Last Sunday, Mark & I had a great time hanging out with Nate and his dad down by the river. Nathan is a senior so we met to take a few casual senior portraits. Briar, their beautiful, friendly lab joined us. Today I started going through all the images and wanted to share this one as a sneak preview…. 
Thank you, guys, for a fun afternoon!
Last weekend one of our good friends celebrated her third birthday. I just love how expressive she is….
Happy girl!
I think she's loving the gift she just opened...
Concentrating...
"Ahhhh...I love my Holly."
Tonight I’m feeling full – so grateful for these days. Yesterday I had such a great time with my 7 year old and her class; we went on a field trip to the Sacramento Zoo. It was so fun to speed around the zoo with happy, energetic first graders. And today, I went on another “field trip” =) with two wonderful friends to Napa. We had a tasty picnic and a beautiful day together.
A few pictures…
This old guy was loving the sunshine.
She was watching us….
And now a few pictures from Napa:
Yes, these are garbage cans but old wine barrells always look pretty cool =)
Flowers everywhere…
Here is just one of the truly splendid views from Mount Diablo…
(This was carved into a large rock at Mount Diablo. I find it fascinating that people carve their names on trees, boulders, picnic tables, etc. It's like they are saying, "I was here. I matter.")
On February 19, 1973, I was 7 years old probably looking forward to my upcoming 8th birthday that was only 7 days away. At the time, I think my family had recently moved to Garland, Texas from Ponce, Puerto Rico. I was the goalie for our soccer team, the Eastgate Gators. My mom was the coach. Living in Texas was a fun time for me. I have good memories of playing outside a lot with my best buddies, Anne and her brother Howard.
Where were you on February 19, 1973?
Hi there! In Baz Luhrmann’s epic, Australia, the little boy Nullah says at the movie’s end, “that’s why we tell…the stories…so they know they are belonging to us.”
Now, you’re here because you have a story to be told. Are you getting married? Having a baby? Celebrating a friendship or family? All of these are stories and theses stories tell of your “belongingness”…of your belonging to a larger story…a story that matters…a story that connects you with people you love and want to remember… and to people who love you and want to remember you.
Your story matters. And I so love a good story. That’s what this site is about.
