Bosh Images has a twitter account. At first it caused me anxiety to come up with clever things on the whim throughout the day. But once I let go of the fact that I am not super witty, and that that is okay, I started posting updates. I only mention this because if you would like to connect via twitter that would be cool. I need as many people as I can so I can start re-tweeting what you say!
And boy am I on a roll with this blog posting! I feel super motivated today. But beware, these eyes are a knockout in their own right! Not to mention such a hot mamma! Nice to meet you sweet Ava.
Remember this sweet sweet face? It used to be on my splash page. Everyone would ask about her, and tons of girls came to me sporting pigtails….she is now setting a new trend!
Big green bows. All the rage! Go out and get them. So cute Leigh, here is the first sneek peak of the bunch. 
I know many of you are waiting to see your own preview from our sessions together. But as I was working on everyone’s stuff, I took a break to look back at a bar-b-q we had last week, and couldn’t resist posting this image. Back to work, I will get your sneak peeks up soon.
Sure, I have never been sold on the hold-up-anything, clean-away any mess, type of products that I have seen on infomercials, but it was easy to see right through the cheese. For my four-year old, cheese is like candy. Cartoons are cheesy, poop jokes couldn’t get cheesier, so I guess these 30 seconds of wonder fall right into his radar.
He at one time was convinced that my life would be much simpler if I would just buy a purse that had one trillion pockets and could hold everything including an umbrella. The umbrella is what got him I am sure. For goodness sakes CJ, it rains three times a year here, and I know how to get to my keys at the bottom of my purse in under three minutes, flat.
So the latest item on CJ’s wish list is the snuggie. Yes, just in time for the summer heat, a blanket that will keep me warm. I can’t wait…. secretly, it looks kind of cool. Maybe……
And here is Ethan, a beautiful baby boy that actually (to my surprise) fell asleep the last half hour of our session! His two sisters were newborn subjects of mine, and now here I am, lucky enough to be a part of their baby boy coming into this world! I couldn’t be happier for the two of you.
This is a spin-off from this post:
Here I am. Lying down on a 12 foot surf board, yes lying down on my tummy instead of standing up paddling with the paddle I lay on. My arms are so tired of paddling in the cold water against the strong current and wind here on the lake of Michigan, and I want to give up. But I WILL make it to the pier that looks a mile from me right now. A bet was made against me making it to the pier. So after falling off the board five times in full clothing, I am determined to make it there. Although I exert all my energy and strength into each stroke, when I look to the shore I appear to be still in the water. Am I moving forward at all? An hour passes by. After passing a fellow paddler going the opposite way, (who is dry, smiling and standing up) I arrive at the pier. There is nothing here, no ice cream stand, just the sweet taste of victory, and my husband and boy cheering me on. We play in the sand, and I realize that the journey I took to get here will mean more to me than the destination. I mean really, there was sand a mile down the beach we could have played at.
So we are back from Michigan now. It was a strange journey, a sad and eventful one. In the airport, I cracked a very expensive lens, lost my purse somewhere along the coast of Lake Michigan with my ID whose job it is to get me back on the airplane to California. I traveled to Michigan to soak up all the information I could from a wonderful photographer, Amy Wenzel. But upon arriving in Amy’s town and attending the mixer the night before Amy got the worst news ever. Her husband called from a San Fransisco hospital to let her know that he has a brain tumor, and it doesn’t look good. All she wanted to do was fly out and be with him. She would have to cancel the workshop.
I walked back to the hotel room where my husband and boy were watching the Laker game, laughing it up. I sat on the bed just wanting to squeeze them to death, greatful for their health and the love our family shares. It was a blessing to have them come on this journey, but sad that it seemed to be all a big mistake to come so far. But everytime we travel together as a family, we learn something big. This trip helped me focus on the important things, my family and their health, and how thankful I am for those two things. It also taught me that sometimes life can be more fun when you focus on the journey, the ups and downs are what make it memorable. And who you travel with on that journey, makes all the difference. The destination is just an afterthought.
Sunday, May 31, 2009 Posted in family
It makes you a better parent, i know it does. But seriously sometimes when you say something to your four-year-old, and you have to follow through but don’t want to, and have to eat at Burger King instead of the best breakfast burrito joint in the nation, Ted’s, it really does stink. But now my word has credit, and my tummy has really bad food in it, and lesson is learned. I do think the next time I promise/wager with my kid, I will seriously give it some thought before it comes out of my mouth.
Thanks to this adorable family that makes it really hard for me to call what I do “work” because we just played the whole time. This is going to be a father’s day gift to daddy, and as it is probably a pretty safe call to say that he doesn’t read my blog- I will share some here.
Thursday, May 21, 2009 Posted in Charity
The Glass Slipper Guild is a group of women dedicated to support the doctors and research at CHOC hospital of Orange County. I had the pleasure of photographing this event with my mom. My hat goes off to the women to put this beautiful party together at the Balboa Bay Club. The ladies shown here put in numerous hours to see that every detail was attended to, and that everyone would have a good time. And let me tell you they went way over and beyond paying attention to every little detail.
This was an event where everywhere my camera faced there was laughter, smiles, and good times! If you would like to see a montage of all the fun, click play on the slide show below.
Thank you ladies for inviting me to be a part of this event! It was an honor!!!
Friday, May 15, 2009 Posted in Baby
Yes, I did it again. It is physically impossible for a newborn to sleep around all this fun and energy I bring into their homes. This time, Mateo was only one week old, and he was playing, smiling, looking around. Sure, mama said “all he does is sleep..” ahh, but have you heard of the baby whisperer entertainer? That is me.
Check this smile out!
But my favorite of the day. He looks right at me, as if to say….”stay and play, tia!” 
Besos, besos, and mas besos Mateo!
We have scheduled our May Anytime-art workshop date for May 30th at the Reniessance Hotel in Aliso Viejo.
Please emial us if you are interested in attending!
:Proof: I have a really really cool mom! Happy Mother’s Day weekend Mom!! I love you.
The roar of the crowd, crack of the bat, the smell of dodger dogs and suntan lotion, the hot sun giving me a strange suntan. Ahhhhh, sunday afternoons in Chavez Ravine are here again.
As I have said before, my memory is terrible. I forget everything from keys, to important milestones in our lives, and pictures are my way to remember it all forever. Looking back at all the dodger pictures we have, it was hard to chose only one from each year! But creating these memories is a family favorite. We have such a bond that is true dodger blue, and priceless, as master card would say. But it is true. 
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