The Sweet Life

Monday is the last day you can submit your favorites for the Dallas Child/Fort Worth Child Best for Families. If you haven’t filled out the form yet, I highly suggest doing so! It took a little time…”What was the name of that great family restaurant we went to six months ago and keep meaning to visit again?” but hopefully some deserving local businesses will receive that hard earned recognition! Have I mentioned yet that there is even a spot for favorite family photographer? (wink, wink)

There are separate forms for Dallas and Fort Worth – so fill out the one that best pertains to your family!

Also-don’t forget that this weekend is their cover search for babyDallas!

Something I rarely do, but enjoy as a little breath of fresh air (and a challenge) is commercial work. La Grone in Denton asked me to come out and follow their students around this morning, in order to showcase the amazing things their students are doing, but in an edgy, modern way.

I was absolutely blown away by what I saw today! Sure, I took a (don’t laugh) pre-vet course in high school at our local vocational tech school, and had fun chasing horses around and assisting with spays. But my school (ahem-way back then) can’t hold a candle to this campus! It was stunning! The materials were top-notch, and the things the students were learning were just incredible.

Here are a few examples:

Automotive Tech

Computers

Welding

medical arts (and three very cooperative students)

The plan is to enlarge these and hang them in the hallways along the second story balconies (did I mention how gorgeous this brand new campus is?). Until their budget allows for this, we’ll have these scrolling on their plasma tv in the school’s foyer. They are sure to catch your attention!

Today was baby Jensen’s second session, and as always, I love watching “my” babies grow and change through our year-long baby plan.

This is absolutely my favorite age. Parents have heard me say more than once that I love this age because they can sit up, but can’t escape! They are always so intrigued by my camera too, so we see lots of their big beautiful eyes as they stare hypnotically into the lens.

I just loved the colors in the artwork over mom and dad’s bed:

Over the next few weeks you’ll see almost daily updates as we officially enter the holiday season. 10 sessions in the next 6 days means we’ll be posting sneak peeks fairly often, so bookmark and check back!

That being said, I’m taking this weekend off for a little pre-holiday-craziness break. I have a rowdy and outlandish girls’ weekend planned…with my four year old (ha!). We’re flying to the place I grew up to visit family and friends and just ‘chill’. I return Sunday, and we hit the ground running with two sessions on Monday and at least one, more often two, sessions each day after that.

Hang on to your hats!