nut farm

they live, literally, on a nut farm. with actual, real life nuts. (as opposed to my house, which is only a nut farm in the figurative sense) and a farmhouse that is TO DIE FOR with character.

i shared one shot from this session a few posts back-so onto the rest!

the horizontal shots are cut off a bit on the right side-click to see the entire version.

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i think this is my favorite from the day-she hated this old fugly window. i hope not anymore!
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kirsten wanted to jump in the pool at the end of the session-with their clothes on-the jump shots are fun-but this one was too cool to pass up.

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home again, home again jiggity jig

i look forward to our mexico trip all year. we stay just south of rosarito and just north of puerto nuevo in a gated community called las gaviotas.

i love that it is close to home, but an entirely different place to visit. i love that we can drive and stay for a week and feed our family of six and do the mexico thing for less than what we would pay for six tickets to fly somewhere else.

just love it.

stuff i want to remember:

sitting in the mornings on the balcony with all the kids, reading and lazing in the sun

watching jeff give some local kids boogie board lessons

hanging for the day with the mcgarveys, beach, pool, lobster, shopping, and talking until midnight

fish tacos everyday-best place is macho taco in rosarito

the light, living in the perfect light reflected directly from the ocean

buying handmade and supporting the local women

tequila shots at 3 in the afternoon

drew asking for $5 out of his spending money to give to an old senora

the way the kids say gracias “grass-see-us”

the.best.guacamole.ever. (note to self, put onion in your guac from now on)

anna and mckenna got more brave in the ocean-going out far with daddy and drew

watching the relationship between father and son grow to another level together for hours out in the ocean

the master bedroom of the house we rent – the view

getting jacked on the drive home-the cops not letting us get in the line to cross the border we usually use, getting lost in tijuana, and after two hours of blood boiling pressure finally getting across and back on CA soil.

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mexican jumping beans
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shea
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matt & lisa
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lovin’ you and leavin’ you

back from seattle-met some really wonderful people and had a very nice quiet stay in the hotel, just me and my three books and silence.

was sooooooo excited to get home to my family-when i saw my car pull around the terminal i broke out into the hugest grin and couldnt wait to hug and smell everyone up. its the first thing i do, smell people when i hug them, everyone has their own scent and especially my family and friends, i love their special scents. i feel home when i smell them. its a weird mama bear instinct, surely i cant be the only one.

only took a couple of photos for myself while i was there, thank you patricia for getting me out and about on sunday so i could see the town!

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today we are getting ready for our family vacation to one of our favorite places-mexico! i will be away from my computer and phone for a week. if anyone calls or emails me i will get back to you next week!

poolside pacificos, fish tacos, and the balcony overlooking the ocean-HERE! I! COME!