We Love Lovers!!

My husband is finally home! Or at least that’s what I’m told. I haven’t seen him with my own eyes due to me being gone these past three days, but supposedly he is there. I remember him having blue/green eyes, mega-long eyelashes and blondish-brown hair, so if there’s a guy in my house tonight that resembles this description, I’m going to assume it’s him (however if it is Mark Wahlberg, that will be fine too.)

He’s been gone since last Monday to a work meeting at lake Conroe. A resort on Lake Conroe, mind you. And since he was so close to home, he decided to go on down to his parents for some family time that somehow turned into a two day fishing trip on the coast with two of his best buddies. Funny how things work out.

So he’s staying at a resort, on a lake, where it rains, then fishing on the coast. I am at home, working, where it is 111 degrees and NOT raining. Yeah, I’m definitely getting something new out of this.

Just kidding!! (kind of) Truth is I’m super glad he got to spend time with his compadres and I am pretty freak’n ready to see him. If you see a black streak going down HWY 87 this evening, it will be me. Anyway, I did get a lot done this past week I needed to get my butt in gear and do. And most of all, I got to shoot an amazing wedding with my amazing sister that was full of amazing decorations and amazing people. Seriously, it was fit for a magazine.

The bride did an AMAZING (have I used that word already?) job on every little detail. Her cake was the most beautiful I have seen in person or magazine. Her brooch bouquet beat even the Queen, Miranda Lambert’s, and her bridal portraits she chose rocked!  

Yesterday was a half-kidless-day at Katie and Rusty’s so we slept, went to church, slept, watched part of a movie, and then all the grandparents brought the kids back and, I am only guessing, went back home and slept. Evidently that is something that goes out the window in exchange for children. Note to self. 

One of our fave peeps.

More pics to come!!!!

We love Weddings!!!

My husband is gone to a meeting at a resort somewhere where it is raining and someone else is cooking his meals and making his bed (ok, so that last part isn’t much different for him than home). Anyway, the point is that he is at this nice place where it rains and I am at home waking up at 6am just so I can get stuff watered before it gets too hot. I know, unfair.

It hasn’t been too shabby, though. I did pick our first cherry tomatoes, cucumber and squash this morning. And it looks like we’ll have lots of stuff within the next couple weeks. On top of that, I got my book in yesterday and it looks great! Yes, I wrote and published a book. It is called ‘Agriculture on the High Plains of Texas’ and you can see it here: http://www.agricultureonthehighplainsoftexas.com/

That is my Mamaw Jack’s hands on the cover, pretty special, and I’m sure you all will know lots of people in the stories it contains. It is just stories and pictures of family agriculture businesses and operations. I love it.

We also went to watch Ryder and Blue Moon at the Borden County playday last night. It was fun, a nice evening with an actual COOL breeze, and a gorgeous sunset over the caprock.

I’ve gotten my next Competing for Profit written, newsletter designed, book marketing materials edited, brochures made, and the rest of the wedding pictures edited. Amazing how much you can get done when you don’t have a man to tend to. Just kidding, I’ll be glad to take him back.

Here are some more wedding pics, and we have another coming up this weekend, so…..wooohooo!!!

Where do I start........



Holy moly, so I don’t even know where to start. We’ve been blow’n and go’n and I have gotten SO far behind on these blogs. I guess I’ll start with the BeAuTiFuL Mr. & Mrs. Begley. We had the privilege to shoot their wedding last weekend, and it was AMAZING!! Great people, great church, great reception, just all around GREAT!!

These are the beauties that got hitched..................

And their super cool cakes...........

And the cuties that were there............

 

And this is the gorgeous bride................

 Later that week Ryder and Blue Moon went to their first playday (of what I imagine will be many)............................

And this is his first girl friend (of what I imagine to be many)...............

 Also later that week, I mozied on down to Pecos to interview a rancher for my next story. It was 111 degrees, yeah, not cool (literally). He raises longhorn x corrientes crosses and sells lean, all natural beef at the Midland Farmer's Market, a couple booths down from me and mom. It was neat and works for him, think I'll stick to Herefords.  

Visit them (and us!) any Saturday 9-12:00 in downtown Midland on Texas Avenue. But get there early!! The past two weekends we've sold out of the good stuff in an hour!

They sell jerky too, yummmm!!!

This past week we also had Mal Gal's 20th Birthday Party where I laughed harder than I've laughed in weeks. Those carzy ladies crack me up, and I am a true blue believer that laughter is the best medicine for anything. It just does the mind, body and soul good. It's one reason I keep Brandon around. He makes me laugh. It's also why we keep that 20 second clip when the camera accidently cut to the news lady on channel 9 morning news and she didn't know and drooled on her paper. Hilarious!!! I feel sorry for her, but not enough to delete it off our recordings. We just watch it every once in a while for a good chuckle. :)

The past two days we've been in Plainview at what was a pretty dang tough steer show. Katie judged steer showmanship, I baby sat, the guys fit calves, the boys got as dirty as possible, and we all had a great time. Saw good friends, got in some good visiting, and enjoyed every bit of it. Of course today I am soaking Brandon's jeans in Shout, watering my poor flowers and garden that think I forgot about them, and trying to remember where I put Dad's father's day gift before we go eat lunch with him, Mom, Gramma, Pop, aunts, uncles, cousins, the whole gang. 

Next week Brandon's gone to South Texas for a meeting all week, Lubbock for me, Farmer's Market with Mom, and another beautiful couple's wedding Saturday! It'll be a blast and I can't wait. (and I'll try to be a little more on the ball with these blogs)