Her Angel Babies

"I love you my friend." Those are the words Rebecca always says to me whether we're meeting or leaving one another. She is incredibly smart and sure of where she stands in life. We fit together as friends like peanut butter and jelly. Yep. She's the intelligent one and I'm the artistic one. I love her SO much!!! She has three BEAUTIFUL girls who are precious to me and my family. They are all so different...of course. I'm totally honored that she trusts me to capture her angel babies for her.


I just got off the phone with her and she was so upset that she couldn't view her gallery from work. Distraught. Mad. Desperate. So she called Clay (her husband) to see if he could see them. She did a fancy conference call between the three of us.


"Are you on the computer?"
"Yah."
"Well, can you go to Jamie's website?"
"www. JamieJohnsonPhotography.smugmug.com"
"Okay. Jamie-Johnson-Photography. slugbug.com"
"No. SMUG MUG."
"SLUG MUG?"
"WILD LAUGHTER ERUPTS FROM ME!"
"NO! SMUG -MUG" S as is Sam M as in Mike U as in Umbrella and G as is Green.

Finally he gets it and she says, "Honey, just add it as a favorite so we don't have to go through this again."
I'm laughing my head off now.
"Well, what do you see?"
"Uh, I see Sarah. Looks like she's in some kinda weed patch."
That did it! REALLY WILD LAUGHTER NOW!
"Yah, there's Hannah. That's a good picture."
"Oh look! There's Isabella. There's some flowers in front of her. Um, she looks blurred. Is that supposed to be like that?"

Oh goodness. Just forget it.


Love you Rebecca!

Sweet pea in a pod.

FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All In a Day's Work

We went to a neat event last weekend: Cy-Fest Community Festival. The Cy-Fair VFD was there to put on demonstrations and let me tell you, they were AWESOME. It was our favorite part of the day. To watch these people in action is just breathtaking.

The men did a demonstration of how they get people out of the car when there's been a serious accident. It was amazing. The tools in the above photo were used to take this door off. We're talking p-o-w-e-r here.

I know. Can you get more stealthy fireman looking than this?

I can't decide which I like better.

Intense.

This is Denise and her k-9 partner, Aid'N. This was our favoritest, favoritest part of the demonstrations. Aid'N has a long list of accomplishments that include working at 9/11 and also during the Katrina aftermath. He's on his way to find "victims" nestled in the pallets. He found them both. And when he did, he just stood there and barked until Denise came over to him.

They don't use food for rewards. It's playtime that is given to them for correctly responding to the situation. Think he likes it? Yah, me too!

Such a good listener.

Here, Aid'N is looking for people trapped inside the building. Again, he is taught to bark relentlessly until someone comes and releases him...by telling him good boy and lovin' on 'eem. His ears are the cutest! Love this.

A little affirmation for her helper. A little adoration for his owner.

He's gorgeous!

Ewwww Weeeeeeee! I love my job! Hey, It's all in a day's work. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

She Turned 9 In Style

All of the preparations were made over the last year. The accessories, clothes, shoes, bags, mini chandeliers, were precisely chosen for this momentous occasion: her little girl was turning 9! Shavaria knows how to put a party together honey! Just look below and see her fingerprints all over the details! Talent. Talent.

At 4:30pm, 12 little girls arrived with big smiles and excitement on hand and began to get ready. It was glitz n glam all the way! There were 6 designers who chose the girls' outfits and fixed their hair for them. After they had gotten all glammed up, I met them at a secret location (an automotive center) in Humble and had a photo session there. It was SO much fun! They all looked beautiful and had a fantastic shoot! After the shoot, we went to Cedar Landing in Huffman for a fabulous shrimp and catfish dinner! Thank you Shavaria! The little "Top Models" finished their meal and rode off in style in a barbie pink stretch limo!

The Birthday Girl's living room was transformed into a huge dressing room for her and her friends.

Two of the designers peeking from all of the girls' clothes that were awaiting their arrival.

Details. Details.

Can you tell this is the birthday girl? Naaaaaaaaah. Didn't think you could.

All the girls had envelopes that said who their designer would be and also what their theme of clothing would be.

And the envelope please.

Some shots of them getting all glammed out!

A little sun bling for ya. Love this.

And of course the birthday girl getting ready.

What a doll!

And here is the final result of those fabulous designers! You look ma-velous girlies!

Are you kidding me with the school bus? Go girls!

These two looked awesome! Their theme was: "Rock Meets Runway"

"Uptown Girl"

"International Flare"

Happy Birthday!

Uncle Mark

Mom and Daughter. Very warm.

Look out! Here we come!!!

In Hot Pursuit & The Coolest Socks EvEr

Slow and steady always wins. It's been that way since Ike hit us. At least for the computer part of my life. OH IT'S SO GOOD TO BE BACK! We just got internet last week! I'm grateful to have my home and electricity. We went camping for a few days during recovery and it was wonderful. I'll not mention how many delicious S'mores I ate while on the wild frontier. Or how scared I was at night that a bear would come and attack our tent (that all five of us happened to sleep in. For it was made for three but somehow we squished in five!)

We've been in revival now for 6 weeks with Jerome Bourn (who is truly a man of God and who has blessed us with his ministry) . God is just about to get us to believe that He can do ANYTHING. I say that sarcastically but you know He really can do anything. More than what you think or pray. I'm not putting Him in a box any more! Only He knows how cramped it is in there. Yes, I've made my decision to believe Him and trust for whatever my need and want. I don't say that in a cocky way but as His child and as someone who is in hot pursuit of His presence and ways. Anyway, if you want to come and have your faith, thinking, and life totally changed we'll be at 8819 Will Clayton PKWY on Friday Oct 10th at 7:30pm and Sunday Oct 12 at 10:30am & 6:00pm. Hey, for those of you who are sick of the way things are going in your life just give God a chance and see what He does. Seriously. And please, I'm not a religious nut who believes that you can put your quarter in God's vending machine and get what you want. But I do believe that when you put Him first, He sees to it that you are well taken care of. It's a principle. Oh I know some of you don't believe that it's right to mix business (this blog, my photography) with "religion" but it's who I am. And now to quote the ever popular spinach eating, strength gaining Popeye,: "I yam what I yam."

And on a very um different note...I bought the coolest pair of socks this week and want to show you! I put them on and walked into the room where my family was and instantly their eyes lit up and they smiled! "Where'd you get those?" I said, "you like 'em dontcha?!"

I think I'm in love. The colors are awesome!

Lookin' all cool.

I'll be posting a really creative birthday party that I shot on Sept 27th soon! Here's a super sneek peek!

***UUUUUHHHHH! As soon as I am able, I am going to purchase a custom blog so that my photos don't look all Willy-Wonkified when I post them! I don't know why the sock photos look so pixelated but if anyone knows, please let me in on the info.