New Blog site

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have moved my blog to http://lonestarphoto.wordpress.com/ . I have been some issues with Blogger so I am trying something new. M

Dallas trip - Carrie & Bo's wedding

Yeah, so I have been kinda lazy about blogging lately. I've been busy, sue me.

Dateline March 6th, 2009, Dallas, TX

The family and I boarded a plane for Dallas this morning to attend my youngest brother's wedding. Thanks, by the way, to mom and Walter for providing airfare and accommodations for us. That was awesome! Anyway, after getting checked in to the hotel and buying the prerequisite Whataburger, we relaxed a little before the rehearsal. Walter and I headed out after a while to Prestonwood Baptist so he could participate in some wedding practice. Since I wasn't in the wedding, I was free to run around with my camera and shoot a little.

I had not met Bo's fiancee Carrie before, so it was nice to talk to her before the actual wedding. She is an absolute sweetheart and I know they will be very happy together.

Since no one actually reads my blog for the witty literary prose, let us move on to some pictures...

Carrie & Bo...
Walter...Joshua being as stylish as ever. One happy dude.Caught ya...The twins, Jacob & Joshua Bo getting a thumbs up from dad.After leaving the rehearsal, we stopped a few blocks from the church so I could take a picture of Woot headquarters. Too bad I couldn't pick up the video camera I ordered that morning while sitting in the airport in Denver.
The rehearsal dinner was at Picasso's

Walter and grandma DeliaJoshua gave a really nice speech to Carrie & BoIf you would like to see a slide show with more of the photos, click here


Carrie & Bo leaving the wedding...

As always, we had a great time in Dallas. Congratulation to the new bride & groom. M

No PJ Sunday

So I'm lying in bed watching CBS Sunday Morning (my Sunday ritual) hoping my neck will start feeling better, when my older son calls me to tell me that his car died. I get dressed, drive around the corner-fortunately he was not far away- and start trying to figure out what it wrong with it.

To make a long story short, after a couple of hours of testing the battery, looking at the alternator, jiggling wires, -all with the help of my buddy Brian- we found the culprit. We were just about to give up when he happened to touch a screw connected to a black box on the interior of the body. After we took it apart we found a scorched wire which we were able to fix fairly quickly.

While we were still on the "high" of a successful car repair, we decided to change the fuel filter on my Honda. Then, of course, I figured I might as well sweep out the garage. That led to having a couple of beers and a cigar on the back deck.

Upside? I didn't have to change the battery or alternator on the Volvo, completed a necessary repair on the Honda, swept out the garage, had beers and a cigar with a good friend.

Downside? I had planned on serving my inner nature and staying in my PJ's all day and watching golf on TV.

Now finally, I am in my PJ's ready to eat some tacos and watch a movie with family. Wait.....What?.....the vacuum cleaners broken?

Screw it, start the movie. M

Christy's studio shoot

Earlier this week, Tanya contacted me for some pictures of her daughter, Christy. Christy has an audition with Disney this Sunday and needed some photos to take with her. Kind of hard to say no to Tanya, who is one of the amazing team moms for my younger son's high school football team.

They came over this morning with a couple of outfits and Christy's guitar and we had some fun in the studio. Christy, who is 13 years old, seems like a normal young lady when you first talk to her. When you put her in front of a camera, she turns into a very confident and mature young model. It was amazing how easy it was to take pictures of her. This was a far easier and better experience than I had anticipated.


Here are some of the photos from the shoot this morning...













Good luck tomorrow Christy! M

Joshua's new outfit

Just a quick post. A couple of weeks ago, Joshua had a Sadie Hawkin's dance. We bought him a new outfit for the dance and for my brother's wedding which is coming up soon. I took him into the studio and snapped a few photos, but I only uploaded them to Facebook. Some of my family and friends are not on Facebook and check this blog for new photos of the clones. I apologize for overlooking this, so here are the pics...

Even thought both my boys are pretty snappy dressers, it's nice when they put on some dress clothes for a night on the town. M