weekend recap...

tom and i spent the day together friday, celebrating his birthday. i think he got his thorn tat 2 years ago; and after that, he developed this master plan of what he wanted to do next. he has always loved lions and his love for them grew after we saw "the chronicles of narnia" and the parallels between aslan and the Lord. in may, when we went to the zoo, i took this photo of one of the male lions at the henry doorly-

tom loved the photo and decided it would be the model for his next tat. when he got his thorns, he had the same guy do it, who had done jamie's. his name is nasr and he really is an artist...miami ink style. nasr left the fremont location and we didn't know how to find him, and tom wanted him to do the lion. so after two years of indecision about what to do, jamie found out that nasr was back with dr jack's at the omaha location. so friday we went to see nasr.

tom is thrilled with the outcome-

we could tell that nasr was pretty happy with it too, because he took tom around the whole shop, showing everyone. we watched payton, griffin and harper on saturday night and when harper saw it, she roared! tom said that was confirmation that it was well done.

saturday morning i did a shoot of ross and annie. annie is my former business partner, joan's daughter. i ran into joan yesterday at our favorite chinese restaurant and i told her she should be proud. annie and ross recently bought a home and they just seem to have their heads on really straight. i had a lot of fun just being with them.

i've really been loving this vintage conversion lately. and aren't they cute?

this is their baby lexi. she has tons of energy-probably more energy than any dog i've seen! but she settled right down and was great for the photos.

saturday night, as i wrote earlier, we had the kiddos. payton spent the entire 4 hours at the kitchen table making art. i was at the table working on a project and he was just slamming me with his creativity. now, the boy is all boy...he plays sports and loves all things boy, but he has this amazing creative side that i just adore!

our church service yesterday was so good. he preached on exactly what i wrote about this past week. about whether people can tell what you stand for by the way you live your life. he based it on colossians 3. such great verses.

i also did a few scrapbooking projects. my room is fairly organized which makes me want to scrapbook. while i was working, i had *breakfast at tiffany's" on. audrey hepburn has the most classical beautiful style EVER! i did notice how odd it seems to see so many people smoking. but that's how it was in the 60's. i remember pretty much every adult i knew growing up, smoked. and they smoked in their houses. bizarre.

last night, tom, jared and i went to "american gangster". when j was at home, the three of us went to movies a lot on sunday nights. fond memories :) it was a great feeling to have my guys on each side of me in the show last night. we all liked the movie. the acting is superb. it's based on the true story of frank lucas. there is bad language and some nudity, so i wouldn't recommend it for younger, more immature viewers. my favorite line in the whole movie is at the end, when denzel washington, who plays lucas and russell crowe, who plays a good cop(who made a decision to turn in a million dollars in a bust, rather than pocket it) are talking and have developed a sort of respect for each other, says, "why'd you do it?" and crowe says, "because it was the right thing to do." i thought about how true that is. doing the right thing isn't always the easy thing. but living with a clear conscience is worth a whole lot.

lots of shoots this week-woohoo! and assignments that i'm excited about doing. that is a good feeling friends. have a great day and God bless!

Comments

[Maureen]

Hi there!!
I wanted to email but in checking in here, I figured I would just let your blog world know too...I
received the DW calendar and THANK YOU SO MUCH! You are seriously the kindest sweetest thing. I am so excited about this! Hoping it will give me the inspiration I need to keep on scrappin' in '08!!
Tom's "tat" is FANTASTIC! WOW!! The guy did an amazing job! The eyes......just like your photo!
Awesome :)

[Annie]

Becky~ Those pictures are so good! We had so much fun with you on Saturday! We can't wait to see the rest of them! Thanks again.

[Jann Saulsberry]

Oh Becky....first...tell Tom his tat ROCKS...and I think that the fact that you took the picture it was fashioned after just makes it all the more special! Miami Ink is one of my secret vices...I love having it on when I am working on a project...great creative inspiration even if I don't have a single tatoo -- love the artistry of it and the story line as well.

Awesome pictures...I think the vintagy look is just fantastic...love it.

I am so with you on the focus on our lives being a clear reflection of Christ in us. Some days, I think people can see clearly -- and others, sadly, I have to say His reflection is pretty dim in me. Working hard to get the "muddiness" out of my life...and learning so much in the process.

These kinds of lessons are hard -- hard on the prideful heart, that is -- but boy do I want to learn the lessons regardless of the pain.

Can't wait to see what you come back with from your shoots...I am praying you have a glorious time -- fantastic weather and lighting and that you capture a bit of the inner person of each of your subjects. have fun!

Jann

[JOAN]

AWWWW YES.. A Proud Mama here.. I adore my kids.. and am so Proud of them. I'm a lucky mom to have two beautiful daughters and a terrific son-in-law along with the worlds greatest grandson.. Now is that braggin or what? :)

[kim in Camas - ScrapToMyLu]

Tom is one bad [email protected]@!
:)

That's so cool that he used a photo that you took. Now, do YOU have any tats?
me? NoWAY! I'm too indecisive. Heck I couldn't even get married until I was 36.

[paige]

oh baby...love the tattoo. ya'll are just all-around way too cool!
the young couple is precious, love the vintage actions you used.
becky you are just aload of fun, so talented, & grounded. you are obviously a glass is half full & i love coming to 'visit'.
xo
signed....someone with a tat!! shh!!

[Jana]

Your hubby's tat is amazing!! I sure missed not getting to see you while I was in Omaha.

[Stephanie Howell]

we are going to see that movie today,
harper is with my parents and i'm so thrilled to have grown up time. =)
and have i mentioned lately how talented you are????
xoxox

[Kimberly Kwan]

missed you this weekend...thought about you a lot! Next tiem i coem to Omaha you may just have ot take ME to see Nasr...that tat is gorgeous! xoxo

[Alexa D.]

Hi Becky~
I really like the pictures of Annie and Ross. I haven't seen Anne forever!!! She looks so pretty!! U ROCK!!!
♥aLeXa