Life. Is so uncertain.

I smile as I hear Lyle Lovett speak those words in my ear playing from the iPod in "Here I am."
Facebook has changed my life and turned "my world" on it's ear. The world in which I claimed anonymity and hid under the shroud of motherhood to a newborn and then a demanding toddler. Over the past year, I have been "facebook found" by hometown friends and all those college friends that I had lost touch with along the way.  Suddenly, I wasn't so lonely anymore and come to find out *so* many of my friends are in the exact same boat but perhaps theirs is a little more crowded with the number of eyeballs looking back at them. Still the effect is the same and we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief and laugh at each other to lighten the load.  My next client is one such college friend and we used to sport the same canary yellow polyester sorority jersey all around campus.  Let's not even mention the travel buff panty hose, okay?

To say I adored our session and time together is a gross understatement. Motherhood by itself is chaotic, then throw in trying to capture some laid back photographic magic and there was hardly enough time to slip in a catch up word edgewise.  Still, I walked away so delighted on so many different levels.  It is a priceless feeling to feel known by a friend and it is such a deep honor to get to know her lovely kids.  Thank you for the lovely morning, dear friend. I'm touched to be able to offer this sneak peek to you.  I hope all your days are glorious!



 

   
  

Color me black and red as I sport our favorite home team's colors.  This sparky girl has just what it takes to go very far in life: a go-getter attitude, lover of all things volleyball, and she's got this amazing mother who adores her and loves her and makes sure she gets her homework done, too. I've been working with her mother in Dr Eaddy's Dental office in Lakeway ever since we moved here in 2006, and I just love everything they do.  The doctor has a New England background to which this re-born Texan by the way of Boston I'm partial.  Check out beautiful senior girl! Here's to an amazing year and going all the way to State in '09.  Eye on the Prize, lady volleyballers!

How unfair is life!  Just when I want the words to flow and flow like butter on a hot roll, I get no help from the brain. All I can do is show you the world's cutest ten month old boy and the world's cutest one year old girl.  I will tell you both of the mom's are dear friends - one is new and the other is old. One silver, one gold. It's been an interesting year for me personally and having these women beside me has given great comfort and joy to the journey. 
Enjoy the blogshows, friends! And keep your eye out for flying pigs.  You'll find they are everywhere once you start to look for them.


 

Summertime, delicious-ain't-so-nutritious, summertime. I've been so guilty of taking the easy route drive-thru for mealtimes. The heat wave that's beseiged the Austin area is quite unwelcome and I so hate to complain, but really... if temps are already in the 100s how are we ever going to live until October when temps have been known to stay in the 100s then??  You think I jest but when you don't hear from me perhaps you should send out the search parties and comb the hot pavement for a shriveled up K-Ro (that's me). I wonder what my obit will say. I wonder if there will be anyone alive in Austin to read it. <Sigh> Nobody said the livin' was especially easy, but nobody said it would be this hard. Oh take me back to the staaarrt. (coldplay lyrics)

Without further ado from the comforts of my home studio AC, I now present to you the loveliest of families in a more formal set up than usual, but sometimes that's what it takes to document a family of many branches. I consider all my client families dear friends upon completion of our sessions. I just love my job to bits -- working with all shapes and sizes and attitudes and preconceived notions and best of all love.

Enjoy the sneaky peek and say cool! I mean that -- the cool part -- from the bottom of my heart. I love you, man. Choose Life and Live on strong.

Incidentally, "choose life" is another motto in my home. I use it whenever my daughter, Rosa Jane, is choking on her steak.  "Choose life, kid! Keep breathing. Fight for it!" and it always seems to work to our advantage... so far. Anything can happen!

(I really hope you can sense my dark sense of humor from over there at your computer. I'm practically laughing my head off. Blame my dad.  He always said you could drown in a teaspoon of water. He's a family practitioner and his laughter echos through the office with the sicker his patients tell him they are. Then everybody is laughing and the pain o' life seems to be a little bit less.)

"Rave On" by M. Ward has become my new favorite song on my iPhone repeat list. Love it to bits. Wouldn't you like to Rave On Faux-Toes by becoming a card-carrying fan on Facebook? Sure you would... but first realize you'll need your imagination and your squint eyes to pretend you have a real card to store next to your AMEX in your wallet. Impress your friends. :-)

Click on the big ol "FACEBOOK" logo above to be a fan... and you'll win a place in my heart forever.

I'm over the moon for what Lisa Woods of Now and Then Photography has done for me and my family. She met us in Gruene on the World's Longest day* to capture us in all our glory.  My stepdaughter was visiting from Chicago and brought along her Bay-area native boyfriend. The below image is by far my favorite.  I love that even RJ is giving us the "one-eye."
Click here to see more and to check out the super cool work of Lisa.  So glad she is my friend. Her friendship and camaraderie has infinitely increased the quality of my life and inspired my work as a photographer.  Thank you, Lisa.  I love you to bits!