my day

i spent the day in the sun...

i had a photo shoot this morning and in the evening - both at the montage hotel in Laguna Beach. this photo was taken by one of the kids i shot (as bribery :) )of the grounds at the hotel. i was so glad to have 2 shoots today. i was supposed to have 9, but it boiled down to only 3 for this weekend. so the 2 today were great. after the morning one, i drove to the Irvine Spectrum and walked around and shopped and ate lunch. all by myself! it was crazy. and weird and nice. i had Wahoo's and then a caramel/chocolate/peanut covered apple and took it back to the beach. i chilled on the beach with Elle Decor and my apple and got a smallish sunburn (yeah!! color!!) for an hour or so. it was amazing.

i miss my family like crazy. at the same time it is wonderful to have quiet. i have time to think about things - like how to jump start my new weight loss plan! and what would be the best shade of blue for our new house some day. and is DeAnna gonna bring Graham back next week. really important things. and how life would not be the same without my beautifully crazy and wonderfully spirited family.







on a side note, the other day, as we were sitting down to dinner, Mercer turned to me and asked "mom, am I fat?"