You know the one…your wedding dress. Take a walk down memory lane to your wedding day and how beautiful you felt as you stepped into that gown. I hope you can feel that beautiful everyday – because you are.

Here is Miss Kelli on her big day. She was a cross between Jennifer Love Hewitt and Audrey Hepburn. Beautiful, graceful, elegant, and so sweetly nervous. (This will be part one in a series of posts over the next few weeks.)

I love this one of her Mama, Jan, looking so proud.

I love and adore Etsy. I’ve started buying entirely too much as much as I can there (of things I would normally buy…hahahahahahahaha)

Behold, my latest arrival. These are little houses made of felt that I am going to hang on the girls’ doorknobs (or maybe at eye level on the outside of their doors). They are spectacularly lovely. Maria made them custom for me. Natalie has a butterfly theme in her room, and Lily has flowers. Each one was $20. They were sooooo worth it. Maria, from the shop Intres, lives in Spain! How cool is that? They came all wrapped in a package too beautiful to open. Anyway, someone you know needs one of these! (these are the front and back of each)

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but if not – it’s cute and muy importante.

I had a shoot with a wonderful returning family yesterday waaaaaay down in League City. On my way there I saw so many signs of Ike; tons of billboards, signs, trees and roofs torn apart. It made me feel sad all over again. Then, I got behind a guy headed south on the freeway in a beat up old Jeep Wrangler with the warm coastal wind blowing through his vehicle. I felt proud of the Gulf Coast, knowing it will rebuild slowly but surely.

The weekend right before Ike I was in Galveston with friends from Arlington. We stayed at a hotel on the strand, took their family pictures at Murdoch’s, ate at a cool little restaurant off the strand in the historic district, played on Stuart Beach. All were affected or destroyed (Murdoch’s!!) by that rascal Ike. I will post pictures of our trip in a few days. I saw this one in my batch this morning and it just asked to be posted today.

Remember Kelli and Travis and their engagement pictures several posts back? Well, Kelli works on this beautiful horse farm in Magnolia. While I was snapping their engagement session I begged to take pictures of the horses, too. The following pictures are of two baby colts (I hope that’s the right term!). One is named Picasso (he’s the one with the perfectly healthy blue AND brown eyes), and the other guy is Concerto. Arent’ those beautiful names? Horses bring out the child in people I think. I felt all giddy and excited around them. They are so majestic. It’s not unlike photographing people – they are wildly expressive. Y’all know I like my portraits as intimate as possible, so get ready for some whiskers and nostrils!