swing, swing, swing

we're home from our long stay in kennewick.
:(
i don't know what i loved most about our trip this year.
was it the family style raviolis at carmine's or the late nights experiencing "glee"?
how about the baby pig on a leash and strawberry lemonade at the fair or maybe the pink sprinkled sugar cookies at lonardo's?
possibly the open fire pit with loaded marshmallow roasting sticks in the backyard or the 24 hour access to phoebe the cute and indestructible guinea pig?
not sure i could nail down a favorite.
but the breezy cooler weather and all of the tall shady trees are definitely near the top of the list.

keewaydin park from heather Lewis on Vimeo.

time to get back to the grind of preschool, working out, maintaining our home and figuring out how i'm going to survive through the holiday photography demands.
at least my body's recharged from breathing all of that sweet washington air, being slathered with love from my parents and indulging on fresh nectarines daily.
here we gooooooooooooooooooooo......

to the point

dear mariah,

i finished the book.

and now i would like to go sit and stare into a corner.

wow.

love,

heather

ps- thanks for being hot and full of opinions. you're so major.

-dos

at my son's 2 year old birthday bash i asked my mom:

"what's wrong? is it too boring, too hot, too loud?"

she said without a blink of an eye:

"it's not too hot".

and that was when i realized everyone hated me for dragging them into the mouse's anus where the bad pizza tasted like an autopsy glove and the lighting made even the most flawless skin take on a meth addict glow.

but there was a mediocre store bought red velvet cake.

and a super delicious 2 year old.

happy birthday ader nugget.

we owe you one.

brooks and tayson:

fern and fri:

ade and kamri:

ps- the morning after, we went to the fair parade in downtown kennewick.

we all nursed our charles e chez hangovers by waving to princesses on floats, scrambling for street candy, cheering for the pooper scoopers, laughing at the shriners on their mini motorcycles and..............

watching this fine beauty school demonstration of a lady getting an up-do in the back of a moving pick up truck.

i feel better, don't you?

-rah rah siss boom bah

(i'm the tallest and brooke is in the middle on my right)

brooke and i were high school cheerleaders together.

i haven't seen her in 14 years and it was so awesome to see her again but this time as a mom and wife.

we talked about how we'd never realized how pretty kennewick was when we lived here.

and we also talked about how bushy our eyebrows were.

literally.

neither of us needed pom poms as we each had our own homegrown set resting atop the brow.

they were that amazing.

here's to tweezing and super cute families.

-home

as we were boarding the plane the flight attendant asked me:

"are you going home or leaving for vacation".

i looked at her for a couple of seconds and replied:

"both".

i live in and love arizona.

but kennewick, washington will always be home.

3 days in and we've done so much:

took the guinea pig to the groomer

ate my weight in pastries from lonardo's

strolled down to the llamas to say hello

held kittens

watched a street ball 3 on 3 tournament

farmers marketed

grabbed my first nap in a year

stared at mariah's face for 4 hours

and

scouted out spots for this week's photo shoots

mean kitty:

toe curling:

my brain is too relaxed to even know what i'm writing.

but not too relaxed to report that i found my twin soul standing on a mound of corn in the back of a pick up truck with her fly down at the farmer's market.

-double your pleasure

welcome to the awesomest, sweatiest, craziest, funniest, cutest photo shoot of my life.

6 year old toothless twins have the energy of squirrels soaked in mountain dew.

thank you chase and gavin for making me feel like one of your crew.

and no thanks for all of the little farts and spit bubbles when you talk.

-left brain deficient

so it's been brought to my attention that my official photography website sucks.

like- it's really bad, amateurish and confusing.

so i'd like to apologize for sending you there for no reason.

the only reason i really wanted it was to post prices but

a) those are changing again and

b) people just email me about pricing anyways.

so i've gotta clean it up or start over again.

i'm so bad at the business side of life it's embarrassing.

i need a super hot gay assistant to manage my career, dress me and slap my hand when i cut myself another cheesecake brownie. anyone? anyone?

here's some of my favorite photos from the week.

not sure where else to put them. (sad two note trumpet sound)