It's a bird...It's a plane...No, it's Batman and Butterfly!

This year, Nolon and Jade dressed up as Batman and his sidekick the butterfly for Halloween. Believe it or not Jade picked out her own costume this year. She's got this new obsession with butterflies, so it seemed only fitting that she be a Monarch butterfly for Halloween. When I put the costume on her, she immediately started flailing her arms like she would take off in flight. When I asked what she was doing she gave be a duh Mommy, flying look. Too funny. In typical Nolon fashion he was a superhero, this year's selection of course being Batman. I don't know, I think we may run out of superhero's soon if this phase doesn't end.  Guess we'll see next year.  To download pictures from Halloween go our family photo site using the family photos link on the menu bar.

Until then...J

 

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Can't Believe the Preschool Years are Almost Over...

Well, Mr. Nolon is 5 and pre-K is coming to a close.  I still can't believe that he has grown so much!  It's seems like yesterday that he were bringing him home from the hospital and now, wow!  "He's a big kid now!"  In celebration of his upcoming graduation, we (yes me and Dedrick) did some really cool pics of him and I even created an announcement memento to send to the fam...yes, I created an announcement for a pre-K graduation...really, would you expect anything less of me!  Here's the announcement followed by the pics...We are really excited about how the pictures came out with our new lens.
 

 

And of course Miss Diva Jade couldn't let big bro upstage her so she got in a few pics too...

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The bug stuck!

It's funny how some things just fall in your lap.  Dedrick wanted a new camera, I love doing print design... add to that my disdain for my inability to afford most of the photographers in Frisco.  Whalaa, business in a can.  We are by no means trying to get rich taking pictures, but if it helps to bring in a bit of extra income on the weekends, I am all for it!  As we hone our craft we have been practicing on some our friends and of course our kids and what I am learning is the more pictures you take the better you get.  We can't compete with some of the high-end local photogs who have been honing their craft for years and honestly don't want to, but if we can give our friends and family high quality photos that they can cherish, I say why not!  Maybe we'll get good enough to turn this into a retirement fund!  Ha, you all know how I like to plan!  Here's a few of my favorites that I've taken over the past few weeks, including some of our friend's daughter, Kyla, and some cute candids of Jade and Nolon.  Check out their pages soon for baseball (Nolon) and 2nd Birthday (Jade) shots!  Stay tuned, we'll be launching a site/blog for the business as well.  We decided on the name Three Strands Studios.

 

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Jamie & Jordan

A few weeks ago I go to take pictures of my BFF (of 20 years...whoa I feel SOOOO old) and her little man Jordan.  We had so much fun finding cool places to shoot in downtown Evanston.  Some the pictures came out so great I surprised myself!  It's official, I am definitely launching the business venture.  Here's a few of my favorites...

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Hot Off the Presses..New Skye Photos!

Hi fam! Daysha asked me to share the following link with you all. Baby Skye is growing leaps and bounds, weighing in at just over 11 lbs...a far cry from her 4 lb, 2 oz debut. I have to say that I am slightly prejudice, but you tell me, is she cute or is she cute!!!! Can't wait to get her in my arms again! Until then, enjoy the new photos of the Mayfield clan. I've included a little sneak peak below. To view the rest of the photos go to: Skye Photos. Password to the album is babyskye (all lower case).

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