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Rachel

I go to school at: “I’m home-schooled!”

My graduation date:  May 2010

My nickname is:  some people call me Raych

My favorite Web site is:  Facebook

Favorite App on my iPhone: I play a looot of Solitaire  :)

The magazines I always have to stop and look at in the grocery store are: Elle or People

The last thing I ate:  Little Panda.  Yum.

My dream job:  Helping people, animals and the earth all in one

My favorite band:  Muse

The person I would most like to meet is:  I think it’s a tie between Jane Goodall and Taylor Lautner

My favorite thing in my closet:  My many, many t-shirts

In ten years, I see myself: Hopefully in a good, solid job, working in the outdoors somehow.  Maybe married with a baby.

If I was on a deserted island, the two things I would want with me:  I can’t decide!

My favorite thing to do when I’m not at school:  Dance!  Apart from that, I like reading, being with friends and watching movies.

My favorite word:  Peace

I love Pure Photography because Debbie is so helpful and fun!  She answered all the questions we had and she’s very professional.  All of her work is beautiful!

(YOU are beautiful, Rachel….inside and out!)

Here is a very sweet young couple who grew up in Abilene, met in high school, went to Texas A&M (whoop!) and now are making plans to get married!  They were wonderful to photograph in spite of the wicked temp!  Blessings on your wedding in October!

I”m so excited to announce our “Dog Days of Summer Special!”  Every session photographed in the month of July of either your dog or your family with your dog, I will donate $50. towards the building of the new Abilene Dog Park!  Lots of folks have been working hard towards this venture and I’m so happy to do my part to make it happen sooner!  Call now to book your summer session!  325-201-2987

Check out the baby blues on this boy!  Someday, the girls will be falling for this cutie!  Actually, his Aunt Debbie has already fallen for him!  Perhaps I’m a bit prejudice, but I think he’s adorable and I love photographing him!  We’re going to have a good time as he gets older and just gets cuter!

Back to Dripping Springs for another session this week!  We’ve known Joel and Katie since they attended a Pre-Marriage Mentoring Class that Mark and I had the privilege of helping with several years ago.  We were not their assigned mentors, but we fell in love with them all the same.  Katie saw on Facebook that we had been to Dripping Springs for sessions recently and messaged me that the next time we came that direction, they would love to have some family and baby portraits!  We were so glad to spend a few hours with them and their new baby, sweet Caleb!

Whew!  I  think I’ve finally caught my breath after a crazy Spring photography season and then a week attending a huge professional photography school in Dallas.  This year, I had the opportunity to study under a very famous photographer from Canada, Don MacGregor.  I always come back ready to get my camera in my hand and get back to work and this year was no different!  I do love to learn more about my profession and in turn, give you an even better product to enjoy for many, many years!

Now to TWO more important topics:  Brody and Dylan!  These little guys turned TWO not very long ago and time does fly!  I photographed them as newborns and at one and one and a half and now at TWO!  They have such precious personalities and their faces just lit up as we played in wildflowers and watched for “PLANES!” flying over head!  I love them and their parents and it’s such an honor to be called upon year after year to document these wonderful milestones!  Brody and Dylan are rockin’ TWO  year olds!

I only write a personal post a couple of times a year and this is one of them.  I can’t resist.  These two kids of mine are the joys of my life!  They make me smile, they make me cry, they make me laugh and on occasion, they make me wonder!  I adore them.  Katie lives too far away in Southern California and Will lives a little too far in Dallas.  They are both so fun and smart and creative and giving and more than anything else, they both love their Lord which gives me great peace.

I ran my “March is For Moms” special recently based on the fact that I don’t have many pictures of me and just my kids.  I guess moms are the ones taking the pictures generally.  So, I’m going to share with you a very personal picture of me, Katie and Will when he was born at Hendricks in 1985, then one of Katie and Will laughing at each other in 1986 and then the last one from Katie’s wedding to Matt in 2007 and they were still laughing!

My greatest titles are wife to Mark (or Mr. Mark as my client’s kids know him) and mother to Katie and Will.  Debbie the photographer would be nothing without the three of them!

I love you, Katie and Will!  I am a “happy mother” because of you!

Kyle and Stephanie are getting married!  A very sweet couple who are very special to our family.  Kyle and our son were college friends and we think very highly of sweet Stephanie, a beautiful young woman who has stolen Kyle’s heart!  We had such fun photographing them around downtown Abilene just prior to a rainstorm that was threatening us the whole time!  Kyle and Stephanie, we wish you abundant blessings in your journey thru this life!

Yes, that’s right….2011!  Kendra and her mom were wanting to capture some of these amazing bluebonnets from this Spring, so we did just a small part of her Senior session this week and will finish it up next Fall.

Emilia

I go to school at Eula High School.

My graduation date is:  May 28, 2010.

My nickname is Millie.

My favorite website:  Myspace

My favorite app on my iPhone:  Scrabble

The magazine I always have to stop and look at in the grocery store:  Cosmo

The last thing I ate was: a grilled cheese sandwich.

My dream job:  dental hygientist

My favorite song: “Heart Breaks Even”

The person I would most like to meet is:  Jesus

My favorite thing in my closet is:  What I’m wearing right now

In ten years I see myself:  married and with a great job

If I was on a deserted island, the two things I would want to have with me are:  water and food

My favorite think to do when I’m not at school:  hangout with my family and friends

I love Pure Photography because it looks like she has amazing pictures and she’s an amazing photographer.

(Thank you, Millie!)