Christina!

I got to spend the day today with Christina. This young lady is as pretty as she is sweet. I first met her about 6 years ago. She is a sweetheart, both she her mom and dad too! Shes stunningly beautiful and I'm excited about her wedding. I don't usually post images of brides, because I don't like to show their dresses, but you cant see it in these shots. I'm very excited about your wedding Christina and Steve. -Dixie

Slideshow

People keep emailing and asking me what is the link for our Senior Slideshow.

Its here. It will ask to download a viewer and it only takes about 10 seconds and its safe.

Enjoy! Oh and you will have to click on Sr. 2008 show a couple of times, once the page opens. Let me know if you have any trouble. BTW, you cant see it if you are on a Dial up Modem. Only high speed or Cable.

Heres the link below.
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=116502

Cutie Carly

More of Amber

SAY CHEESE!

Our son the Athlete and the Actor

Today our son was flimed for church for a commercial. Its for a Valentines Dinner they are having and they wanted Scott to star in the commercial! They shot it at our home and he did his lines great!

I shot a couple of images while they were filming. They chose his wardrobe and did his hair, etc.

I think he looks handsome like this, reminds me of the actor on Friday Night lights Taylor Kitsch http://www.taylorkitsch.com/

If I get a copy of the commercial Ill post it. Thats our handsome boy! Hard to believe hes only 1/2 year out of Jr. High.

Photo Clues lead to Cameras Owner

I love STUFF LIKE THIS!!!

Read on!

At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery.
Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn't seem to care. So Gunderson brought it home and showed it to her fiance, Brian Ascher. They decided that the only right thing to do was to find the owner.
But how? The only clues were the pictures on the camera: typical tourist snapshots, complete with a visit to the Statue of Liberty. How could they find a stranger among the huddled masses?
Gunderson is busy in finance for Bear Stearns Cos., so the detective quest fell to Ascher, a 26-year-old law student at New York University. He was on winter break and eager to put off writing a paper about climate change treaties.

He checked whether anyone had reported a matching missing camera to the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission. No dice. He placed ads in lost-and-found sections of Craigslist but got just one response _ from a couple in Brazil who had lost a camera in a cab on Oct. 12, not Dec. 31.
"I guess they thought their camera had been riding around in a taxi for two months," Ascher recalls now, chuckling at the notion that such a thing would be possible in New York.
The 350 pictures and two videos on the camera showed several adults, an older woman and three children. Half put them at New York sites like the Empire State Building. The other half had the group enjoying warm weather and frolicking at kid-friendly theme parks.
Ascher easily pinpointed Florida. The group had stood in front of a sign indicating Clearwater, Fla., and posed at Bob Heilman's Beachcomber Restaurant there.

They also took a pirate-themed boat ride where the kids got mustaches painted on their faces. Ascher zoomed in on the group to see name tags on their shirts. He spotted an Alan, an Eileen, a male Noel and a female Noelle, plus a Ciarnan. Under their names was written "IRE."
When Ascher checked the videos, he saw nothing telling, just the children dancing and swimming. But in the background, he heard Irish accents.
OK, Ascher figured, the camera's owner is from Ireland.

Ascher called Canon's Ireland division to see if anyone had registered the $500 camera's serial number. No such luck. He posted ads on Irish Web sites. Nothing.

He checked the date stamp on the photos from Bob Heilman's and called to inquire whether anyone remembered serving a big Irish group that day. Without the diners' last names, there was no way to check. It's a nice thing you're trying, the manager told Ascher, but you probably just found yourself a new camera.

Enter some fresh eyes. Ascher's mother, Nancy, and sister, Emily Rann, scoured the pictures for clues he might have missed. Nancy was particularly confident, having reunited people with their lost belongings before. She once found a California woman's wallet in a cab in Florence, Italy, and spent all day on her trail before making a handover at an American Express office.
"I thought, with all this data in the camera, there's no way we're not going to get it back to them," Nancy Ascher says now. "I was hoping it wasn't going to take a trip to Ireland, flashing their pictures everywhere."

Ascher's mother and his sister noticed that one of the pictures showed a doorman helping someone into a New York taxi. Zooming tight on the doorman's uniform, they made out the logo of the Radisson Hotel.

After several phone calls and a visit to the hotel to show the pictures around, Nancy Ascher persuaded an employee to search the Radisson's guest records by first name and country of residence. Indeed, a Noel from Ireland had stayed there on the date stamped on the photo. Nancy Ascher charmed the hotel employee into sharing the guest's e-mail address.
Wonderful.

Except that when Noel responded to Brian Ascher, he said he hadn't lost a camera.
By now, school was resuming, and Ascher was prepared to give the camera to his mom so she could take over. She had figured out the name of the Florida pirate-boat cruise and was trying to reach its operator.
But first Ascher took a final look at the photographs.

He poured over some from Dec. 30 that didn't include the children. The photos showed signs for bars in Manhattan's East Village: The Thirsty Scholar, Telephone Bar, Burp Castle. There also were multiple interior shots of a tavern, but they didn't seem to fit with what Ascher knew of those other three bars.
Then he stopped on another picture, showing two people outside an apartment building. Seemingly accidentally included in the picture was something Ascher had missed the first time: an awning in the background that read "Standings." Aha! Standings is a bar next to Burp Castle. Ascher checked its Web site, and the interior matched the pictures on the camera.

Ascher found Standings' owner, who reached the bartender who had worked Dec. 30. Yes, he recalled an Irish group. Especially because one of the women was a big tipper and said she worked at another New York City bar, Playwrights. The Standings bartender called Playwrights to ask which employees had been in his bar.

Ascher soon got an e-mail from a woman named Sarah Casey, whose sister Jeanette works at Playwrights. Suddenly everything Ascher had seen on the camera came to life.

The Caseys recently had hosted relatives and friends from Ireland. The group included their friend Alan Murphy, who had journeyed to Florida with family before heading to New York, where the clan stayed at the Radisson. (Their Noel was not the Noel whom Ascher e-mailed.) Murphy ended the trip kicking himself for leaving his camera in a cab in the twilight on New Year's Eve.
Sarah Casey agreed to send it to him. It didn't go to Ireland but to Sydney, Australia, where Murphy lives now.
Murphy, an insurance underwriter, had been devastated to lose the pictures from a trip he had planned for years. It was Jan. 10 , his 34th birthday when he heard he would be getting the photos back. "I was over the moon," he says now. "Best present ever."

"I owe you one," he wrote to Brian Ascher. "It's good to know there are some honest people left in the world."

This is the sort of thing I love to hear about. I live for these types of stories!

Heres to you Erika Gunderson and Brian Ascher of New York City! Heres to you!

D.D.

CUTE CUTE CUTE!

Okay, Here I go again....
Bragging on my family. But this little guy is pretty special.
Its my grandson Aaron.
He loves bathtime. i snapped these recently while he played in the tub.
Cute cute cute!

Awesome Amber

Amber! Those pretty brown eyes and dark hair. Love her PEACE earrings too. Very COOL, takes me back to my high school days of tye dyed and peace signs. Thank you Amber for choosing Pics by Dix!

Pretty Paige!

Meet Paige! She is a beautiful girl. She reminded me of several celebrities including Terri Hatcher, and Eva Longoria! She was so photogenic. Brrr, today was cold, so we got some great shots in her winter sweater, hat and scarf.

Thanks for choosing Pics by Dix!

We have to Grin and Bear it...

As many of you know, our graphic artist is not well. She has not been working with us for several weeks, due to her Chemotherapy.

I have bene doing all the artwork and editing and airbrushing the images and I admit, I am behind. We think that we are going to be able to get Keisha back to work this week.

thank you for your understanding. Its been very hard to be both the only photographer and graphic artist and still handle all the other duties.

We apologize and have orders coming in this week. I worked very hard this weekend to try and get caught up, but we are still behind.

Any spare minutes I have I am working. I am staying up late and getting up early. Even working on them on my quckie lunch breaks.

Thanks for understanding. I hope by Monday we will be 100% caught up. Keep your fingers crossed.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr!

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Little People Big World

Hey I wanted to tell you guys about a show I LOVE! Its called "little People, Big World" and its about a family that the parents are "Little People" (Dwarfism) and one of their children are as well, with 3 normal sized children. Over the past year Ive grown to really love this show. At first I didn't know what to think of it.

One thing that always moves me in these shows (Its on right now on The Learning Channel) is that these people have to overcome all sorts of things every day and it doesn't even faze them.

I would be devastated! I admire them and I especially love the dad. Matt. Hes warm hearted and so nice to his wife and tries so hard to be a good role model for his family and to take good care of his family. I don't think he gets enough credit from his wife or family. I just adore him. I totally think the same way he does a lot and I always enjoy watching the show. I hope you take time to see it too, give it a couple of episodes to get the feel for it before you judge it. They are a normal family deep down. I love it! Here's the web site for more information. GOD I LOVE THAT FAMILY!

http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/lpbw/lpbw.html

Be an Inspiration

" An individual has not started living until he/she can rise above the narrow confines of his/her individualistic concerns to the broader concrns of all humanity. "-Martin Luther King Jr.

So True....

I.O.W.CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE besides yourself and your close circle of friends. CARE ABOUT YOUR CITY. CARE about your NEIGHBORS, CARE about your STATE, CARE about your COUNTRY. Care about the Planet Earth. Dont be selfish. CARE About EVERYONE. We are all brothers and sisters. -Dixie

A student sent me this!

Isnt this cute? A student sent me this! I thought it was adorable. It only took me about 2 hours to figure out how to put it here on my blog.
Thanks Kelsie!

Bibles with Bling

Hey Yall, I wanted to tell you about a cool family owned business that makes the coolest bibles! Check it out! http://www.bibleswithbling.com/

They have some beautiful ones! Since my favorite color is robins egg blue (or tiffany blue) and chocolate, then I chose this one! They range in price from only $35-$55 and are gorgeous!

More of Romen

isnt Romen an adorable Baby? Thanks Kristie for choosing us, your portraits will be in on Wednesday!

New Years resolutions and other attempts at better living...

Some of the New Years resolutions I made this year, Im proud to say Im following and some I havent been as good at.

Here are the 10 resolutions I made.

1. To get into better shape. Ive lost 12 pounds and am exercising 3 times a week with my friend Terri!

2. To read the Bible for an hour a day. Ive done this almost every night, except Saturdays it seems on Saturdays I never get around to it.

3.To do a random act of kindness for people as much as I can! Ive paid for peoples coffee at Starbucks in the drive through (they know me there as the lady who pays for the car behind hers order!) Ive put the newspaper on my neighbors porch (shes older and has trouble walking)Ive found a stray dog (HUGE DOG!) and tracked down the owner and took him back safely! (he was huge and almost dislocated my shoulder!) Ive helped a couple of photographers get their businesses going with advice. (i love to do this and have done it for about 12 years)

etc. I don't want to go on and on, but doing Random acts of kindness are my favorite thing! Last year my son and I gave $100 bill to a waitress right before Christmas. I swear I had goose bumps all over my body! I recommend every do something at least once a week. It is the best way to combat sadness. Always works 100% of the time!

4. I have tried to avoid chocolate and Dr. Pepper. I HAVE FAILED AT THIS MANY TIMES but Im better than I used to be!

5. To show my love for my husband and son every day with compliments and hugs. THATS THE EASIEST ONE!

6. To spend more time with my family. I havent done this as well as I hoped. I want to go visit my parents and grandsons at least once a month, But with my job it sooo hard!

7. In an effort to reduce stress, I vowed to get a massage once a week. I did this every week, but last week! So do I get two this week?

8. To count my blessings every night. (My journal shows I missed 4 days this year so far. I recommend this when you are overwhelmed with kids, bills, work, etc. other worries..

9. To treat my Elders with RESPECT! Its sad that some people dont remember this. I was taught that anyone older than you, even 1 year older is your elder.

SoI love to Smile at elderly people and say hello and make eye contact. I love this, I cant believe how many smiles I get back. I think most of them think that I know them, or I wouldnt be so friendly, but I dont care. It sure is fun and I love love love to see an elderly person smile. ITS THE BEST!!! (I saw a clerk being rude to an elderly man right before Jan 1st and I made that vow that day.) We owe elderly people a lot. They paved the way for us and who knows what they are going through. Japanese people really know how to revere and treat elderly people with respect! Espcially in Okinawa Japan where I used to live. Even though Im in my early 40s, I still say Ma'am and Sir to people older than me, espically strangers. Our son does too.

10. I have failed miserably at keeping my house spotless. Thats why I hired 2 maids! They keep me sane!

How are you guys doing? Id love to hear about your resolutions.

Stay in Focus,

Dixie Chick

A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK WE SHOULD ALL READ

I wanted to also tell you guys about a fantastic book. This book is called "LEFT TO TELL" and its by Immaculee Ilibagiza . This is the true story about a young woman who in 1994, she and 7 other women hid in a small bathroom (her Pastors) in Rwanda for 91 days, while her entire family was slaughtered along with tens of thousands of others. Hundreds of machete killers hunted for her during these 3 months. She was skin and bone when she finally was rescued.

It's an amazing story... I was so moved by it. This woman taught her self to read and speak English while in that bathroom, although she never spoke a word in her 91 days. Twice she was almost discovered with men only inches away from the bathroom wall she was hiding behind!

She is an amazing lady of courage, strength and a faith in God. I cant even begin to explain the book. You'll have to get it yourself. The link is here at http://www.amazon.com/Left-Tell-Discovering-Rwandan-Holocaust/dp/1401908969/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product

I just heard on the news today,that there has been some similar slayings recently in Kenya. I pray this doesnt happen again. This book is a page turner and an amazing story of Faith!

500 POUNDS (or 261 Kilograms)

Get your motor runnin'!

This biker dude is decked out in his leather jacket. Hard tobelieve hes only 180 days old hu? (6 months)

THATS OUR BOY!

Wow, Today our son competed in a power lifting meet in Nocona Texas. He and his teamates placed 2nd!
There were a lot of boys there from all around the area!
Our son did fantastic! He won 3rd place in his weight division! His total weight was 1,140 pounds! He competed against boys who are 18 years old and he is only 15 and still did great!

Here is a shot of him squatting 500 pounds! He blew blood corpusels in his face and looks like he has chicken pox. (thats one of the side effects unfortunately)

His father and I couldnt be prouder! His teamates did great too! Last night we fed the boys lots of Bar b que ribs that my husband cooked all day, plusall the fixings to prepare them for today! (Lots of protein) They did great! Were so proud! Way to go guys!

Dramatic Diva

I love it when people dress wild and dramatic. She wanted something different!

The Stealth Husband

Just wanted to show this image of my husband that our daughter took.
She was taking pictures up in Ruidoso and happened to snag this one as he was skiing down the hill with our grandson.He's a pilot in the AF and a private pilot as well, (he looks like an Aviator doesnt he?) and been my main squeeze for 16 1/2 years.

Hes kind of shy, so I dont photograph him much. But hes the wind beneath my wings.He's the force that pushes both my son and I to achieve the things we do. So I call him Stealth Hubby. haha ( He never flew the Stealth jet -F117A, but his friend Jon did.)
Heres to you honey! Thanks for all you do!

Ballet is her passion

Ballet Dancer Extraordinaire!

Calina

Today I got to create some more images of a maternity session. The young lady is an artist and we did some very artistic beautiful images of her with paint. Lets just say her expecting figure was a work of art.

Here is one that I can show.

Tanya

Today I met Tayna and she was so much fun! She is a Dancer and Ballerina and has the prettiest blue eyes. She reminds me of the girls I saw when I was in Holland. I photographed her brother a couple of years ago.
Tanya made me laugh so much my cheeks hurt.
Thank you Tanya and Mom Teresa, Yall were a blast. I thank GOd for my wonderful loyal clients like yall.
DD

A friend sent me this, too cute.

The Spoiled Under 30 Crowd

If you are 30 or older, you will think this is hilarious! If not, send it to your parents! They'll think it's funny!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning .... Uphill BOTH ways .. Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in heck I was going to lay a bunch of stories like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that...I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a dang Utopia!

And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it!

1. When I was a kid, we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the dang library and look it up ourselves.. In the card catalog!! (Do you even know what a card catalog is? )

2. There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter... With a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there.

3. There were no MP3's or iTunes. If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the dang record store and shoplift it yourself. Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and mess it all up.

4. We didn't have fancy things like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it.

5. And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either. When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was. It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know. You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister.

6. We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics
We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "asteroids" and the graphics were horrible! Your guy was a little square.

You actually had to use your imagination. And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

7. When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating. All the seats were the same height. If a tall guy or some lady with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were very unluckey.

8. Sure, we had television, but back then that was only like 3 channels and there was no remote control! There wasnt an onscreen menu! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! And there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons!

9. And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove or go build a fire ... Imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing or a pan with HOT oil and Real popcorn kernels and shake it all over the stove forever like an idiot..

10. When we were on the phone with our friends and our parents walked-in, we were stuck to the wall with a cord, a 7 foot cord that ran to the phone - not the phone base, the actual phone. We barely had enough length to sit on the floor and still be able to twirl the phone cord in our fingers. If you suddenly had to go to the bathroom - guess what we had to do..... Hang up and talk to them later.

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled! You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

Regards, The over 30 Crowd

(I LOVE THIS! So cute and real)

Now I lay me Down to Sleep.

I wanted to tell you about a tender subject.

Get tissue ready, its sad...

This subject is about babies. I just became a grandmother for the 2nd time, and this baby boy is so preicous to me. I fell to my knees and thanked God when he was born that he was healthy (although he was not allowed to leave the nursery for several hours, as he had some breathing problems for a few hours. Thank God , they subsided)

But not everyone is so lucky. I belong to a program started by my good friend Sandy Puc'. The program is special because it deals with bereavement photography. What this basically means, that if a child dies after childbirth, or is still born and the family request it I will go and photograph some tender portraits of the mother baby and family in beautiful studio like poses.
The program is called NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP.
Its not for everyone and is very sad and tender.

Being a mother of 2 and grandmother of 2, I can tell you that childbirth is scary. You worry something will go wrong and sometimes unfortunately it does, and its heartbreaking. But at least a photogreapher can provide some beautiful memories for you to have forever. Its not for everyone, but I can assure you the results are beautiful and 100% free of charge. There are affiliated photographers all over the country who offer this servce.

To learn more about the program go to Sandys site at http://www.nilmdts.com Thanks for listening.

Quote from Joel Osteen

"As you wander through life, keep your eye on the Doughnut, not the Hole." -Joel Osteen





Im reading 3 books right now and Joel Osteens new book is one of them. Gosh I love this man. You can get them at major bookstores in your local mall or here at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Become-Better-You-Joel-Osteen/dp/0743296885

His websitehttp://joelosteen.lakewood.cc/site/PageServer?pagename=JOM_homepage

Our Precious Raylee

Today I got to hold Raylee.

As many of you know our beautiful graphic artist is in a battle with cancer right now. She is the mother of adorable Raylee, who is now 6 months old.

Shes a beautiful baby and is starting to learn to crawl.

It was so good to see Keisha.

Thank you everyone for your prayers for Keisha and your kind words. She is my hero, she is strong, kind and sweet. Even in the face of these troubled times, she still smiles. Thanks Raylee and Keisha for bringing a smile to my face on this busy crazy day today.

Here are 2 photos of adorable Raylee.

CLASS OF 2008

We've had some requests for the link to our cool High School Senior show. Here it is again.

ENJOY!

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=116502

The link will ask you to download a viewer, but it is SAFE and only takes a few seonds. Then click on the show that says Sr 2008

ENJOY!

New Contest!

HI LOYAL BLOG STALKERS!

The studio is having a contest! If you own a Wall Portrait (thats 11x14 or larger size) created by Photography by Dixie, We'd love to see its final resting place!

All you have to do is take a digital photo of the portrait (BE SURE AND BACK UP TO SHOW THE PIECE OF FURNITURE IT IS HANGING OVER.) For example, A Fireplace, or Sofa, or table, etc.

Show the wall it is hanging on (DONT WORRY, I know you all arnt Pros, We dont care if its not perfect!)

Just take a photo of it , try to do 2 different angles if you can. (If you have glass on your portrait, then stand to the side, so you dont get flash reflection!)

Then email it to us at PDixie@SW.RR.Com

Send them in this week (Please send by next Monday (1 week) and we'll put your name into a hat and do a drawing.

We'll give away 2 gift certificates. One Certificate to the first Person who does this, gets a $50.00 Certificate to the studio (For more portraits from a Session we've already Shot, Or a Future shoot, or give the certificate away as a gift to someone you love!) THis contest starts at 5 PM on Monday. Hurry up!

Another Certificate of $100.00 will be given away to one Lucky person and will be drawn on Monday January 21st.

We want to see those pics, so Please start sending them!

And for those of you, who havent hung your portraits yet, or even gotten them framed, Shame on you! But We know Some people have done this! So go get them framed and up! You have a week!

PS, IF You have multiple portraits in your home, (And we know a lot of clients who do, Then take portraits of all of them and enter and your name will be entered equal times into the drawing. The more portraits you own, and photograph, the better chance you have of winning the $100. Prize.

Thanks Guys! GOOD LUCK!

ART (sort of)

Ever since I was about 19 years old, If I redocrated a room, and I needed some artwork for that room, I would go and shoot something myself. I love bold colors. One thing I love to shoot is "PATTERNS". (Any repeating elements. I love Bold Graphic Shapes, etc.

So here are a few I shot today while goofing around town just for fun.
ENJOY!

SURPRISE PARTY!

I love surprises! One of our treasured employees, Gina, had a surprise party on Friday night. It was so fun to see her face, she thought she was going to the movies with her friends, but instetad about 60 of us were waiting for her in Burkburnett.
It was a great time, and Ginas own son sang some songs and her husband sings and plays guitar in a band. It was a lot of fun!
It was nice to meet her family and friends and have a nice evening, and the music was great.
Its a joy to get to work with people like Gina. Shes got a Big Heart and always makes me smile.

All things good and beautiful

I love the song here "How you Live" on this Blog by Point of Grace, I play it all the time in my home and cars. The words mean a lot to me. The song reflects my basically beliefs.(I love the part, "Its How you Lived. and use your Good Dishes!" haha
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thanks for letting me share that.

The shape of Love

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." Psalm 139 v 13"

As a woman Ive always been fascinated by pregnancy. I think its so beautiful and have photographed hundreds over the years. This young lady was just so amazing. She has the soul of an Artist and went to Texas Tech (my Alumni yee haw) we had so much fun and talked for hours! Here is just one of my favorites.
These types of images are so special and Im honored to create them with dignity, even though they are revealing. I specially apply the lighting so that it does not reveal too much.(We are doing some more modern and artsty ones next week!)

Just Jaime!

This is Jaime, Jaime and I had a hard time getting together for her pictures. First I had to reschedule her and then had a problem at her beauty salon, then I had an issue and had to move her appointment again and then she had to move it and finally the 5th time we did it!

Shes a bubily sweet girl with a beautiful face. The first person she reminded me of was Phoebe from Friends. (But with darker hair) She said she gets that a lot.

We had a lot of fun, and her mother is so adorable too.

Thanks Jaime, I know you will love all the others. Here are 2 for now!

Video of Love Ville!

Here is some video of Ruidoso New Mexico, youll see why we love it so much and have for the past 30 years.
www.koat.com/video/14110662/index.html?taf=alb

OUR SKI TRIP WAS A BLAST!

We are back home from our Ski trip! 6 days of fun, skiing, snowboarding, sipping Hot Cocoa, we even went on a Sleigh Ride one night with 2 2,000 pound horses!It was so wonderful. We stayed in a beautiful cabin all 8 of us.
(My husband and I, our 2 children, and our son in law and 2 grandchildren, plus a friend of our sons)
I cooked huge pots of chili, stew and we grilled Steaks. We toasted marshmallows and sat in the Jacuzzi Hot tub overlooking beautiful rolling hills of pine trees.
WOW. I always look forward to that every year.
Our son is turning into quite the snowboarder! HE snowboarded for 4 straight Days and went down many Black Expert runs. Our little grandson (Tristan who is 9) also learned how to snowboard and had a blast! On day 3, he even went down one Black Run!
Im so proud of him. He was scared going up the Gondola to the Peak of Sierra Blanca (11,000 feet above sea level.)
This is the place that my husband and I dated and got to know each other so long ago, so we love returning with our family.
This year we stayed longer than usual, and it was so wonderful.
Thank you to my staff for holding down the fort while we were gone. Here is a photo of me and my precious little Aaron Scott. Tristan is the one with the cool Snowboarder Hat!