4g pix

Macy's 1st Birthday Party shoot

2009-11-15T10:40:00.000-08:00

What a fun birthday party! Macy's birthday is right before halloween, so the party was at the Canton Pumpkin Patch and the kids all dressed up.

photo shoot for jessica...

2009-07-13T12:37:00.000-07:00

for jessica's first wedding anniversary she decided to give her sweetheart (brian) some photos of her (photo paper works for the paper anniversary, right?!)...so we had a fun evening at the house and out and about at crawford farms and even a spur of the moment spot, mostly because we didn't realize the cool farm building we had seen had barbed wire around it...phooey...but, nonetheless, here's some of the great pix...of course, the subject looked beautiful, so that always makes a photo shoot fun and easy!!...

i'm ready for my other girls to let me have some fun now!!...

bluebonnets 2009...

2009-07-13T12:18:00.000-07:00

well, we almost waited too long to take bluebonnet pix this year...but we found some over on bear creek parkway while jules was here...got a few grandparents involved...also took a few of my friend, mandy's sweet girls, cassidy & kennedy...

botanical gardens and some prom pics...

2009-07-13T12:07:00.000-07:00

i know, i haven't posted in forever...sorry...too much other stuff going on...but here are a few pics i took for a friend whose daughter was going to prom (northwest h.s.)...they all met at the botanical gardens...i also took a few pics of the gardens while i was waiting...

kelsi gets a surprise!...

2009-04-02T17:53:00.000-07:00

juliana LOVING the disney stuffed animals...

2009-03-30T19:16:00.000-07:00

jules...one year and counting

2009-03-30T18:52:00.000-07:00

juliana turned one in january...she's really starting to shed her baby face and look more like a little girl...i got to go visit for a week this month and it gets harder and harder to leave...

jules favorite thing to do is sneak into mommy's purse and take everything out...one item at a time...pausing, of course, to inspect each item...she's trying to figure out why she hasn't gotten to spend this toys-r-us gift card yet...

aunt kel kel has taught her the "kiss lips" look very well...

pretty cool to be able to go barefoot the first of march...

jules first easter egg hunt...

so excited daddy got to be home for the weekend of the egg hunt!

seems the dumping of of mommy's purse (she also does this with every toy bin she has, and anything else that has "stuff" in it...it MUST be emptied) has carried over to her crackers...

a small gathering...

2009-03-03T21:36:00.000-08:00

here's just a few pix from our march family birthday party at mom and dad's on saturday night...not everyone could come, but we still had a houseful...it was really fun to be together...

age has nothing to do with snowball fights...

2009-03-03T21:22:00.000-08:00

evidently a little snow brings out the kid in some people...i'm not naming names...but my "much" older sister and my husband (yah, he's "much" older than me too, and i like to bring it up every chance i get!) decided an inch or two of snow called for some romping in the front yard...oh, and some snowball throwing...i don't think we "declared" a winner...but somebody got one right in the face...too bad i missed that photo opportunity...right, linda?!?!

somebody, and again, i'm not naming names...got a little "winded" from that 6 minute snowball fight...hmmm, wonder who it was??

rain today...snow tomorrow...

2009-03-03T21:06:00.000-08:00

so, we had pretty mild weather when we got to birmingham on tuesday, and by friday and saturday it pretty much rained all day, both days...puddles everywhere...creeks overflowing...still in the 70's...we said "whatever" when we saw "snow storms" on the news for sunday morning.......so, here's some pix i took of "whatever"... ;o)

a little brown hoodie never looked so cute...

2009-02-18T21:57:00.000-08:00

i challenge anyone to find a cuter little girl than than this cutie pie in her little brown hoodie...i can't stop looking at this pic, so i thought everyone else would enjoy gazing at my precious princess juliana........might be time to head back to north carolina for some hugs!!

see no evil...speak no evil...hear no evil...

2009-02-15T18:19:00.000-08:00

...or something like that...haha...we went and spent a few hours with jo today and what do you know...i still possess the powers of persuasion when it comes to getting people to do whatever i ask them to do...all for a pose...lol...take that, clayton!...hahaha...just wait to see what i'll have you doing next time!

all together we make a family...

2009-02-12T20:24:00.000-08:00

just wanted to post this pic we took over the holidays...jules had a viral upper respiratory infection and an ear infection, but we didn't know it yet...poor baby...had a wonderful christmas...missed geoff & heather though...family time is getting hard to come by...gotta make the most of it when everyone's together...

a little ambitious...maybe...

2009-02-10T17:12:00.000-08:00

so, i told myself i was going to keep my running routine the same all this week to get back in the swing...i walked about 2 miles, ran 1...today, as i set out for my walking warm-up, i thought that my 1 measly mile yesterday was a far cry from the 3 i was running, with ease, before i got lazy and stopped altogether...so i figure i should go ahead and tag on a little, just for good measure...

after i got back and about died...(haha)...i got in the car to see what i had done...about the same for the walk...2 miles for the run...geez, it seemed like waaaaaaaay more than that...hahaha...i did ok...but it kicked my butt...feels good, though, now that evening is here...much more in the mood to do some weight training...

picking up cori from the airport tomorrow...please pray for her and the kiddos...she'll be missing her mom once she's back and tries to get back in her normal everyday routine...

and remember adrienne and juliana...jules is noticing that daddy isn't there...big daddys' girl...pray for a & jules' girl time together to be sweet...

on the road again...

2009-02-09T16:15:00.000-08:00

so, today i started running again...i don't know what happened from my fitness routine that was so great a couple years ago...well, i do know, but it's dumb...haha...so here's what i know...

a) getting in shape when you're (ahem...) "older" requires a major shift in your lifestyle...

b) wrapping your mind around the new lifestyle works wonders...also requires a new wardrobe to accommodate the new smaller "shape"...

c) once you're in "shape"...fit...feeling really good...DO NOT, under any circumstances, let up...slack off...or otherwise take a break in your routine...

d) caving in to c) as references above will, under ALL circumstances, lead to almost irreversible laziness...which in turn will lead to the pounds creeping back on...which adds to the laziness...which in turn results in having much more of a "shape" than you want to have...

e) reverting back to b) as referenced above should not take 2 years!...

so...2 januarys ago we decided to surprise my parents for the new year...it was fun...both my sisters were there...we just sat around and visited...and ate........(that'll come back up later)...everyone ooo'd and ahhh'd about my new "shape" and how much smaller it had become...at that point i was enjoying a size 6 and counting backward...the first day or two i didn't get on the treadmill...now, mind you - both my parents and my sister had one, so there was no inconvenience involved in using one...(insert more eating here)...by the time the end of our 6 days was up, i had not touched a treadmill, eliptical, or even put on my tennis shoes to walk, much less run...

i get home, eh...i'm not really worse for the non-fitness routine i had kept...didn't really notice any difference in my clothes...so i stay a little on the lazy side for that next week after we got home...oh wait...did i say the next week?...oh, i meant the next YEAR...i put myself back in the do-nothing routine so fast i didn't even notice it...i did, however, notice the clothes not fitting so great...little by little...but i had a few things from "previous days" so i just wore those...

ok, enough...fast forward to today...well, last week...laziness is tiring...now that i'm officially retired, being lazy takes up too much time in my day...so i'm back in a routine...working out...just started running again today...feels good...

we're going to birmingham again in a couple weeks.......i WILL be on the treadmill every day!!!...

better late than never...

2009-02-09T16:00:00.001-08:00

ok, so it took me 5 months to finally post the pics i took last time we were at myrtle beach...i took over 400 pics while we were there, so i finally got unlazy enough to go through them all and only pick a few to post...from getting up at 0'dark hundred to get this sunrise pic, to walking around brookgreen gardens in the hot sun for hours -

here are just a few of my hundreds......

ocean, sand, statues and flowers...

2009-02-09T15:53:00.001-08:00

a little more...

2009-02-09T15:28:00.000-08:00

winter wonderland...

2009-01-27T14:47:00.001-08:00

peek-a-boo from north carolina!...i got to have fun with a little snow when i was at fort bragg helping the kids get all moved in...i had a wonderful time spoiling my little jules...i think her mommy and daddy were ready to not have me there to laugh and giggle with her during meal time...and i may or may not have held her too much when it was nap time and bed time...

i'm back home now...trying to figure out if this whole retirement gig is for me...a little boring...might not be able to do it for very long...we'll see...i've got a few photo shoots coming up so maybe that'll keep me occupied...

it's the most wonderful time...

2008-11-23T14:00:00.000-08:00

I've been working on some personalized Christmas photo cards...here are a few samples I made up from my former photo clients...send me a message for pricing...

sugar and spice and everything nice...

2008-10-30T17:24:00.000-07:00

...that's what little girls are made of...in this case...it's cassidy and kennedy...(and mom, too)...more fun at bear creek park...

a few photo albums...

2008-10-15T12:42:00.000-07:00

it has been a crazy few months since i first started my 4gpix blog...but i decided it was time to post some of my work since people have been asking where to go see it...i've posted some photo shoots from about a year ago to very recently...everything from baby bumps to senior pix to couples to famlies...i have 2 shoots coming up later this month, so i'll post those soon as well...

i'm still pretty green as far as my camera is concerned...i LOVE it...but haven't had time to go to a class, so sometimes i'm sure i'm not using the right settings...so far not too bad, though...just get frustrated because i know i could be taking better pix...

have fun viewing...you might see yourself!! :o)

focus on the family...

2008-10-14T18:44:00.000-07:00

a little family fun at bear creek park...easy to do with such cute subjects!!...

an engaging couple...

2008-10-14T18:12:00.000-07:00

jessica and brian's engagement photo shoot was sooooo fun...who knew a football coach could, or rather, WOULD do a little posing/acting for the camera!!...however, he CANNOT jump!

a senior moment to remember...

2008-10-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

again, get to use one of my beautiful daughters for some senior pix...here's a few from 2007 before jo left for midwestern...

a baby bump...

2008-10-14T17:22:00.000-07:00

here are a few baby bump pix...yes, its adrienne...this is what jules looks like all wrapped up in her mommy's tummy...

cutest baby contest...

2008-09-18T08:55:00.001-07:00

my sweet grandbaby girl juliana was the subject of my latest photo shoot...we just hip-hopped around the house...backyard...down the street...we've got some great landscaping and visuals in the entry of our subdivision...also had fun moving furniture out into the backyard...haha...

panoramic shot...

2008-06-09T17:23:00.000-07:00

at the end of 2008 i will no longer be working an 8-5 full time job...yipee! i totally love taking pictures and want to take the rest of this year learning how to be really good at it...this blog is a place for me to start building a portfolio of photographs while i anxiously await the beginning of 2009 and hopefully a fun second career...i have a lot of work and learning to do, but i can't wait!

i've posted a few of my pix for now, mostly outdoor shots...mostly family...i'll put up a couple slide shows later...

i did my first photo shoot with a non-family member last weekend and had a blast...adrienne's friend, cori has never taken any pix with her kiddos, so off we went to my favorite location...bear creek park...it was fun and challenging to work with 2 small children...thanks, cori, for letting me run all over the park with you guys (literally, run!) and "practice" my new hobby-turned-occupation...