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I spent Saturday morning at the Hardin-Northern track meet.  I should have been careful about selecting a track meet hosted by a school with a polar bear as a mascot.  IT WAS COLD!

Even in the cold, some Leipsic students excelled.  One of them was one of our seniors – Evan Schroeder.  He placed second in the pole vault.

All of our 2009 Models have been keeping me too busy I guess.  WHAT FUN!  we have been having in the sessions.

It looks like our schedule could be VERY full this summer – which is a great thing.  Might mean a little less golf though.  Here are just a couple of images from some recent sessions.  All of these images were taken right here at the studio.

This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, we will be at the Leisure Living Home Show.

We are exciting to be showcasing the information on the new purses.  Samples might be here to show off.

Come by and say hi.  We will only personally be there on Friday, but employees will be there the rest of the time.

Find out more about the show at the WFIN website.

They are almost here.  We have ordered numerous samples for both ourselves and some clients.

What makes these purses so different?  The other purses were outstanding quality, but we quite expensive.  Incredibly, we have been able to find another high quality vendor that offers these at a much better price.

My wife is picky.  So don’t worry about the bags being inferior – they are not. 

Here are just a couple samples.

They even carry lunch boxes!

(My daughter got one of these)

Do you want to see them?  Visit our booth at the Leisure Living Home Show March 28-30 at the Cube in Findlay.  Check out WFIN.com for details.

It is hard to believe that we have had another snow storm.  It does make it hard to think about senior portraits, but we are continuing to remodel certain parts of the studio to prepare for the soon (we hope) warmer weather.

We are right now making appointments for spring family portraits as well as a few seniors who are securing their appointments for summer.  We book up that fast.

One recent snow storm we decided to carve our logo in the parking lot

There is a very big announcement coming.  My wife is so pumped about a new product line we are about to introduce.  It will be shown here very soon.  Stay tuned . . .

Husbands – get ready to shop for mother’s day.

Wives – get ready to tell your husband what to get

Hard to believe that it is February and I have not updated the blog.  I do have an excuse . . . sort of.

We spent much of January traveling to conventions to meet and learn from some inspiring artists from around the world.

One convention was in Tampa.  That meant that we were quite close to Orlando and Disney – couldn’t resist.

 In addition, we spent a week in Tucson.  This water fall was just outside our hotel room – couldn’t resist climbing up.

 We came back inspired.  I am just counting down the days until senior season begins again.

PS I found a pipe leading up to the top that fed this waterfall

The staff at Keepsake are very much kids at heart (even though a staff member is pushing ****ty).  We love to have fun.

I asked them where they would like to go for their staff Christmas Party and they came up with Chucky Cheese.  We knew that AnnaGrace (our daughter) would have a great time, but I was thrilled that we all had a great time.  We even managed to milk one machine out of some 500 tickets!  (It was broke, but they said keep the tickets.)

Thanksgiving for us this year was in southern Ohio where I grew up.  That meant a long 5 hour journey that was made shorted only by in car DVD players.

On the return trip (yes, in the same day) you only have so many options to stop and eat.  So it was our usual stop at the McDonald’s in Portsmouth Ohio.  To our surprise, in walks the Daniels family, who also come from the southern Ohio area.

What are the odds?

Here is an image from her session this last year.