Merry Christmas to All!

Yes, that’s right, it’s his horse (the blue one) and my horse (the purple one)… or at least the horses from the correct years. : )  And they go beside each other on the Christmas tree every year. And then they go back into the box beside each other, too.  : ) I don’t want them to get lonely.

Aren’t they adorable?  We have at least a dozen and they’re all wonderful.

Now, it’s Christmas Day so go enjoy it!  : )

Merry Christmas!

” ‘Twas the Tuesday before Christmas

and all through the blog

not a creature was stirring

not even a … frog?”

I’ll have to work on that.  But while I think about it, here’s something I know is properly enjoyable and Christmasy!

My husband’s grandmother gave him (& his sister) an ornament every year.  You know the ones?  That are special edition and are released every year with the same theme yet a new ornament?  Well, for a while he got planes.  I love them. : )  Which is why we put them on our little tree… Before the airplanes, he got rocking horses (which, though I love the airplanes, I love the horses even more)… you’ll have to wait a few days to know why that’s relevant. ; )

4 Days till Christmas!

Okay, I admit it: I’m moving a little slowly on the Noah pictures.  I’ve had some other projects I’ve been working on (sorry, not photography related).  But I wanted to get up at least a preview of my sweet littl(est) nephew.

Isn’t he wonderful?  And he’s got so much hair!  Yes, I know, I mention that often, but I just love all his hair!  I was a bald little girl until about 2.  Isn’t that sad for me?  But it seems Noah is definitely not going to have that problem!

Since I love you all & many of you are still waiting for Tim & Marla’s wedding, I’m giving you a little preview of her Bridal Session. Not exactly the wedding, I know, but hopefully I’ll have a full fledged blog (actually, 2 blogs, 1 for bridals & 1 for wedding) post soon. As in next week. I see the light at the end of the image tunnel! Which means all of you will be seeing images soon too! I know you’re excited.

Now, for that gorgeous photo!

I love black & white. : )

I absolutely love her birdcage veil! And the hairpiece… I think feathers are gorgeous! Of course, I also love a more traditional veil, too: they’re so sheer & lacy… maybe I should just face the fact that I love veils… and hats… and feathers, yeah, I had to throw that in again. So definitely don’t feel shy bringing such wonderful items to wear so I can photograph them & enjoy how beautiful they (and you) are!

Beside the wedding posts, I also have a special post planned for seniors soon. So if you’re in Abilene or Lubbock & are going to be, or know someone who will be, a Senior, keep checking back because I’m posting special just for you!

Well, I was out of town this weekend so I didn’t get any editing done for my fabulous & oh, so patient friends (you know who you are!).

However, I had a fantastic weekend! Chris & I went to visit my mom & I attended her “Grandmother’s Baby Shower”. I hadn’t heard of this idea before, but I think it’s both fun & practical so it has my approval. Since my beautiful sister-in-law, Caleb, & their little boy Noah, who is about 2 months from joining this side of the world, live a few hours from my mom, her friends at work threw her a party so she could gather some necessary items to have at her house for little Noah’s arrival & visits.

This duck works not only as an ice cream holder, but also can be used as a baby bath tub. Cute, right?

Some (literally) yummy details!

This is a list of names for “grandmother” from other countries.

Here’s my sweet mother mocking me because I had trouble getting pictures with her eyes OPEN! : )

Yes, she’s playing with a teddy bear puppet.
Doesn’t she look like the best grandmother?

A lovely “Sock Corsage”, again, I’d never heard of it, but I thought it was adorable!

One last little detail.

Obviously not the baby shower. We visited the HSU campus so I played with perspective shots. Just because. I can. : )

These last two are just the gorgeous lighting as we were headed to visit my mom & the sky line of West Texas! I love Texas. : )

I took this image in late February & it’s been sitting on my computer, waiting for me to give it some love. Now I have. I took several others but this is by far my favorite. : ) I’ve done minimum touch-up work. If I remember correctly, there’s not even any color correction. That’s what I call a successful photo!

I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do!

P.S. There’s some fun stuff coming soon! I took some Senior Photos last Sunday & they are lovely. Expect a post before too long… plus there’ll be another “for fun” image up soon!