i heart faces "smile"

"Beauty is power; a smile is its sword." ~Charles Reade


My kids smiles slay me, completely and utterly. Not the smile for the sake of a picture, but their true and genuine smiles. The kind of smile that bring out my oldest's dimple, the kind that makes my middle child's huge brown eyes twinkle and the one where my daughter's face just turns into a complete ray of sunshine. Ahhh, those are the smiles I adore, the ones I heart. Picking just one picture of any of their sweet smiles for this week's i heart faces "smile" competition is proving to be very hard because I am partial to that little dimple, those big brown eyes and that sunny little face in every picture they show up.


After much deliberation I chose this picture of all three goofing around. All three personalities are so well represented here that I just adore this picture. This picture of  those three smiles completely and utterly slay me...


Say "cheese" and head on over to i heart faces! 

i heart collages

Another jump into unknown territory for the sake of an "i heart faces" weekly contest. This week was all about collages/storyboards. I have never attempted this before and was having trouble doing so with an storyboard actions, so I made my own & I am hoping it came out alright.

While in Florida I was able to have a little photo shoot with my brother, sister-in-law and their babies (Cesar & Sonny). I thought some of my favorite shots from that session would make a great storyboard. I hope you do too!

Now go check out some cool collages over at "i heart faces"!

i heart faces "hilarious outtakes"

This week it is all about hilarious outtakes at i heart faces . It does not get much easier than that with photo subjects ages eight and under.... The pictures that mean the most to me, the ones that end up getting printed up and stuck in a frame usually end up being the unplanned, super silly outtakes. They are always my favorite because they make me laugh or even roll my eyes. The picture just simply come to life. The outtakes are where personality comes through instead of standard poses making anyone's pictures identical to well, anyone else's pictures of families & children. In my beach town, we all have great posed shots of our kids in front of the beach or the marina. In our homes we all have pictures of our children posed with big, cheesy smiles. I do love those pictures, there is always a place on my bookshelf for them. Yet there is usually a larger place for a picture of my daughter at home posed with a big, cheesy smile, chocolate chip pancakes, and well, you can see the rest....

Want to check out more hilarious outtakes? Take a look at i heart faces this week and I dare you to try not to laugh....