Kai and I have been couped up in the house the past couple of days.... and now that she is better, we throw a tea party! Bologna and cheese sandwiches (so bad for you... but man there are days it just hits the spot!), blueberries, mandarin oranges, chips and apple juice! As we sit... my eyes gaze around.... and I tell her to wait as I get my camera to take a picture of our lovely set up. She patiently waits as I take about a zillion shots of our tea party. Gosh I love this girl! She knows the drill and lets me do my thing. Days like these I treasure..... our quiet moments, our tea parties.

I have two girls - Noelle and Kaili. Noelle is my step-daughter, Kaili is her 1/2 sister. A friend of mine was hanging out with our family on July4th and made a comment on my relationship with Noelle. She said it was the sweetest thing she had seen... the interaction between us two. I paused and thought about this for a second. My relationship with Noelle is as natural as can be - I love her and would go to the ends of the earth to protect her.... I consider her my daughter. I don't get to see her as often as I'd like... as she has told her father and me "she has a life" :) So at the moment, her friends are her priority.  But when she's with us.... life is good.

One of the perks about being a photographer... is the ability to produce amazing images of my family ;)