Parrish

Whenever Parrish makes it home from Hawaii, I have to update her portraits. She has always been my favorite model--she's willing to do just about anything I can think up!

New Centerpeice for My Dining Room

Went to Michaels today and silk flowers, a vase, and the stuff to put together this Cherry Blossom arrangement. I'm not real good with flower arrangements, but I was pleased with how this one turned out.

Rummikub

I love playing board games, but my darling husband doesn't. So when my kiddo comes home from college for visits, we play our favorite game--Rummikub. It's kind of like Gin Rummy, but with tiles instead of cards. You have to create sets of the same number in different colors, or runs of sequential numbers in the same color. First one to get rid of all their tiles wins. And Parrish has mad Rummikub skillz, let me tell you. She is hard to beat. While she was home on this trip, we spent hours playing this game. I think I beat her maybe 6 times to her 2 dozen wins!

It's A Brand New Year

And I have decided that keeping up with both a personal and a professional blog is just not working for me. So I am combining the two here, and see if this works better for me.

So to start the new year, Kelly made breakfast for us this morning. Scrambled eggs with bell peppers & onions, and bacon and toast. Yummy!

Then we (and by we, I mean Kelly) installed the new TV he gave me for Christmas. This was a huge project that required cutting into the drywall to check for stud locations and make adjustments as necessary. Now I have my 47" LCD on a bracket the swivels and tilts, so you can view it from anywhere in the room! I love my new TV. Thanks, honey!

The Collier Family

I had the pleasure last weekend of meeting and photographing the Collier family. We decided on the Bicentennial Mall beneath the State Capitol Building. It was a great location, beautiful weather, and a wonderful family. Thanks, guys!

Carter

It's that hectic, busy time of year again, and it makes keeping up with the blog more difficult. I've been busy photographing all the pre-school kids and will share some of those in a few weeks. But yesterday, I had the pleasure of photographing baby Carter!

Carter is the third child of my friends Robert + Wendy, and I spent several hours at their home yesterday. Carter is just 8 days old and so sweet and snugly! I loved getting my baby fix.

Robert and Wendy--thanks for sharing Carter with me. And I really enjoyed getting a chance to catch up with you guys, too. Hope we see you again soon!

Chris

I had such a lovely experience working with Chris last night. She's a beautiful person, inside and out. Chris is a writer, and needed some portraits for her blog. (I'll be happy to link it here when it's ready to go!) So we met at her beautiful home and photographed her in some of her favorite places. I've just begun the editing/processing, but here's a little sneak peak: