Thankful Thoughts...

Before our day gets crazy with cooking and baking and before the Macy's parade comes on and I'm glued to the TV like every year, trying to get everyone in my house to watch it with me against their will (LOL!)...

I want to wish everyone a VERY Happy Thanksgving! This is the time of year I reflect on all of the blessings in my life. My family, my friends (including my wonderful clients!) I have a large number of "online friends" who I've known for years, yet never met. They are cherished blessings from all over the US and the entire globe! I have friends back East (CT and NJ) who have been cherished blessings in my life for MANY years, even at long distance! My best friend Jenn from CT, whom I met in 8th grade... girl, can you believe it's been so long!?!?! You and your wonderful family are a huge blessing in my life! I love all of you guys! My wonderful husband Tim and his family, where would I be without you all? My mom and her family back East, My own family both East and West... and my amazing kids... what can I say, they are my life! I am thankful for all of these wonderful people and our health and happiness!

So from my little family here in TX to all of you and yours, Happy Thanksgiving!!!! Wish you were here (or we were there!) Love you all!!!

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Give the gift of MEMORIES!!!!

Gift Certificates from Life Images by Laura are the perfect size and color for everyone!!! NO standing in line for returns!!! What better way to say you care than to give a gift they'll cherish for a lifetime!!! PICTURES!!!

Certificates are valid for one year from the purchase date.

They are available in any amount, however we do recommend purchasing a session fee and adding on from there.


Please contact the studio for details!!

BOOKED!

We are completely booked for the Holiday Season!

We are taking session bookings for January through March at this time! I hope that everyone has a great Holiday Season and that I get to meet a lot more of you in the New Year! I'll post between now and then, I just wanted to give y'all an update!

As always, thanks for stopping by the blog!

See you soon...

Family Time at the Park

I'd like to introduce you to my new friends, the Grigelis family! I had a wonderful time with them recently at a local park. The kids were wonderful and so photogenic!! Here are a few favorites for their sneak peek!!!






Katherine, the rest will be coming soon! I promise!!!
I was such a pleasure to finally meet you all!

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PUMPKIN PATCH FUN!!!

I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Maggie Grayson and her Luna Moms' Group for invting me to speak at their playgroup last Friday!!! We had a good time in the pumpkin patch with all the kids in costume!! I hope you all enjoyed our time together and that some of the tips and ideas I shared will come in handy!

Here are some of my favorite pictures of those adorable little witches and goblins!!! Look out for a message from Maggie about how to access more pictures from that day!

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CHANGES, PRIZES & NEWS!!!

We have some exciting news and a few changes to tell you about!!!

PRICING CHANGES!!!
Please take note! We are updating our pricing structure, policies and prices. The new prices will take effect Nov 1. Any orders from sessions which occurred prior to Nov 1 will be able to order prints at the old prices through Dec 31st. After that date, all prices will be charged at the new pricing structure. New prices will be available by request as of Nov 1. Please contact me for information.

WE ARE HAVING A CONTEST!!!!
The first 10 people who book a session between October 15 & November 15 will be entered into a drawing for a FREE SESSION!!! Your actual session can occur after Nov 15, but you must BOOK and pre-pay your session during that time frame. For more information, please visit the Specials section of our web site HERE!!! Good luck!!!

More exciting news!
I will be speaking at the Luna Moms' Club in Arlington on Friday October 12th. The Luna Moms' Club is partnered with Arlington Stroller Strides and is a great place for moms to get together, let the kids play and to learn and share with eachother. I will be giving tips to the club moms on how to take great pictures of their own kids. I'll be sharing tips on composition, basic camera settings, how to catch your active little one on the run, how to get some great eye contact for those awesome looking straight into the camera shots and how it's OK if you don't always get eye contact or smiles... and much more!!! It should be a lot of fun... and THEN, we're heading out to a pumpkin patch with the kids where I'll be taking some pictures of the kids having some great fall fun!!!

So, if you're interested in joining the Luna Moms' Club or Stroller Strides in Arlington, please do so and come out and join us!!!! There are two Stroller Strides locations in Arlington now, too! Veteran's Park and The Parks Mall! You can check out more info here:
Stroller_Strides Or contact Maggie Grayson at maggiegrayson@strollerstrides.net or 800.964.1676.


THANKS FOR CHECKING IN!!!! See you soon...

a little behind...

... on just about everything these days, it seems!!! SO SORRY to everyone who checks back regularly!! There has been a rather sad lack of blogging going on around here! BUT...

GOOD NEWS!!!!

THE STUDIO IS COMPLETE!!! I hope to get some pictures of the new camera room and put them up here ASAP! We've been tweaking and fine tuning and we are ready to book sessions! YAAAYYY!!! :)

HOLIDAY SESSIONS!!!

If you would like to book a Holiday Session, please do so ASAP! Space is limited and the deadline for sessions is Nov 1. We are taking appointments for both in-studio and on location Holiday sessions! The weather is breaking here in North Texas and we should get some great jeans and sweater weather here in a couple of weeks!!! AWESOME for some beautiful outdoor portraits!! Ordering deadline for cards and holiday gift prints is November 15th. After that date, an expedited shipping charge of $20 is added to all orders. Cards cannot be ordered after Nov 30th. I custom design all of my Holiday Cards!!! Here are some samples from previous seasons...

As always, see you soon... (I promise!!!)

Ain't Technology Great???

So... I'm FINALLY back up and running after being off-line for nearly two weeks!!! I KNOW!! Can you imagine??? No Internet, No e-mail, totally disconnected!!! (OK, admittedly, by the time the guy came to hook me back up yesterday, I was almost sorry... it was nice to have more time to focus on other things and not attached to the keyboard for my lifeline.) BUT, I'm back up and running, and at LIGHTENING speed, might I add!! This service puts my old satellite internet to shame!!! LOL!

SO, my e-mail info will be changing, but the Laura@LifeImagesbyLaura.com e-mail will remain the same, so anyone trying to contact me, please use that one.

Here are a few more proofs from one of my new favorite babies!!!




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A Little Doll Turns 1!

Here you go Maggie! Your Sneak Peek for your session this morning! I had SUCH a great time with little "J"! He is SUCH a cutie and SO SO SWEET!!! For everyone out there reading this, little "J" turns 1 this Thursday, so these were his 1yr pictures.

ALSO...For those new (even new"ish") moms in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, his mom, Maggie, is an amazing mom and owner of the Arlington Stroller Strides!!! Stroller Strides is a great way for new moms to get out, meet other local moms, play with baby AND get some exercise to shed those pregnancy pounds!!! Can't beat that, can ya?? (Some of us with a 4 yr old STILL need to shed those pregnancy pounds!! HA!! ME!) As long as your little one will sit in a stroller/jogger while you walk! You can check out her web site here or e-mail her at maggiegrayson@strollerstrides.net for more information and to sign up!!

And, without further ado... HERE'S SWEET BABY "J" !!!
(you can click on the images to see them larger)

Does it GET any cuter than that????

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A Wild Ride!

LONG TIME NO POST!!! Sorry for those who have been checking in with nothing new posted for the past couple of months!

This Summer has been full of family and fun! We went on a trip to CT to visit family, returned to have more family (my MIL) visit & went on a great mini vacation to San Antonio with her, had even more family visit when we returned! And in between were day camps for the kids and my daughter's first recital and 4th birthday & my son lost his first two teeth!! BUSY BUSY BUSY! It has been WONDERFUL and I loved every minute, but it also made me miss our family even more than I already did.

BUT...

...we've also progressed on the studio! We expect to have it ready for sessions by September 1st, barring any unforseen bumps in the road.

I am still scheduling appointments for on-location sessions. I love working in the studio, but to me, nothing beats a natural setting of a client's home, yard, a park or the arboretum or botanical gardens! Natural light is AWESOME and really sets a relaxed soft tone to a portrait. If you're interested in scheduling one of these great sessions with your family, just the kids , by yourself or with your significant other... please contact me for details and scheduling.

OK... now you may also notice that there is some rennovation being done to our web site. It's being updated and cleaned up, so please pardon the dust while this long process takes place during the month of August!

Here are a some of my favorite shots from our Summer jaunts... Enjoy!!

And as always, thanks for visiting!

See you soon...