Boxers & Updates

I know some of you have had the fortunate opportunity to meet our dog Gracie Luu. She is more than a pet, she is our baby... and she's incredibly spoiled. When we shoot a wedding, we drop her off at my parents or my Grandma's house to stay for the day. She loves it because at my parents she torments my old dog Tyson, runs free on their 1.5 acres and chases squirrels up trees. When she goes to my grandma's house she brings each stuffed animal out of the "kite room" down to the living room... it gives my Grandma and her husband Randy a good laugh! When we went to Pennsylvania to shoot a wedding Grandma and Randy were supposed to keep her for 2 days then give her over to my parents. Each day that we called Grandma would say "Oh.. we're going to keep her another day, she's so fun" So there is a reason for me blogging all this, I promise! Tonight our breeder, Cindy Dyer, emailed me about their unfortunate situation that they are in and they are needing someone to take their two boxers. One is Gracie's age, she'll be 2 in June, the other is 7 months old. I'm not sure if she's updated her site yet so I don't know if the prices on there are correct, so check it out here!

We have two weddings to finish up then we're all caught up on the editing... then its onto the album design, dvd slide shows and much more! We are heading off to Indiana on Friday and we'll be there until Tuesday! We've got an engagement shoot, family shoot and a client meeting all while we're there. We are shooting Kristin and Jeremy's engagement shoot on Saturday at Grace College, where we all went to school. Jeremy and Kristin are our destination wedding this year, in Salt Lake City Utah! I couldn't begin to tell you how excited we are to be a part of their big day. Jeremy was one of Coty's groomsmen and good friend on the baseball team. I've heard one too many stories of those two... like sneaking out and putting all the bikes around campus safety's car so then they saw them running away they couldn't catch them. I can't share all the stories because... well lets face it... the things guys do in the dorm should stay in the dorm haha. Anyways, so that's where we'll be for a couple days then its back to work!

I almost forgot, on February 22nd we'll be participating in our first bridal expo, and we are so thrilled to be doing it! To top it off, our booth will be next to my very good friend and wedding planner Meleka Murphy! I think her site is still under construction but she's amazing! I can finally add commercial work to my portfolio, after next week! The woman who made my wedding cake, Kim Lawson, has hired me to be their little company's photographer. She makes everything from tote bags, baby blankets, towel wraps and much more. I love crafts and scrapbooking, so this is so fun for me. Don't get me wrong, taking pictures of Brides is my passion, and I love it. But you don't have to tell a bag to tilt its head to the left a little and follow it around haha. I love the research that goes with the new shoot too. When their site is up and running (after I take the pictures) I'll post it because she makes some very cute tote bags for bridesmaid gifts!

Okay, well I should be getting back to work! Gracie is whining to go sniff around and I need to finish editing! Love you all!

Ashley*