We spent this last weekend in Louisville at my sister’s house.  It’s typically a very perfect situation.

I have a boy and a girl, my sister has a boy and a girl.
Her boy likes Wii, my boy like Wii.
Her girl likes to dress up, my girl likes to dress up.
I love Target and vanilla vodka, my sister loves Target and vanilla vodka.
My husband loves beer, her husband loves beer.

And we all play and we don’t sleep enough, it’s always a great time.  There are always, always donuts involved.

This weekend was no different except that our kids weren’t necessarily the healthiest they’ve ever been.  Although Racecar was much better when we departed, we didn’t know how sick Ariel was about to become.  She wound up with a fever Saturday night.

Now my sister’s kids are both sick and I have a sneaking suspicion that I’m next.

But it was still worth it, she and I are truly the very best of friends, spending time together like that is the best.

Another thing that was the best was the lighting that was all around me.  I don’t know if the lighting was just fantastic all weekend long and I got lucky or if it’s always this great and I’m just realizing it now that I’m learning to take pictures in any light situation.  Whatever it was, I left feeling completely inspired, not just to take pictures, but to also make my house more beautiful, to make it my sanctuary, to fill it with only things that I love.  (I will be going to Old Time Pottery as soon as I hit publish, you know, for more inspiration.  My husband is aware and he is very, very scared.)

Pictures.  Just for you.

This is Mary.  She’s a hilarious girl who talks brilliantly.  She’s two and she loves me and calls me Aunt Ba.

These are my chips from Qdoba.  I don’t have a Qdoba where I live which is probably a good thing because I would eat it ALL OF THE TIME.  Every time we visit my sister we always get Qdoba, I get the vegetarian nachos with black beans, the chips on the side.  This picture is an ode to the chips that I adore.  Oh and Mary really wanted to know why I took a picture of my chips.

I had no good answer for her.  Other than YUM.

It was my nephew’s birthday, we had cake.

I had a photo shoot at my sister’s best friend’s house.  The lighting there was superb, too.   I didn’t go there to take pictures of whiskey, I went there to take pictures of Katie and her children.  But I love this shot.

I love this shot, too.

There are so many others shots that I want to share, but I’ll wait to share them on my photography site.

My sister recently painted her dining room and overall just simplified the entire look of the room.  This room inspired me the most.  (must go shopping for lovely things RIGHT NOW.)

I love these boys and the looks on their faces.

My sister and Ariel.

Then we went outside because it was WARM which is a beautiful thing.  I left Kentucky really believing that spring was finally on it’s way.  Yesterday and today have been filled with abundant sunshine and birds chirping and it’s a beautiful thing.  I’m trying to soak in the newness of this season.

It’s so special and I can’t waste another minute behind this computer!