A Child in Need

This is Madeline Thelen and she needs your help!! Madeline has T-Cell ALL Leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant. Her family is hosting a benefit dinner to raise money for this procedure. The dinner is Saturday February 3, 2007. It will be held at St. Mary's Parish Hall in Westphalia starting at 4pm.

There will be a Live/Silent Auction, a raffle with Cash prizes and door prizes! The silent auction ends at 7:30 so don't miss it! There are some great items such as MSU basketball tickets, Massage packages and even a few complimentary sessions to Canfield Jenkins!

So go attend, buy a dinner ($10 for adults and $5 for kids) and get something from the auction!!
Click here to see her website.

Most importantly...put Madeline on your prayer list for a full recovery!!

New Friends

I just wanted to dedicate this entry to all the friends that we hung out with at PPA! Heather, Bryan Cox, Bryan Welsh and Allison Watkins and Angela Talentino...it was great to hang out with you and get to know all of you better.


The great thing about being a photographer is the relationships that we create. And although we love the relationships that we have created with our clients, we truly grow from the people we have met that are photographers. It's a blessing to have people in our lives that have the same passions that we do. And to have the opportunity to share and grow with photographers from all over the world is a wonderful gift!
I look forward to seeing all of you again soon!

Winter Blast

Andrew, Emily and I came down to San Antonio this week to go to PPA (Professional Photography of America) We were hoping for warm weather, but instead we got a big winter storm! Well BIG for TEXAS!
On Monday it started getting cold and rainy and by the evening everything was closed! It was the chance that it was going to freeze that got everyone scared. They closed roads, restaurants and shops! So everyone stayed in their hotel lobbies to hang out and visit.

Tuesday morning we get a call from Northwest saying that our flights were canceled and now we weren't scheduled to leave until Thursday. This is when the panic struck. By the time the first seminar was over, everyone was on the cell phones trying to make arrangements. Hotels were booked up and prices were sky-rocketing. Flights were rescheduled all the way out to Saturday and photographers everywhere were panicking. We have sessions, weddings, team pictures... but most of all family members expecting us to be home mid-week!

Andrew and Emily got a flight out yesterday and since I have friends here, I decided to stay one more night and hang out. So for me the storm was a great excuse to have an extended trip and to get to see my friends one more time.
Overall I would say that we had a great trip, made some awesome NEW friends and had a great time catching up with our old friends!

See you Tuesday!!

A New Place for A New Year!

SIP IT!

I just wanted to let everyone know about a great NEW little coffee place.
It's called SIP IT and it's located on Marsh Rd in the Sav-a-Lot parking lot.(Near Bus. 69)
It's a drive thru coffee hut that has great coffee and wonderful fast service.
It's so nice not to have to get out of my warm car, freeze to death on the walk into a coffee house and then wait in line for my coffee and then freeze to death getting back to my car and then waiting for it to warm up again! You know what I mean?

So anyway, go and visit this great new place. It's perfect on the way to work, and perfect on the way home from work. And it's even better if you're coming to visit us because you can get a coffee for the road! By the way, my favorite is a white chocolate mocha...just in case!!

The Moment We've All Been Waiting For!

We get at least one call a week asking the same question.
When is Andrew going to pop the question? Well, he finally did it!
He and Emily went to Hawaii for Christmas. On Dec. 28th they went for a walk along the beach and Andrew's best friends Micah and Ashleigh set up a blanket with flowers and champagne. When Andrew and Emily got there, Emily thought it was for someone else. She was pleasantly surprised when Andrew got down on one knee and asked her to marry him! After jumping up and down for awhile, Emily finally said YES!

Congratulations to you both!!!