Where the heck have you been?

That'd be 'me'... not you! Although...where have YOU been???

Made a trip to the Final Four with the girls... shot a school full of 7th graders...and ambushed one of the teachers and made her pose... which resulted in another teacher scheduling a session....and then my 2 year old decided she needed photos....then I shot the AMAZING !mpulse Dance crew.... had an AMAZING session with them....then tried to do a session with my 12 year old... and just for those moms who get frustrated about taking photos of your own kids... don't think it's any different for me... it's HARD to shoot your own kids.... and then it's on to softball...

So here are a few shots... I hope you enjoy!!

Gorgeous teacher.... would you believe she teaches math...and has four kids??? I almost want to hate her for that... but she is SO sweet!

This is also a teacher... she teaches Bible... and is one of my favorite people...we are both VERY much alike...

My youngun...

She's a bit of a ham...

This is for her daddy....who is currently deployed...

!mpact Dance Crew:

Group shot:

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Fireworks: Katy Mills

The family and I headed over to Katy Mills to watch the fireworks show. It was Sarah's first year to see/hear them... we had debated taking her out with us, because it was so late, but decided to at the last minute.

A few things about 'almost' 2 year olds... a.) the noise is a bit scarey... b.) the fireworks are really cool... and c.) the drive home was amazingly long with her in the back seat saying, again, again, again, again, again, again....

We weren't sure if she was saying 'again' because she kept seeing them, or because she WANTED to keep seeing them.

I was able to setup my tripod and get a few fabulous fireworks photos though, here are a few of my favorites!








This is one of my personal favorites - I love the uniqueness of it.













On a more serious note - I hope you celebrated the 4th of July. As the spouse of a soldier in the Texas Army National Guard who will be deploying for a long period very shortly, the 4th of July is pretty special to my family. I recently made the decision to become a photographer with OpLove.org - an organization that offers photography both pre-deployment, and post deployment to our nations military.

Each of you has a special gift... mine is photography. Give back... it makes a profound difference for both the giver... and the recipient.

Trip to the Houston Zoo

I had the opportunity to accompany my daughter's class on a field trip to the Houston Zoo. I took quite a few photos, but thought I'd share a few of my favorites.

Brandon Senior Session: Part 2

We broke Brandon's session up so that we could get some pictures of one his favorite activities, which is going to the gym.

I think this is my favorite of the day:

We also had a bit of fun with the full moon outside...Brandon's mom and his friend spent quite a few minutes laughing at this:

And one more serious one (Brandon LIKES serious looks!)

I hope you enjoyed a peak into Brandon's Senior Session! If you need to book yours, contact me!

Tween Session

Teenage Angst... even though she's not 'quite' a teen yet. There is a look that only the young can give you.

Did I mention she's only eleven?? Her dad is making sure his guns are clean... I know he is. I think I'll help him.

Tis the Season

I belong to quite a few online forums, one of which brought me this wonderful little boy and his family. He was the happiest baby... although he didn't like one of my baskets that much.







Thanks so much B for bringing your wonderful family by! It was wonderful!

Ms. T & Mr. S

I had the easiest photoshoot ever this morning. Ms T & Mr. S are the children from a former high school classmate of mine. We decided to meet at Terry Hershey Park to do a few shots of the kids. I hadn't met her kids yet - in fact - we haven't seen each since high school. Would you believe that she looked exactly the same?

Ms. T wants to be a singer... she definitely has the personality for it! Very friendly, and just super sweet!

Her little brother now....S just made my day. He reminds me of myself - even today. I want to know EVERYTHING. And he asks LOTS of questions.

Both of them were just wonderful to work with.

Here are just a couple of shots from today's session!

Look at this smile... does it get anymore sweet than this?



And Mr. S....



Thanks so much for hanging out with me today - I had a blast!

Homecoming 2008

I had the pleasure of photographing some of high schoolers from my daughters school. Friday night was their homecoming football game, and they won 28 to 18. Saturday night, they were enjoying it. These are just a few of the photos - I took more than 200.

Here is a group shot at the Galleria:



These kids were alot of fun. They had over an hour wait for their table at their restaurant in the Galleria, so we wandered around the mall for a while.

While we were waiting for the limo to arrive....







The galleria is full of all kinds of fun spots to take pictures in.... this brick wall just screamed out: I'll look fabulous in pictures! And it did.... the girls made it look pretty darn good too!





Ms. R has such classy style.



You guys were wonderful! Thanks for letting me hang out with you for a while. I hope you enjoyed dinner and your dance!