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I'm Baaack!

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I got back Wednesday night from The Lab Workshop in a small town near Dallas called Glen Rose. It was such a great workshop. I always feel like I am gambling when I take a workshop that is in its inaugural year, but this one was fabulous. It was well organized, I learned a lot and I had a really great time. Usually there is at least one annoying person in every crowd, but not this one. It was such a great group of people and the workshop leaders, Amy Coffey, Fred Egan and Michael Norwood were stupendous as were Amy and Michael's better halves Curt and Cindy and all the kiddos. And everyone was so generous with their time and information and I loved what Michael said on the last day. He said "We are now invested in your success." I thought that was such a positive thing to say. It left me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.It was so nice to have a few days to just geek out in photography world and not spend all day thinking that there are a million things I should be doing (and that I am not). We were going all day long and shot oh so many photos. Here is just a sampling. There are more on flickr and I am sure even more to come. A big THANKS to Amy, Michael and Fred as well as all of my fellow lab rats. You were so great.

La Famiglia

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This was my first family shoot with real live teenagers involved. And it was tough. They were as recalcitrant as all get out. But it was a good lesson for me. Considering what I was like as a teeny bopper, I should be able to relate more than a wee bit. And this family was lovely. Little Sophia especially always captures my heart.

The Fog

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The workshop ended last night at two am and now we can finally take a breather until Josh's mom gets here tomorrow. After she and his sister leave next Monday we will officially have a break and hopefully I can post the millions of things I want to, but have had no time to do. My ankle is much better and thanks to all of you who sent kind words and thoughts. I could actually put weight on it by Monday morning and went to the doctor who gave me a script for Vicadin. So something good DID come out of it. Now it's just ugly (swollen and bruised) and I hobble a bit, but not painful.

I just want to share with everyone how amazing my husband Josh is and how much help he has been to me the last few days. I know how much Josh means to me and how much I appreciate him, but it is in the moments when life gets hard that I realize how much I rely on him and how he always comes through for me. I love you baby.