him too! i love this shot below. crazy face.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2010!  Thanks to QUESO for our card!

All of my life has been spent in the south and little does it snow here.  I can only recall a couple of times that snow actually stuck.  Today has been beautiful and we have had fun playing in it.  I have a child who is like me and would rather be sitting on the couch curled up with a nice cup of hot coco but I managed to get her to put on what winter clothes she had and play with me for a bit!  I love some of these shots too. Hope that you feel a glimmer of the Holiday season!

this is bitter sweet because i love watching my friends but i hate that i cannot be there!  here is a fun video of the marfa trip girls in bend, oregon.  they look like they had a great time! below is a photo from photogen inc!

here is the link!