about me:

i usually am getting up at 7:45 a.m. and this is no easy task as i have been up late working on something important and more recently up at 3:45 and 6:45 a.m. for nightly feedings of my newbaby boy. my husband, josh, is making sure that i am fully awake before he leaves for work. i love that he cares so much, but i hate to wake up. i may look into getting one of those alarms that rolls around the house until you wake up! after i decide to move, i am normally racing around the house getting stella, my four year old daughter, dressed and ready for her school day, or showering…it’s a great concept. morning cartoons are a must while breakfast is being served and lunch is made. this may sound like i am preparing a nice meal but it usually consists of a bowl of cereal….lunch is a frozen burrito, the organic kind, that makes me feel better. we are out the door by 8:46 and off to school. next, i make a quick stop to get some caffeine. you must know that i am addicted to that stuff! my order includes a double latte to go with a pretty design on the top! it’s the little things that brighten my day. if i am lucky i put a cube of raw sugar in there. i usually head over to the studio to check emails, edit, blog, work on orders (if i am not shooting a session). i may throwmyself a curve ball at take the day off if things are ahead-that’s unusual! after work i am busy with my daughter and four month old son…kids are demanding!!! we usually are off doing something that stimulates their little brains. this may include the following: an outing at the park, gymnastics class, a play date, painting nails, feeding leon, cleaning dirty diapers, dress up, hanging out at the studio playing with the copy machine, or an outing to target to look for toys. Come 6 pm we are all hungry and cranky. we try to decide where to eat dinner or what to eat for dinner. usually we are heading out for dinner because i did not think about eating until now and hate to cook and go to the grocery store. if there is food on the table it is because josh did it! he should get the "husband of the year" award. the kids get a bath and ready for bed - we read a book or sing some songs and i try really hard not to end up in her bed for the night. by now i am ready to sleep….but i am back up again and either working on something or hanging out with josh. we love to watch tv and veg out with a good glass of wine. the food network (i pretend to like cooking), the office, modern family and the middle are what we love to watch. josh may surprise me with one of his netflix picks; they are really bad choices most of the time. once a week we try to go on a non-romantic date which includes sushi and starring at the man making it. peaceful dinners are nice. :) whew, that was a mouthful.

on a more serious note, here are a few deeper passions that i have: a good conversation with listening ears, a long laugh, the way my kids smell in the morning, coca cola, a clean desk, a to do list (done), being organized, clean sheets, traveling to fun places, good music, mexico,marfa texas, vegging out in front of the tv, my mac comptuer, real people, and my family and friends.

i find it to be a privilege to capture life.

photo by clint shuttelsworth