L.E. Shaw Photography

Our friends know that our animals are our 'babies' . We've had Harvey since before we were married, and he turned 7 this year. I've always wanted him to have a little buddy to play with, but was always apprehensive about bringing in another puppy because he usually only takes to cats. Several weeks ago (the day before Allen and Anna's wedding to be exact), we rescued a little shitzu (sp?) off the side of the highway. He and Harvey hit it off and became bestest buddies. I did the right thing, put an ad in the paper and found little 'Ralph's' real daddy. I feel so in love with Ralph, because he had one crazy eye that would drift a little, and his tongue stuck out to the side.

I was on a mission to find a dog, slightly cross-eyed with it's tongue stuck out...lol. We drove almost 3 hours away to see Yorkie puppies in VA. Low and behold, the moment we walked in the door; there was this perfect little girl with non-crossed eyes but with a tongue WAY to big for her little mouth. She was mine! We'd spent the entire drive up there going through a baby name book, and had about 50 to choose from. I wanted a name to compliment 'Harvey', so we had: Mabel, Mavis, Edna, Cleta, Ophelia, Gladys, Phillis etc. The Notorious Betty Page had passed away the day before, so I wanted to somehow incorporate her name as well. 5 weeks later, she still does not have a real name... right now it's: Maybelle Merriweather Page Green Shaw. That makes us a family of 7:
1)Lyndon-daddy
2)Jo Beth-mommy
3)Ebony (Ebbie)-cat
4)Bria Sophie-cat
5)Harvey Dale Jr. Green-Shaw Lipshitz Wallbanger 'the Wookie'
6)Gracie-bunny
7)Maybelle Merriweather Page

Here's more baby pictures:

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Her ears have started standing up over the last few days, and I've taken pictures, but can't find them (argh...sorry mom!). I'll snap some more when she finishes her puppy shots and can actually go outside!

I just realized the 'comment' button seems to be invisible?!? I'll work on that tomorrow. I'm not good at this whole HTML stuff...lol.

We'll be back from break tomorrow, and will finish returning e-mails and calls by Thursday

:)
-Jo Beth

Oy vey! I have been such a bad blogger! We've had huge changes and many blessings in our business and personal lives that made it hard to find the time to update regularly! First, let me say that we hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that 2009 has gotten of to a rockin' start for you all! We had a wonderful holiday season and had so much to be thankful for in 2008.

First, we made it through our first full year as a 'business' with out throwing in the towel! :) It was a very busy year, and hopefully only the beginning of many wonderful years to come.

Next, and the biggest news of all: LYNDON IS NOW WORKING FULL-TIME ON THE BUISINESS!!! I couldn't be more excited that he has the opportunity to actually spend all of his time doing what he loves; one of the biggest joys in our lives. I have to admit, I'm slightly jealous though...lol. Plus, it's giving him more time to fix the little details on our house in preparation for sale. We were totally prepared to make life adjustments, but what we weren't prepared for was the absolutely overwhelming support we received from the people who love us. This, brings me to how grateful we are to have so many people dear to us in our lives. We are truly blessed to have so many friends and family members who cared enough about us to offer what ever help the could. I can't express how touched I was at the phone calls we received and to all of the people who promised to lend a helping hand: We love you!!! We have been so eager to begin this new phase of our lives and could not have done it with out you.

Now that Lyndon can concentrate more on photography, I have decided to do a COMPLETE over-haul in our marketing and website design. You may have noticed some of the galleries on the site are empty...I had been terrible about updating them, and they weren't a reflection on the new style of photography we want to sell, so they were yanked. More recent images will be added with in a week. Our colors have changed, we have a new logo, and will be getting new business cards and marketing materials soon to reflect the change! It may take a few weeks of work, since Lyndon has never maintained the website, but we'll get there. The blog may take a little longer, but I want to streamline it with everything else :)

I wanted to give you all a sneak peak at the new logo and color scheme! It's not finalized just yet... so we'd certainly appreciate your input and critique! Drumroll.......




TADAAAAA!!!!! I wanted something slighly more feminine (as girlie as Lyndon would let me..hehe), and he wanted something with softer colors that didn't include any variation of pink. We comprised, and I came up with this! Leave a comment to let us know what you think!




To all of the customers who entrusted your memories with us this year: Thank you!!! You have all been truly wonderful!