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There's something new around here.

There's also the same something new on the Heartland Blog!

Killer ....

Here's our designated cricket killer:





Esse LOVES chasing crickets around the basement ... she spends many evenings pouncing on them. And yes, she leaves the dead ones lying around the basement floor. Evidently once the cricket is dead/not moving any longer, she loses interest.

Humph.

So....I'm also tweaking with how to affix photos ... so I'll be playing more ... and also adding photos of Esse for those who have requested more photos of our cat child. :-)

Invites are OUT!!!!!!!

It's interesting how as the wedding planning goes, how there are portions of Erik and portions of Karen.





The invites alone are a nice combo of the both of us, but when you receive yours in the mail .... let's just say you'll know Erik was a part of it! :-)

Today .....

I feel like this.




(photo by Mike from Mary & Ty's wedding ... I was being the light testing subject)

Post on the cricket killer later!

THE ENEMY!!!!!!!!!

Meet our unwelcome houseguest:


UGH! I'm staring at one now as I type.

Erik says there is about a month span where they take over his basement. ACK!

Yeah, there are all sorts of old wives tales on how to get rid of them, like this:


Erik says these coucorachas held a siesta on the hedgeballs. No dice.

Until now.

Stay tuned to find out how we cut our cricket population in HALF! :-)

Gimme a paper bag!

UUUUUUUUUGH!

No envelopes to mail invitations in. AAAAAAAAAAACK!

So, it'd been about 2 weeks since I placed my envelope order ... and they said it'd take about that long, especially since we're having E's address printed on them (to save time). Yeah, it's NOT turned out to be a timesaver at all.

The artwork I sent is nowhere to be seen .... and the general rep on the phone was only defensive, NOT helpful. Thank God for excellent managers! This lady was rockin' and we will hopefully have them in before we have to leave town.

Is it too early in the day for a drink? ;-)

Crossover — Senior Portrait season!

Cruise on over to the Heartland blog to check out !Drew's Sizzlin' Senior Portraits

I had a blast and hope to do more in the upcoming months!

Invites are IN!!!!!!!

I picked up the wedding invitations at the post office this morning ... and they are STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!! My friend (and killer designer), Heather, did a kickin' job on them! In all of her free time when she's not doing photography, she runs Posh Spot Designs.

I'm so jazzed to send them out in the next week and a half. But because I am mean, I am not going to show them to you here, dear blog readers. Yup, I'm a meanie. I want them to be an awesome surprise when they come in the mail!

YOWSAS!!!!

My high school friend, Joyce, is getting married 2 weeks before Erik and I are ... and I'm SO EXCITED to go to her wedding and "just be a guest"!!!!!!!

Friday, she forwarded her engagement photos along, and as I prowled through Nicole and Brandon Parigo's blog, checking out photos of Joyce and Billy, I kept saying "oh, that's TOTALLY them!"


It's such a treat to see images that capture the essence of people near and dear to my heart .... and I only hope the work Mike and I do does the same for the friends and family of our amazing clients!


I don't know many KC photogs, but I certainly am looking forward to saying 'hi' at Joyce and Billy's wedding! Just more people to swap ideas and "geek out" with! :-)

Working hard!

Photos to edit EVERYWHERE! But I am NOT complaining about this! While was doing some pregnancy portraits for Miss Amanda over the weekend, I snagged a few of Oliver, her awesome 16-month-old.

Lemme get this out in the open. I LOVE Oliver. It's more than a super-crush! He's so sweet tempered! I wanted to take him home with me, but didn't think mom or dad would like that...


Oh, he just became a BIG BROTHER! I'm excited to photograph little Elizabeth Joan .... perhaps next week if I'm lucky!