Happy Birthday to Arnold! Galveston, TX
Why were they all there? It was Arnold’s birthday! He was turning 65 and his family flew in from as far as California to spend his birthday weekend with him!
This was such a large and cheerful family, Chad and I really enjoyed spending the morning with them. (I also really enjoyed feeling the sand between my toes and the waves splashing on my feet.)
Chad and I later headed down to The Strand for a cool Sunday morning stroll before our afternoon shoot with Mckinley and her cousin Noah (but I’ll save that for a later blog).
Below are some of my favorites from that crisp morning.
And with all the girls!
And now for the families…
What? Was I not supposed to take this one?
Beautiful Texas Bluebonnets – Independence, TX
My first official blog post on our photography blog..
This past weekend, Kelly and I were able to go out and “flock through the bluebonnets” so to speak. Actually, we had a photo shoot in Independence, Texas and bluebonnets happened to be the theme, hence the pictures below. Before we did the shoot, we had to get ourselves into the bluebonnet spirit, and what better way to do that than attend the 2008 Bluebonnet festival in Chappell Hill , Texas!!!! The only problem was once we got into the festival, we saw nothing that had to do with bluebonnets. We expected to see demonstrations like “how to make bluebonnet center pieces” or “how to make Bluebonnet Jelly”, but to no avail. It was mainly people selling crafts, turkey legs and Landshark beer which I did fork over 3 bucks to enjoy.
After we left the 2008 Bluebonnet festival, we met up with Tim, Maggie, and their 3 girls in Independence, Texas. We were told there were a lot of bluebonnets in this small town. We finally found Old Baylor Park and several patches of bluebonnets within the park. Here are some of our favorite pictures. The first one was taken by me (Not Kelly).
-Chad
Paul and Kim’s family photo shoot – Spring, TX
Now don’t get me wrong, I love being busy, but this weekend was crazy! Three photo shoots in two days (and a total of 350 miles!)
From bluebonnets in central Texas, to the sandy beaches in Galveston, all the way to Grandma and Grandpa’s house (not my grandparents, but for little Mckinley it was)…
More about all that later, but right now I’m in the process of editing the second photo shoot from last weekend of Kim & Paul and their 6.5 kids (.5 because number 7 is on the way)! Kim even showed me the spot on the wall where she is planning on hanging their latest family portrait. I can hardly wait until August to “update” their family photo and to take photographs of their newest addition!
Here’s a sneak peek from last week’s session…
Newborn Angel Angela
One of my best friends from high school welcomed her first little bundle of joy into the world last week, and yes, I had the lucky honor of photographing this beautiful little blue eyed, strawberry blonde baby!
Meet Miss Angela Marie!
















































