Happy Hearts

Oh we did the cutest (if I do say so myself) mini-heart session the other day and I thought I'd share a few...check out the valentine skirt!

And my FAVORITE one of the session...this needs to be a 16x20 canvas don't ya think??? (even if the coat was 2 sizes too small :)

Pudding and Popsicles

So last Friday before I was able to go to the opera...I had about 7 kids at my house...what do you do with 7 kids? Have an all out "guk" fest...Laina and her band usually head over to my dear neighbor Darlene's house for free food (she is a widower). Darlene keeps an ample supply of popsicles, string cheese, and crackers for the little beggars who come knocking (you would think I would be on the ball and actually supply Darlene with these myself...but nope...I always forget when I'm at the store). So Laina came home with popsicles for everyone and my little "Sith lord" was outside with his friends playing star wars or something (note the jedi hood)...and McLaren doesn't really do popsicles very well...so he got pudding (he doesn't do that well either! :)

S-U-P-E-R....Superstars...

Are waiting to be made at your nearest polling station. VOTE!!! (and then go to breakfast...like at Jack-in-the-Box....right mom? dad?)

YUMA Photography Sessions

(Inspiration)

I'm heading down to Yuma the weekend of April 11th. If you or anyone you know would be interested in scheduling a photography session (family, children, senior) please contact me at: m_holdsworth1@yahoo.com . There are only 2 sessions left!

Cheating...Again!

But this time....it was a good cheating! I've been waiting for a month to do this family's session, but due to our wonderful wet weather, we've had to postpone...well Saturday we snuck this session in and cheated the storm before it hit! When we finished...the temperature was a wopping 46 degrees! (4 below my minimum temperature for shooting outdoors-just in case you were interested.) We did do some indoors and then outdoors, and since they were so patient waiting for warm weather and then braved the cold with me...I'm posting a "few" of my favorites. (One for each of the little ones' outfits! Hey-when you have clothes this cute-you need a picture in every single outfit right?!)

Musical Weekend

Friday night...I went to dinner with my friend Cassie (to be mentioned in an upcoming post on a totally different topic) and then we met our friend Erika at Yavapai College to see Verdi's opera "La Traviata". I've never been to the opera before and it was quite the experience, although so was dinner (Bin 239 ;) For those who think "how can you sit and listen to people sing in another language"...well the clever opera folks have figured that all out and there is a little screen at the top of the stage that projects "subtitles" (except for they're more like "toptitles") anyway...you can read along and be completely in step with what is going on. The synopsis they provide in the program, along with the words at top made it into a very enjoyable and understandable show. Highly recommend it!

Sunday we had our stake conference, and I was asked to play the organ. The only problem is...I don't really "play" the organ...I "cheat". I won't bore you with the details of my cheating, but it apparently worked too good and that it is how I ended up with the stake conference gig :(...(kinda like the time when I "inflated" my practice hours with Janet Jones-my piano teacher-so much, that when it came time for the recital and the award for the "most hours practiced" I was sweating in my seat from the fear that I would win and my mom would know that I NEVER practiced! eek!)

Anyway....I actually really really enjoyed myself. It was the coolest thing--pretty hard to describe, but when a few hundred people start singing and you're accompanying them--it's kinda like being swept off your feet in a huge crowd and just carried along. Plus...I was able to sit in the little cushioned seat hidden behind the organ and listen to all the speakers and not worry about screaming children (I just got to watch everyone else worry about them!) I'd better start campaigning for next session!

Sneak Peek! and $50 session!

UPDATE--We have a winner....thanks for all the emails!

Okay-I've never done this, so we'll see how this works...

Here is a sneak peek from a newborn baby album that I've just finished. This album has 20 pages of beautiful quotes and images from the session (the kind of stuff that makes you just want to let the tears run...) Anyway--I loved doing this session so much, that I want to do another! So, the first person to EMAIL me (m_holdsworth1@yahoo.com) and schedule a NEWBORN session (yes--there must be a newborn under 10 days old, to complete the shoot--no--do not put a diaper on your 5 year old and wrap 'em in a blanket...won't work) will get $75 off their session fee (within Prescott---outside Prescott, mileage will be charged). The session is regularly $125.

P.S.-Great idea for a gift certificate (hint-baby shower gift)!!