wedding plan

coffee break

It's definitely time for a coffee break.  I wanted to share some things that are on my mind.

  
Dooce's New Book

She did it!  Heather Armstrong's new book hit the stands this and she dragged me in. Actually, her hubby did. He twittered something about it being on the top list of non-fiction so I raced to Barnes and Noble after my pedicure Tuesday and went and picked it up. I just started it, but the writing is witty and profound and she's not afraid to bare her soul. I love people who do that.

I stared reading dooce's blog back when I first started blogging. I always wanted to be a write. Not a Jane Austen, be still my heart and whisper my fleeting soul on a sun rise breeze, kind of writer. And not a SCARY I can't finish that paragraph, check make sure the door is locked kind of writer, either. But a witty writer. A funny writer. A writer that bent the language, said much of nothing, yet had you constantly searching out any little snippets they might create. Heather's that kind of writer.

Softball

Kalyn made Varsity!!! Woo Hoo! Or did she? She was officially on JV and we were excited, but then JV broke up because there simply weren't enough players so she is on Varsity. Sort of? I mean, she's played in a game, she's batted, she's slap-hit, she's gone 4+ days a week. Probably sees her coach more than her family. She's missed enough softball related absences that her mother was perpetually (how's that for using Catholic words?) worried she wouldn't make it past her Freshman year, despite her high GPA.

I'm thrilled she’s on the team, however, I’ve been waiting for the announcement, the letter in the mail that tells me how to get our Varsity Flag. You know, the flag that’s in your window or your yard to tell you that a Cooper Pirate lives there. I want the flag. We have no flag. So maybe we aren’t on varisty?


House Building Blues

I seriously thought we would be in by now. I knew Feb. 20th was not a chance. And then when the door arrived much delayed, I was thinking, OK. March 1st or so. AND now that Spring Break is passed, I'm thinking Easter? Who knows. But we do have floors and amazing back splash. Just a few weeks longer, right?


My Weight

It’s too high. I’m too large to move like I want. In my head, my body is tanned and hard and I have long blonde hair and high heels and I’m dancing around a pole. Wait, that’s in Devin’s head. But you get the idea. We always think we look better than we really do. I was editing Molly and Steven’s photos and Emily, the photographer that shot with me, took many photos of me and I look so LARGE in the middle I swear I was wearing a bullet proof inner tuber under my black shirt. I must get in shape.

New iPhone

I’ve had a first generation iPhone since they came out in June 07. During Spring Break it swam in a cup of coffee and the screen quit working. So, I now have the 3G iPhone and I just heard through the apple rumor mill that a new one is coming out this June that will allow you to text photos and a slew of other things that is too cool to comprehend.  

This is kind of a pisser.  I mean, I'm pleased Apple is doing cool things and making such wicked cool things that I MUST BUY instantly, but I just bought the 3G, so now what?  

I'm heading out of town this weekend for an AWESOME wedding of Anna + Nick.  I know it will be great because her sister's was AWESOME last June and I always have fun in Austin.  :)  

Until the next coffee break.  :)

New hair and new iPhone ap

YIPEE! I was featured...

On the International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers.  I submitted some shots from Molly + Steven's wedding and YIPEE!  They liked them!

CLICK HERE to check them out.  Oh, and be sure and look through the work under contest results.  Some of the BEST photogs EVER are on there.  I'm definitely doing a happy dance over this one.  :)

Megan + Austin

Megan and Austin were photographed by my friend, Lauren (Lauren Clark Photography) during one of Laurn's AWESOME Brainwash sessions.  The images ROCKED of course, but they needed a clean image to put on their invitation.  In this business, we call that the "Grandma shot" or the "Mom Shot" or the "safe shot".  I offered to do a quickie session and had some fun putting a little "passion spin" on things.  

We had so much fun just laughing and getting to know each other.  They got used to how I shoot before their big day and I to to study them together and know their best angles.  I never found a bad one.  Can't wait to photograph the wedding!

Woo Hoo!

beautiful belly

This is Kara and she loves photography.  We became friends on facebook through family (my husband and her dad share the same great-grandma, I think?)  And when she told me she was pregnant, I instantly asked if she would willingly be my belly model.  She agreed and I had the chance to get some images out of my head that had been stewing around  in there.  

Thanks so much, Kara!  You did a great job!  And good luck with Baby Girl #2!  :)

to glaze or not to glaze?

Leave a comment and let me know.

ABC Rodeo Sweethearts

How cool is this?  Studio West is the corporate sponsor of the ABC Rodeo Sweethearts this year and I got to photograph the Sweethearts @ Studio Wests' offices yesterday.  Their way kewel offices!  LOVED THE PLACE!  I was using their exterior walls already, after hours with clients, so it wasn't a big stretch to step inside and see this wicked cool place.  

Many of you know I'm currently building a home in West Texas and let me tell you, I so had my eye on the table in their kitchen.  OUCH!  You talk about smoking HOT!  I wonder if they would notice it being gone?  

I think I'll head back this week for some more of that awesome cookie smell.  I gave up sweets for Lent, but that doesn't mean I can't smell them!!!  They had a batch going for the girls which was super sweet.

Special thanks to Marinda Heinrich for securing me the gig.  She's the long and lean one in the middle.  

Sweethearts?  If you are reading this, your images will be ready for viewing in about a week.  Be sure you email me to get on the notification list to receive the gallery link.