My Helper

I had a project that I needed to do for a lady today. Brian had his surgery to rework his fistula this morning. I thought that we would be home by lunch. It turns out that we were at the hospital for eleven hours. It was a very long day! I still needed to finish this project. I am painting some signs for a new store that opened today. Mana wanted to help me so I let her. She did an excellent job and was a big help. We got all the signs done in a reasonable time.

Tornadoes

Here are some pictures of the damage from the April 27 tornadoes.
Mana took these!

A Wonderful Family

Last Wednesday, I got the opportunity to photograph a very special family. Mana has taken dance from this sweet lady for several years. I was thrilled when she asked me to take some shots of her and her kids!! I had two of my friends with me to help out! Thanks Sherry and Lisa!! We make a great team!

A funeral and two prom photo shoots

Saturday, April 9 was a very busy day. My Uncle passed away and his funeral was that morning. It was out of town. We got back in town just in time for me to meet up with my friend Sherry to shoot a beautiful couple before their senior prom. They were really fun to shoot. The guy kept Sherry and I laughing the whole time. After that I went home and dropped my hubby off and changed batteries in the camera. I then went to meet some friends of mine to take their before prom pictures. All went well. I was extremely tired at the end of the day.

My sweet friend Heidi and my adorable daughter.CJ and Zena's picturesAdriana and Michael's picturesMy sweet girl

The Return of Scrapbooking!!

I use to do a lot of scrapbooking! Every Friday night, my friend Anggie and her daughter would come over and the girls would play and we would scrap. I miss that so much. We had the best conversations those nights. They wouldn't be over until way past midnight, but we never cared what time it was. We would paper scrap on those nights since I have printed pictures of when Mana was little. On other days, I had started a digital scrapbook for her 1st grade year. I was about done with it when I lost all her 1st - 4th grade pictures. I was not one for backups!! I have learned my lesson well! Now I have my pictures backed up in two different places. I have been downloading free scrapbook papers and elements for a long time now. (I lost all that also!) I have finally scrapped my first page since I lost everything. I enjoyed making my first page and look forward to doing others really soon.

Just had to share!! :)

Background paper and elements came from
scrappingsisters.blogspot.com
from the kit - Got Game Tennis.

Spring Photoshoot

I took spring pictures of my friend's little girl and niece this morning. I have not taken any pictures for awhile now except for the pageant. It was great to be able to take their pictures. We had a lot of fun and got home right before it started raining!

AC giving Mana some love!

BCT Spring Break Intensive

This week was Spring Break. Mana went to BCT Spring Break Intensive all week. It was from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. She had the best time. She got to see all her friends again that were in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever with her. A friend from her school she attended last year was also there. That was a nice surprise. She had music, dance, arts & crafts, monologue, puppetry and drama classes. She got up every morning before me and got ready to go. I know she loves it when she does that!!

Mana and Mrs. Kristy White (Music teacher)Set design by Mana's group