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Happy Birthday Mom!

My mom celebrated her 60th birthday on Friday! I am so excited for her this is such a big milestone. A new beginning of sorts. She has endured more than her fair share in the last few years and it is so great to see her looking so good, feeling so good and doing so well for herself. My mom is the type of mom everyone loves! When I was a teen she was the one to schlep me and all my friends to the mall, the movies, or she would open up our home to sleep overs, even when my friends and I made a big mess and ate all the food. If you know her you love her and if you don't know her you would lover her. Isn't she beautiful? Happy Birthday Mom!! We love you!

**ETA: I just noticed we smile the same***

I love this shot of her and Alex.

oh no he didn't!!

So I went to the local camera shop to rent a lens to play around with this weekend and because Alex had the day off from school he went with me. Welllllll outings with him seem to always make for a rather interesting and sometimes awkward moments and today was no different. I think he was channeling his inner Nick today. This is short so pay attention or you might miss it lol

Me: handing my credit card over the the cashier

Alex SHOUTS: HEY MOM WHERES YOUR CASH!

Oh no he didn't.

I do love him for this sort of thing though. He totally has my personality, we are in so much trouble.

And with that I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Happy Birthday

Today is Nick's birthday. I wont tell you how old he is or he will kick my ass. As I write this, the poor guy is stuck in traffic, heading back from Santa Monica in the pouring rain.

This is my best friend. This is the best father a little boy could have. He is the best son a mother and father could have, and if you ask my mom, there is no other son in law that could even compare to him. Without his love and support there is no way on this earth I could follow this crazy dream of mine. There is no way I would be able to leave a sure thing job to pursue something, so new and a road less traveled if you will. I am eternally grateful to have him in my life and I thank God everyday for him, and so does Alex.

We love you and happy birthday. Alex made him the coolest cake, complete with marshmallows, chocolate chips, and enough candles to keep the entire place lit should we have a blackout from this storm.

Lake Arrowhead

This is one of our favorite places to go as a family. Nick mentioned the day before that we should head up there for the day to hang out, do a little shopping, and just be together. Around this time of year we always get so caught up in the shopping and the craziness of it all that we forget to stop and remember what it's really all about. Not yesterday. We had a blast and it was definitely worth the drive up there. We thought we would see some snow and actually hyped it up to Alex, but no luck in the snow department but it was a gorgeous day. You could spot the three of us from miles away as we were dressed in our "we're not from around here" outfits. We were freezing while some of the locals where wearing shorts! You could easily spot those of us who were visiting from the city. Here are a some pics of the tourists :)

Alex had a blast feeding the ducks.

These were all taken with Nicks iPhone which I think did a pretty dang good job.

After we came back from Arrowhead we headed over to STATS in Pasadena for decorating inspiration. I just love that store!

Pass the wine.

This is gonna be cheesy! Sorry gotta do the shout out to the husband. Hes really going to kill me for posting this, but I figure if you are going to trust me with your family then I should at least introduce you to mine. He is the brains behind my blog banner, all my cool designs and really my inspiration for my photography.He is an amazing artist and I feel really lucky right now to be doing this and have him be such a huge part of it. So far he says I am the worst client he has ever had. Nice.