Dining with Lesley

I went out with Lesley Cannon to give her proof books and to have dinner. Her husband Justin was in the Philippines on a mission trip with their church so we talked an extra long time. Lesley went the year before on the trip with Justin which I think was really great. They grew closer while serving. He was there working with children; what a sacrifice to let him go being so newly married.

OK you two - I want to see photos from the trip sometime soon.

We had a waiter at the restaurant take this photo of us in front of the fireplace - this is an example of why you want to hire a professional for your photo shoot! Anyway, thanks Lesley for being such a sweet bride; it's great working with you.

Engagement photo shoot plus construction workers

Here are some pictures of Jamie and Angie who are getting married in April. We had a lot of fun, but it was a cold Feb. engagement shoot around the square in Murfreesboro. It's obvious you two love each other a bunch, but I think we were all trying to get out of the wind as soon as the shooting was over.

Here is the link to their slideshow:
www.adefiningimage.com/jamieandangie/

In the middle of our shoot we were shooting next to the big piece of metal where some construction was being done on the sidewalk. I asked the two construction workers if they'd get in on a shot. When they started "posing" for the shot we were all laughing. One of them asked me to shoot him working on the gas line under the street. (It's in the slideshow.) You never know what's going to happen on a shoot; they're all adventures!

I ended up taking Jamie and Angie over to Marina's on the square to thaw out and enjoy some Italian food. (See their website at http://marinasitalian.com) We ended up talking about their wedding and good ole' Southern chocolate biscuits! If you haven't had chocolate biscuits, you should. See the recipe below. You will be glad tried them if you like milk chocolate at all.

Southern chocolate biscuits

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup white flour
dash of salt
1/4 cup cocoa
1 and 1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons margarine or butter

Mix sugar, flour, salt and cocoa well. Add milk. Stir until well blended. Cook in a saucepan over low heat stirring continuously until thick. Add margarine and stir it in well. (I think this will serve about 4 people if you eat these like my husband!) Cook up some buttermilk biscuits and drizzle or pour the chocolate gravy on them. Yum, yum! Enjoy. (Thanks to Pat Render for the recipe.)