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My favorite Iphone images...

Several months ago, I jumped on the Iphone bandwagon.  It was with a lot of thought and consideration, and overall, I'm thrilled I did it!!  It takes some pretty good photographs...thought I'd share with you my favorites so far (for most of them, I used a free app called Instagram, and I LOVE it!!!)

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What are you doing this weekend??

I'm heading to Atlanta, GA for a dog show!!  Those of you that know me may think this is a bit odd, but my husband has started showing our whippets.  It's actually a pretty fun experience, though aspects of it are scarily like the movie Best In Show.  ;-)

Here are a few pics from the last dog show we went to.  I need a little more practice at shooting like this - for some reason, a wedding reception is much easier for me! - next time I'll rent the right lens so I can get some awesome shots.

If you are going to be in Atlanta this weekend, give me a call!

Ann, Miguel, y Lobo

This blog post is gonna be a little different than my other posts...it's actually one of the sadder posts, I've written...but we'll start with the happy part.

I had a friend from college, Ann Milauskas.  This girl is pretty amazing.  She was one of the sweetest people from my ol' WIU days.  She is also one of the most incredible women I know.  She spent 4 years ministering in Yemen.  While in Yemen, she met Miguel Bermudez.  He was also in Yemen as a missionary.  In a nutshell and the fairytale fashion, they met, fell in love, and got married just 6 months ago.

About a month or two ago, they moved to Nashville.  (which I'm THRILLED about, btw!!)  They stayed at my house for a couple of days while they figured out their living situation.  I got to watch their dog, Lobo, while they were checking out their apartment.  Lobo is 12 and Miguel has had him since he was a very small puppy.  He was moving pretty slow while I got to watch him, but he was such a sweetheart.

Ann called me and wanted to surprise Miguel with family pics for his bday.  So, I went and took pics of the two of them and Lobo.  Lobo was a totally different dog from when they first arrived in Nashville...he was almost like a puppy.  He was such a rambuntious dog...it was awesome!!

Now for the sad part.  I saw Ann a week ago and she shared with me that Lobo had died.  I couldn't believe it.  I'm so happy that I was able to take pics of Ann, Miguel, and Lobo before that happened.  I hope that Miguel and Ann are able to enjoy the pics as much as I have.

Here are just a few of them...

August 2010

My husband Paul and I decided to drive over to the Natchez Trace.  It is a famous road that actually goes from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville.  We had a good time, but it definitely wasn't what I was expecting.  We hit a couple of waterfalls that were cool, then went to this hilarious little cafe in a teeny-tiny town called Williamsport.

Later that day we were chillin' with the dog, so of course I had to add a few pics of her too!!  ;-)

the post office next to the cafe we ate at

tired puppy