Marianna Prom

I had the privilege of taking some more pictures of Kelsey. This time it was her and her boyfriend, Dalton and their close friends. Marianna's prom was this past Saturday. Kelsey asked if I could get some shots of them before they headed to the prom. Here are a few of the shots I got. We had a lot of fun. They kept me laughing. They are great together!

Dalton is hilarious!

He keeps everyone laughing

These are their friends. I found out that Kelsey and this other fellow have been best friends since grade school!

Sweet friends.....sharing precious moments

Hope to make some new posts this weekend.

God Bless!

Now she's 1!

Last Saturday Jaelynn had her 1st Birthday party! The Cliftons did a fantastic job with her cakes. They matched her party decorations to a T. And the cake was absolutely delicious!

The Birthday Girl gave us all a surprise at her birthday party too........

She started doing this! Yep, several steps at a time and when she'd fall down, she'd get right back up and keep going instead of crawling away!!!

Her decorations were fit for a princess

This was one of her birthday presents. She just giggled and giggled

This is her cousin, Carter. He's 6 months old. He's just figuring out the crawling thing

and of all the great gifts Jaelynn received for her birthday, I think she liked the tissue paper the best

and they thoughtfully read each card

then...........it was time for singing and cake

she started out real ladylike........notice her little pinky even in the air!

then she figured there had to be a better way - delicate just wasn't getting the job done

yep.........she went for it~

Happy Birthday, JaeBug!

Head Shots

This was my first experience taking "head shots". It was very different from any other type of pictures I've taken so far. I really felt like I was taking the same picture over and over. As you'll see, they didn't actually all turn out the same. (Boy, was I glad of that! I wasn't really sure what I'd get.)

I ended up taking nearly 200 shots. And when you take that many head shots you wonder, when you're going through them, "didn't I already see this one?" I worked through them though. Some of these pictures are both in color and in black and white and then some are only one or the other.

This is Kelsey. She was recently a contestant in the Miss Jackson County Pageant. That's why I took her pictures. She got 2nd Runner Up AND Most Photogenic!!!! WooHoo!!! I did something right! Her beauty and charm had the most to do with the title, but I was glad to be a part of it!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. I'll be posting pictures of Jaelynn's first birthday party in a few days. Hope you'll come see.

General Information

I can't believe it's been so long since I last blogged. I'm still trying to settle into my new life schedule. Things have certainly changed with my new job. I am, however, LOVING my new job. My co-workers are wonderful Christian people and I am learning so much. I actually look forward to going to work every day. And that, is how a career should be. God has blessed me beyond my highest expectation. I never doubted He would. He provides everything we need in His perfect time.

I've had a couple of photo opportunities since my last entry. I will post some pictures with my next entry. I did some "head shots" for the first time. I shot a contestant for the Ms. Jackson County pageant. I think they turned out pretty good for my first time doing that. I wasn't quite sure what I was doing. When you take head shots, it seems like you're just taking the same picture over and over and over, but they actually did turn out slightly different and there were many to choose from. You'll see when I post them. It may be Saturday before I can do that, but I promise I will.

I've gone back hardcore on my dieting............................again. I'm doing low fat, low carb, low calorie and no caffeine. So, I'm pretty much existing on pine cones and water. No, not really. I'm doing ok. Lots of water, plenty of green vegies and severely cutting back on my fat and sugar intake. I started this past Saturday and today is Tuesday. I've lost 3 pounds so far. I know.....baby steps, slow and steady wins the race, and all such junk.

Easter was wonderful and strange all at the same time. With me starting my new job and practicing like a crazy person for our choir Easter specials, the days came and went so fast that I failed to even get out the first Easter decoration. That's just not me. I decorate for EVERY holiday and so far this year.....................nothin'! The months are flying by. Maybe I should have just left my Christmas tree up. It'll be Christmas again in a few weeks! Or so it will seem. The choir sang for all three services. It was so wonderful and the message was great, as usual. Bro. Mike never dissappoints. He is truly a man of God. After church we had a nice family dinner. We hadn't planned on company, but ended up feeding around 12 folks, as friends stopped by and had a bite with us. The more the merrier. All are welcome at my house! We had a nice afternoon of loving fellowship.

And for some reason, over the past week or so, every time I would try to mention Easter I would say Thanksgiving! I think I may have subconsciously been calling it by it's correct name. I know that I am more thankful for what my Lord and Savior sacrificed for me than any turkey or what the Indians may have contributed. The Lord has blessed my life so richly. He is my Abba Father. He sustains me. He loves me unconditionally. He paid it all. I owe Him everything. I give Him all the praise and glory and this is my Thanks giving!

I pray the remainder of your week be easy and blessed and I will post again soon.

God Bless!