I managed to talk Traci into the spinkler

Oh my, and I'm so glad I did.

See more of her amazing self here and here.

Have an absolutely wonderful evening.  I'm off to meet a friend at the Black Hole.

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Four Pounds of Powdered Sugar and a Willing Subject

This is what happens when I get an idea in my head at 3am!

Africa Yoga Project

 Emily and Dana are two awesome instructors from the Yoga One Studio in Houston who are working to raise money for the Africa Yoga Project. (It's a beautiful website!) We got together on Friday to shoot some promo pictures for their future fundraisers.

They did some beautiful poses, and we also mixed in some silliness. Beautiful silliness.

Lets get these girls to Africa!

Karah Michelle

This is Karah, my niece. She's thirteen years old, and I've known her all my life. 

It's so strange when you see someone grow up from a tiny little person, and you think you know them. Then they get in front of a camera, and become someone you've never seen before. 

Quelle est cette? Les macaron!

Here is a little macaron eye candy for you! Here are the flavors in the first picture, starting at the top and going clockwise: orange cranberry, raspberry vanilla, blueberry, pistachio, cotton candy (thought this might make me gag, but it was actually my favorite!), and mint chocolate. 

These delicious babies came from Petite Sweets on West Alabama.

July is here

And it's sick hot here in Texas. When I'm outside, I can't help but feel like someone is draping a hot, wet blanket over me, face and all. The only escape is to stay inside, or find the nearest watering hole.

Traci and I decided to book it out to Surfside last Friday in a whimsical attempt to take outside pictures and be cool at the same time. Here are my favorites from the day!

Don't you just love that smile?

The Natchez, Mississippi City Cemetery

Below are some pictures I took while walking around in the historic Natchez City Cemetery. There are graves there that go back to the late 1700s. My grandma and I used go there when I was little and we would walk around and she would show me where my relatives were buried. We liked to see where all the old, broken and sometimes hidden graves were. I'd pick out the pretty ones, and sometimes we would see some of the above ground ones that looked like they were broken in to and I would leave spooked!

Also, every year in the late Fall, the city of Natchez does a night time cemetery tour where they have actors pretend to be different people who were prominent in some way throughout Natchez history. Standing next to the grave of the person they are supposed to be, they dress in full costume and explain the details of their lives, just as if they were the actual person. It is so interesting to me! I've always been a history lover.

The beautiful, scenic Natchez, Mississippi River bridge.

We stopped off at the Natchez information center. I felt like a little kid on a field trip.

Where did you grow up? Do you still live there? 

Do you remember being 13?

If not, here is a good way to remember.

Tarai and my niece, Karah! Love these girls.

More from our Louisiana weekend

Here I go finally getting around to finishing up the rest of our Louisiana pictures. We just had so much fun. Evening boat rides are a common occurrence, and cocktails are a must! 

I can guarantee there was a grandiose story being told here just by the facial expression my mom is making!

Mom!

Evening boat ride with Roo.

This is Tarai. The picture explains her personality to a T.

AJ's heavy metal air guitar. 

My adorable (and very funny) parents.

Fifteen minutes after this, a water moccasin swam up to our feet and freaked everybody out.

 This did not end well.