Happy Birthday Hannah! Today is our daughter Hannah’s third birthday. We started celebrating on Saturday and will continue celebrating today with a small family birthday dinner.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
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Our newest family member
July 18, 2008 – 7:15 am
Max is a three-year-old old blonde terrier mix with a great personality.
I met Max a few weeks ago at Midland’s Animal Control and immediately fell in love with him but was told that he was scheduled to be put down that afternoon. I knew that he was the perfect dog for our young family. Max is a calm dog–past the hyper (and chewy) puppy stage. He is gentle, wonderful with our children, and has excellent manners.
Upon adopting Max, we took him to the vet where he checked out perfectly healthy. We bought a supply of Heartguard, Frontline Plus, and scheduled his neuter appointment before heading home to cuddle with our newest family member.
Max joins our basset hound, Jezebelle, as a much-loved furry family member. Max and Jezebelle are now inseparable friends.
If you are considering adopting a pet, please check out the SPCA and animal control–there are some amazing pets available for adoption. Over 10 million pets are euthanized every year in animal shelters nationwide. Many of those pets are young kittens, puppies, or purebred dogs.
Photojournalism
July 17, 2008 – 9:36 pm
What an interesting week.
Yesterday Kathleen Thurber from the Midland Reporter-Telegram stopped by to ask me a few questions about my background and my photography business. Her story should be featured in the online edition of the MRT next week–I will provide the link when it is available.
Today the co-publisher of a magazine contacted me. She enjoys my work and knows that I hold a B.A. in journalism (news-editiorial) from Baylor University and an M.Ed from Concordia University. I was asked to submit a photo essay featuring West Texas. It will be fun to put my degree to use!
Which are your children?
July 15, 2008 – 11:59 am
Since I have so many photographs of children on my website, people often ask “which ones are your kids?” I really need to make an effort to share more pictures of my own family here on my little ‘ol blog. (And maybe one of these days I will even get around to posting my own profile pic/mugshot on here).
Hannah is three years old and is crazy about Elmo. She went to Nemo on Ice, reads her Nemo books daily, loves to watch the DVD, and has several stuffed animals, coloring books, shirts, etc. that feature the little orange guy. These pictures were taken last night after bath time when we were getting tucked in for bed.
Sam is 18 months. He enjoys exploring, getting into cabinets, laughing at his big sister’s antics and eating. These snapshots were taken this morning at breakfast time.
Children and family
July 13, 2008 – 9:28 pm
Last Thursday I met with the Hopper/Hardy family for a children & family session. This extended family came together for a photography session so that they could get some updated pictures of their own children as well as a picture with all of the cousins together. These children were cracking me up the whole time–they are a lively group who are fun to interact with!
I am also looking forward to working with Cory Hardy (6th picture down) for a commercial photography shoot in the near future. He owns a company that inspects commercial vehicles and they have requested some professional images for their website and advertising.
