Clicking photos of my sweet nieces!

Riley and I had such a fun time visiting my sister and my sweet twin nieces in Wilmington, NC!  With such absolute cuteness all around me of course I HAD to take the opportunity to get to clickin'!! The girls were so much fun to photograph!  Here are a few of my favorites...

And of course Riley had to get in on the action...

What a fun weekend with my sweet nieces and my sister Jolie!  Easy to keep on clickin' when the subjects are so darn adorable!!!

I Heart Faces: Enjoying Life Photo Challenge

Pillow fights and the tooth fairy.... what could be better than that for a six year old??! I had so much fun capturing photos of my son's toothless grin! I captured this image just after a late afternoon pillow fight - one of my son's very favorite pastimes.

I immediately thought of this photo when I Heart Faces posted the theme for their newest Photo Challenge: Enjoying Life.  Looking at that smile on his face, regardless of how the contest turns out, I feel like a winner!

This photo was submitted to the I Heart Faces photo challenge – www.iheartfaces.com

Aperture what??!!

I heart The Pioneer Woman! Seriously, she is a woman after my own heart! She loves photography and yummy food and, luckily for me, loves to share all of her delicious recipes and photography tips.  

Here is a link to a tutorial she posted on her blog that really helps explain some of the confusion behind aperture.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/2008/05/what-the-heck-is-an-aperture-part-one/

Do you wake up "full of awesome"?

If you have not read the blog post I link to in the picture below then you definently need to do so!

My 5 year old son wakes up every single day FULL OF AWESOME and experiencing that with him is one of the best parts of my day! I am going to make it my mission to ensure that no one ever steals his awesome away from him...

I am also going to print this message out, put it in a frame and keep it on my desk in my home office right by my computer to remind me every single day that I will not let anyone steal my awesome!

Click on the picture to read more about being Full of Awesome .....

Full Of Awesome!

What a powerful message! How does this post inspire you to be AWESOME?

Summer Vacation Wild Dunes

Some fun clicks of our vacation at Wild Dunes in Isle of Palms, SC! Love seeing my two favorite guys having fun in the sun and surf! The top is a shot of my son boogie boarding.  It was his first time and he is definently hooked!  What a great memory and isn't that what photos are all about?

Little Shutterbug

Looks like we have another shutterbug in our household...

Tub Time

What mom doesn't just LOVE to click that shot of their child rub-a-dub-dubbing?  My son likes to spike his hair up with soap like Astro Boy!