A Friday Laugh - Baseball & Ice Cream Faces...

One of the BEST things we love about our jobs is the couples who we meet and become friends with.

Take Chris & Holly for example... we met them over a year ago and waited with Holly as she waited for Chris to come back to the states after serving overseas, were SO excited when he was coming home safe & sound, have immensely enjoyed and participated in Chris' movie quotes & jokes, and hip-hopped right along with Holly singing "Wild Thing" by Tone Loc (ok, Zach was doing the hip-hopping... Jody, not so much ;). On their wedding day I think we were one of the most thrilled people to be at the wedding and celebrating their marriage! Ah, you two are the best :)

Anyway, this rad couple invited us to their rehearsal hang out at the Nashville Sounds' Stadium. Even though we were invited as friends and not photographers we couldn't resist bringing one of our cameras and snapping a few pictures :)





The trophy husband decked out to the nines!




Getting to know some of the bridesmaids! Aw yeah!
Zach, blog-stalker-turned-friend, Elaina (he he), new friend Katie & Jody




Playin' some ball...


And for the kicker - Making faces in our ice cream and posing with it... scary, we know.. but yet, too funny... we all were laughing so hard!









Um, by the way... this last photo is a GREAT example of how NOT to use a 16-35mm... unless you want someone to look like they have a man-jaw, which is exactly what Zach was going for... *sighs* ha ha.

A Friday Laugh... Mini Bowling!

Wednesday night we hung out with friends/past clients/future clients/artists/business women (yes, they are all of those to us), Alexis & Laura and their significant others! Alexis is married to Abdul (whose wedding we shot this past year!), and Laura is to be wed to Jim later this year!! We decided to have a triple date and head off to the Franklin Family Entertainment Center for Mini Bowling (aka Midget Bowling)!!

If you remember, we last posted on this form of bowling late January when we went with friends Amy & Brendon (click HERE for more pics and video of that adventure).



This was a whole new adventure and everyone brought out their best at the 10th frame which you will see in the short awesomely professional video below. We opted out of putting background music in, and you will see why. Make sure your volume is up :)


Fun times had by all! Maybe we'll do another competition and the winner(s) will get to go mini-bowling with us and see our MAD SKILLZ in the flesh!!!!

Lovin' your comments! Still have 2 weeks to go for the Starbucks Gift Card Give-a-way!!

A Whole New Look...

In this blog you will see the unmade face of Jody Gray. Yes, it's true. Raw & uncut :)

A month and a half ago I (Jody) was asked by my super cool and amazing stylist, Korie, to be a hair model for The REAL Unplugged Tour by Aveda coming to Nashville, TN on May 31st. Korie was asked to be one of the four featured local Nashville artists to demonstrate her mad skills on stage to those in attendance and I was glad to accommodate!

The process began two days before with the SUH-WEET Korie cutting only a little of my hair, and then color was done by the AMAZING Valerie. Val is an ARTIST when it comes to color and is THE color stylist you have to see if you want amazing color - whether you want to go for the funky look, or natural and stunning.

Val also does makeup and here she is the morning of the event working her magic on my face.





We waited in the wings as stylist & educator, Tristin Morrison shared with the attendees as well as demonstrated his own skills and techniques (never knew hair cutting was so complex!!).



Then it was time for us to go up in front of the crowd of over 400 Aveda hair stylists!





Korie working her magic...


Getting ready to chop my bangs - gulp!


The MC complimenting my "beautiful eyes" and interviewing Korie about the techniques used.



The great unveiling!





And now some close up photos of the art of Korie & Valerie taken in the lobby! But first, let's show a Before shot, shall we?




These shots were taken in the Sheraton Hotel lobby in Nashville, TN







And here is Korie & I! Isnt't she adorable?


Now you may be thinking to yourself, "That's cool you have a hairstyle that YOU dig and fits you, but my look is totally different..." or maybe you don't even know what looks good on you and you are desperate for a change.

Never fear! Call Unruli salon in Franklin, TN (an Aveda concept salon) and the stylists there are trained to give you what you are looking for and what looks best and most flattering on you.

I never realized how complicated hair could be until I started listening to Tristan speak and Korie explain the different cutting styles that she was doing on my hair. REAL stylists pay attention to not only your face shape, but body type, how much change you are looking for (or not!), how well you take care of your hair, what you like and/or don't like about your current hair, and so many other factors and then they give you a cut that fits YOU.

All that to say, Korie & Val are absolutely amazing, and Uli who owns Unruli salon is a master of hair himself and a great man as well.

So for those of you who desperately need a change... you now know where to go - I did it and so can you! :)

Thanks for reading!

True Rockstars - RockBand, Live in the Flesh!

The other night we got to relive Zach's glory days of when he used to play (guitar) and tour. We hung out with our friends Andy & Karyn and got to brush up on our band skills. We had a very supportive audience as well... Hailey thought we were amazing...



Apparently I'm not as great at drumming as I was last time... these guys actually had the kick drum hooked up!! Didn't even know there was a kick drum to rock band... *sighs*

For more of Zach's mad performing skills & lip syncing abilities, this little video might contain a special something for you...



Ah, the little joys in life... :)

A Motherly Visit - Dave Ramsey Headquarters

Happy Memorial Day!!

This weekend Zach & I were blessed with the presence of my mom coming into town :) She flew in Thursday and leaves this morning. Yesterday (Sunday) we drove to Berea, KY for my little sister's college graduation! What a whirlwind these last few days have been and super fun.

Here are a few photos from the first portion of mom's visit!

In line at the DELICIOUS and famous Pancake Pantry


The food is so yummy I STILL have a thumbs up in this photo (doesn't my mom look great?)


One of the highlights of her visit was taking her to Financial Peace Plaza, the headquarters of Dave Ramsey's radio station, as well as businesses. We had our wonderful friend, Cliff, give us the in-depth special tour.

In the newly renovated lobby...


Free goodies for the 80+ visitors who come in every day...


Check out the menu a bit closer...


Mom with her Debt Snowball Cupcake!


Some super cool stickers in the gift shop...




Peeping into the studio window where Dave broadcasts his radio show live every weekday from 1-4pm & records his FOX business show segment every morning.


Unfortunately, Dave was out of town for the Memorial Day weekend, but there's always next time!

Creative plaques/artwork/whatever choice words you would like to use for people who are no longer living life bound to credit cards. There are some creative people out there!












Dave's company has been awarded Nashville Business Journal's Best Places to Work for the last 3 years. Dave takes amazing care of his employees, and if we weren't doing photography, we'd want to work for Dave. Dave is the real thing and a great person on & off the air.

We wrapped our trip up with a pic in front of the sign & of the building so my mom can make all of her other Dave Ramsey friends envious :)




Dave's principles of living financially responsible has revolutionized the way that Zach & I live and has changed our lives for forever. We took Financial Peace University when we first got married and we will never live the same again.

If you have never heard of Dave or your money seems to never work for you, we challenge you to read The Total Money Makeover (currently having a $10 sale on all Books, CDs and DVDs on the site!) and visit Dave's homepage for more information and some really cool financial tools as well.

Hope you have a FANTASTIC week, and if you ever want to hear more how our lives have been revolutionized by living fiscally responsibly, we'd love to sit down & share more over coffee!

Our Idea of Heaven... Music We Love

We have sooooooo many people asking about & complimenting us on the music we have on our website, especially the first song, so we thought we would share with the masses!

Leigh Nash is the singer of the first song you hear - "My Idea of Heaven" from the album Blue on Blue.

Watch the music video below. Favorite part - the old couple near the end!



Leigh was the lead singer of the former band Sixpence None The Richer who had the hit song "Kiss Me" a few years ago. Blue on Blue is Leigh's solo album.



So what's your idea of heaven? :)