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PINK GLOVE DANCE

Sometimes there are things you just have to share to anyone that will take a look or a listen. This is one of those times. My mom sent me this YouTube video in my e-mail. It has a wonderful way of putting a smile on your face and it brings such an important awareness to Womens Fight With Breast Cancer. Now, you say: how can Breast Cancer Awareness and a YouTube Video put a smile to someone's face. Well, you will have to scroll to the bottom of my blog and pause my playlist, then come back up here to this post and watch this video. Even if you are having the worst day...I promise you will be dancing and smiling in your seat before the video is over. ENJOY!

What I've Been Working On (Got a NEW JOB too)

I got a new job. To make some extra money during some down time in my own business. I took a job with Inter-State Studio. They are a School Photographers Company. I will be working there for their Spring Portrait Season taking pictures of little ones around all the state of TN. Wish me Luck, it's a lot of hard work.

I also wanted to share with you some of the other stuff I'm working on. I've been keeping really busy with the new job training and all the other projects I've got as well. Here is just a sampling of the things I'm working on.

A Wedding Book for Sharon and Jerry, here are just a few designs. I still have about 15 pages to design. I've got 25 out of 40 finished:

Preston is 1! I'm also working on editing Preston's 1 Year Portraits. I can't believe how much he's grown. Here's just a couple of pics I've finished:

And, a post wouldn't be complete without a couple of pictures of my little ones.

Here's one of Norah completely covered with bubbles in her bath:

And, One of Jordan on his favorite tractor. I should get a promotional deal through them, shouldn't I? I just love this picture of him:

And The Winning Picture Is

And, it was a close race between picture number 4, number 5, and number 7 of the previous post "Regis & Kelly Baby Contest". In the end, Picture number 5 of Norah on the slide has been voted the most times. I will be uploading this picture to the Regis and Kelly Baby Contest Site tonight. Thank you to all who voted and shared your thoughts. Fingers crossed! :) I just think it's so cute the way she has neatly placed her hands.

Don't forget to go to Live with Regis and Kelly's website and vote for Norah on March 1st, then tune in for the winner.

Live with Regis & Kelly Baby Contest Under Way

I almost didn't make the mark this year. I entered Norah in the contest the year before last (when she was just 6 months old). And, I was determined to enter her in this year again. The deadline is Jan. 29th! Next Friday (one week from today)!!! And, I need YOUR HELP deciding which picture to submit in of Norah to the contest. I didn't want to enter anything that looks too professional because I don't want her to be disqualified for having a professional photographer as her Mom. So, I didn't want to enter any studio shots of her (in other words, I couldn't enter her in with the purple dress from the previous post). And, the pictures had to be somewhat recent as well. So, here's what I came up with. Please comment and let me know which one you think I should enter in before Friday's deadline. I will then tally everyone's votes and enter that pic. I will also post which one was voted the most. Finger's Crossed for my little Norah PIE!

Norah in the purple dress

Norah at 2 and half years old. I shot these 2 days before Christmas. A little background on the purple dress. It has been passed down in the family for more than 25 years. I never wore it, it came after me (my cousins wore it). Now, I'm proud to say that my little Norah has been honored to wear it. The session didn't go as well as usual with my little Norah pie, she did not feel good that day and was not really into picture taking that day. But, I have some favorites:





My porcelain doll:

Jordan and Norah's First Time Ice Skating

I'm still getting the hang of this video thing. I hope this works. We went Ice Skating last night and had a blast. Now, Wayne and I feel old because the we have sore muscles and the kids would of stayed longer if they could have. We just couldn't keep up with them. We have really enjoyed being together as a family this week even though we are in Ohio. And, it's been snowing everyday.

7 Minutes in the Snow!

We are in Ohio for the week. We wanted to be together to bring in the new year. Of course Ohio gets way more snow than Tennessee. And, our kiddos are not used to such cold temps as you can tell in the video. We only stayed outside for a total of 7 minutes! It took us longer to get ready to go outside than the amount of time we were actually out there. That is just hilarious. Jordan was ready to come back inside but Norah did not want to come in. She was so mad and didn't want to take off her coat. I do believe she would of stayed out there all day if the rest of us could stand it. You will have to scroll all the way to the bottom of this page to pause the playlist music if you want to hear the sound on the video. Enjoy.

Christmas Card Examples for Jennifer

All three of these designs were designed by my awesome lab with a few adjustments by myself.
Here is example card number one (outside of card, fold in the middle):



Here is the inside of the above card example:


Here is example card number two: (the outside)


The inside of example number 2:



And, my absolute FAVORITE is this one, example 3 (the outside):



This is the inside of example 3:

Christmas Card Examples for Tami

This first design was designed by me. Opens Vertical, the front is on the right side and the back is the left side.



This is the inside of the above card:



This was designed through my lab, a great template design. It opens hortizontal (from the bottom up), so the front is the bottom half and the back of the card is the above half.



This is the inside of the above card and this is what it will look like completely opened:

Let me know if you are interested in Christmas Cards. Once they are designed and ordered, it will only take 3-5 days to deliver. Call for questions or more information. Thank you and God Bless. Merry Christmas and Have a wonderful Holiday Season!

Mahala and her girls

I loved working with these young sweeties! They were so much fun and had a lot of personality. I've had the honor of knowing Mahala since high school. And, I am such a fan of shooting her girls. They are beautiful and easy going. With that, they were so easy to shoot. Please pray for this family though. Because Mahala is going to Iraq in December. She will be gone for a year. She's been serving our country for 7 years. I'm so proud of her and all of our troops for the sacrifices they have to make. They (like Mahala) have no selfishness in them. Thank you for all you do for our country and for all of our children. My prayers are with you and your girls.

Other prayer requests for our troops:
My sister's Husband: Steve will be going to Iraq in Dec. for his Third Tour.
Another Friend of mine, Kimberly, her husband is over there right now.

A Krispy Kreme Kind of Day

Here's something I should do more often, capture the little every day moments that slip away so quickly. My family goes to get doughnuts quit often ( we used to go every Friday morning for breakfast ). Now, we go a little less. I've never carried my camera to capture days like these. Though I should carry it with me more, I know that now. These pictures have become my favorites of Jordan and Norah because it's just them being themselves. They are growing up so fast, I wish I could slow the process down. Perhaps with my camera, I can slow down some of these moments. My goal was to capture the ordinary and make it extraordinary.

We so often take these moments for granted when God has Blessed us with them. God has given us these moments to cherish.

So, my advice to myself and to those reading this: Make More Days a Krispy Kreme Kind of Day!

My absolute favorite of the two of them:

And, this one is one of my favorites, because look at how Norah looks up at her brother: