So, yesterday was mother’s day…but my stomach thought it was Thanksgiving and Christmas combined…GOOD LORD I ate a ton. It was one of those “unbutton your pants” type of days. First we (my family and I) had brunch with my Mimi, then we had lunch with my “adoptive” family (the Eudora gang), then we had dinner at my mom’s…And I think I had second helpings & dessert with each meal. YIKES!

This was a book my mom had at her house that is full of awesome, inspirational photography related to mothers.

Here’s a candid from the Karla & David Grosdidier…and all of their grandchildren.
Who’s their favorite grandparent?


Well, my first idea for this picture was all the kids on the ground and me looking down…but it was too sunny and made for some grumpy kids…so we flip-flopped it.

Courtesy of my lovely husband.

Last Saturday, my Mother graduated with her first college degree…crazy her, she wants to go back for some more. 🙂 She told me a few years back that she had three goals for herself…1) Buy a house 2) Go back to college 3) Learn how to fly an airplane. She’s now crossed two of those things off that list… but I think she’s since decided against the third goal after having a plane door flap open during flight. hehehe, I wish there’d been a camera to capture her facial reaction to that.

As usual, the ceremony to graduations can last a lot longer than a 3-year-old’s patience…so we got creative on ways to entertain her. 🙂
My mom’s fabulous husband was thoughtful enough to surprise her with a DQ ice-cream cake….which everyone was drooling over!
And since I’m her favorite (yeah, that’s right sistas…ME!), I got her something extra special…shiny, pink lined photo snaptote purse…with two amazing models (my children).

I know….aaahhhhhhhh
And this is how my family likes to pose. Aren’t we just the most beautiful group of women you ever did see?
Mom…congratulations! You deserve the very best and I’m so proud of you for making your dreams come true. You have the power to do anything you put your mind to….G, I wonder who taught me that? I love you. Signed, your FAVORITE

On Tuesday I found out that my printing lab technician had emailed me twice (confirmed correct email address) and I never receive those emails.

Today I had a client tell me she emailed me last night…and I never received that email as well. My internet modem has been acting a little flaky for the past few weeks, and today it went out completely (people who know me well know that is a very big thing…I’m a web junkie). I found out from my internet provider that my whole area was down for maintenance and upgrades.

I haven’t a clue if this has anything to do with emails not received, but I’m trying to monitor as best I can. If you have emailed me recently without a response, please retry or give me a call. I am very sorry for the inconvenience…I’m at the mercy of my modem and provider. I’m hoping things are restored.

I thought this was ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL so I had to share…I was telling my friend Debbie how, in Dallas, I learned how to distort and enhance people in their portraits…you know, a little double-chin removal here, a little belly reducer there…so just a little bit ago she sent me her creative enhancement of me.

To which I laughed so hard I’m sure she could here me from where she lived.

But then I thought…I need to get her back.

So here is my creative enhancement of her.