thank you…
i would like to take this opportunity
to thank all my clients and loyal readers
for allowing me to touch their lives this
past year, 2007 was amazing!
going forward into 2008 i pray that you all
experience health, spiritual & personal
growth as well as a life filled with love
and laughter.
if a time should occur in your life or in
the lives of those around you that you
feel requires timeless capturing, please
give me a call~it would be my pleasure
and honor to extend the joy to your worlds
beyond the moment.
whether this coming year brings us closer
together or places us apart know that you
can always pop by this blog and catch up anytime.
i welcome your comments, requests and ideas
as God unfolds another year for us all.
i am constantly inspired and encouraged by
all my friends in Christ and for that i am
so truly grateful.
tonight gary and i will be attending the
3rd annual Minnesota Miracle New Year’s Eve
event at the airport Hilton in Bloomington.
please join us! here’s some shots from last
year. Belinda Jensen was the emcee last year.
this year…Don Shelby.
and yes…that’s John Randall from the Vikings.
God bless you all.
Happy New Year.
here’s life inner city…
took megan to the train super early today.
well, for me anyway….plus we were up until
about 1 or so, that made for an early
morning! we will all miss her. even the cats!
i came home from st. paul this morning and
grabbed another hour of sleep before i
drove down to the mpls hilton for an outreach
event for here’s life inner city and
john sather.
i’ve done some work for them in the past
and love to come along side that organization
and assist in archiving events for them.
this weekend marks about the 25th annual event
for a ton of college students that all come
together to share their faith with others.
today they set out on foot with boxes of
pantry staples to folks in need and perhaps lead
some of them to Christ by sharing the gospel.
i had NO idea that there would be so many
students..when i arrived to the 3rd floor
ballroom the music was intoxicating!
a live band on a HUGE stage playing contemporary
Christian music…i loved it. i quickly got
to work and photographed the worshiping of
Jesus then we moved on to churches throughout
the area (i was assigned to the marie sandvik
center on chicago & 11th).
there i met up with about 50 students that
were prepared to head out into the streets
of the phillips neighborhood, talk about
Christ and share the gospel all while on their
holiday break from college. pretty moving
considering that their class mates were off
skiing, working, sleeping etc…
we bundled up and set forth. i was there to
document their efforts and make sure that
the students had some fun too! 
came home and totally crashed! i have been
running all week. tonight we will stay in
and rest up for tomorrow’s big new year’s
eve bash at the airport hilton.
tickets still available…come on out!!!
running with megan..
what a day we had yesterday.
first, gary to the surgeon…
ran home, took hobie to the vet~
then megan and i ran to southdale
to shop at macy’s and find boots
for her then we had to race back
to pick up hobie from the vet~
he’s now poop free! 
then megan and i got back in the car
and buzzed up to crystal to meet
with sergio (her good friend) and
his girlfriend wendy for a bite at
“el toro” in robinsdale…
sergio had to work last night so
it was a quick bite and off to
ridgedale to get the shoes that the
southdale macy’s was out of stock on.
THEN i thought…wow, wouldn’t it
be fun to introduce megan to von maur!
so we hit that place too and we both
picked up some lancome! we were nearly
shopped out…
the following are some highlights from
my camera as we both brought along
our cameras for the day. i nearly got
kicked out of the macy’s at ridgedale
for taking pictures of shoes…yea, like
i’m going to, in my spare time, copy some
shoes and start another business…
megan and i just laughed!
today, it’s off to the hilton to drop off
some things for the new year’s eve event.
then….later we are to hook up with
sergio again and i also am going out
to excelsior to attend a belated “boxing day”
gathering at my brother & nicki’s home.
looking forward to an outing with friends!
megan is taking the train back home in the
morning and i will be heading back downtown
to shoot an event at the mpls hilton from
10:30 to 4. megan is shooting a wedding on
new years eve and i’ll be shooting the minnesota
miracle event at the airport hilton that night.
work, work, work…good thing we play hard!!
tigger point healing…
megan, tho’ a terrific photographer
and friend has also turned out to be
healer as well.
last night, when she & i returned from
dinner (and skate buying..more on that
later), she talked to gary about
trigger points and they quickly
sat down on the porch and she located
one of them near his left shoulder
blade and started to go to work on
several. he slept really well last
night for the first time in weeks!
he & i are heading off in a minute to
see his surgeon who is coming off
vacation to meet with him.
for the first time, gary is hopeful
that it may NOT be rotator cuff after
all….thanks megan!
i’ll add more to this when we get back.
2 sick boys…
first, gary….
miserable.
can’t sleep, can’t do anything,
can’t get vicodin to work, can’t
see his surgeon until the 31st.
i sat him down this morning and
handed him the phone and made him
call the office and request another
surgeon to see. he MUST be seen.
this is just awful. more later…
(he’s on the phone with them now)
next, hobie.
the cat with a colon the size of
my forearm! poor thing.
we were at the vet yesterday to
see dr. ginger..2 enemas, some
sub-q fluids and some abdomen palpations
and nothing. nothing at the vet,
nothing overnight…back we go today.
my friend megan is here (from chicago)
visiting family west of here and is
having her mom drop her off here
around 10. can’t wait to see her
and hang out with no weddings to shoot!
just some hangin’, shopping, girl-time.
hope she knows that she’s entering
the psych ward! YIKES!!
i gotta run…more later!
Christmas 2007…in the can.
well, it’s really more of a “film” term
than a literal meaning…in that our
Christmas was really wonderful and we
topped it off with a little Christmas
fire last night. it was just gorgeous
out last night. calm, quiet, snowing
profusely…it was the perfect nightcap!
i hooked up my ipod and we sat and
listened to some classical music by the fire.
it was magical.
first we were at my sister’s for Christmas Eve.
then to gary’s brother’s on Christmas day
for a delicious brunch and gift exchange.
gotta love this cat of theirs..”G”
i got bonnie a hillary nutcracker!~
it is a true, working nutcracker but i think
that she will keep it in the package as a
collector’s piece!
we left there a little earlier than expected
due to the snow that started to pile up.
and we even got another 3 inches after we
went to bed around midnight last night!
here’s some shots from this morning!
nice talking to you last night dean & lois!
gary cannot get in to see his surgeon until
the afternoon of the 31st. bummer.
he’ll get an mri prior..of that i am certain.
he’s really struggling to keep it together.
his shoulder is in rough shape…pray for a
good outcome. thanks!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
everyone at austin images photography
would like to wish to those celebrating
Christ’s birth today, a very Merry Christmas!
enjoy the day with family & friends~
and as you gather, remember that
Jesus IS the reason for the season!!
fun with jib jab…
i’ll admit, i don’t fall victim to
most things but this was too funny
and i wanted to introduce you to 3
kids that gary and i love down in
playa del carmen mexico.
i sent them the link and i’m postive
that they will think that their virtual
snowball fight is pretty cool!
hi indiana, jose maria & talisman!!
today we will meet up with a bunch of friends
at axel’s in chanhassen. each Christmas eve day
they open the bar and take donations and donate
all tips to a local children’s charity.
axel’s has been purchased by another group and
will most likely not be able to do this in the
years to come…kind of a bummer! end of an era!
in any case, we love going there on Christmas eve
before heading off to all of our families homes.
it’s become a chanhassen tradition. this year
we will pick up my mom and bring her along.
anne & pete don’t live far from there so will
haul all the goodies with us in our sleigh and
have a Christmas “bump” on the way.
we got more snow yesterday and it blew around like
crazy and drifted quite a bit. definitely a
white Christmas this year!!!
here’s pete on his birthday playing guitar zero…
seriously…love you man!
thanks jacquie for braving the crowds and shopping
with me yesterday, that was fun!
if i don’t get the opportunity tomorrow…
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!!
Christmas eve, eve…
celebrated a little too much for my sister’s
husband, pete’s birthday last night.
gary and i decided to just stay the night.
we haven’t had that much fun in a long
time! mostly siblings (minus mike & kindra).
first tim, laurie, gary and i met up at
mom’s for a visit. that was so fun!
pete picked up his new car yesterday (on his birthday!).
black with tan interior…a 2006. nice!
we’ll go back over there tomorrow afternoon.
the girls want me to sleep over tomorrow
night and do Christmas morning with them.
we’re doing a brunch on Christmas day at
gary’s brother’s at 10:30….hmmm, can i
make it? i’m going to try. mom’s going to too.
is it december or march?
we just got hit with a couple of inches
of heavy, wet march-like snow!
i simply gives Christmas a fresh coat!
here’s a few shots from the other night at
ron & cindy’s for a little get together..
our perfectly prepared welcome drink.
(ron always does some special drink
to hand out when you arrive!)
little will enjoying his thomas the
tank engine gift from r&c
ron doing his version of “solja boy”…
reggie got in the action too..
oh, and i hit the galaria with nicki yesterday
and picked up a little somthin’somnthin’ for
myself…merry Christmas to me!
do NOT get stressed out today!
(HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE!!!)
