Moist banana bread [Wenatchee food photography]

There are a zillion banana bread recipes out there and after tinkering around with a basic recipe, I came up with this one. It's super moist and for the first time, made me love a banana bread ALMOST as much as zuchini bread. The addition of chocolate chips on top adds a little something without adding TOO much. It's versatile. If you have 2 bananas, that's okay. If you only have all-purpose flour, use as much as you would if you added up the other flours/oatmeals. One kind of sugar, same thing. The only thing I wouldn't skip is the sour cream, it's the key to moist. But, feel free to substitute yogurt instead. I wrapped the individual mini-loaves in "Martha wrap", which is a brown parchment paper bonded to a thin aluminum foil. (In theory it sounds like a great product, but I'm not in love with it.) It did work well to make cute, little brown-paper wrapped loaves that stayed shut.

Wenatchee boudoir photography

Challis, ID [travel photography]

A few random snaps from last week when we road-tripped it southeast to the center of Idaho, where my parents have a house, in Challis. Small town that gets busy one weekend a year when the Muzzie Braun family hosts a 3-day country-western music festival. And as they say: a good time was had by all.

Zavala family [Wenatchee family photography]

Our fourth (of what will be 8 total) sessions, this one we spent in a lovely Wenatchee park. Morning warmth and a perfect, light breeze made the session even more enjoyable. The boys got to play and I got to visit with my friends while we captured another slice of their life. They're moving soon (if you want a cute little house in Quincy, let me know) and I'll miss seeing them as easily as I can now. But we're hoping for yearly visits in their new hometown of Austin, TX and I look forward to seeing this little, vibrant family grow together.

Blueberry muffins [Wenatchee food photography]

Muffins are so good, pretty easy, filling and delicious. But if I had to choose one, a standby, it would be the humble and common blueberry muffin. You can find them almost anywhere and they're (almost) always satisfying. It was what my mom made often, on weekend mornings or when we were camping, and what I remember as my favorite breakfast. Of course then, my mom made them from a box mix. Always with the little can of blueberries. My mom never drained the berries, always including the "juice" in with the called-for liquid. Added more flavor she said. I was an adult before I realized that blueberry muffins aren't supposed to be that greyish-greenish-blue in the batter.

This morning, nursing a sore body and skipping my Saturday morning at the gym, I decided blueberry muffins and scrambled eggs would be the perect start to the day. I love the internet, where a few clicks on the keyboard brings a multitude of options for just about anything. I chose this recipe from allrecipes.com and was not disappointed. The best part about muffins is the leftover ones waiting to be the perfect snack later in the day.