Snake Tales - Nowata, OK

Yesterday I went over to my mom and dad's house to water there flowers. When I came back into the house from moving the sprinkler I came across a HUGE snake! Eeeeek! I quickly ran around the house to the back entrance to get to safety. After checking to make sure I didn't pee my pants from being scared, I decided to go out the front door and see if he was still there.

Yep, he was still there alright! He had moved into the front entry way and was trying to get in the house! Do you see him looking right at me?

And to make matters worse..........he started crawling up the side of the window! He was still trying to get in the house. I'm sure he could see my adorable little Gus thru the window and wanted to make him his next meal!

After I gave the snake a firm talking to....he gave up and decided to go back where he came from. This was also the moment that I grew a backbone and decided I was going to be the next Snake Hunter!

My weapon of choice.

Ok. Ok. So I may have chickened out and had my Cowboy call reinforcements. Thanks to a neighboring cowboy's snake killing skills and my mad snake corralling skills, the story came to an end.

The Snake's final resting spot.....no take that back last time I saw him he was on the back of a flat bed tuck. Good Riddance!

Lil' Cowboy & Lil' Cowgirl Session - Big Cabin, OK

Do you remember being young and growing up with your cousins? I remember visiting my grandparents' home and playing with my cousins. We'd take hikes thru the wooded areas and make forts. During holiday get-togethers we'd all gather in back room and play with toys.

Every Easter we'd have an Easter Egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Havick's house. After the hunt all of the kids would gather in the living room floor and trade candy. I being the youngest cousin always seemed to get screwed on the deal and end up coming home with only Jelly Beans. Shoot!

Sometimes your cousin was your best friend and sometimes your cousin was your worst enemy especially if the other was a different gender. As long as no one told you to get along it was smooth sailing, but as soon as you're told to get along.........these phrase's quickly come into play:

Ewwww!

Girls can't play with boy toys!

Boys have cooties!

Oh and don't forget about tattling!

You should have seen the looks on Jayton and Malynna (Cousins - 3 Months apart) when I asked them to walk down the road and hold hands. Ewwwww!

But the end product makes you go...."Awwwww."

Look at their stances.......her's is so ladylike and his so manly. Love it

!

Two models in the making. "Future NRS Catalogue Stars"

Do you think she's a pistol?

Look at those eyes!

Jayton was talking with ole' Socks. "Don't worry Socks, I'll be riding you soon. Maybe this weekend when Dad doesn't have to work." Priceless! I couldn't pass this up.

And in Malynna's exact words.

"Bye! I'm done taking photos!"

Until next time,

MW

Collins Twins - Big Cabin, Ok

I know I say this over and over, but I LOVE babies! What's better than one baby.....TWO! That's right I got to take some photos of TWINS! Two adorable 2month old baby girls. I can hear you saying, "AWWWWW" right now.

Say hello to Clancey and Blakley.

Now I've taken photos of twins before, but not any this young. Their momma is a wonderful momma with skills. Just like Napoleon Dynamite has nunchuku skills, bow hunting skills, and computer hacking skills. Well, this red headed lady has momma skils. When one girl was happy, the other one was upset.....and then to top it off the happy one would hear the other cry and then start crying too! But it was such a cute cry! Awwww.

See.....once one is happy and content.

The other doesn't want to have anything to do with it!

But once they are together.....it's just priceless.

Until next time,

MW

Claremore Portrait - Choat Kids

Thank you to the Choat Family for asking me to capture these adorable kiddos! Click on the photos images to view larger.

Enjoy!

MW

I just can't have nice things......

I've been begging my Cowboy for a pool for years. Hello! We live in Oklahoma and it's hot in this state 80% of the time. But every time I ask, "Pretty please with a cherry on top". I get a very quick "NO" for an answer. Doesn't my Cowboy understand that a girl needs things to be happy. And one of those ever so important things is a beautiful golden tan. I know I could just lay out in the hot hot sun, but that would involve sweating. I don't like to sweat when I'm trying to relax. Sweat and Relax just shouldn't be associated together. EVER! So a pool is the answer that I came up with. I could work on my golden tan and stay cool at the same time.

Yet again the answer was no.

I've had friends mention that our back yard was perfect for a pool.

The answer was still no.

When Travis Meyer, the weather guy on Channel 6, said that it was going to be over 100 degrees for the rest of the year (maybe a little exaggeration).

The answer was yes.

Yes? I'm sorry I don't think I heard my Cowboy correctly. Yes?

YES!!!!!!

My Vision.

My Cowboy's Vision.

Our Compromise.

As you can see, I didn't necessarily get what I wanted. But it will do. So for a couple of weeks I officially owned a pool. I was getting one of the first good tans that I'd had in years.

Until.....

Occasionally we like to turn our horses out in the "front" part of place for the day. We simply close our driveway gate and let them engorge themselves in the tall lush grass around the pond bank.

My Cowboy had just gotten home from work and I was in the office working on some photos from a recent photo session, when it happened.

One of the horses, and I'm not going to name names, bit the top blow up ring of the pool and deflated it. Then he pulled and separated the whole top ring away from the pool! I ran out the back door to stop the madness. As I ran around the corner of the house I saw the worst sight ever........

The Damn Horse had one of my floats in his mouth and was swinging it around in the air like he was swinging a rope!

So the moral of the story is that I just can't have nice things.........also I have a Horse For Sale for real CHEAP!

Happy Thursday.

MW