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Lacy & Virgil

While I was in Abilene visiting friends and family I photographed Lacy & Virgil. They were getting married in Colorado soon after these photos were taken. Lacy is a nurse and Virgil is a veterinarian. The shoot was really fun and thankfully we dodged the rain! Here are a bunch of my favorite shots. It feels good to get to shoot with my own camera. I hope things work out so that I can keep doing more of this soon! :0)

Psalm 51:10-12

Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

some lists of things

Things I Miss

Feeling at home
sunshine
summer
Mom & Dad
sharing life with girlfriends
evening walks after dinner
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my Dad's cooking
Trav & Jennifer
sunsets
being close to family & loved ones
ice cream at Kendrick Park
watching the dogs play in the river in July
journaling
playing cards with my grandparents
flying kites at Nelson Park
Chapel
fishing with my father-in-law
Tuscany's
my hammock
belonging


Things I look forward to

visits home
seeing the dogs after work
mom's laughter
the smell of spring
lunch breaks with Eric
seeing my little brother hold is little girl
thunderstorms
Eric's hugs
being free from student loan debt
being a mission team photographer
living closer to home
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holding my babies
heaven
summer/changing seasons
fishing with my father-in-law
having a home that feels like home
playing cards with my family
phone calls from Dad
reaching my weight-loss goals
belonging


Things I am thankful for
a warm place to rest
friends even though I'm far
hope of heaven
Christ
my pets
my family
Eric's hugs
memories
sunshine
ability to have a healthy life
my education
Dad's yummy cooking
ice cream
beauty in nature
a job that I can enjoy
my camera
being loved and sharing love

Friday 3.06.09

It's Haiku Friday!
I almost forgot this one.
I hope you will understand.

See, it's my first week
on the job, learning new things.
The days have flown by.

I have enjoyed it.
I got to shoot some kiddos.
With the camera.

Deer!!

So tonight I was cooking some yummy spaghetti for dinner and I looked out the front window to see a huge pack of dear roaming around the neighborhood. I've seen 4 or 5 around here before but never this many at one time. This is also the first time I've seen any males near the house. There are two bucks I think! Here are some pics!

How many do you see?

If you look closely at this next photo you can see the two bucks head butting!


Oops a neighbor dog started barking!

Friday 2.27.09

My first Haiku, done.
With many more each Friday.
Beginning a new.

Winter came again;
Sprinkled fresh powder frosting,
then went. Came the sun.

Interviews bring stress.
Meeting, talking, hoping for
a job bringing change.

I need a spa date.

Spring Fever

Here are a few things that really made me smile today!

Today it got up to 62 degrees!!! We took a walk through the park today and followed part of the river that runs through town! It was sooo nice and sunny! And it felt like spring, only there's still no buds on the trees yet! Maybe soon!!!

I got a fun letter from one of my best friends who lives in Boston right now. Her words always bring me joy and lighten my heart. Thank you God for sisters.

I tried a new stir-fry sauce tonight for dinner and man was it YUMMY! My hubby even ate the veggies! Now that's a big deal! :0)

The new Man vs Wild show airs Monday nights and the hubby and I always enjoy watching it together! Bear is nuts!

I've decided to start a new Friday morning tradition for my blog. I want to do weekly Haiku poems to summarize what's been going on. YAY!

I'm one of THOSE bloggers...

So according to my friend, I'm one of those bloggers because I don't blog very often. I will vouch on my behalf that I do read alll of my friends blog posts, even though I don't always comment. In fact they're listed on my google home page in the RSS feed. Here are the top ten reasons why I haven't blogged very much lately.

1. My life is pretty consistant from day to day, so I never really have anything interesting to blog about. I wake up, eat some breakfast, check in on the hubby, check in on the weather, take a shower. Then I check my email and facebook and the blogs, hoping that I might have something to do that day. Then I pay any bills that need to be paid. Then I check the classifieds for new job postings or home rental postings. In the afternoon I eat a snack and take a walk if it's nice, then run any necessary errands. Then I fix dinner an watch some tv or read. Then I check my email/blogs/facebook and go to bed.

2. I usually blog any new photo sessions that I've done. However since the move my business has taken quite a setback and it kinda depresses me a little, but hopefully things will work out. I've put some flyers around town but nothing's come of it yet.

3. I like facebook better than blogging, and I really enjoy how easy it is to keep up with some old friends that I miss, so I spend my computer free time on facebook. I have tons of friends popping out babies these days and I like to oogle over their new pictures.

4. Looking for/stressing over trying to find an affordable rental home here takes up a lot of my energy these days.

5. I spend the rest of my computer time, uploading prints, working on albums, and reading new info about equipment and training that I wish some day I could afford to take part in.

6.. I can't think of any more reasons.

Re-Do

Thanks to my lovely sister-in-law, Jennifer, I'm re-doing my 25 things list, because I realized I wasn't very random and fun in the last one. Here goes:

1. I currently have onion breath because I made a yummy mandarin orange, Asian salad for dinner and it has chives in it.
2.It annoys me, when people, overuse, commas.
3. I'm in the process of switching car insurance.
4. I see light and color everywhere.
5. There's several piles of deer poo in our yard right now.
6. It hasn't snowed in weeks.
7. I want my brother and sister-in-law to come visit so we can go camping together this summer.
8. I get gas at the corner station called "The Holiday" and when you shop at Albertson's you get gas coupons for The Holiday.
9. I've lost 20 lbs since Christmas.
10. Renting houses sucks.
11. I've had the same shoe size since I was 11.
12. I watch The Animal Planet network a lot.
13. Someday I want to own/run an icecream parlor.
14. My favorite foods are ice cream and homemade vegetable soup.
15. I really want to be a photographer for a mission team some day.
16. I wish going to the movies wasn't so expensive.
17. The other day I took a walk when it was 19 degrees.
18. The weather fascinates me.
19. I really enjoy laying in the grass and watching the clouds.
20. My top two love languages are quality time and acts of service.
21. I'm reading The Bourne Identity.
22. It takes me foooreeeevvver to finish a book.
23. When I do finish a book I get a great sense of accomplishment.
24. I kind of enjoy doing laundry.
25. I greatly enjoying eating food I make myself. For some reason, it always tastes better.

25 Things About ME!

Okay so I caved and decided to do the 25 things facebook chain, but ONLY cus my Mom tagged me. Enjoy!

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. Jesus Christ is my savior.
2. My favorite season is Autumn.
3. I believe in 2nd chances.
4. One of my heroes is Larry English.
5. I treasure my friends.
6. I'm a photographer! http://zoeticimages.com
7. When I was 14 I earned a black belt in Taekwondo.
8. I'm saving up to go to Dog Training school online.
9. I've learned that winter in Wyoming is not so bad after all.
10. The sun cheers me up.
11. I've been to Mexico a billion times and miss my friends there.
12. I want to own a cabin up in the mountains with a hammock near a stream.
13. I want to be a photographer for a mission team some day.
14. I believe most things worth having aren't easy.
15. Capturing the personalities and true beauty of my subjects is what drives me in my photography.
16. Sports casters/analysts drive me insane.
17. My brother can make me laugh harder than any person.
18. One of my favorite things to do is play cards with my family.
19. I'm married to my best friend.
20. I want to take an Alaskan cruise sometime and I've always dreamed of visiting Italy.
21. I HEART ICECREAM!
22. I inherited my mother's keen sense of smell, and my favorite sent is rain.
23. I love my dogs. A lot.
24. I've always dreamed of being a Mommy some day, but pregnancy creeeeps me out!!
25. I feel most peaceful during a rain storm.


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My First Winter

We had about 5-6 inches of pretty white snow last night and I took some pictures of it to share with my Texas friends and family!

Vasek Wedding Album

Here is a preview of Koby and Lindsey's wedding album. It's a 10x10 and 30 pages.
Each rectangle image is two pages, imagine it like the book was opened up. This first image is the back and front cover.

Page 1...

Pages 2 & 3...

Let me know what you think!!

sunset setting sun

So a few days ago I was driving home from running a few errands one evening and I could hardly pay attention to the road because of the sky. The sun was setting behind the mountains and reflecting off of the clouds. It created the most beautiful rich colors. I hurried home and grabbed the camera and snapped these from my front yard. Oh man I just stood there, I was in awe. I also enjoyed how the trees were creating a black silhouette. I promise that these images are not edited or enhanced in any way.. God just decided to paint the sky golden that evening. He's so Awesome!

MOUNTAINS!!!!

My in-laws helped me move our stuff from Texas to Wyoming, and before they left to go back to Texas we took an afternoon trip to the mountains. Here are a few pictures.

This little creek near a camping grounds was starting to freeze over. It smelled so good and fresh there. It was really nice.

This is a close up of the ice crystals on the water. If I had a micro lens I could make this look so neato.

My inlaws and Eric. I made them pose for a picture since it will be a long time until we see them again. Eric gave his Momma a good bear hug and I snapped a black and white. It's cute.

Eric found a cool stick and I took a picture, he's so funny and he makes me smile. I love that guy a whole lot.

These images are of some aspen trees after they've shed their leaves. I love them. ANd they look really awesome in black and white.






Below is an area that they use for logging and tree conservation. They only cut down the tall- tall trees so that's why they're all the same height. In the back ground is some mountains realllly far away.