i heart faces ~ autumn splendor

I am so delighted that Fall has arrived.  My favorite time of year.  I took this picture on a little family outing  to the mountains to see the change in the Autumn leaves.  Head on over to iheartfaces.com to enjoy all the Autumn splendor.

i heart faces ~ wind

Once upon a gusty day....

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i heart faces~a slice of life

Oh, how I loved this day with my oldest child.  It was golden.  With our family growing along, with schedules that always seem to keep us tied up, there are not many chances to just hang out one on one with my son.  There is so much of life that seems to cannonball along and sometimes we forget to slow down, enjoy, laugh with one another and plunge our faces into giant bags of cotton candy.  I love you Lukas...sticky face and all!  My slice of life.

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i heart faces ~ anything but a face

Wow, didn't realize how many faces I have in my photos.  Definitely something to explore in my photography to come.  I did find this pic.  It was taken last spring.  My son and husband were playing catch in the backyard when I snapped this shot.

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i heart faces~red

I caught this one of my two kiddos playing silly in the backyard.  I love my sons expression and my daughters little red coat pops out at me.

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i heart faces ~ innocent wonder

This is one of my favs.  Our little P was so still for so long studying our cat.  I look at this picture and dream of her dreams.  I "wonder" what she is wondering.
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i heart faces ~ smiles

I wanted to enter this photo because it's Penelope's "Big Fat Smile".  This smile just lights me up and all those who know her.  We see it a lot these days and I just love when I can catch it, freeze it and keep it forever.

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i heart faces ~ best face photo of 2010

Wow.  It's been quite some time since I have entered any photo contest.  But it's a new year and I am newly inspired.  This assignment was very difficult for me.  All those pictures of my beloved, each one "the best face" (to me).  After an exhausted search I finally found the one.  It's funny, the ones that actually stand out.  Not the perfectly planned.  Not the perfect outfit or perfect smile or perfect location.  It was the perfectly unplanned with the imperfect smile.  This picture was snapped during the yearly, emotionally draining, One thousand and one shots Christmas card project 2010.  Whew, what an endeavor.   I was actually trying to get a shot of my dear daughter playing with a stuffed reindeer when out of no where popped my dear son.  There he is.  That disheveled hair and the little mischievous grin with the missing teeth (now even more gaps have blanketed his smile).  So, I chose my little dude for the best face photo.  When I look at it I giggle at the memory and his perfectly imperfect face.

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i heart faces ~ photojounalism

A DAY AT THE FAIR

This day was a great day.  Me and my little bud together at the fair.  We laughed and laughed and had tons of fun.  It was a great day!

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i heart faces ~ surprise

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i heart faces~purple

Watching cartoons with Grimace!  Lukas loved Grimace "so much" for about a week after he got him in a happy meal.  He carried him around everywhere and I kept hearing that old commercial jingle "My Buddy and Me" in my head every time I looked at the two :)

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i heart faces~over my head

I thought this photo said "over my head" a couple of different ways.

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i heart faces ~ pets

Introducing our cat Bean.  I am drawn to this image because it is soft and sweet and I dig the back light.  My daughter is constantly pursuing our cat and is constantly unsuccessful at catching her.  My son was dear enough one day to catch Bean for her and hold her gently so my daughter could actually pet her..... or pull her whiskers.  Not quite sure about which one :)

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i heart faces ~ babies

Oh my, this one was tough.  Because I so love babies and I so love my babies . I am afraid I do not have an impartial eye for this challenge.  They all were precious and perfect to me.  Perhaps I was suffering from nastalgiaitis. Anyway, I stared at them for a long while before narrowing it down to this one.  My sweet baby girl.  So peaceful in baby dreamland snuggled on Daddy's chest.  

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i heart faces ~ play

Playing in the sand.  My son played forever digging that hole and making that pile.  My daughter played forever in that hole.

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i heart faces ~ yellow

One day I found this really cool yellow wrapping paper at Target and thought it would make a great backdrop for a photo.  After countless attempts of trying to get a shot with my own precious pumpkin, (who was only interested in tearing down the wrapping paper)  I went to plan "B".   I called my neighbor and did a little song and dance so she would bring her own precious pumpkin over to be my model.  Thanks neighbor!

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i heart faces ~ faces & flowers

Ok, I know... a little outside the box. But for some reason I am in low supply of flower photos. Note to self *find flower field or plant garden. 

One day, I  got my table cloth out to iron it.  I then put it on the floor for the job at hand because it was so large.  Well, here she comes.  My little P.  She would not leave the thing alone.  You would have thought it had candy hiding in it. She was laughing, rolling on it, trying to run away with it.  Very frustrating for me as you might imagine.  Then I saw it.  Her shirt matched the little gold flower on my table cloth and she was just grinning from ear to ear.  So, I ran, grabbed my camera (never too far away) and took the shot. 

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I Heart Faces ~ Mothers

To all the moms out there, hope you had a fabulous Mothers Day!

How many times have you as a mom made an appointment at Salon Von Kiddo for a new do? Or,  just a chance to drink your coffee in semi-peace :)

*Thanks to my friend and coffee companion Lori for letting me post this pic of her and her girls

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i heart faces ~ smiles

I love the toothless smile because I love his lips!

It is such a rare moment when I can capture a "real" smile.  My son is famous for his ugly, fake smiles that look like he is in pain or constipated :)

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I Heart Faces ~ Collages

This one was a challenge for me. One being I have never actually created a collage and two there was not a lot of options or info about making a collage in Aperture 3.  I have a Mac.  I eventually figured something out and ended up going with a theme about a boy. An artist, a dreamer, a playful spirit, a video fanatic and much more. He is my boy and I tried to capture some of the things that makes him "him".  I  dig "him" :)

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