My soldier... and my daughter

My husband deploys with the Texas Army National Guard in a fairly short time frame. So photos of him and the girls... are especially sweet. I setup tonight and took some shots of him, and our 2 year old daughter Sarah for fun.

Look at his crossed arms...and the look on his face... and HER crossed arms... lol... think they are related? ;-)

My favorite of the night however... was this:

Fireworks: Katy Mills

The family and I headed over to Katy Mills to watch the fireworks show. It was Sarah's first year to see/hear them... we had debated taking her out with us, because it was so late, but decided to at the last minute.

A few things about 'almost' 2 year olds... a.) the noise is a bit scarey... b.) the fireworks are really cool... and c.) the drive home was amazingly long with her in the back seat saying, again, again, again, again, again, again....

We weren't sure if she was saying 'again' because she kept seeing them, or because she WANTED to keep seeing them.

I was able to setup my tripod and get a few fabulous fireworks photos though, here are a few of my favorites!








This is one of my personal favorites - I love the uniqueness of it.













On a more serious note - I hope you celebrated the 4th of July. As the spouse of a soldier in the Texas Army National Guard who will be deploying for a long period very shortly, the 4th of July is pretty special to my family. I recently made the decision to become a photographer with OpLove.org - an organization that offers photography both pre-deployment, and post deployment to our nations military.

Each of you has a special gift... mine is photography. Give back... it makes a profound difference for both the giver... and the recipient.