Peonies

My neighbor, Mrs. Camilla Ford planted these flowers a long time ago. She passed away in February 09 and never got to see them bloom. So these pictures are for her. Camilla, they sure are pretty!

Easter Weekend

Went to my grandparents house here in town today for Easter lunch. Chris and I headed over to Mom and Dad's and mom and I made mashed potatoes from scratch then headed over to Mum and Poppie's (right across the street) for lunch. We had ham, pea salad, rolls, broccoli cheese casserole, mashed potatoes for lunch. For dessert we had sugar cookies that Darla made, I made a lemon cool whip pie and Mum made her famous coconut cake. My cousin Evan came and cousing Blaine and his wife Tamara came and they brought their adorable 1 year old son Aton. Blaine and Evan's mom Darla and dad John also came. Aunt Diane came by after lunch for a little bit and visited with Aton and then The Bowers clan had to head home. Little Aton was getting cranky and needed a nap. We had a great time! Here are a few pictures from today's lunch.

Elizabeth, Joey & Baby Cayden

I was so excited yesterday when Elizabeth text me asking me to do her family photos. I've know Elizabeth for a while now. I went to school with her two oldest sisters Stacy and Tracy and then worked with her older sister Trina for a while. Elizabeth has a wonderful family and an adorable baby boy! Here are a few of my favorites from yesterday's shoots.

Oklahoma Winter Wallop

On Thursday January 28, 2010 God blessed us with a massive amount of rain, which we can always use here in Oklahoma, but at about 1pm while we're all at work the temperature drops to 32 degrees and the wind starts to pick up. The handrails and metal steps at work are starting to freeze and people are starting to worry. Some people from work took off at lunch to head home to prepare for the winter wallop that was slowly approaching. At 2:30 we received an email from someone upstairs saying that they were shutting down the plant at 3 so everyone should leave at 3 and come back at 9am on Friday morning unless otherwise told. They'd set up a weather update number that we could call just in case Halliburton didn't have power. We got home and we still had power thank goodness! We drove around town and the only store that was open was the Chisholm Corner on Elder. People were lined up getting gas and stocking up on useful items like water and beer of course :) We got home and by the time the sun went down we were the only house on the block with power. At 1:45am we lost power. Thankfully, we still had heat, since we have gas heat. I can deal without power for a few days but I can't imagine what people are going through right now with no source of heat or water. Yes I said water too. A fire broke out at the water plant and they had to turn off the water. We got our power back Friday night at about midnight. Saturday, dad headed to Wichita Falls to meet my uncle from Abilene to pick up 3 generators. One for Mom and Dad, one for Mum and Poppie and one for Diane and Krista. We'd heard rumors that electricity wouldn't be back until Monday night or mid week so they decided a generator would be the best thing to do and that way if this happens again, they'll be prepared. Dad and Chris got everyone's generators hooked up right before dark. As of today, Sunday, there are a few houses on our block that have electricity. A few businesses on the west side of the road have power so a few fast food places are open which I'm sure people are loving the warm food! Mom called me a couple hours ago and they now have power, but Mum and Poppie are still out but still have minimal electricity from the generator. Here are some photos I've taken today as we drove around. Duncan looks like a ghost town. Not many people are out and there are still a lot of houses without power.

Oklahoma Blizzard 2009!

Well we survived it! We got 8 inches of snow on Christmas eve. Heather started this way on Christmas day, made it to Wichita Falls and the sun started to go down and what had melted started to refreeze. Luckily we have family in Wichita Falls so she stayed with our Aunt Darla. We finally got to celebrate Christmas on Saturday, which was fine, we were just glad Heather got to come up, otherwise it wouldn't have been Christmas. Here are some pictures from the Oklahoma Blizzard!

Latest Pictures

So its been FOREVER since I've been able to upload new pictures. I am finally back at my old job which I am so excited about! So hopefully I'll be uploading new pics more often!

Melia



OKC Zoo




4th of July

Its Been A While

So it feels like its been forever since I've blogged and according to the dates its been about four months, which is a pretty long time.
Usually I just post new photos I've taken but decided this time I'd just write. I did do a senior shoot here in Duncan about a month ago and sister designed his senior announcements for graduation. The pictures turned out AWESOME! And I'll post some pictures hopefully next week. The announcements were great too! I so think Heather and I should open up our own photography studio and do photos and all the works, but we'll see. Maybe when we get older, we'll start our own business!
Not a whole lot has been going on in Duncan lately. Not that I would know because I usually just stay at home anyway. Chris and I have sort of turned into an old married couple. We work, he goes and plays out in the garage while I sit in the house watching TV with my feet up and then we eat dinner and go to bed. We're always in bed by 9, which is sad, because I used to be a night owl and stay up until the wee hours of the morning and now I'm like, "Ok! Its 9 pm, time for bed!"
I love my life though. I count myself lucky to have such a great family. I still have a job (knock on wood, the rumors of layoffs are fluttering around) and I have Chris, who means the world to me. What else could I ask for?
I recently bought one of the greatest gaming consoles ever invented. The Nintendo Wii! Mom, dad & I headed up to Oklahoma City last weekend to attend the Red Earth Festival at the Cox Convention Center like we do every year. We go every year because its always the same weekend as their wedding anniversary, so they usually buy each other presents! Well once we'd walked around the art exhibits about 5 times, we decided to leave and head to Best Buy! So I bought the Wii along with a few games and accessories and boy let me tell you, I definitely spent more money than I wanted to! But the Wii is awesome! I'm getting to exercise in the comfort of my own home and have fun doing it, so naturally it doesn't really feel like exercise and I've already lost some weight! So if any of you are debating on whether or not to buy one...DO IT! Its well worth the money!