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

2011 Pageant

Sherry and I were asked to take pictures at the Forestdale Baptist Pageant again this year. We had bought a new backdrop to use. It was beautiful! We had so much fun shooting this year. All the girls were so beautiful! Here is a poster I did for the school to hang in the office area.

Pink Bubbles??

I dropped by Target last night before going to a friend's Pampered Chef party. I went in to get some writing pens. I always tend to lose them. I came across pink bubbles. I just had to get them for Mana. What was I thinking?
Today, she went outside to play with the dog. I poured the pink bubble solution (which looked like blood) into a bigger bubble wand. It made the biggest mess. I let Mana play with it anyway. She dropped some on the porch. It looks like someone had an injury and bleed all over. Some bubbles landed on the dog. Now she has pink fur. It is really cute! It is washable. Well it says it is washable. I think it is wearoffable. My hands are still pink after washing them. And of course, the bubbles themselves did NOT look pink.