Photos from Missy & Andy's wedding 8-26-06

Missy & Andy got married 8-26-06 in an outdoor wedding at Magnolia Gardens in Springdale, AR. I love photographing weddings at Magnolia Gardens. Dennis is so easy to work with and the place makes a beautiful setting!

The Rings

Fun guests!

Lead singer of the band.

More fun wedding guests!

Missy looking in the mirror & fixing her hair -

Missy and her brother dancing

Missy & her dad walking her down the aisle

Missy & Andy seeing each other for the 1st time

The same pose they did for their engagement photos - we re-created it on the wedding day as well.

Missy - she's so sassy & pretty! Her dress is Pronovias from She Said Yes Bridal in Rogers.

This is Missy before she was to go down the aisle. Her dad is hidden by the tree.

The wedding party having a good time!

My trip to Cozumel - some personal photos

Natasha and I posing in Tulum - mayan ruins! Way cool to see! Look at the color of that water!

Picture of what the cave looked like that we were snorkeling in.


Stephanie took this photo of me working. Natasha was one of the wedding guests that was very interested in photography ... she helped me out a LOT! Thanks Natasha!

Snorkeling in a cave. My friend Stephanie took this. I am SCARED to death. One of my fears is snorkeling and doing that in a cave - even worse! But I conquered it!!! You can see the fear in my face and it's quite hilarious!! I just got in the water and it was COLD!

Looking at pics in my hard drive.......

From a recent wedding that I did for Hudson Photos.

I took this one in Cozumel.


I took this photo at the wedding in Cozumel.

And going thru some more photos......found this bridal I did over the summer. I just love the drama!!

These photos are by Brian at www.eyeworksphotography.com I went to Joplin and played dress up! I think his photos are just amazing! He did such a wonderful job capturing the essence of belly dance!

Cozumel

Cozumel is gorgeous!!! BREATHTAKING I may say! WOW! I did a wedding in Cozumel recently. The bride was so great and the scenery was beautiful!

THE divorce party of the YEAR!

Holy crap! Barbie is hosting a huge divorce party and I am the guest of honor! YEOW! She has invited over 300 people and I have over 100 people. There are 5 DJ's, security, guest list, and people directing traffic. The party has been featured on Power 105.7 by Tim & Jeff in the morning. I'm just shocked at how many people are attending. The guest list is HUGE!! I am way too excited! This is the party to make a clean break of the past and make a new beginning. This is what I need to signify the change in my life. So many people are supportive of this. I have an orange wedding cake with words of inspiration, I dyed my wedding dress orange, and I will be belly dancing at the party! YAY!

Pictures from the Dominican

I will post wedding photos soon. There are 1000's to go through. These photos are snapshots from my little camera. More to come soon!


Lena at one of the many sites at the resort.

A beautiful trail (shortcut) from VIP world to our room.

The building we stayed in - La Hacienda Resorts.

Lori & her Corona & chocolate cigar at Sosua beach.

At the beach at our resort.

Lena at Sosua beach having a chocolate cigar and a nice ice cold smirnoff ice.

One of the many beach shops in the Dominican.

Lena & Lori at the cigar factory having a chocolate cigar. I actually smoked!

Another street scene in Puerto Plata, Domincian Republic.

Lena at central park in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

One of the many scenes you would see in the streets of Puerto Plata.

Lena at the fort.

Picture from the Fort we visited on the tour.

Lena at Sosua beach. This band came along & played a beautiful song for a dollar.

Flowers again!! WOW!

.....someone just loves giving me flowers! I love PINK!!! And I love roses!! How romantic! ;-)

Congrats Megan & Chris!

I had the most joyous time photographing Megan & Chris' wedding. They had a very intimate wedding at Magnolia Gardens on mother's day. It was such a romantic ceremony. They are such a beautiful couple and I had a wonderful time photographing their day!

My little girl & her makeup

My little girl Amelia has her own make up case. She watches me do makeup and thinks it's really neat. She decided to put on her blue makeup while I did makeup for a client of mine. Here are the results!! Too funny!

Photographic Society of NWA

I taught a fine art nude session at the PSNWA symposium in Eureka Springs on Sunday. I taught the students posing, do's & don'ts of nudity, how to treat the model, and general knowledge. I really enjoyed teaching the workshop. At the end of the workshop everyone got to shoot some pictures. I grabbed a shot of all the photographers photographing the model.

I love flowers!!!

I got flowers again! Dang......a girl can sure get used to this!!! They smell so pretty, too!

Belly Dance in Siloam Springs

May 12, 2006........we traveled to Siloam Springs to perform at the hospital's employee luau. They really enjoyed our performance. It was a lot of fun! Afterwards we ate at the best burger place ever - Barnett's!

Springfest!

Springfest was today. It was cold & rainy. My bell bottom pants were soaked which made it harder to perform. Since I was wet I went ahead & did my sword balancing tricks on the ground. It was a lot of fun. As soon as I get some action photos I will post them! I love hot pink & all the junk in my hair!

Flowers

......receiving flowers just because - is so sweet & nice! A friend of mine sent me flowers to brighten my day!! I cannot remember the last time I got flowers. So sweet!!