The latest from Lovebugs http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog Surprise Arizona maternity, infant, children, family and senior photographer Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:24:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Congratulations, Vincenzo! http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=803 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=803#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 20:54:01 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=803 Vincenzo is going to be confirmed and will also be taking his first communion this evening – I’ll be there for the big event, but he also stopped by the studio for some formal portraits. I don’t think I’ve ever met a person more excited to be receiving communion and confirmation – he had the biggest smile I’ve ever seen! I’m sure that his family is very proud of him and I want to send him a big congratulations as well.

]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=803 0 Welcome baby Shaelyn! http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=800 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=800#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 20:46:18 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=800 She was only a couple of weeks old when I saw her and she has already become a precious addition to the family. Look at how much her big sister loves her!

]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=800 0 Gracie lost a tooth! http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=789 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=789#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 20:48:59 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=789 Her first one. I suppose that means the Tooth Fairy had better get ready.

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]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=789 0 Local places I like! http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=784 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=784#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:14:07 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=784 We moved here to Surprise in 2000, and back then there wasn’t much to see or do. Shopping was difficult. There was a Wal-Mart and that was pretty much it. Over the years, things have been opening and now we’ve got a pretty nice place to live. We’ve got Sam’s Club, Target, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, and a bunch of chain restaurants. But we’ve also got some local businesses that help give Surprise its character. We’ve got a ton of Chinese restaurants, a Polish deli/restaurant, and two different French places. We’ve got several Mexican places (although I have to say I’m not a big fan of any of them, I wish we could get some good Mexican food here) and all of the usual fast food places.

In the past couple of weeks I’ve tried three businesses here in Surprise that I hadn’t been to before. I want to share them with my local readers, maybe you are just looking for the perfect match and now you’ll find it!

Mountainside Fitness (Bell & Reems)- I had pondered joining a gym off and on for a while and realized that while I wanted to be able to use a treadmill, I really, really didn’t want a treadmill taking up space in the house. So I joined the gym and now not only can I use the treadmill, I’ve got all of the other stuff as well. I went in for a tour and the guy who helped me out (Rigo) was great – he gave me the info without any sort of hard sell, just showed me the numbers and let me decide on my own. I’ve been going for 2 weeks now and I’ve really liked it. Everything is always clean, the people are friendly, there are TONS of machines and classes, and they’ve also got child care. Someday when I work up the nerve, I might even try a spinning class – they’ve got a theater style room with a huge screen so you can feel like you’re going somewhere.

One Brothers Pizza (Cotton & Greenway)- We went there today for lunch and it was delicious. The crust was perfect, worth eating even the edges. Usually the kids don’t do that, but they did with this! It reminded me of NYPD but they were a lot faster and a bit cheaper. While Sam’s Club has good pizza for the price, this place was tastier. They also have salads, calzones, pasta and desserts.

Victory Farms (Waddell & Cotton) – This was the high point of the girls’ day. For $30 they both got to spend 2 hours with the horses – feeding them, brushing them, and riding them. They have 8 horses and were really good about picking the right ones for the riders’ experience. Grace rode Leci and Marie rode Samson and they had a blast. They can’t wait to go back!

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]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=784 0 St. Clare – 2010 images http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=780 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=780#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:44:08 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=780 The images from the May 27, 2010 Communion and Confirmation are now available. Go to this site: http://lovebugsphotography.com/photocart and enter the gallery access code StClare27. The images are divided into three galleries – confirmation, communion and group.

The images from the May 9, 2010 Communion and Confirmation are now available. Go to this site: http://lovebugsphotography.com/photocart and enter the gallery access code May92010. The images are divided into three galleries – confirmation, communion and group.

The images from St. Clare’s Easter Vigil Mass (baptisms, communion, confirmation as well as the wedding vows and family images) are online at this site:
http://lovebugsphotography.com/photocart.

You may purchase prints or digital files online. To access the gallery, enter the code “Easter10” in the access code area.

The images from the Dedication Mass are available as well – the access code is Dedication. I am planning to make a musical slideshow of the dedication that will be available on DVD, I will post further details when they are available.

All image are available in a beautiful mounted 11X14 collage. The text is customizable, so please enter your preferences in the notes section when you check out. Here are the different collage options:

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]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=780 0 He’s growing up… http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=777 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=777#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:25:35 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=777 Baby K was just a tiny little newborn the last time I saw him. Now he’s grown and he’s smiling and holding his head up pretty well. He was such a sweetheart, so cooperative the whole time.

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]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=777 0 Guess who’s going to be a big sister? http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=773 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=773#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:22:12 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=773 And she’s excited about it! She’s going to have a little sister and I’m sure they will both be the cutest little girls ever. Being a big sister is a lot of responsibility, but also a lot of fun. I’m sure she’s up to it, she’s got plenty of energy.

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]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=773 0 Recent Wedding – Adam and Kristina http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=770 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=770#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:11:40 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=770 Adam and Kristina are friends from work, and of course I had to do their wedding photography. I was going to be there anyway to celebrate, so why not?

Kristina was beautiful in her strapless gown and Adam looked very fashionable in his chocolate brown tuxedo. The setting and weather were gorgeous, a change from the recent weird weather we’ve been having. No rain for them!

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]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=770 0 Guess what’s growing outside my door? http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=767 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=767#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:17:02 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=767 I’ve noticed a bird that is always there when I walk out the door to walk Max in the early morning. I told my husband that I thought there was a bird nesting on our front patio, but he insisted that there wasn’t. There’s a lot of tiny piece of bird poop all over the ground, but he still insisted there was no nest.

Guess what? There’s a nest. It’s on top of our lamp, so it probably gets nice and warm when I turn on the porch light to go on my walk, making the bird startle and fly around. It appears to be a hummingbird. Surely that’s some sort of good-luck omen, somewhere.

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]]> http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=767 0 Pimping someone else’s work! http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=765 http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=765#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:19:36 +0000 admin http://www.lovebugsphotography.com/blog/?p=765 I’ve been watching the Olympics quite a bit recently, mostly the speedskating. I would love to try long track but there’s no place here to do that…so I just have to content myself with going to the ice rink and doing laps on the short track!

Anyway, there is an amazing blog with shots from the Olympics – Trent Nelson has some amazing work that you just have to see to believe! I wish I were able to work as a photographer at the Olympics, it just looks so exciting and the colors are so crisp and beautiful.

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