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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Cardboard Boat Races!

My oldest, Tori, participated in the Cardboard Boat Race at her school. The goal, build a boat out of cardboard, ducktape, paint and a few other ingredients, and paddle it across the lake.

This thing was HILARIOUS!

I almost swear I always pee'd in my britches I was laughing so hard at some of the going on's... (yeah, I know, how professional a photographer would I have been doing that??)

Tori & her friend Olivia built a cool boat with the help of Olivia's dad... but had a design flaw issue...

Notice the duck tape at the back?

Uh oh...

The waters DEFINITELY in the boat....

The teachers participated:

The titanic II ran into it's competition...

Leaving it floundering...

Before it came apart...

The girls had fun though.... and it was a great event for the school!

712 Dance Crew: New Dancers!

I had a blast this afternoon with the members of the 712 Dance Crew. This is a dance crew started by a young man by the name of Brandon Washington. He spent the last 5 years on the Jump Team with Second Baptist, and danced for years before that. He graduated high school in the spring, and started moving forward with establishing his own dance crew.

These are the original members:

Brandon:

Ali:

Alex:

Auditions were held in August - and the auditions were tough. I went for 2 hours, while they learned a dance from an amazing choreographer, and then danced for the judges - hoping to make the crew.

Today, I had the pleasure of photographing the new members of the 712 Dance Crew:

Colleen:

Melissa:

Olivia:

Ashley:

Sarah:

Lily:

Samantha:

These are the craziest shoes....

Brandon is getting a bit outnumbered with girls at this point... he and Alex need some more male dancers!

This is the NEW 712 Dance Crew:

Check them out at www.712dancecrew.com!

Beautiful Chelsea - Senior 2009

I spent my first morning back with a gorgeous senior! Chelsea is 18 years old, and will be headed off to college this summer!

It was really fun to spend my morning with Chelsea and her mom. We hit a few wonderful locations out in West Houston, and were able to get some amazing images for Chelsea's senior portraits.

I hope you enjoy this sneak peak!

I loved - LOVED - this outfit! The white dress with the cowboy boots... she was rocking it!

Ms. E and her family!

Ms. E and her parents spent a couple hours on this GORGEOUS Saturday afternoon with me. We had a blast....and managed to get finished JUST as it started raining.

These are just a few of my favorites from the session!

Gorgeous family....





This was a GORGEOUS dress.



The tiara.... she's mom's little princess. I'm gonna have to get one of those Tiny T's for a couple of other sessions. This was SO cute...



And what session would be complete with a little street art...

Thanks so much for spending your Saturday afternoon with me, I really enjoyed it!