This is my LAST post here! Gotta NEW Blog!!!!

Yay! FINALLY, I am ready to say that my new blog is ready to view! Yippee!!! Wahoo! I can't tell you how long I have been wanting to do away with the old. I am so EXCITED! The features are just amazing and I am still trying to grasp it all. It is like a whole new world. I love that you cannot click on a link to view the next blog...I have my own domain! All mine!! I had issues from time to time with my postings/images. They would get a goofy for no apparent reason. Then, the image size! Oh the size! You aren't going to need a magnifying lense for viewing the new stuff! How awesome is that?!
So, everyone I hope that you make note of this change and come check out the new blog. I can't wait to hear from y'all. If you are curious if I will have two blogs again, the answer is no. This is another reason I am thrilled about this change. I am not going to maintain two blogs anymore. My recent invites/stationary AND photography work will be posted together on the new bloggie blog. Oh fun! Hehe.
Check it out!!!!!
http://www.whitneyowendesignsblog.com
PS - This blog will still be active so you can link back to it from the new site to see old work. You can also see more work on my website http://www.whitneyowendesigns.com/

Merry Christmas!!!! and Time Off!!!

From my home to yours, I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! If you are traveling, I pray that you and your family have a safe, happy journey to and from. I won't be going too far myself. I will be heading home tomorrow to my hometown, Snyder, which is about an hour and fifteen minutes from here. Then, Christmas day I will be "Off to Grandmother's House we go..." (traveling by car of course not sleigh) in Post 30 minutes down the road for the fun, rowdy Owen gathering. We spend most of the day there talking, eating, laughing and making lots of memories. This will be the second Christmas without my PawPaw since his passing and it is still hard for me to know I won't get to hear his stories or try to catch a snap shot of him. But, again...the memories were created and that's what I hold near and dear to my heart.

I will be back in Snyder for a few days for my Farquhar family Christmas, a wedding consult and some relaxing as well. In addition to all of this hustle and bustle that is going on, I am taking some much needed time off before I hit hard into the 2010 Wedding and Graduation Seasons.

Halloween Party...Our Costumes!

Me as Medusa!

Eric as Perseus

Perseus beheading Medusa! MuHahAhaha!!!

My visit with Gracie and Brently AND Riley's 3rd Birthday Party

Gracie

Brently (aka BB)

Riley (the Birthday Girl)

Playing at the playground

Make a wish!

Yummm...Cake!

Lots of presents....

What are they talking about!?!

Here comes BB!

A Day with Riley

Seeing how behind I am on some of my blogging, these pics are back from sometime in June. My brother (Cade) and sister-in-law (Kendall) came up for Cade's doctor appointment and asked if I could watch Riley for a couple of hours that day. And I was delighted to. Riley and I love to shop so we went to Target and found a bubble gun and some sidewalk chalk. We called Eric up and she asked him and I quote "Aren't you going to come and play with me?" It was the cutest thing EVER! Haha! He pulled up to the house about the same time we did so she did a pretty good job at getting him there. But, he likes all of my nieces and they really like playing with him for some reason. Haha! They are all Balls of Fire! Cade and Kendall are expecting their second daughter in just a few weeks and I have been at every one of my nieces' births...well waiting at the hospital all day until the baby comes. I can't wait!!!!! It is so exciting and I can't wait to meet and hold the new angel.

Riley and The Bubble Gun

So sweet!

Our sidewalk chalk creation! Riley's Flower Garden!

Some of My Pics from San Francisco!

Okay I want to post some of my pics from San Francisco here but Blogspot is very difficult to work with on loading large images. And it took me about an hour to load them on to my other blog. So, I am going to just give you the link to the other page if you would like to view them. Hopefully soon I can transition to a new blog service that will combine both of my photography and invites for easier viewing for clients and editting for myself. I will keep you guys updated on those changes once that takes place.

In the mean time, go check out my pics from San Fran!

www.whitneyowendesigns.blogspot.com

Thanks!!!

San Francisco Bound!!!

I am about to head out the door so I can make my way to the airport. I am headed to San Francisco with Eric. He is presenting a paper that he wrote at an ASME (mechanical engineering) conference and I get to go with him. We will be there until Thursday. We have some places that we are going to check out and some that I am going to see alone since there will be some of the time I will be by myself. I will be checking out some architecture and some museums. Yay!

Headed to Market...

Hello all! I am headed out the door to the Dallas Market. I will be looking for some new things for Whitney Owen Designs...yAy!!!...that will be introduced for Fall. I will be back on Sunday evening and will return phone calls and emails Monday morning. Have a FaBulOuS weekend!!!!

Hitting the Road for Chicago....

Check out my other Blog for the details:
www.whitneyowendesigns.blogspot.com

Remembering Those Who Served and Those Who Are Serving Our Country

I was in my hometown yesterday for a photo session and as I drove past the courthouse something grabbed my attention. There were crosses with flags draped over them remembering the ones we have lost in combat from Scurry County. I have never seen Snyder do this and it was really moving. I thought after my session I would go back and see if there were names on the crosses. There is one in particular that I was looking for, my Great Aunt LaVerne Farquhar. She is my Papa's older sister. Please read below:

"On February 10th, 1944, Second Lieutenant LaVerne Farquhar of the 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group working in the 33rd Field Hospital in Anzio was killed when artillery shells hit..."

You can read more about LaVerne and all the great nurses that served our country in WW II in the book: And If I Perish : Frontline U. S. Army Nurses in World War II, by Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary L. Neidel