It worked!

It worked! My little guinea pigs came over and I put them to work. Here are our final results! Now I just have to wait until the wedding in September to try it out on the wedding party.

Special Times

Sometimes I take for granted the time I spend with my kids. This morning I decided I would take Cameron out shopping for some school clothes. Luckily, Morgan was available to watch "Cybil" and Addison so I could have some Cameron and mommy time. When I told him what we were doing he was so excited. He even asked me if it would really just be him and me. So off we went. He really didn't need much I just wanted to be able to spend some quality time with him before he started school on Monday. The first few stores we went to we didn't find much, however we hit the jackpot at TJ Maxx. After an hour of shopping Cameron was hungry. I told him to pick any place he would like and we would have lunch. Now I am thinking he was going to choose his favorite, Golden Coral, however he simply said he would like to have some chicken nuggets. THANK GOD he didn't want McDonalds! Chick-fil-A it was! After we had found the few things we wanted to get we headed home. The best part of the day was when my little boy put his arms around me and thanked me for having just "us" time. Tears filled my eyes and the memory of the time we spent together today will be priceless!

New Trick

We photographers are always trying out new tricks of the trade. I was browsing through other photographers websites and I ran across this awesome wedding picture where the bridal party all had sparklers and spelled out the word LOVE. Well, we didn't spell anything mainly because I had two "boys" out there playing around with the sparklers and they couldn't figure out which way to make the letters, however, I did figure out how to make the picture happen. So, the next time there is a group of people over here and it is dark, guess what they will be doing..... Gosh I just love guinea pigs! :0) Now, I just have to find some more sparklers.

Busy Again

I have finally recuperated from the big Hannah Montana birthday party this weekend. Although, Miss Hannah is still performing morning, noon and night. I have had two newborn sessions in the past two days which you can see on my photography blog. Newborns are so much fun to work with because you can get them to do just about anything. Plus, they had amazing families to work with. Cynthia and I were talking yesterday and realized that we are all going to the beach in less than 5 weeks! YEAH! We also realized that we have 3 weddings before we go! We are going to be busy, busy, busy. Wish us luck! :0)

Peyton's 4th Birthday

Today we celebrated Peyton's (ie. Hannah Montana) 4th Birthday. Can you guess what the theme was? Needless to say our house has now turned into Hannah Montana's dressing room, stage, makeup and wardrobe area.....you name it! Peyton got so many neat presents from all of her friends but her favorite was her HM dress up outfit and wig. Here are just a few pictures from her first performance......

Now, her first concert will be next week. For those of you wishing to see Hannah Montana in concert, please forward your checks in the amount of $400.00 for front row seating to Chris and I. Maybe we will be rich after all!!! :0)

Cameron and Grayson

My sister and her family ventured in from Christiansburg with their kids for a visit this weekend. I had tons of fun photographing my newest nephew, Luke, who is only 2 weeks old. (Picutres are on my CAPture.it Blog) In the meantime, Cameron and Grayson had lots of fun playing outisde. Here are just a few of the candid shots I took of the boys.

Busy Day

I had the busiest day today. It started this morning at 9 with bridal portraits (see website). After that I came home and processed those and put them online. No time for a nap, unfortunately, because I had to endure the heat and get the grass cut. Finally it was 3:00 and time to head off to my next photo session. That session was what I call a "dream session". It makes my job so easy when I have a client that knows exactly what to do, which way to look, and how to pose. All I do is focus and snap. There is a sneak peek on my CAPture.it Blog or you can check out the full slide show on my website. Fortunate for me, Angie took Cameron and Peyton swimming with her girls so Chris and Addison could get a nap and he didn't have to listen to the words "I'm bored" all afternoon. Needless to say, after that session I went to pick up the kids only to find out they didn't want to leave. Yeah for me! That gave me a chance to come home for some peace and quiet and get that sessions photos processed. Which might I add was a VERY difficult job. I don't think that girl took a bad picture. It was grueling trying to decide which pictures to present to them. It is now 11:52pm, the kids decided to spend the night with Angie and her girls, and I have todays pictures online and I am done! Now, on to cleaning house. You would think I would hit the pillow now but I am going to take advantage of the kids not being here to mess up as soon as I clean up. I even tried to get Chris out of work tonight since they were slow but no such luck. Guess I am going to spend the evening, what's left of it, all by myself. Peace and quiet! :0)