It's never too late...

to share a little about the fantastic workshop I attended in Cali.

I stayed with Julie.

Who was so kind to open her home to me,

chat with me, and even fed me breakfast the next morning.

The workshop i attended?

Put on by the FABULOUSLY talented

Tonya of Tonya Joy Photography.

This woman is just ridiculously talented,

in design, in photography, in life.

She's gorgeous, has one very beautiful family

and she's totally just as sweet as you'd expect.

I soaked in all her awesomeness 

and learned so much

about photography and myself.

It was fantastic.

First a styled shoot with a sweet and beautiful family.

Isn't Kelsey stunning!?

In the late afternoon, the sun did not cooperate, 

but we had a great couple who totally rocked it for us.

 Mallory and Cody were so great.

 And I've recently found out that they just got engaged! 

 So many great deals carried out by Tonya and her talented team!

While I was in Cali, I got to make a few sight seeing stops as well.

Santa Monica Pier. 

Next up on the blog... a workshop with AshleyAnn. 

I was so spoiled in 2010!

So much neglect.

My poor blog.

I have neglected it so much.

not on purpose

and not really because 

I don't have the time.

Just been putting my time

into other things recently, I guess.

So I wanted to pop in today

and share a few pictures that I took

of one of my very good friends the other day.

Her birthday is today.

And she is a beautiful person

both inside and out.

sweet, caring, hilarious.

Everybody needs a Shelly in their lives.

I made her take some with balloons too

but my hard drive died last night

Luckily I did a back up at the end of December.

And we should be able to recover most of january photos

from my memory cards.

Birthday Strawberries.

We got chocolate covered strawberries

instead of cake.

They were Delish! 

I loved the imprint the strawberry left on the chocolate :)

Three

Happy 3rd Birthday to my baby girl!

I can't believe you're three.

Time has flown so fast... too fast.

You are becoming such a funny, beautiful and smart little girl.

Kenzie: "I'm three!?  I'm not two anymore? 

Me: "Nope you're not two anymore"

Kenzie: "I'm three! I'm three! I'm three!"

Moments like these...

 I want to remember forever.
I love playing with and chatting it up
with my silly little girl.

This weekend we talked in bed one night,
and I asked what her favorite food was...
Her reply?
"Dessert!!"

The next day she came in and said,
"Can we talk about things?"
Sure Kenzie, what things do you want to talk about?
"Everything! Just want to talk"

She's growing up way too fast.
We had her party yesterday.

She turns 3 tomorrow.
3 going on 13.
I can't take it. My heart can't take it.

But i do love seeing the person she's becoming.
That part is fun :)

Just because...

My hubby sent me flowers today.

just to say he loves me.

...and yes, 

after I thanked the nice lady

who delivered them to my door

and set them on the table

... I did cry.

It was just exactly what I needed today.

First Snow 2011

Our First Snow in Dallas this year...













I love snow.
Its magical and beautiful.
I'd love to go somewhere and learn to snowboard.

I love when snow comes for a visit.

Kenzie does too.