my life: embracing the camera

i don't often get myself in the picture..
especially when we are traveling, i'm not much for 'CHEESE' type photos..
i like more candid, in the moment stuff..
and i rarely like to step out from behind the camera..
but i'm joining in emily anderson's embrace the camera this week,
because i actually have something to share!

it was SO sunny last friday as we set out to explore the 'castillo de san marcos' in st. augustine.
it kind of snuck up on me.. resulting in sun-burnt shoulders for me...
& a set of sun-kissed cheeks & nose for the babe.
(in walks the joke about me being the white-est person in florida)
but the big guy, mason that is, wouldn't quit complaining about the sun in  his eyes..
and would NOT let me get a picture of him that didn't involve scrunched up eyes
& wailing on his part he was going blind!

so... we dropped the $5 in the most tourist-y shop in town, and bought him some shades.
and i had the lightbulb moment when i tried to snap his picture
& realized i could see my reflection in the lenses...
sort of inspired by this picture our pediatrician, my old boss, has in her office..
her hubs snapped a picture of her looking at the eiffel tower, only you see the tower in the reflection of her sunglass lenses.
very cool. VERY cool.

so here's my not-as-cool, but proof-i-was-there-despite-lack-of-pictures version! :)

xo-k

linking up:
the andersons

travel: cocoa beach

has it really been a week since i last posted?

wow. it has.

i'm so lame, even i wouldn't want to follow my blog.

but, in my defense.. it's been one heck of a week.

we ended last week & started this week with a trip to the beach to spend time with my brother

& his in-laws.

as always, we had an amazing time.

if i lived with my brother's in laws i'd need to lose more weight than i already do.

let's just say his awesome mother in law, linda, is italian.. and leave it at that, m'kay?

(i'm sure you can use your imagination to elaborate!)

it was a mother's day, father's day & fourth celebration all wrapped up into 3 days.

(because my brother & lovely sister in law shea are part gypsy & can't stay put for holidays :)

it was the babe's first trip to the beach ...

& he was in HEAVEN.

he also sprouted fourth top teeth while we were gone.

he's gonna look like a fang baby until the middle ones catch up to the two outside ones.

(i'm thinking that could be penance for my vamp obsession..)

it was a pretty low-key week, playing catch up from being gone over the weekend.

ya know laundry, putting stuff away...

am i the only one who feels like i'm moving out of my house to travel for 3 days with 2 kids?!

endured 7 sticks from a lab tech while he attempted to get blood from me.

i am NEVER a tough stick. EVER.

and then in a totally unplanned manner the dude & i ended up spending yesterday

watching a moment in history with our very own eyes.

it was unreal.

i promise to fill you in. :)

but not just yet....

have a great weekend!!

so far ours is filled with rain & relaxation..

xo-k