I Heart Faces: Thy Trusty Old Probe

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I Heart Faces: They Wear Their Sunglasses at Night

Don't MESS with these two!

Okayyy, they're not both wearing sunglasses.  But Science goggles work too.
RIGHT?!  

And 3D glasses?

Gosh it looks fun to be a kid!

So glad I'm a witness (and often a participant) of this duos adventures.

;-)
The future's looking bright, especially if you go visit I Heart Faces and check out the other cool peeps who gotta wear shades.

I Heart Faces: Pets

Our only pet right now is a hamster and he's not very photogenic.  

For the I ♥ Faces photo challenge this week I decided to go back to about three years ago when we had Freckles.  

Austin ♥ed Freckles!

:)

I ♥ their faces!

What faces do you ♥?

i heart faces: "Jump for Joy!"

I was going to skip this weeks i heart faces challenge, as I didn't have any decent jumping pictures in my photo library.  However, yesterday when we decided to go outside it happened to be raining.  :-)  Of course, Austi, being the boy that he is, just HAD to jump in the puddles.  :-)  He was definitely full of joy while doing it too. 

We ♥ spring!

Is it Monday Again, Already?!

OKAY, it's not THAT bad!

It's just time for another i heart faces photo challenge! 

:-) 

This week is Hilarious Outtakes and who doesn't love a funny/akward photo?!

;-)

As you can tell from the above two pictures my kids L♥VE to eat nummy snacks!

  I'm not sure what Austin was doing but Nayeli had a bad case of brain freeze after eating some Blue Moon ice cream a little too fast. 

At least there's still a hint of a smile on her face. 

She must have liked it.

:-)

^This^ is my aunt, my God-mother, my daughter's

God-mother...

There are signs saying not to do what she's doing.

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

I ♥ her face!

What faces do you ♥?

i heart faces: "Hands-On Fun"

Yay!!  I think this is my first i heart faces entry for 2010!  This week "Hands-On Fun" theme seems like a good place to jump in.  Hands are one of my favorite things to photograph!  This picture is of my son Austin, his best friend and his best friends best friend.  Sidewalk chalk and bottled water made for some GrEEn hands on this hot summer day in Aug of '09. 
:-D

i heart faces: Hilarious Outtakes

This picture was from Kheaven's first month.  I can't tell if that's an excited face or a hungry face.  It makes me smile either way!

I love his mohawk in this picture!

Finding a "silly" picture of Nayeli is VERY difficult, but after thinking about it for a few minutes I recalled this particular one.

"Discovering One's Hand"

^It appears to have been a triumphant feat for the little one.

"First Pickle"

The title says it all!

And those are my "Hilarious Outtakes" for this weeks photo challenge at i ♥ faces.

Hope to see you there!

i heart faces: Sun Flare

Since Austin was old enough to toddle around outside I have loved taking pictures with the sun behind him.  He is my sunshine!

This is one I took about two years ago or so.

To see more "flare" go to i ♥ faces!

I Heart Faces: Halloween Dress Up

 "Dan Bakugan"

Austin looking at himself in the mirror, admiring the costume his Gramma J got him while she was here visiting.

To see more cute trick-or-treaters and whatnot visit I ♥ Faces!

I Heart Faces: Excited!

This week for I ♥ Faces excited theme I thought I'd pull this picture I took of Austin a few weeks ago out.  He was SO excited to find fallen leaves and he and his sissy had so much fun scooping them up and throwing them around.  I'm afraid Autumn may have skipped us this year.  As you can see he's in shorts in this picture, there really weren't THAT many leaves on the ground, and on Saturday we got SnOw already!  :-S  Oy!  Maybe it will get warm again for a little bit...  Just for Trick-or-Treating???  Maybe?  ;-) 

For more "excited" faces go to I ♥ Faces! While your at it submit your own! ;-)

I Heart Faces: My Favorite Things

No contest at I ♥ Faces this week, but a grand opportunity to open up a little bit about some things I ♥!  You can too!!  ;-)

I wanted to do this post this morning, and then I started thinking about my favorite things.  I would be at the computer for hours, possibly days if I decided to share all of my favorite things.  LIFE! is my favorite thing! There is so much in it that is exciting and wonderful and I am so blessed to have the life I have!  I can't take a picture of life, but in the following "short" list of my favorite things you'll get an idea, a very small idea, of some of the things that make my life wonderful and my heart sing!

My Favorite Things

God
I love knowing I am never alone,
and that I don't ever have to worry because God has my back!

My wonderful Children, as if you didn't know!
I feel so lucky and honored to be a part of
and an influence on their lives
and what they may be like in the future.  :-D

Children in general. 
They see things as they are and don't judge!
I think every child deserves the chance to grow up to the best of their potential.
I hope that when my own little ones are bigger and have friends over to the house that I am everyones "mom."  :-)

Church retreats/Christian concerts/
Being around people who understand how much I love God and why,
and who feel the same way!

Autumn!!!

Such a beautiful season.  I love the others as well it's true,

but Autumn is here and I welcome it with open arms, a big rake,

and a bounce in my knees to jump in all those awesome leaf piles!

♥Camping♥

I haven't been camping in a couple of years, but I LOVE it,
I cannot wait until the next time I get to camp again!

SwInGiNg!

Such a free feeling to feel the wind brush past your face.
And when you look up you feel like you can touch the sky!

♥

Bowling...  and Feet! 
But really, I love feet, no idea why, I just do!

Asian Decor
There just seems to be something magical/mystical about the style.

Singing/Dancing/Performing :-)
Oh, I guess just positive attention in any form.  ;-)

Modeling
This goes back to that attention thing.  ;-)

The Beach...  The Ocean...
The sounds, the smell, the life.  Little creatures to be caught,
treasures in the forms of sea shells and sand dollars.

AND one musn't forget chasing seagulls.
:-P

Sunsets.
Like the bow on a present,
a beautiful sunset is the perfect finishing touch

for a day full of all of my favorite things!

"Contemplative"- I Heart Faces

This weekend I was doing a little browsing on Blogger and I found this cute blog...

A day after I subscribed to it there was a blog about a photo contest for "Contemplative" and "Pet" pictures @

This is my first time entering a photo contest on I Heart Faces and Blogger in general. If you're interested you should enter too!

I'm excited to find more things to do with photography on here and hope you all enjoy this picture of my fairy princess Nayeli. ;-)

A Wonder of the World Contemplates the World Itself

Sweet baby girl
You're great gift to the world
A bright little speck!
My angel, my love
I can't convey enough
How much you mean to me!