Please excuse me from my bad email contact… I have been extremely bad about replying timely to people’s emails lately.  I know… Horrible!!!  I’m not typically like this.  I have some personal things going on right now and I’ve really just been flat out distracted.

To make matters worse, I am now locked out of my email service.  I have my email set up through my website host and I all of a sudden this week, I can’t get in!!!!!

I keep getting this message:

What in the world does this mean??

I put in a ticket to my host to try to get the issue resolved, but I have had no luck yet!  :(

Please bare with me, friends.

He totally knows that he was dashing during his entire session, giving us lots of smiles, laughs, poses, and whatnots… So, here he sits on this little throne of a chair giving us a smug look as if to say, “Go ahead. Ooo and Ahh. I understand.“

Sorry for being a bit late with your sneak peek, O Family… There is more to come after I get back from my evening session tonight…  This was just a little quickie to get you through to your real sneak peek later on.

xox, reata

“Rad Ruffles” are the words that designer CourtneyCourtney used to describe this dress on a recent facebook post of hers…  And she was totally right on!  This dress is rad in every way possible… And, the ruffles only add to the radness of it all!

Me and my crew have been lucky to photograph for Courtney — We always have fun shooting and the girls loooove wearing their unique CourtneyCourtney outfits just as much as I love seeing them in them.  If you haven’t checked out the store yet, please do yourself a favor and check it out!  You’ll find yourself loving her designs…  And, if you have a session coming up with me, her outfits are perfect for dressing up your little one!

How could one not have fun while wearing this dress?  It’s so comfy cute!

And lastly…

xox, Reata

I just can’t help myself…  No matter how hard I try, I can’t resist the urge to post more from this absolutely stunning and wonderful senior session!

Not only is this girl totally sweet and genuine, but she’s also loads of fun and really talented!  This girl is definitely going places, so watch out world!

Love these two!  Not sure which is my favorite:

She was quite a sport too…  She did whatever was necessary for the shot!  :)

Can you guess one of the many things she’s talented in?

Yup.  You guessed it.  Tae Kwon Do.

And, one last photo that I just had to get before she and I called it quits…..  The Tiger!!  Grrr!  :)

xox, reata

ZozoBugBaby creates some of the freshest, most eclectic, ever-so-fab designs I’ve ever seen!  So when we, by chance, discussed back in January working together on doing a commercial shoot to promote part of her utterly cute, new spring clothing line, I was beyond thrilled!  The sweet designer children’s clothes Julie creates are more than perfect for what I call a *perfect* photo session and are, without a doubt, clothes that I’d love to have hanging in my own children’s closets!

Introducing the absolutely adorable Lollipop Garden Dress:

You’d never guess that my little angel A3 wasn’t feeling that great here…. but, unfortunately, she wasn’t.  She was just really excited to model this cute dress:

And, the  very summery and yummy colored  Ocean Swirl Skirt:

And, the matching Rosette Initial Tee:

Finally, the Reata Skirt.  Yes, that’s right folks… it’s actually named after ME! How awesome is that?!

And, lastly, a shot I got of both my older girls modeling the Ocean Twirl Skirt and the Reata Skirt…  Love the colors on these clothes!  So gorgeous!

Seriously friends, ZozoBugBaby clothing is not only adorable, but is really, really well made and the attention to detail is superb.  Anything you buy will be adored by all!  Rush over to her shop and go wild… You’ll thank me later!  ;)

xox, reata

I’m sure it appears to all of you Blog Readers, that my 2010 New Year’s Resolution must have went a little something like this:   1) blog less 2) be lazy  3) go MIA

BUT!  I assure you, this was not the case!  I’m still here.  I’ve just been so super busy doing “behind the scenes” work that I honestly haven’t been able to bare making myself take the time to prepare images for a blog post!  ( Gosh, that really sounds pretty stinkin’ lame, doesn’t it?!  But, it’s actually so true!  )

Sorry about that, Blog Readers!  I promise to start doing better at communicating again…  I’ve actually got some exciting stuff to share with you, but not quite yet (although, if you are a fan of my facebook page, you’ll probably hear about my exciting news sooner!).

Until then, enjoy these images from my oldest daughters’ most recent photo session…. She loves being in front of my camera.  And, I think my camera loves her to be there too.  :)

She looks so sweet here:

Adding this tree branch as a prop was her idea and I LOVE it!!  So goofy and SO her:

And, lastly, my without-a-doubt favorite from the whole day…

xox, reata

The richness of their color….  the textures…. the worn edges of the binding…  and the incredible scent of their pages.  

I am over the moon with these little guys!!

I am so happy and proud to add them to my library and to use them as the decor in my home…  they range in age from 1923 to 1976 and each one has their own unique story.  And most of them have their original owners names scribed into the front page – complete with address and all!  

The one in the middle up there, entitled American History for Colleges, was actually my husband’s grandmas!  Obviously, I didn’t just purchase that one…  That one was given to my husband a little over a year ago but I decided to include it in this picture because it’s one of my favorites because of the significance and meaning to my husband.  You see, my husband teaches History… And this was his grandma’s college history book.  It has HER handwritten notes and schedule all over the place on it’s pages.  It’s quite a special little book.  And besides being special, it just looks cool.

I adore the fascinating colors on Ginny Gordon and the Missing Heirloom….  Looks so pretty.  Now I just need to read it!  I’m sure it’s awesome…  It just oozes awesomeness.

Anyhow, this was pretty much a random, pointless post…  But, I enjoyed it nevertheless! 

Typically after the kids are sound asleep, if I’m not working on my business then I’m cleaning the house or trying to snag a few minutes in front of the TV with my husband.  However, lately, I’ve been spending my nights chit-chatting with my hubbie as I work away on my computer…  It’s been a busy world over here at Sugar Shots – And although, I love it (like seriously, looooove it!), this workload keeps giving me even more excuses to stay plugged into photoshop editing away until my eyeballs start feeling like they are gonna fall out.  I think this bad habit of mine (ours) is just that – a bad habit.  It can be broken…  just like any old habit can be.  But, I think one of the reasons it’s been so easy for me to stick with my bad habit is because my sweet, little husband stays up with me while I work so we can “hang out”….  He lays on the floor with the laptop and we jam out to tunes while I work.  Sounds like good quality time together, huh?!  Yeah right!  But, hey, at least he’s in there with me!

Anyhow, tonight, I’m going to put a stop to my long run of late nighters… I’m going to tell my husband my ever famous line: Tonight we are going to sleep early!!  No late night editing, internet surfing, or youtube video jamming….  No Toddlers and Tiaras.  No King of the Crown.  And absolutely no Slim In 6 or PX90 workout infomercials!!  Let’s just talk, snuggle and fall into a deep, restful slumber!

We’ll see what happens…. I’m pretty sure tonight is the night that habits will be broken!!  Yay!

And, because I don’t want to leave this post bare…  Here are some more of my faves from this senior session. 

And, one of the last (and best!) shots of the evening:

xox, reata

It was beautiful weather outside and my kids/husband were on spring break.  I longed to be in the sunshine and have not a single care in the world.  I had oodles and oodles of editing to do though.  And of course, I had a stack of paper a mile high to input into the computer for my taxes too.  Being true to myself, I made a plan of action.  If I wanted to get through all my work and still have time to play, it was going to take precise planning.  Once my To Do List was in order, I thought to myself, “Self, this isn’t going to be so bad.  I can get these 2 sessions and all my paperwork done on Monday…  Then if I have to spill over, I can fill the extra spots of time here, here, and here with editing, etc.  I’ll have the rest of my time to boogie down with the family! Ooooh yeah!“  (I was quite proud of my planning, you see.)

My computer had other plans for me.  It didn’t want to cooperate and every thing I clicked on quite literally took 10 – 15 seconds to start working/opening.  About 1/2 the time it would freeze up and tell me that the program was ‘not responding’ and the other 1/2 it completely shut itself down.  What gives?!?!

I have never been so frustrated with a machine in my life!  Every time I sat down at the computer, I left it about 6 hours later feeling completely angry and like my time had been wasted! 

Anyhow, spring break is over now, school has started again, and my computer seems to be acting like it’s normal self again.  Of course.

Today, A1 represented her modeling agency for their client, Academy Sports + Outdoors.  She was a swim suit model and she had a lot of  fun.  This was only her 3rd time modeling, but I think she did really well…  Just like a pro!

I gotta figure out how to get some abs like her… I mean, daaaang!

Later, reata