i heart faces - Happiness

This week at i heart faces the photo challenge them is happiness.  Well in one word I can tell you what comes to mind when I think happiness.  MALIA.  My daughter.  She is the vision of happiness.  Since she was an infant she was always smiling, laughing and HAPPY.  Now she is a teenager and growing up much too fast, but her happiness still radiates from within.

A few days ago I took her and a couple of friends out for a photo session in the bluebonnets (it's a Texas thing!)  And trying to get her to be "serious" is nearly impossible.  So, I just pressed the shutter and captured that wonderful warm radiant happiness that comes from deep within her soul.

This is one of my favorites from the day.  Malia.  Always Smiling.  Always Happy.

This photo was submitted to the I Heart Faces photo challenge – www.iheartfaces.com