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I have been “tagged” by my sister-in-law, Natalie, and also was prompted to give this question some thought from a post on the Espinoza’s blog.

The question is:
What three skills or hobbies would you learn if you had all the time, tools, and money you needed?

My top three?

1. I would LOVE to learn how to cut hair. I don’t know why, but I think it would be amazingly fun and it would be an interesting creative outlet… if anyone would be willing to let me get “creative” with their hair. Yikes. That actually sounds scary when I put it that way.

2. Someday I would like to learn to dance. We didn’t really do any dancing growing up, so I’ve always been a bit timid. But it looks like so much fun. One of these days I’ll just cut loose!

3. Fashion Design - How cool would it be to be able to design and sew my own clothes?! Wow!

Not far behind are skills such as cooking, scrapbooking, and… marketing. I’m weird.

What about you?

this face?

Baseball’s Opening Day is a big deal in our family. Particularly Opening Day for the Astros. So tonight we decided to start a new tradition and have a whole evening dedicated to all things baseball - peanuts and cracker jacks and all the rest. We had (and are still having, as the Astros game is just about to finally start) so much fun with it all.

(We also took some time to do some self-portraits since we don’t have any pictures of our family together at all!)

I was driving down the highway today and saw the first patch of bluebonnets. There were only about 10 of them in a tiny little patch, but they were there! It inspired me to take a long drive and kinda get away from things, if only for an hour or so. I love this time of year and all that it brings. Cool weather, grilling in the back yard, brightly colored dishes and patio furniture… I feel very blessed.

I always get quite a few requests for “bluebonnet portraits” this time of year, and I’ve always found them a little bit — tired, I guess. EVERYONE has pictures of their kids sitting in the middle of the bluebonnets, you know? It’s all the same. However, I think I’ve got some really cool bluebonnet pictures coming up. Here are a couple from last year.

I am not kidding when I tell you that my daughter BIT a chunk off of her bowl last night after dinner. A ceramic bowl. I mean… what is there to even say?! I didn’t even think that was possible without serious damage. My teeth hurt just thinking about it!

And I am WAY behind on blogging weddings and photo shoots. I’ve been having some Photoshop problems and have been too lazy to recreate all of my blog graphics again… and again… and again. (I need actions!) I should be getting it fixed soon though, so I will try to get caught up!

Tuesday morning I walked into my office to find that my husband had decorated my office for me and bought me flowers for my birthday. What a guy!

I’ve had a camera for just about as long as I can remember. And for as long as I can remember, I loved dressing up my little sister and her friends in ridiculous things and then doing “photo shoots”. So this is a tribute to Valerie and Deena who were always willing models, and who helped me build my portfolio with images like this. I took this image when I was about 10, I think. (Note the hand made backdrop!)

Keep your eyes open for more pics from the Archives!

My mom e-mailed me this picture this morning. My daughter looked at it and said, “Oh look, it’s me… but who are those kids? I don’t remember that!” I had trouble convincing her that the little girl in the picture was actually me with my cousins oh so many years ago.

I went to a shower for a friend of ours, Barb. She and her huband, JD, have been great friends to us and are expecting their first baby very soon! (It’s a girl!) The shower was at Johnny Carino’s, which was awesome, and everything was great! (Thanks Kelly and Kara for being such great hostesses!)

The LOVELY Barb!

Kara MADE this cake, by the way! How AWESOME is that?!

My wonderful sister-in-law…