Monthly Archives: February 2008

fafafafafafriiiiiiday!

 

Well, I’m sure that many of you noticed that I didn’t weigh in last week. Annnnnnnnnd, that’s because:

1) I had JUST gotten back from Austin on Sunday.

2) I had portrait sessions every day… Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

3) I gained 1lb while I was there:)Can I just say… “vacationing” was MUCH harder that I expected it to be!!! Almost ALL of our food was out to eat. We thought we could go to the grocery and I could get some healthy foods but… we were just too busy for all that business. So, only gaining one pound wasn’t as bad as I had feared! (Though, I did work out in their lame little gym)

Reason three probably being the main factor… but I’d rather stick with excuses number one and two because it makes me feel better. So, THIS week… I was pretty hard core to make up for the pound I gained.:)Though I’ve been quite busy… I still made time to eat the foods I was supposed to and work out a few times:D

So, at the end of this week, I’m SUPER happy to report that I lost THREE POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That puts my total weight loss at 13 lbs:DHOW FREEKIN’ EXCITING IS THAT?! Only SEVEN more lbs for WPPI… That means I have 3 weeks and two days to make it happen. I’m feeling pretty confident over here:D

 

YEAH!!!! I’VE LOST 3 CAMERAS!!!!!

 

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I am starting to notice a bit of difference. Tomorrow we have a wedding for the first time since Dec 29… so, that was the last time I wore one of my suits. I decided to try one on yesterday morning and, WELLLLLL… it’s too big:DI’ve decided not to buy another one… because I’m still losing weight and don’t want to spend a fortune on a new suit for every ten lbs I lose. So, until I start looking sloppy in it, you guys will just have to deal with “too big”:DGosh, it’s all so exciting!

I’ve also been sleeping better! Which for me, is HUGE! I go to bed no later than 2am (I’ll always be a night owl)… and am up by around 8. I don’t need nearly the amount of sleep I used to require to function. I have more energy than I’ve had in a long time, it’s fab.:)

And now onto our total weight loss:)

ME!
Alyssa L.
Amand F.
Amanda W.
Andie
Andrea
April
April F.
Bobbie
Brooke B.
Cathy
Cheryl
Dan Brand
Danialle
David
Dawn
Faye S
Giovanna
Gwyneth
Heather C
Jay
Jenny Grise
Jill
Jill (what is)
Joleen
Joleen
Joy
Katie Baker
Kristen
Lauren
Lisa D.
Lisa Roah
Lydia
Mandy A
Molly
Momba
Mrs. Fun
P. Brynne
Scott N
SEXY MIKEY
Steph
Tori

The TOTAL weight loss to date for all of us… 198.4 LBS!!!! :D

There are now 42 people on that list.:D

Heather Cole, our co-conductor (HA!) and I are leading the pack with the most pounds lost, YEAH! (she’s lost 13 pounds, too… go tell her she’s a skinny betty!) Though, she hasn’t blogged it yet… she will soon, so stand by:D

Seven of you have already reported your weight loss for the week.

Four of you haven’t told us how much they’ve lost since January 26…:(

THREE NEW NAMES ON THAT LIST!!!!:DIt’s never too late to join, so HOP ON BABY!

31 of us are photographers.

Six of you guys are our brides/grooms.

One of you is a wedding coordinator.

One of you is a mother of the bride.

Three of you are avid blog readers.

Five people have reported zero pounds lost (though a few of them have said that they’re just working on toning up).

 

I’m SO thankful for each and everyone of you who’ve been incredibly supportive. You have no idea how motivating and exciting this is for me. I’m beginning to feel more confident in myself. That = awesome! Can’t wait till next Friday!!!!!!!!

LOVE!!!!:)

~ Healthy train conductor,:!:+ TOOT TOOT TOOT! (That’s not the sound of me farting… it’s the sound of our train.;)Yeah, I’m lame)

PS. If I’ve left anyone out… I apologize. I have all of you in an Excel sheet, so I know everyones total weight losses:DThere are a lot of you coming and going… so it gets a bit tricky at times. Just let me know in the comment section if your name isn’t on that list:)Also… some of you have been emailing me your weight loss throughout the week. While I think that’s great it’s just too much for me to handle. So, if you all could just leave it in the comments, that would be FABULOUS! And if you want to weigh in early, you’re welcome to do so in the previous weight loss comment section. Sorry to be difficult;)

PPS. The heat is out in our house… I can’t feel my fingers so typing this has taken FOREVER! Luckily, we’re on a “lease with the option to buy” plan so… we still have a landlord who deals with this stuff. On that note, I don’t think we’ll be buying! Too many problems here… BLEH! More on that later (I’m so sick of moving!)

 

rebecca-linh+mike

 

SWEEEEEEET!

 

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Mikey’s fave!:?:

 

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And this photo is one of my MANY favorites!:!:

 

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… and another favorite…:!:I JUST LOVE the look in her eyes here.

 

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I want to make this a canvas in MY house. Is that weird?

 

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“Whatsa happenin’ hot stuff” NAME THAT MOVIE!

 

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ANOTHER favorite!:!:

 

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Rebecca-Linh needed a photo for her website. We made it happen.:)HELLO! YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL!

 

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If I were you…:)I would use THIS one for the site. It shows us who you are PERFECTLY!:)LOVE IT!

 

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HOUSTON, Texas. Rebecca-Linh is one of the MAIN reasons we started planning our trip to Texas. Right after we photographed Sarah and Henry’s Halloween wedding there, she saw that we traveled there. She emailed us soon after and said, “hey, if you’re ever back… we want YOU to take OUR photo” Well, Rebecca-Linh is SUPER talented photographer, so we REALLY wanted to make it happen! She emailed us a couple of times, jokingly… “so, is your trip for Texas planned yet?”:DTHEN, on Facebook, we got an inquiry from someone who wanted college senior portraits… who also lived in TEXAS (that eventually fell through)! So, I thought… let’s just put it out there on the blog and see if we get any bites. And we did! SOOOO…. A HUUUUUUGE thanks to Rebecca-Linh for motivating us to go to warmer climates! We seriously cannot WAIT to go back. We’re already planning a trip for there in February 09:)I’m not sure if you noticed that all of the photos are in color:)Well… here’s why:DRebecca-Linh wrote about US on HER blog about a month ago, and here is what she wrote: “About 6 months ago while perusing I stumbled across this dynamic duo via their blog to be completely awestruck while my vision on photographer turned completely upside down. At the time, I was just returning back into the photo community after taking some baby time off, and relocating from California to Texas. Up until then, though I shot in color, most (like 99.9% ) of my work was black and white. I was perfectly fine with that until I saw bobbi and mike’s amazing sense of color and well, they had me at hello. “HOW CAN I DO THAT??: Is what I wondered for months. I just had never really considered color and then all of sudden became completely intrigued. Not only do they completely rock- they have this amazing uniqueness, as well as sense of humor to boot. (Well, at least from what I gather… ) So- a personal thank you to you two (if you read this) for helping me find the art of color. Without you even knowing it, you have changed the world of photography in me.” WOWZERS!!!!! WHAT A COMPLIMENT!!!!!:DSo… anyway… maybe THAT explains all of that color you see:)Rebecca-Linh is SO incredibly sweet and spunky. Mike (her Mike:D) is funny, laid back and a go-with-the-flow kinda guy. Together, they’re perfect.:)He’s a chef. Seriously… a CHEF! An ooh la la chef at that!:)He offered to cook us a healthy lunch and it was INCREDIBLY hard to say no to… but, we had to leave for another shoot (that was eventually canceled due to a rain out:(). Wanna hear how they met? I love the “how they met” stories… and this one is good!:)Mike moved to Los Angeles, California to work at an amazing restaurant. Rebecca-Linh is FROM California, but moved to LA to follow her dream of being a Hollywood stunt woman. (HOW COOL IS THAT, BY THE WAY?!). He was a sous chef and she was the waitress at the aforementioned amazing restaurant. … and well… you get the idea:DSeriously…. a STUNT WOMAN! I asked, “How the heck do you get into that?!” She responded, “I was an acrobat and a gymnast.” Man oh man, that’s so neat. So, they moved back to Texas, where Mike is from:)It’s funny how love changes your whoooooooole plan:)(That’s why I’m in Indiana and not my HOME Kansas City, Mo… I found my Mikey!). Rebecca-Linh and Mike, I’m incredibly grateful and honored that you chose us to photo you.:)It was great to finally meet the sweetness behind the blog comments. I can’t wait till next year when we get to photograph those kiddies of yours!:DSo, this entry concludes our trip to Texas. We had six sessions scheduled… (I know… I said we needed eight, but we decided to go for it) WELLL… we had one cancellation and a rain out, which explains why there are only four Texas entries. It’s all good though… because we were refreshed, in warmer climates and met some amazing people. We LOVED it there! So, If you’re interested in setting up something for next February, let us know now so we can decide how many days we’ll be there… the more the better!!!!!:)Oh, and by the way… her first name is “Rebecca-Linh” That’s not a middle or last name combo. Her dad wanted to name her Rebecca and her mom, Linh…. and neither were willing to budge, so they compromised… Rebecca-Linh it was:DPretty cool, huh? LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! ~bobbi+mike:!:+:?:

 

 

Rebecca-Linh commented that her favorite photos on the blog are the ones at the end of the entry of us working:)So… I’m putting up more than usual.:)Though… her opinion might change when it’s HER photo on the blog:D

 

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Can I just say that that ground was hot and WET?! My hair was a FRIZZZZZ ball in that humidity! However, Rebecca-Linh’s hair was always perfect. How did you get so lucky?

 

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ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! WOOT WOOT WOOT!

 

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This one CRACKS me up! I’m camouflaged down there with my little yellow bag:D

 

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:!:WE’RE READY TO GO BACK!!!!!!!!:?:

 

madison+jackson

 

:)

 

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Isn’t she CUUUUUUUTE?!

 

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LOVE THIS!!!! My HILAAAARIOUS jokes work on kids, too;)This happens to be a favorite!:!:

 

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So handsome;)

 

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The forecast called for rain… and it DID rain:)In the middle of the shoot we all had to sit in our cars while Mike checked out the radar to see when we could go back out. It went from being fun and bright to dreary and wet. Luckily, because of the forecasted rain Mikey and I bought these umbrellas to make the most of it.:)They ended up working PERFECTLY!

 

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Favorite!:!:

 

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Mikey’s fave:?:

 

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This one reminds me of Peter Pan and Wendy:)

 

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:)What a perfect day…

 

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AUSTIN, Texas. WE LOVE THESE KIDS!!!!!!!! We don’t get to photograph many kids at this age, but we want to do it more. What great fun they are! SO full of personality, goofiness, fun, love, etc etc etc…

Madison reminds me SO much of me when I was her age.  She even kinda looks like me when I was that age.  Oh, and Madison’s FAR from shy, that’s for sure! She has no problem being the center of attention. She’s a drama queen, and I love that!:)She asked me if she’d be famous on our website… So Madison… will this work?:DAre you famous now?

Jackson, ironically… is JUST like Mike was at that age. He’s smart, sarcastic and sweet. About halfway through the session I mentioned that it might rain during the session. Jackson said, “Yeah, it might… but the strong weather is really supposed to be here tomorrow.” Mike’s eyes lit up! He found a friend who loves the weather just as much as he does! Mike busted out the laptop and pulled up the radar (we have one of those Sprint things so that we have the Internet wherever we are:)). And there’s Mike and Jackson… checking out the radar. SO CUUUUUUTE!

We’ll DEFINITELY be back to Austin sometime next year… and we’ll DEFINITELY be making a trip to see them:)DUH!

Here’s an email from Alyssa (their dad’s girlfriend, who set up the whole session) and it really made me smile.:)

“I just wanted to let y’all know we all had a GREAT time on Friday afternoon. The kids still haven’t stopped talking about you guys! On the way home, Maddie said she wished y’all were coming to stay with us rather than a hotel! Jackson agreed. Ha! This morning I woke up to Maddie yelling ‘I’m hunting waaaabits!’ I think the two of you made quite an impression on them!”

We adore you guys.:)

LOVE TO YOU!!!!

~bobbi+mike:!:+:?:

 

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:!:MISS YOU ALREADY!:?:

 

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What a perfect little family:)Can't you hear the giggle when you see this? Oh well… maybe it's just me because I was there to HEAR the giggle.:D

 

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Here's Ben.:)He has the CUUUUUUTEST dimples!

 

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And Charlie, the miracle boy:)(who also happens to have the CUUUUUUUUUTEST dimples)

 

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LOVE THIS!!!!!!!! DEFINITELY a favorite!:!:

 

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The only way to trick these young men into posing for a family shot… suckers (suckers):D

 

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They have ZERO photos of just the two of them together… so of COURSE we had to remedy that! Mike took over the boys, and I grabbed this:)

 

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Hey Cindy and Lance… blow this photo up to a 24×36 canvas. You don't have an option;)Yeah… our FAAAAAVORITE!!!!:!:+:?:

 

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SOOOOO CUUUUUTE! A Mikey fave:?:

 

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GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE!

 

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WEEEEEEE!

 

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When we first met this ADORABLE family, Lance said that his only request was a photo of Cindy. According to him, she's a bit camera shy. I didn't believe it at first… she's a hottie, why would she be camera shy?! Anyway… for Valentine's Day, Lance was planning a little gift for Cindy… and needed a photo of her. It was then that he realized that he couldn't even find ONE! SOOOO… bobbi+mike to the rescue! CINDY, you're GORGEOUS… stop that camera shy crap!:DWORK IT OUT! She was avoiding it, and had hoped that we had forgotten about it… and right at the end of the shoot I said "come with me, your turn!" She SO didn't want to. But, afterall… it was Valentine's Day! SHE HAD TO DO IT!:DSo, we gave her the 30 second bobbi special…. my HILAAAAAARIOUS jokes couldn't be avoided!:D

 

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AUSTIN, Texas. LOVE THESE PHOTOS! LOVE THIS FAMILY! LOVE AUSTIN! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Cindy, aka Mommy… is a photographer based out of Austin.:)We were INCREDIBLY honored and flattered that they chose us to photo THEIR family. I guess it was their first ever family photo shoot:DI mentioned earlier that Charlie was a miracle boy. Halfway through the session, she reached into her diaper bag to get something when she pulled out the smallest diaper I've ever seen. She then told me that those were Charlie's first diapers. Wow…. I can't even imagine. Charlie was born at 29 weeks weighing only 2 pounds, 14 ounces. He's such an awesome kid with SO much energy and life. Speaking of energy… these kids were SOOOOOO excited! They never slowed down!!!!!:DI suggested to Cindy and Lance that maybe we let them run around like crazy so that they can get all of that excitement out of their system and then we could get some family shots. Cindy and Lance laughed… "they never run out of energy!" Yeah… they were right!:DIt was just so great to be around:)Needless to say, Mikey and I slept SO well that night;)Thanks Cindy for reading our blog. Oh, and thanks for letting me take a photo of just you:)You were a good sport! Oh, and gorgeous, too! DUH! LOVE!!! ~bobbi+mike:!:+:?:

 

This session took place on Valentine's Day. This guy was just walking through the park all alone with this sign and the biggest, cheesiest, most genuine smile ever!:)What a great way to both receive hugs and give them to people who may feel a bit lonely on the most romantic day of the year. After all, we are in the city who has a campaign called "Keep Austin Weird!" So, I expect nothing less.

 

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So what did I do?!

 

 

 

 

DUH!  I hugged him!:D

 

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:!:FREE HUGS! :?: