Monthly Archives: July 2009

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The end is just the beginning…

Wow.. what a month! It has been so fun playing all these games with all of you this past month… I hope you all have enjoyed it as much as I have!  Today is the last day of our month-long celebration, concluding at midnight tonight when the polls close in our cutest five year old contest.  It is VERY close.. please vote if you haven’t already!  Every time I check the leader changes.. I can’t wait to see how it ends up!

We are also closing holiday booking for the next few weeks, we will officially open the fall schedule on September 1st, at which time you can expect the sessions to fill quickly!  In the meantime, we are busy little bees, putting the final details on new packages, new products, new card designs, even some exclusive new session formats… lots of exciting things in the works! Please let us know if you have any requests or dream concepts you’d like to see offered.. we are always full of ideas just not sure how the rest of the universe will receive them!

I am so beyond excited about everything lined up for this year and even more so, feel completely blessed to have made it this far… couldn’t do it without all of you faithful clients… love you all!

Thanks for a great five years.. here’s to hoping the next five are even better!

All grown up!

Finally, a game that was challenging!  Thanks to everyone who played… we had a lot of great guesses but only ONE person guessed correctly on every picture! Congrats!  Here are the answers for those of you still wondering…

1.

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2.

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3.

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4. (this is an easy one.. any faithful blog reader should remember this face… and there are more than a few places in the gallery to find him!)

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Where are they then?

One of the things I love the most about my job is getting to watch families grow!  So many of your children have become like my own children, and I delight in seeing them again each year… marking the first haircuts, the lost teeth, the braces.. every bit of it! I thought it would be a fun game to see if all of you can find these big kids on my website as their former selves… little kids!  They are all somewhere in the galleries, whoever can locate the most correct pictures wins $50 credit for your next portrait order!

(to label your guesses, just write the gallery name and picture order, like “tickles gallery, picture 12″)

1.

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2.

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3.

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4. (this is an easy one.. any faithful blog reader should remember this face… and there are more than a few places in the gallery to find him!)

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There she is!

Yes, I am sad (make that shocked!) to say we have a winner already! Our sweet Boots has been found… did you guess it correctly?

Does this picture help?

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Did you get it yet?

Almost?

Pretty close?

Have a good idea?

How about one more….

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Ah-ha!  Boots was hanging out at the Las Colinas Mustangs… until we got kicked out, that is! :)

Thanks to everyone who played and made the month so fun! We have a few more games to play next week to round out the month.. and the return of photo posts!  :)

Where’s Boots… week three, day two!

Lots of great guesses yesterday but no one has found our sweet puppy yet!  Here’s another picture and clue.. remember the winner gets a portrait session!

Day 2 clue…once again, Boots was not the only 4-legged creature around!

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Boots is on the move again!

One last week for our Where’s Boots contest, and then we’ll finish off the month of July with some other fun games.  Oh yeah, and maybe we’ll post some  pictures, considering this is still a photography blog! :)

We worked extra hard to make our last location tricky, but I promise it’s still a well known local site that you will recognize… eventually!

First clue… our photo session was cut short as we were asked to leave by security… apparently dogs are not allowed! Even super cute, fluffy white ones! Boo!

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Go Cowboys!

Yes, all you smart cookies.. Boots was at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington!  I’m glad we made it at least 24 hours this time, but next week (the last round!) will have to be even harder to keep up with all of you!

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Where’s Boots… day three!

Well we made it a full day and a half, but yesterday we got a winner! I’m going to keep the game going for those of you who haven’t figured it out and just want to play…

Day three clue… it should be getting much easier!

While on her visit, Boots stopped and took shade in the legendary shadows…

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Where’s Boots.. day two!

Hooray! We actually made it to a second day! Hopefully today’s picture and clue will spark some ideas…

Boots was excited to have found the metroplex’s median point for a good time…

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Where’s Boots…take two!

Okay, after last week’s game ended so quickly (darn you smart readers!!) I swore to make this one a little harder.  But still fun!

Boots and the girls and I left The Fort Worth Stockyards (see below!) and headed EAST… can you guys where she ended up?

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