lilly's photo shoot

lilly and i were playing with make-up one night and i decided to get out the camera and practice my photog skills while she practiced her modeling skills. please note, she does not wear make-up like this regularly or out of the house. :) i'm quite proud of some of the accidental photography elements that showed up in a few of these... aunt jane, i'm getting better.

this was her "signature" pose, evidently. getting her to not pose is impossible!

tic tac

i'm sorry, but this is just one really cute dog...

Q with Nana and Pops

i'm focusing on regularly getting pictures of Q and Lilly with the people they love. so... as much as i know some of you LOVE getting your picture taken - deal with it. :) i mean that it in the most loving way...

mama's business trip

at the end of february, i went on a business trip to colorado. i stayed in durango, just a block from their historic downtown which is super cute. most of my time was spent in cortez, about 45 minutes north. i love the landscape out there - mountains with snow in the background, and then dry, arid land up close. actually, in durango, when i arrived at the tiny airport and got into my (very cool) jeep patriot, i was shocked to see so much snow! it wasn't on the roads, but it was on the grass - not just on the mountains. i started to get worried that i should have packed boots. but, that ended up being it. as i drove to our natural gas processing plant, i was in awe of the scenery. i love the view from my office at work. i'm on the 50th floor of the state's tallest building. i look directly into the center of downtown tulsa and it's perfect. however, the guys out here at ignacio, really have the best view. it's breathtaking.

jackson and the kids survived without me at home. i think they spent more time at grandparents' houses than ours, but that's okay. i appreciated the help so that i could go. this was such a great opportunity for me. i literally learned more in 2 days about what our company does, than i have in 2 years. there is just nothing like seeing things with your own eyes.

so while i was at the plant, i got a tour and learned about what all the do at the plant. it's a big, complicated place. i left feeling smarter about my company because it was something we do that i'd never seen. at the same time, i left feeling dumber because it was so very complicated and i didn't really get it at all. regardless, i had a my fabulous tour guide snap this picture of me after the tour. he thought i was a real dork. oh well. those are mock steel toes on my shoes - lovely. and yes, my hard hat sat on my head like that the whole time!



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brandi and the kids

Brandi was here a few weeks ago and I got some really cute pics of her with the kids. Can't wait to see her and her baby (not really a baby anymore - he's 2!) next weekend for her big 3-0 birthday. Yeah, someone else to join me in the 30s. :)

>andrea