LOVE this place!

I just thought I would share this photo of my favorite Mexican restaurant, The Iguana. It is pretty random but I just love the way it is decorated and the atmosphere there. I want some of these beautiful lanterns! If you haven't been - go check it out and get the shrimp fajita quesadilla! Pin It

Funny pet portrait

I painted this just for fun a while ago. It is a friend's basset hound. I really like this pen and ink with watercolor style and hope to do more of it soon. Pin It

Britton Hill: Florida's highpoint

Joel and I are on a quest to get to the highest point in all 50 states. We started with the easiest one this weekend - Florida! We were on our way back from Destin and stopped at Britton Hill, right off 331 before you cross into Alabama. I couldn't stop laughing as we signed the summit registry. In the photo above you can see Joel's car and the 30 yards we had to 'hike' to get to the highpoint - hilarious! Anyway, one down, 49 to go! Pin It

Men próp sove lavi

My awesome friend, Olivia, just returned from spending the summer in Haiti. She worked to educate the people there to wash their hands and also did valuable research for UAB. I am so proud of her and so glad she is back safely! Before she left, she asked me to design a t-shirt to give to the participants of the surveys. I was honored to be involved and came up with the design above. It is in Haitian Creole but translates to 'Clean hands save lives' and 'Handwashing is the 20 second solution to protecting yourself from many diseases. So remember: Use soap, wash often, wash long enough.' That concept is so simple to us but it is amazing how much it will help those people. Olivia said she and her project partner carried all those t-shirts with them in their luggage along with as many bars of soap as they could manage. It was so cool to see this picture (and all her other photos as well) of all the people holding their new shirts and I thought I would share it. Pin It

He(ART) show at What's on Second?

A few of the hearts displayed downtown on Friday night. Pin It

He(ART) Poster

This is the heartwalk art show poster featuring a few works. Can't wait to see them all! Part of this poster (with my heart) even got featured on Birmingham Magazine's website along with a short write up on the auction. Click here to check it out! Pin It

Teton Range panoramic

It was a little hazy due to the forest fires throughout the west but still so beautiful! Pin It

Dandelions and Daisies

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We made it to the top!

Joel and I on our 7 and a half mile hike to camp.

Garnet Canyon

The guys filtering our drinking water from the glacier runoff

Taking a much needed break on the hike up to the saddle

Middle Teton glacier

That's me climbing to the top of a chimney on the Grand

Shadow of the Grand

Highest point on Grand Teton - the summit marker

Way off in the distance you can see the parking lot we started from. Also note the Snake River.

We both made it!

Eating a snack at 13,770 feet

Happy to be there!

Our team: Geoff, Joel, Me, Cara (our guide)

My 120 ft. rappel down Grand Teton. Look really really close at the top.

Finally down climbing back to camp. Notice the tents in the saddle. We slept 13 deep.

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