I {Heart} Faces Beach Fun.

This week’s I ♥ Faces photo challenge is “Beach Fun.”  We are not beach people.  Well, I’m not a beach or sun person.  Big J grew up in Florida and lived on the beach, but since moving to Texas 24 years ago, he has seen very little salt water.  The nearest beach to us is [...]

Flashback Friday. 8-20.

Flashback Friday is the brainchild of Tia over at Christopher and Tia. Go on a flashback with me. A very young *young is relative* mom with a very young son.  I bet we have 100 pictures of Little J before he’s two months old!  And that was before digital cameras.  I’ve been going through the [...]

Warning. Teen in the House.

Well, it happened. Despite my protestations. Little J turned 13 yesterday. He’ll have a party for all the guys in the class after school starts.  For his actual birthday, a couple of friends came with us from church to eat CiCi’s pizza and play LaserZone.  He got lots of nice greetings in the mail and [...]

I {Heart} Faces Teen Challenge.

This week I ♥ Faces is focusing on teen photography.  Since Little J is 12, turning 13 in August, he’s not eligible for the challenge  But I love this picture he took in our backyard, so I thought I would post it anyway. Why don’t you leave a caption in your comment! See talented teen [...]

I {Heart} Faces. Celebrating Teens Challenge.

Little J.  How much longer can I call him that? There are lots and lots of teens over at I ♥ Faces. All writing and photos property of LoneStarLifer 2010.

I {Heart} Faces. All About Babies Photo Challenge.

Little J will be 13 in August.  We are really starting to see signs of a teenager in our house.  He wants tennis shoes like Justin Bieber.  Girls might be interesting.  Big J and I are getting dumber by the hour.  It’s fun and challenging to live with him??????? When I read about this week’s [...]

I {Heart} Faces. Play Photo Challenge.

Summer brings freedom and fun and play and water and family and camp and vacation and breathing deeply of life.  This week I ♥ Faces is asking for play photos.  Perfect for the start of summer. I caught Little J playing in the water last summer.  We were visiting my mom and the city swimming [...]

Alice Cooper Said It Best.

School’s out for the summer School’s out forever School’s been blown to pieces No more pencils No more books No more teacher’s Dirty looks Well, we got no class And we got no principals We ain’t got no intelligence We can’t even think of a word that rhymes School’s out for the summer School’s out [...]

Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday is the brainchild of Tia over at Christopher and Tia. Go on a flashback with me. Little J’s first Easter. Little J was about 8 months when we celebrated his first Easter.  It was so fun to get his Easter basket ready and buy his little cute outfit.  We had just moved cities, [...]

I {Heart} Faces. “Dramatic Black and White”

This week, I ♥ Faces is calling for dramatic black and white pictures.    Here is what they are looking for: We are looking for B&W photos that are dramatic, sensational and/or moody in the way they are presented. Please don’t just enter a typical portrait photo that has been converted to B&W  (portraits are allowed, but [...]