Wisdom from a mother of six

My German family

2010-09-29T15:24:00.003-05:00

Ashley and I had the wonderful opportunity of visiting my sister-in-law Merinda and her family in Germany for a few days. I met a niece and nephew that I had not met before. I also got to see her fabulous house. I am posting a few from our trip.

Cape Hatteras

2010-07-21T20:49:00.003-05:00

We have had a very busy summer! Here are some pictures of a visit to Cape Hatteras in OBX- the Outer Banks in beautiful North Carolina. I fell in love with this beautiful place!

My girls

2010-06-26T18:12:00.003-05:00

My girls are growing up so fast. Kelsey needed some new headshots and Caleigh is coming up on a birthday. So we went to do some fast pictures in the hot Texas heat!

Shakespeare

2010-06-01T08:54:00.003-05:00

Kelsey just finished a two week intensive Shakespeare class. The whole class shared scenes from different plays in a showcase on Friday night. I loved it!!!! Kelsey was Kate from Taming of the Shrew. She was incredible. Here are a few shots from the performance.

My Kelsey

2009-11-09T22:35:00.002-06:00

I did these a month or so ago when Lauren was visiting. I wanted some new pictures of Kelsey. I was hoping to get some close to her 18th birthday.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-31T17:30:00.004-06:00

We went with the cubscouts to a pumpkin patch. We had fun, even sitting for 20 minutes while the tractor pulling the hayride got stuck in the mud. Here are my cuties with the pumpkins.

09/09/09 Special Sale

2009-09-09T08:14:00.002-05:00

In honor of 09/09/09, I am having my first SALE ever! Christmas mini shoot plus 25 Christmas cards for $99. This is a savings of over $50 from my regular special Christmas card mini session! Sessions must be booked and paid for today to get the special SALE price.

A year later

2009-05-23T23:53:00.003-05:00

These are all picture from last year. I was looking at old files and remembered some fun time from last year.This picture actually is 2 different pictures that I put together in photoshop. Ashley took one of us eating ice cream. Then I took one of Ashley and the kids eating ice cream. I wanted one of our whole family so I put them together. This is from last May when we went to San Antonio for Christopher to compete in the Math and Science State Fair. He ended up taking 1st place for the whole state of Texas in science for 8th grade.
Funny footprints on Baker Beach in San Francisco.
I love the Golden Gate Bridge. Ashley took me to all the different locations around the Bay so that I could take pictures from all the different angles.

Ammon

2009-05-21T16:07:00.003-05:00

Tuesday, Ammon's class went to the Arboretum. I had so much fun photographing his class. I love the enthusiasm of the little ones. At this age, they still think that their parents are cool. Ammon still points to me and tells everyone that I am his mom. That makes me happy. I love my little ones so much. So I am sharing some cute ones of my Ammon boy.

Last Weekend

2009-05-16T14:29:00.002-05:00

Kelsey had a busy weekend last week. She had a dance concert for her final in jazz dance. Here are a few pictures of the group dance.

Christopher's birthday

2009-03-16T15:03:00.001-06:00

I finally proofed this party from last fall. Christopher is sick today and I did this for a pick up for him. This party was totally fun even though there were very few people there. Love ya Christopher- Mom

My beautiful little nieces

2009-03-14T11:46:00.001-06:00

These beautiful little girls are my nieces, a my own daughter thrown in a few of them. These are from our visit from this past summer. This is a surprise for their mom and dad. We love you guys!

My family

2009-03-06T11:11:00.001-06:00

This is our family and pictures from fall 2008. The kids love to see pictures of themselves and I sometimes forget to take pictures of my own kids. So here is our family. I love you guys!

For William

2009-02-18T09:28:00.004-06:00

I spent most of last week visiting family in Idaho and Utah. My baby brother William got married on Valentine's Day. It is a fantastic marriage. I just met Hannah for the first time the night before the wedding. She is awesome! I knew that she would be if Will picked her for his wife. I wanted to share a few pictures from their very cold wedding day. Yes it was snowing- very hard and did I mention it was VERY COLD!!! They are such a great couple. Love ya both!!

new pictures of the girls

2009-02-07T12:02:00.003-06:00

I have had a lot of fun taking pictures of the girls lately. Here are a few of my girls.

Kiteboarding

2009-01-13T15:55:00.001-06:00

On January 8, I went to take kiteboarding pictures of Ashley and our friends Bob and Elle. Ashley also decided to take Caleigh board dragging. She said that the cold water made it no fun. She also said it was like surfing on glass. Yes she does want to go again, but with warm water please.

Welcome 2009

2009-01-01T22:26:00.004-06:00

Well it seems like I missed December. We spent the month with the chicken pox. Luckily, the last one finished with the yucky part by Christmas Eve. It was a long month for all of us.

We wish all of our friends and family a great 2009. We celebrated the New Year by visiting our local library. There is the most beautiful light display synchronized to music. It was such a beautiful night tonight and actually not very cold. Yes my sons are in shorts. They are such a Texas boys! Notice the boots?

Firehouse

2008-11-06T17:41:00.003-06:00

I have 2 things that I wanted to talk about in reguards to firehouse. A firehouse is the housing for the firemen on duty. They are there day and night while on duty. I owe my local firehouse a big thanks for their quick response not once but twice this year!!! The first time was a stove fire. I was talking to Kelsey on the phone while shopping at Sam Moon's. Not 5 minutes later, I got a call from a panicked daughter. She said that all the kids were outside and they had put the fire out and the fire department was on their way. What the heck? There was a small fire on the stove from some burned olive oil. My quick thinking kids worked together. 2 put out the fire and another one got the kids out. Ashley and I made a very quick trip home from the other side of town. Every thing was ok when we got there and the mess was cleaned up. The microwave was totaled, but that was fine since it had been broken for over a year.
The second time was a fire alarm problem that set off the fire alarms at 5a on the morning I was leaving for a few days to meet Ashley in Florida. I was running out to the car when the fire truck drove up. I really surprised the fire chief when I told him that I was leaving to catch a plane. I knew that the kids were fine. (We had checked all over the house before I left.) One of the firemen recognized Kelsey from the first time they had come over. All of this happened a few months ago, so this is a belated thanks!!!!

The second is about Firehouse Subs. They are my most favorite sandwiches. The other day, I picked Christopher up from school. We dropped by for a #5 fully loaded (without mayo). We had a great talk and then went to run a few more errands. Christopher asked if I would get some Firehouse subs and come eat lunch with him sometime soon. Wow! I didn't know that freshman thought it was still cool to hang out with mom at school. I am blessed!

Technology and Communication

2008-11-05T07:55:00.002-06:00

Sometimes technology still amazes me. I lived before the days of cell phones and instant internet- or any internet for that reason. We have so many ways to communicate with other people.

Take the cell phone- When I was in high school, my parents had no way to get a hold of me. We arranged times and we did lots of waiting- on both sides. When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I worried about getting a hold of Ashley if I went into labor. We were very blessed when he was able to get a pager from Novell. My first cell phone was the brick kind. My BIL Hyrum got a new phone and gave me his phone. It was my emergency only phone and I had about 30 minutes a month on my plan. My next phone was a T-Mobile phone I got when we moved to Texas. That was acquired after having my car slowly die on the way home from the airport on a Sunday afternoon. We were very blessed to make it to a Sears Automotive store. We called our friend who came and rescued us. Now my cell phone is quite small and I miss place it frequently. My cell phone is my friend. We are together almost all the time. It allows me to communicate with those I love best. Ashley travels often. With the phone, he can participate in family prayers with us and keep up with the kids. I know this is possible with just the regular phone. But he is often in different time zones and sometimes we are not at home when he calls.

I love facebook. It is my new addiction. I have chatted with several people this week alone who I have not talked to for years! I also chat with my brother David, who I have talked to on the phone once in the past 10 years. I have also met up friends from high school. How cool is that!

Take a minute and communicate your love and appreciation to someone else today. Have a great day!

Christmas card outtakes

2008-11-03T15:38:00.002-06:00

I had this great idea for our family Christmas cards. So I get the kids dressed and take them over to take the pictures. Well, my boys were not cooperative. That is the nicest way to say it. So then, I decided to just get the girls. My girls have a lot of fun together. Here are their silly faces. So how do you think these would look on my Christmas cards?

October

2008-11-02T18:58:00.005-06:00

I didn't realize that I didn't post anything in October. We were all very busy in October. Here are a few from the Lone Star Storytelling Festival and the Boosterathon fund raiser at the elementary school my littlest boys attend. I will post some more tomorrow.

A few from this summer

2008-09-29T19:15:00.002-05:00

I had so much fun taking pictures of my nieces and my baby girl in my new pettiskirts. My fun sister-in-law Janessa even got in for the fun. We miss you guys!

My beautiful daughter

2008-09-20T22:31:00.004-05:00

She celebrated her 17th birthday a few weeks ago. We went and shot some new pictures tonight along with some of our friends from prophotogs. Thanks for being such a great daugther- I love you honey!

For Tracy

2008-09-11T15:49:00.001-05:00

When I was growing up, Stan was my very best friend. He is now still one of my best friends. This is for his beautiful wife Tracy. I had fun taking these for you and I hope you enjoy them. Love-Julie

Star Wars

2008-09-05T10:26:00.005-05:00

I remember going to see Star Wars with my mom. I think she saw it 8 times in the theater right after it was released. I remember going to see The Empire Strikes Back on opening day on the last day of school my junior year. I asked Dad to sign me an early release from school just to see it early before anyone else did. I remember seeing Return of the Jedi during its opening week. I bought the trilogy when it came out on VHS and then again on DVD. I have showed Star Wars to my kids for years.

Well my youngest son, loves Star Wars just as much as I do. We have 4 of the 6 Star Wars movies. ( I don't want the boys to see Revenge of the Sith until they are older.) We did have Phantom Menace, but Jar Jar bugged me so much I donated the movie. I am now trying to find a copy to borrow because Ammon really wants to see it.

I got Pottery Barns new catalog with Star Wars bedding on the cover. I really wanted to get some thing Star Wars for Ammon's birthday. He ended up getting it early because I was too excited to wait.

Labor Day at the Lake

2008-09-02T21:35:00.004-05:00

We spent a fun day at the lake with our great friends. I think that we all came home with a bit of a sunburn. We had awesome roasted hotdogs. I sure am glad that we had all those scouts there who knew how to start a fire. It was a bit of a challenge when the wind kicked up. The wind only kicked up while trying to start the fire. Ashley would have loved it to come up again so he could kiteboard. Alas, there was not enough wind until it was time to go home. There was lots of playing in the warm water of the lake, some mud throwing and some sand castle building. Plus lots of laughing and talking. We all had a great day!!! I have an agreement with the kids and I only get the camera out for a short amount of time. I waited until they were all out of the water to take the pictures. I shot several and then put the camera away, that way we all stay happy.

First Day of School

2008-08-28T06:32:00.005-05:00

Monday was the first day of school for my kids. My oldest started college, my second started high school, the next is homeschooling, the 4th is in 4th grade and the 5th started kindergarten. My baby wishes that she was starting Kindergarten with her big brother. Here are some pictures from the first day of school taken Monday evening the our local Heritage park. My oldest gets her own photoshoot later today as it is her birthday!

Another rainy day

2008-08-20T11:04:00.003-05:00

We have had buckets of rain the past few days. There were a few minutes of no rain, we ran out and took a few pictures of my baby girl. I sometimes just have to grab my camera and go shoot pictures!! So here is my baby girl- all sassy attitude and all.

My sisters

2008-08-05T01:35:00.004-05:00

We had a family reunion a few weeks ago. My dad wanted pictures of his whole family- all 42 of us. We have 41 in the picture. He also wanted pictures of his 8 children. So here are the girls- my 3 sisters and me. I love my sisters and I am grateful to my son for taking the pictures of all of us together. I just wish that mom would have told me sooner than she wanted to be in the pictures with us!! I will post the pictures of my handsome brothers at a later time. So dad- here are your girls.

The Princess Bride

2008-08-01T15:38:00.004-05:00

My youngest daughter always calles the bride a princess. So here is my beautiful cousin Caroline, the princess bride. At the request of my oldest daughter, we did some fun Cinderella pictures along with the other bridal pictures yesterday at the Court house. Thanks for all the fun. We are looking forward to the wedding on Saturday. I loved meeting your new husband to be. He is awesome!!! Our best wishes to this wonderful couple! And always with love. -Julie

I love to see the temple!!!

2008-07-30T17:31:00.002-05:00

I love the Mount Timpanogos Temple. I wanted to get a picture of the temple with the beautiful setting sun. Ashley and I were driving with 2 of the little one and stopped by after getting lost trying to find the temple. Things have really changed in the years since we moved to Texas.

Florida

2008-07-04T19:48:00.002-05:00

Ashley and I spent a few days together in Florida for work. We spent one afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center. That place is too cool! We really love it even with the torrents of rain that we ran through to the IMAX theater. We also spent some time at the beach.

My girls

2008-07-02T20:50:00.001-05:00

Here are some new ones of my girls. We went and played with some new poses and new petti skirts. I love being with my girls.

My family

2008-06-23T23:01:00.005-05:00

We went out last Saturday and took family pictures. Thanks to our friend Helen for helping us out! Christopher and Rey also took pictures of Ashley and me. Ashley also took some pictures of me.

Graduation Day!!!

2008-06-06T22:13:00.003-05:00

Well today was the big day for Kelsey!!! I still remember hearing her name called for the first time when I took her for her 6 week checkup all those years ago. Hearing her name today as she crossed the stage was more emotional than I thought it would be. Wow she is really growing up! I am so proud of her. Here are a few from today. We love you so much Kelsey.

Kiteboarding

2008-05-26T23:21:00.004-05:00

Ashley decided a few months ago that he wanted to learn how to kiteboard. He has made it out 9 times in the past 2 months! He is really loving this sport. Our friend Bob has really been helping him. Here are few pictures from the past few sessions. I have a few of Ashley and a few of Bob. I love to watch Bob jump! Bob makes it look so easy.

Prayers for the Campbell Family

2008-05-25T17:43:00.003-05:00

Our prayers are with the Campbells and the sad loss of little Evan. Evan was the nephew of my sister-in-law and brother-in-law Janessa and Evan. We are so sad! We want you to know that we love you and are sorry that we won't be able to be with you for the funeral. Please pass our love and prayers to Craig and Susie.

Please take time to hold your little ones and offer a prayer for Craig and Susie today. May God grant them peace in the time of their sorrow.

Love,

Julie

Nathan

2008-05-08T17:27:00.001-05:00

Tomorrow is Nathan's Day in May show and tell. He wanted his own Animoto video. Here is my wonderful son! I love you Nathan. ; ) Mom

Our family

2008-05-03T18:04:00.002-05:00

The kids wanted to have a video of them. These are pictures from our San Antonio trip, Utah trip and some shots around home. Hope you all enjoy this!

For Adam

2008-04-25T09:57:00.001-05:00

Animoto

2008-04-24T13:10:00.004-05:00

Here is a short clip of some new stuff I am working on. Here is Kelsey and Friends.

My daughter

2008-04-22T12:29:00.002-05:00

While we were in Utah, I took pictures of Kelsey and 2 of her friends from camp last summer. I love this picture of her. She is growing up so quickly!

A wedding

2008-04-18T19:49:00.004-05:00

My beautiful baby sister got married earlier this month. I was very privileged to take the photos for her along with my friend Jeremi Broadhurst. Here are a few of my favorite ones.

Cadillac Ranch

2008-04-16T13:58:00.002-05:00

We had a 4 day drive to Utah and back for my sister's wedding. On our way home, we stopped at Cadillac Ranch outside of Amarillo, Texas. Here are a few from our 20 minute stop.

new petti skirt

2008-04-02T16:38:00.003-06:00

I got a new camera!!! I also got several new pettiskirts. So my baby and I went out to play yesterday. I love spring. I also love the enthusiasm of my baby girl. Everything is so exciting to her. She makes me smile.

My kids

2008-03-31T09:19:00.004-06:00

We went to San Antonio this past weekend for the Math and Science competition. Christopher took first place in science for the state of Texas! We are so proud of you Christopher!

Here are my kids. I really appreciate all of the help that the big kids offer the little kids. I love my kids!

another one of Kelsey

2008-03-21T22:16:00.001-06:00

I took Kelsey and her best friend out to shoot senior pictures. Here is one of my favorite of Kelsey. I love how dramatic she poses. I love taking pictures of her.

Spring break

2008-03-20T17:05:00.002-06:00

I was down at the Arboretum on Saturday. The tulips are so beautiful this time of year. I am posting this for all my friends who live in the land of snow and ice. Just remember that spring is on the way!

Snow in Texas

2008-03-07T13:20:00.002-06:00

We have had 2 snow storms this week. This reminds me so much more why we moved to Texas. I love Texas winters. There were huge lines yesterday to pick up kids from school. I walked over to the school to pick up my 3rd grader. It was a nice walk until the wind started blowing and the beautiful snow started stinging my face. I loved being inside and watching the snow. The kids liked being out in the snow. I grabbed my camera and followed them outside for a few shots. Most of the snow is gone now.

Jon

2008-03-03T20:25:00.002-06:00

My brother-in-law is in town for an audition. He looked so good in his suit, I had to shoot a couple of pictures for his wife. It sure is good to have family come to visit!!

BMW Z4

2008-02-29T15:44:00.002-06:00

Ashley and I went to test drive the Z4 this morning. Wow!! That is a cool car. Here are a few pictures that I took for our dream board. Caleigh wants to know when Dad is going to get his new car!

I love this video

2008-02-28T16:36:00.000-06:00

The Glass Slipper

2008-02-26T10:42:00.002-06:00

My oldest is in another play with Frisco ACTS. She is the fairy godmother's apprentice. Here are a few from the other day. The last one, I played with some fun elements to make it more magical.

more of my little one

2008-02-05T13:44:00.001-06:00

I got another petti and my baby had to try it out for me. She loves to dress up!

My new website!!!

2008-02-02T11:32:00.001-06:00

I am so excited to announce my new website at www.julieannjohnson.com!! I have a special offer on my photography blog. Read it and sent me an email. Thanks for all of your support. This blog will now be my personal blog.

New pictures of my boys

2008-01-24T11:09:00.000-06:00

I took the youngest 2 boys out for a Valentine's Day picture shoot. The youngest is more cooperative than the older one. Here are my boys- they are growing up so fast!

I love Texas Winter

2008-01-11T09:57:00.000-06:00

I love Texas winter! I got a new tutu and the little one and I went out to play the other day. She was comfortable in bare feet!

Here are a few recent ones

2008-01-03T21:38:00.000-06:00

Sharing a few recent pictures from my last shoots.

Christmas

2007-12-26T10:53:00.000-06:00

We had a great Christmas! I love the joy of the season reflected through the eyes of my children. Here are a few of my favorites from yesterday.

More for Christopher Avery

2007-12-21T10:26:00.000-06:00

While we were in South Padre Island, I was able to take pictures for our friend Christopher Avery. These will be used on his websites for Global Educators Academy, ChristopherAvery.com, and AskChristopherAvery.com. Thanks Christopher, we sure enjoyed spending time with you and your family.

The FACTS kids

2007-12-16T19:53:00.000-06:00

Yesterday after the afternoon performance, we had some fun with more jumping pictures of the cast. You guys did awesome! Fruitcakes was fun!

More South Padre Island

2007-12-06T11:21:00.001-06:00

Here are a few more from our vacation.

South Padre Island

2007-11-26T21:38:00.000-06:00

We went on a family vacation to South Padre Island for Thanksgiving Break. We loved it!! We stayed in a nice condo by the beach. The weather was great until Thanksgiving when the weather turned very cold.
Ashley and the kids learned how to surf. Ashley also had a few kite boarding lessons.

For Kat

2007-11-26T19:00:00.000-06:00

Here are a few from Saturday. I really had fun with you and Edward. Thanks! Julie

For Holly

2007-11-17T18:54:00.000-06:00

You have such a cute family! Thanks for letting me spend this morning with your family. Here are your beautiful boys.

my girls

2007-11-14T06:52:00.001-06:00

I took the girls out for their Christmas photoshoot. They were a bit more cooperative than the boys. My littlest one is always motivated by ice cream. I love my girls!

For Ursula

2007-11-13T10:36:00.000-06:00

Here is a sneak peak of the shoot from Saturday. I can't believe how much your baby has grown in the few weeks since his newborn pictures. Your family is amazing! Thanks so much!

More for Christopher

2007-11-08T09:42:00.000-06:00

You have an incredible family Christopher. I am blessed to have met them. Thank you.

Global Educators Academy

2007-11-06T20:30:00.001-06:00

Ashley and I spend an incredible weekend at Christopher Avery's Global Educators Academy in Comfort, Texas. Here are all the incredible people that were there. Thanks so much for the opportunity of meeting all of you. Share the message all over the world!!!

My funny boys

2007-10-31T13:08:00.001-06:00

Here are a few out takes from the other day. Can you tell these are children of a photographer?

Frankenstein

2007-10-28T20:40:00.000-06:00

Two of my kids were in Frankenstein Slept Here. We went over to the library and took pictures after the afternoon performance. Here are a few of my favorites.

my kids

2007-10-26T14:12:00.001-05:00

I took the kids out to take pictures for our Christmas cards. I didn't even want to attempt all 6 together. The 4 boys were challenging enough as it was. The girls were wonderful!

Little Matthew

2007-10-18T20:14:00.000-05:00

Welcome little Matthew! What a precious little baby. I sure enjoyed spending time with your family today. You came to an awesome big brother and terrific mom and dad.

For Pam

2007-09-29T14:36:00.000-05:00

I loved taking your family pictures today! Your baby boy is so precious. Hope you enjoy these.

Faeries

2007-09-28T13:47:00.000-05:00

I am getting back into scrapbooking- digital! Yea this is fun. I found this great place for some fun stuff to add to pictures. Here is the site http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5292825.

Here are my girls.

Derek

2007-09-22T22:44:00.000-05:00

Derek leaves on Monday to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (He used to babysit my kids years ago. I thought he was a really brave kids.) Now he is all grown up. Best of luck to you on your mission. We wish you the very best in the next 2 years! Thanks for being a great sport with the pictures today. These will be really special for your mom. She will miss you alot.

Little Noah

2007-09-21T16:41:00.000-05:00

What a sweet precious little baby you are Noah! Thanks to your mom and dad for letting me come spend a few hours with your family. Welcome little Noah!

Welcome little Sander

2007-09-18T14:18:00.000-05:00

Sander is a very special little guy. He also has some great parents. Welcome to earth little Sander!

an old house

2007-09-10T23:31:00.000-05:00

The city is tearing down an old house that is located at the end of our street. My oldest wanted pictures by the fireplace that was left standing. We had a blast shooting these the other night. Two guys were tearing apart the fence. They offered to bring over a piece for her to stand on to make it safer for her. That was so cool! I can hardly believe she is already 16. Happy 16th!!

For Jen

2007-08-30T11:59:00.001-05:00

We love you guys! How is it to have all the kids in school now? Talk to you soon- love Julie

For Valerie

2007-08-15T00:18:00.000-05:00

This is a surprise for one of my very best friends in the whole world. Valerie is a very talented lovely lady. Her honey is also a very kind, talented man. I took these pictures last year when they were visiting during the Thanksgiving break. I hope that you enjoy these Valerie. I miss you my friend and wish you God's peace in the loss of your sweet father-in-law. Love you! -Julie

For Joette

2007-08-09T22:21:00.000-05:00

Thanks for our time together tonight. You guys are GREAT! I treasure you as my friend. Hope you enjoy these. -Julie

My boys

2007-08-01T20:19:00.003-05:00

We had a great vacation in Utah. Here are a few of my boys. Love you guys!

Happy Birthday Alice and Carolyn

2007-07-26T16:07:00.001-05:00

Here is to my beautiful sister Alice and my incredible mother-in-law Carolyn. I wish you both a wonderful birthday!

For my mom

2007-07-26T16:05:00.001-05:00

Thanks for being such a great influence in my life. Your thoughtfulness and kindness touch me every day. I am so proud to be your daughter. I love you mom!

For Hyrum

2007-07-25T22:00:00.000-05:00

I know that you are missing your family. This is to cheer you up some. We love you guys!

For Sheri

2007-07-20T22:31:00.000-05:00

I had the most wonderful time photographing your family. Your little ladies are such sweet gifts from God. Thanks so much for the opportunity to be with your family for a little while. These little ladies were so cooperative with the camera.

My baby's birthday

2007-07-03T19:59:00.000-05:00

My baby is now 3!!! It is exciting to see her getting so big. Sad for me in that she isn't a baby anymore. I love this little one. She is such a joy in our lives. Happy birthday little missy moo!

A visit home

2007-07-03T00:11:00.000-05:00

This is what greeted us when were visited home last week. It was a bit of a shocker to look up and see this while I was visiting with my dad. Luckily, everything turned out well and no houses were damaged.

This past weekend

2007-06-20T16:42:00.000-05:00

I have several friends and family members who tell me that they check this blog every day. That amazed me. I decided that I need to be posting more and to give those people who come by to visit this blog, something for their time.

This past weekend, Ashley and I attended Marshall Sylver's Turning Point seminar in Dallas. We also took our 2 oldest sons with us. It was a truly amazing experience. We will have the opportunity in the near future to share a similar experience with other friends and family for a reduced price. Please let us know if you are interested. Ashley got a picture of the boys with Marshall Sylver that I will put up as soon as he emails it to me. I loved the experience for a few reasons.

1. I got to share the experience with some of my family and some of our very special friends.
2. My oldest son is so very excited about all of this. I am so glad that we are helping him to find his life purpose.
3. I got re-energized and excited to get going again. I met some great people who helped answer some of my questions and guide me through some of my business challenges.
4. I loved learning more about persuasion which is vital to learn for anyone who wants to get where they want to be.
5. I once again reaffirmed that the direction and changes that Ashley and I are making in our life are right for us.

Have a great day!
Julie

Swimming Pool

2007-06-13T08:08:00.000-05:00

I rented the Canon 5D last week for a photoshoot. That is an amazing camera! I went to the pool with the boys to try it out. Here are my boys being goofy. I love my boys!

For Kris

2007-06-07T20:07:00.000-05:00

I was honored to take your family pictures today. Thanks for your friendship!

Some new ones of my kids

2007-06-01T16:33:00.001-05:00

Well we were playing around in the backyard yesterday. I wanted some new pictures of the kids. Here are a few of my favorites.

For you pirates out there

2007-05-30T21:00:00.000-05:00

I went to the midnight showing of Pirates of the Carribean 3. My oldest wanted to see it with her friends. Great movie!! Here are a few pictures from a pirate ship that Ashley and I saw in San Diego a few weeks ago.

New blends

2007-05-27T20:28:00.001-05:00

I have been having fun experimenting with new colors, new textures and new blends with my senior photography. Here is one of my beautiful daughter.

More from our senior shoot

2007-05-22T21:12:00.000-05:00

Wow I had so many great pictures from these people. They are so incredibly photogenic!

Senior reps

2007-05-20T21:22:00.000-05:00

Ok we have 2 sophomores and 1 graduating senior. These wonderful people were willing to help me out with new pictures for seniors for 2008. Thanks guys- I had a blast shooting these pictures!! I will post some more tomorrow after I have a bunch more proofed.

Field Trip

2007-05-15T13:14:00.000-05:00

I went to chaperon my son's class field trip. I had a great time with my son. He even asked me to bring my camera to get some new pictures of him. I loved this shot.

Welcome little Ava

2007-05-10T20:59:00.000-05:00

This little one is such a beautiful princess. She is a special little lady. Thanks to mommy and daddy for the wonderful session today. You guys are AWESOME!

A few of my baby boys

2007-05-06T22:23:00.000-05:00

Ok with 4 boys- I have my big boys and my baby boys. I found these pictures from last winter. I played with the pictures last night. Here are my baby boys!