Bluebonnet Baby

I've fallen in love with little Cade. My old equestrian teammate Courtney brought him for portraits last fall and we had a blast! She was so pleased with the photos she booked me for his one-year portraits way back then! For this shoot, we went back to Trinity Park in Fort Worth, but we went to a different section. I had hoped for bluebonnets for our session in the park, but we didn't find any. Luckily I found some right by my work, so we snapped some shots there as well. Check it out! I'm really happy with how they all turned out and here are some of my favorites. Thanks Courtney and Cade for being so fun! The rest of the photos are at my photo site: http://abigailelizabeth.smugmug.com

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I just found this post saved away in my list of potential posts. Got some random internet fun for ya!

Pride and prejudice filming locations

I really wish I had seen this site before we went to England last year. :-( I've put them on my must-see places for next time.

City scapes

This is San Francisco made out of cookware! More at this site.

Pandora.com is an amazing invention! Zach's sister Autumn introduced it to me and it's wonderful! Log on to this free site and you can create your own streaming radio station by using an artist or a song you like and it'll tailor-make a channel based on that song or artist. It's a great way to find new music or listen to songs you don't have on your iTunes. Even better, it's a free application for your iPhone... so I can listen to my stations or make new ones on my phone. I can even plug in my phone to my car and listen to Pandora! Zach and I love to listen on long trips. Check it out!

I saved the very best for last. You have probably seen the baby got back wedding dance, but this one is even better, I think! Absolutely adorable. It's like 6 minutes long, but stick it out the first minute and then it gets really good. Whatcha think?

Evolution Of The Wedding Dance - Watch more Funny Videos

Zack goes Gruene

I've done a couple of photo shoots in Gruene and New Braunfels, Texas, in the past few months. I did a senior portrait session last week in Gruene, but this time we used the town itself for the location. I was so excited to experiment with all the interesting backgrounds and we spent an hour walking around the town and by the river to get his portraits. Even better, Zack brought his dog Taz! I love to bring animals into portraits, so I was thrilled. We had a great time despite the cold. Check out some of Zack's best senior portraits. To see the rest, head over to my photo site: http://abigailelizabeth.smugmug.com.

Valentimes!

Man! It's been a long time! Work took over my life for the past 6 weeks or so, and  spent about half of the last month on various trips for work or at home. I'm glad to be back to semi-normal. :-)

Valentine's weekend was amazing! I've had very few special V-days, and Zach definitely went all out for us! We headed to Arkansas for several reasons-- our first being a day of rest and relaxation--just the two of us. Here's a photo of our luggage-- we packed light. ;-)

Maybe I was delirious with sleep in the early morning, but I thought this 18-wheeler was going to hit us! Luckily it was just being towed in reverse.

We had left Texas at about 5 AM and arrived in Hot Springs, Arkansas, at around 10. We headed over to the historic bathhouse row for our mineral baths and massages. This old building was right next to bathhouse row and I thought it was really pretty.

Here we are at the bathhouse! For around $60 each, we got pampered! I got a whirlpool bath and loofah scrub, time in a sauna, a sitz bath, wrapped head to toe in hot towels, a shower and a massage. It was total heaven!

Zach wanted to sample the historic mineral water fountain. Our whole experience made me understand the appeal for all those bath houses I've seen ruins for-- especially the one in Bath, England, which is another mineral spring-fed town.

Zach said when presidents travel through Hot Springs, this hotel is where they stay. It's pretty magnificent!

We went to lunch at a delicious Italian restaurant and then climbed to the top of a nearby hill to look out over the city. It was really beautiful!

We drove on to Clarksville that afternoon and met up with Zach's professor friend Dr. Strain. We went to a Swiss winery called Weidekers, where we had some Old World food and really good wine. So much fun!
The next day was Friday. Zach went and worked at his alma mater, The University of the Ozarks, measuring for and selling suits to some of the professors and students. I had the luxury of reading my book on campus. It was nice to take a mental break from work and just hang out. Later that evening we went out to eat with Zach's friend Marcos and his family. Here is Marcos' son Marcos. :-) He's a handfull and already doing soccer tricks at age 3.
The boys played a high-energy game of hide-and-go-seek while Marcos' wife Crystal and i laughed our heads off.

Marcos loves Zach!

Where did he go Marcos?

Cavan is like a little cabbage patch baby, here with his mama Crystal.

Daddy Marcos was inducted into the University of the Ozarks Sports Hall of Fame on Valentine's day. Here he is accepting his honor.... Marcos jr. wanted to be a part of it too. :-)
Several of the Hall Of Fame members made an appearance at the U of O basketball game.
Pretty cool to know such a talented athlete! He's good friends with Zach and they played soccer together.

After the basketball game, we drove all the way back to DFW. I had a great v-day weekend. Thanks Zach!

Get suited up right

I'm so excited about today's post. My boyfriend Zach Boatwright sells custom-tailored suits with his business partner Drew Jones for their company DJones Tailored Collection. They've had an awesome Web site for a little more than a year, but they've recently updated it completely. Now you can learn everything you need to know to purchase a suit from them after perusing their site. Check it out and please pass it on if you know of anyone in need of an affordable well-fitted suit.

www.djonescollection.com