Chocolate & Pink

She is 4 days old. She is so tiny. She has red hair. Marcus (my cousin) and his beautiful wife that has the best hair in the world, Nicole are the proud new parents of this sweet baby girl. I love her hair and not just because it's red. I just love babies with hair. She gets the red hair from her dad. She has the most awesome room! It's all chocolaty brown & sweet strawberry pink with white accents. Nicole chose toile, stripes, and polka dots and had her bedding and curtains custom made! My Aunt Tiggy (she once french braided my hair when I was 10 and I slept on my stomach with my chin atop my hands so I wouldn't mess it up for school the next morning. She's also the one who took care of my mother during her battle with cancer) designed K's room and it looks amazing! The striped walls are fun! What a blessed baby girl. And here she is in all her freshness...

Free To Succeed

"Babe!" Oh my goodness. Come here! I want to go to this conference! It's only $49 if I'm one of the first 30 people to sign up! "Whatcha waitin' for girl?" And with those words and the burning up of my fingers on my keyboard, I booked my spot for the Free To Succeed Tour with David Jay and Jasmine Star. So let me begin by saying that if you are a photographer -no matter where you are in your photography walk, you MUST go to this conference. Next Paragraph..."If you make your business helping other people, you'll always have plenty of work." And those were the opening words of David Jay. I'm not just a girl with a camera that can take rockin' portraits! I am helping others do what they cannot. Hey, I can't work on a car, fix your air-conditioner, or sew. But what I can do is capture the moments in life that mean the world to you in an incredibly artistic, bold, moving way! And that is helping others. David Jay was so real and down to earth. He never once gave me the impression that he was "Mr. It" by his success. He was in fact very genuine and so desires to help others to be successful too with his knowledge and information. Next Paragraph...(this is so dumb...I can't press enter to start a new paragraph. And if I change my settings or navigate off of this page, I will lose my work above! Will look into that after this post. uuuuuhhh) Bring in the lovely Jasmine Star. With her high energy, speed-lightening words, and determination in full swing, she delivered the most incredible presentation I could've hoped for. She laughed, she cried, she said, "Oh no You Di-ent!" She made me feel very comfortable and in her "league." When she started by saying that she once sat where we were, well, that did it. My throat got all choked up and lumpy and tears filled my eyes. "This girl is real", I said to myself holding back the tears. She knows what it's like to desire to be the best that YOU can be. She knows what it's like to lack the many things that we long for and need. She's fabulous. She's a great leader. I don't want to say too much for the people that haven't heard this fabulous one-two punch yet but believe me, you will walk away from this meeting with fierce determination and mighty tools in hand to catapult you into the next level in your business. Thank you so much David Jay and Jasmine for encouraging, inspiring, and challenging me! Next Paragraph... OKKKK!!!! WHAT?!?!? I am so on the blog of Jasmine (well in a little spot about the size of my pinky nail.) Look at the group shot on the very far right...you'll see a little blue shirt and head with glasses) And for my BIG debut, I'm on Kenny Kim's blog! SCREEEEEEEEEAM!!! Kenny and I chatted last night and he's very kind not to mention a fabulous photographer! And he has the most gorgeous business cards! I love the photos Kenny! And now for a major HELLO to my new friend, Patricia Pentecost of Plumb Tree Studios!!!!! We had a blast last night! Thanks for the shots of me and Jasmine! Hey girl, I'm ready for "Photographer's Think Tank" We Will! WOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thanks for the ride to The House of Pies to meet my precious girls and hubby! MyRick, thank you for your support! I love you!

I call this: the close lip look.

What was I doing? What was I thinking?

Uuum. I don't know.

We had a blast taking these! WOOOOOOOO!!! Love ya Jasmine!

Pretty In Pink

We had an absolutely fun photo shoot Saturday! This is D and she is turning 9! When we shot this I knew it was going to be great but what I didn't notice was the 9 at the top of that pole! Hello McFly!?!? I know right? I pray before every photo shoot and God always allows me to capture the most amazing details. She looks like she's turning like 16 right? Her mom is unlike any other person I've ever me before. She is a major party planner. She is a giver. She is one of the most amazing women I know. And D's party is going to be the party of 2008! It's in September and I am squeely-excited about her Top Model par-tay. Heeeeey! Her mom has planned the event for over a year. Said she always does. There will be 12 girls. Each girl will receive a new outfit, a new pair of shoes, a gorgeous oval mirror that is metal-footed with their names written on them, beautiful shiny, silver tote bags filled to the top with goodies and more! Her living room will be transformed into a "closet" and decorated to a T. The girls will have designers to help them get dressed and ready -including hair! Okay, I don't want to say any more but you get the picture. There are a ton more surprises! WOW. I so wish I was 9 again!

Stuffed, Baptized, and Dusty's Lashes

My girls just made me the most wonderful plate of food served to me on a silver tray. They made me water served in my favorite footed glass...it's all texturey and I do loooove texture! My dinner was sliced strawberries with whipped cream on top (not cool whip), natural peanut butter with honey mixed in, these new Pepperidge Farm pretzel crackers that are divine, and cut up bananas. I am STUFFED! It was delicious and they spoil me all the time like this. Makes up for the funky lunch of a hot dog with Wolf Brand Chili that I had! YUM! This past weekend both of my neices were baptized at our church. It was wonderful! Afterwards we went to my sister-in-laws (the one that always keeps me in stitches) house to eat the best dirty rice ever! While there, I took some photos of T and Dusty per CJ's request. He is so fine! T looks radiant in her photos! Dusty's lashes make me envious. It's been a good week. I hope you've had one too so far.



P.S. I've just been invited to shoot the most awesome birthday party in September and it is going to be outrageously creative, decorated to a T, and serious fun for the girls who will be there! More details about this little "Top Model" BIG party coming soon!

I love them

I love this series. It reminds me of the olden days (that's what I used to say when I was little girl so it'll do now too). I can see an old town where every business is on one dusty street and horses kicking up dust as they stride by with the clipity clop of their hooves, snorting noses, and tinkering of their tack.

I stumbled across this quote yesterday and wanted to share it with you.

Successful people replace the words "wish", "should", and "try" with "I will."

Sometimes my writings are like a buffet...you get a little bit of everything!

Blessed Indeed

Good morning beautiful people. I pray all is well with you on this day. Last Friday was a tremendous day for us. We had an unexpected blessing come our way. We never saw it coming. It was a wonderful blessing indeed. Joe called MyRick and asked what we were doing that night and MyRick said "we don't have anything planned." And with those words were invited to meet Joe and Sheree at the Kemah Boardwalk. We arrived with excitement to see our friends and also for our girls to be with their friends. Instantly Bella and Adie squeeked with joy, held hands like little girls do and enjoyed the rest of the fun- filled, action packed, spoil us all evening! We were all hungry and so we decided to eat at the Chart House and it was incredible! Oh my goodness. My palette hasn't had food like that in, well, I can't remember when -if ever! Scrumptious was our food! Delectable. MMMMMMMM! See our meals below. Mine was the one with the aparagus plated neatly and artistically on the pastry crusted fish. The Creme Brulee was simply divine. We were there for 2 hours and enjoyed the company of our friends. It was a much needed get together with people of like precious faith and positive conversation. Joe and Sheree blessed us by paying for our meal (VERY EXPENSIVE MEAL) as well as a trip to the candy shop and the girls' arm bands for all of the cool rides! I am continually blown away by the goodness of the Lord. You just never know what He's up to. We are blessed to have such good friends. Thank you for thinking about us Joe and Sheree. Your kindness will never be forgotten.

EWWWWWWW! I want that calculator!

Hey, saw the shot and had to take it!

The bathroom at the Chart House was gorgeous!

Want A Good Laugh?

You need to go here if you need a good laugh today! The girls and I just laughed so hard our stomachs hurt!