Merry Christmas, y'all!
Christmas is a magical time of year. For kids, the magic comes from getting their picture taken with Santa, making a Christmas list, shaking gifts to guess what's inside, and waking up at the crack of dawn Christmas morning. As I get older, the magic comes from a different place. I treasure the familiar songs, familiar faces, and fond memories that surround us each year, comfy as my favorite sweater. Each year, giving becomes much more enjoyable than getting. The magic comes from being with the people I love. I hope you and yours have a truly wonderful Christmas.

Best End of the Year Sale Ever

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Home for the Holidays

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Santa is on his way . . .

this Saturday from 11 to 3

Session Fees are:

$25 includes an 8x10

$15 includes a 5x7

Add ons for family and friends are available

Join us for some Santa Fun! There will be treats for the kids!

A Great Gift Idea

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REAL Firehouse - REAL Firetruck - REAL Firegear!

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PLEASE NOTE: Special arrangements have been made for the children to be photographed at the Jefferson Firehouse in Rigby - this is ONLY a 2 day event! We will be scheduling sessions between 9 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon on Wednesday, August 11th and Thursday, August 12th. If you are interested, call immediately to reserve your time. We have already booked in 9 slots - the rest will go fast! This is going to be so much FUN!!!

Hi and Happy July!

I hope that everyone is enjoying their summer! Clyde and I are just wrapping up our 3 week Germany visit with our son Chet and his family. It has definitely been a very memorable one - it's not every family that has two little girls breaking arms within two days of each other. That changed some plans since it was necessary for Chet and Mindy to spend 4 days at the hospital and doctor offices. They had check ups yesterday and it looks like all is well for us to head to Garmish tomorrow. Here's hoping! It's the one place that Chet really wanted to take us while we were here and we're barely going to be able to squeak it in before we fly out on Monday. After being in a foreign land for 2 weeks, we both agree that we have never been more grateful for our home country, we have so many blessings and so much to be proud of as an American. We've had a great trip, many wonderful experiences, fantastic food to enjoy and so many awesome things to photograph, but we will be happy to be back in Idaho. See you in a week!

Taken in the Netherlands when we visited Bart (our long time ago exchange student) and his family.

Hard to believe these churches were built hundreds of years ago!

24 Hour Sale

For 24 hours you can order any previously ordered image as an 8x10 or larger for 50% off. Just call the studio to place your order or if it is after hours - just send one of us an email: desireeshively@yahoo.com or caroline626262@yahoo.com and we will make connections with you and get your images ordered.

"Boss is Away" Sale

The Boss is flying to Germany this morning for 3 weeks and has left me in charge! Yeahoo! Our staff wants to keep busy so we're going to blow the roof off the studio with some Incredible offers! Please don't let Evelyn in on our secret! While she and her husband Clyde are visiting their son Chet and his family, enjoying all that gourmet chocolate and sight seeing - we're going to be offering some insane deals. What they don't know while they're gone won't hurt them, right? So from June 21st to July 12th, I'm boss and here's the first of the great offers that will be coming your way over the next 3 weeks!

Offer #1 - $400 Family Portrait Credit for 50% off! Call and book your family portrait session between July 15th and December 1st 2010, pay a $200 commitment deposit, and you'll get a $400 credit to spend on your final print order! An extra $200 value! What a great time to update your family portrait!

Offer # 2 - Free High School Senior Session Fee! The 2011 Senior season is just starting, our marketing pieces have been dropped in the mail, but this is a "never before" done offer valued at up to $180. Choose any two session types, schedule your session byJuly 28th, prepay a $100 reservation fee that totally applies to your order and then your session fee is absolutely FREE! (session details at www.hymasimage.com)

Offer #3 - FREE mouse pad ($45 value) of an ordered pose with any child's session prepaid and booked during the month of July. The session can be one of our promo-tional sets or just a regular child's session.

Dont' Delay - Call Now!

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This is going to be a HOT sale, so if you can't get through just send me an email: caroline626262@yahoo.com

I'll contact you by the next day so you cash in on these amazing deals that the studio is offering while Clyde and Evelyn are away in Germany having a great time!' Just remember, these are only good while they are gone - you must contact us before July 12.

PS. These offers are also available to first time Hymas clients as well. So if you know anyone who could take advantage of these "Boss is away" opportunities, please pass the word along! Plus, you could earn some great referral rewards as well!

JUST FOR KIDS!

Every Day is a PLAY Day! We've been having so much FUN! This is the most variety of sessions that we have offered in a month - don't miss out! These sessions are only available until the 17th. (Click on images to enlarge for reading.)

June is Kid's Month

A little head's up as to what will be going on in June. We're going to have a FUN month. Besides our new Kid Quote Book Sessions we've designed for Father's Day, we'll also being doing a Train Day theme with images on a real train caboose, Firemen at the Rigby firehouse, a Carousel Horse theme, Bubbles of Fun, a Nostalgic black and white vintage theme downtown or in the studio, Tractor time plus Dance It Up in either jazz or ballet style. We'll be posting the details as we complete each theme. Visit often to keep up to date.

Closed for Memorial Day

Just want to let you know that we will be closing on Friday, May 28th and Monday, May 31st to observe Memorial Day. We're heading to Washington to be with family and to do some 4 wheelin'. Of course, the kids will all be on the motorbikes! We're all so anxious to spend some time outdoors.

Beautiful Bride

One FUN gorgeous bride! Here's just a

couple of Brooke's favorite images.

Father's Day Quote Books

Our new Kid Quote Albums would make a fantastic, one of a kind gift for Dad. They're a unique FUN way to remember different ages and stages of your child's life. They are quick and easy . . . and a blast!

Bring whatever "personal" props you can think of! The studio will send you a list of questions before the session to "interview" your kiddo... The session is geared to highlight their TRUE personality and to reflect their FUN answers to the questions! This month our questions are all about Dad so this would make a great gift for dad. Below are a couple pages specially designed for three of our children's daddys. Ashlyn, Sadie and Xander were so fun to work with and ended up with some adorable books!

Sessions for one child are $39 - for two or more children $49. The books come in a variety of styles and sizes beginning at $149. If interested just give us a call.

Senior FUN

Shyenne was a fun senior to photograph and so very talented.
Other than a little bit of wind, the weather was fantastic and the lighting was beautiful.

Fashion Shoot

Here's a couple of my favorite images of a fashion shoot that I did awhile back for my daughter, Ann who lives in Portland. A little bit different from my normal every day sessions, but it sure was fun .

INK ANYONE?

Does someone have a printer that uses Epson #78 ink cartridges? If so, this is your lucky day! Our Epson printer died this month and believe it or not Clyde was not able to fix it. We had just purchased 6 brand new cartridges plus there are all the cartridges that were in the printer so if someone can use this particular ink cartridge, give us a call. They are all yours just for stopping by the studio and picking them up.

Newborn Models Needed

Babies are being born every day and we are needing some newborn models no older then 2 weeks. Most of the time, Moms don't have their newborns photographed until they are about 4 to 6 weeks, by then they are too old to pose in the dreamy, sleepy baby poses that we want to update our displays with and include in our product line. Please send any new Mom our direction - there is no cost for the session and no obligation to buy plus Mom gets a FREE 8x10 of her favorite pose. Thank you so much for your help. You'll soon see some of these delightful images posted.

Family from Germany

It has been a great week visiting with Chet, Mindy, Emma, Maycie and Morgan. We've had a lot to catch up on since it has been three years since we last saw them. Parting on Friday was still teary eyed but a whole lot easier since we knew we would be seeing them again in June. That's only 2 months away!

Here's our three adorable granddaughters who came from Germany to visit this past week. Aren't they cuties? We had so much fun visiting, playing and photographing. Since we still have our Fairy set up, the girls also got to dress up like fairies. They had a ball finding the butterflies, holding the birds and dancing like a fairy.


Just a reminder the Fairy set will be up until the 15th of May and then it'll be another year before it returns. With us being so busy with Seniors and Dance groups, I only have about 5 or 6 more time slots available for the fairy session. Call soon before they are taken.

Graduation time - Are U Ready?

Things can get pretty hectic around this time of year. Seniors are about to graduate and everything seems to be piling on all at once! Senior projects, grad night, graduation and getting ready to go to college. Just in case you are a little overwhelmed with it all - let us help you out.

Need Wallets ??? This is about the time you realize that your senior gave out all his or her wallet photos and you have little to none left! Don't worry - our lab is running a special on wallets until April 30th. 48 Wallets of a previously ordered pose for only $48 . . . that's a $51 saving! Call now and take advantage of this tremendous savings!






One of the most popular announcements this year are these 5x7 cards printed both on the front and back.


Special pricing: 24 for $99



Also have you put any thought into your senior's graduation party? We can help you showcase his or her life through a Grad Party DVD! We take 20 of your favorite images from the senior photo session, combine it with 20 images from his or her childhood, mix it to music, and you now have a great tribute you can show at their grad party to friends and family! You also get a copy for your Facebook page and iphone! We have 2 styles of DVD shows to choose from - Classic or Modern.

Normally a $299 value - save $150! Now only $149!

PS. Take advantage of any one of these senior offers and we'll also send you a $100 Gift Certificate from Hymas Image good towards the creation of a family portrait this summer or fall!

Birthday Fun!

Birthday sessions are always a lot of FUN no matter what age, but the first year birthday is such a special one. Here's Kissera all decked out in one of her very stylish birthday dresses before we let her loose on her cake. She loved the icing and quickly got into enjoying it - right down to a face plant on top of her cake . . . . not only once but about 3 or 4 times. She had the cutest little frosting face!

Olivia was our second little birthday girl this week and she, too, just turned one. Her grandmother sent her an authentic, original design Korean outfit to celebrate her first birthday. Isn't she adorable? Olivia had the cutest Tinkerbell cake. She was a little timid at first and it took some coaxing from her Mom, but she soon got the idea and enjoyed demolishing her cake.

Speaking of Birthdays! I also have an April birthday and this year I received the most awesome birthday surprise! I just thought Clyde and I were going down to Pocatello Powersports this past weekend to take pictures of our grandsons, CJ, Chase and Chance on their motorbikes, but when I opened the upstairs doors - there were all seven of my kids standing there - it was the most Fantastic surprise I have ever had. They haven't been in one place at the same time for about 10 years, but right there in front of me were: Chet from Germany, Ann from Portland, Clark from Washington, Cami from Utah and of course, Chad, Chelsey and Chris from Idaho! My family had been planning this big event for at least a month. It's so hard to believe that not one person let the cat out of the bag - I was totally clueless. What an emotional day. We had so much fun visiting and enjoying each other's company. Thank you so much to all of my family and friends who made the day so special! It was truly a wonderful birthday celebration!

Engaged

Here's a couple awesome images of a cute couple that will be getting married in June - Brooke and Jason. They wanted something a little more creative down on the tracks. They were such a cool couple to work with - we're going to have fun on their wedding day!

Fairyland Enchantment

Deep in the night forest, fairies gather by firelight and fly to the song of the wind in the trees. Imagine the faintest brush of fairy's wings as these little ones fly in the moonlight, their tiny whispers of laughter floating like dandelion seeds on the night wind. The innocence and grace of such ethereal beauty will melt your heart.

This once a year Fairy Session is only $49 and each additional child is $20. We provide all the beautifully created fairy costumes with matching hair pieces in sizes one to ten. Portrait packages begin at $89 for artistically enhanced images. These are NOT photo basic prints. Fairy Sessions will be scheduled throughout April.

Samantha was our first fairy session of the year and she danced right into our hearts as she came to play in our enchanted forest this week. She was so graceful and such a delight to photograph.

Bunnies of Fun

The Bunnies were a highlight of all of our events this past month. This year we had the cutest, biggest and most gentlest bunnies yet. The children adored them and if they didn't want to hold them, the bunnies just sat on the bench right next to them. We had a great time with the kids and bunnies!

Print Competition

I'm not sure what happened to March, it came and went so fast and I know I did a lousy job keeping our blog and facebook up to date so I have now gotten another someone to help me do just that. Between the two of us, we will keep you informed about what's happening at the studio.
One of the big things that happened in March was our Idaho Professional Photography Convention in Boise. It's always fun to spend a few days visiting with fellow photographers from around the state, listening and learning from great speakers and entering the annual print competition. This year, I had four entries that placed.
"Pucker Up Baby" was taken from little Emma's 6 month session. She was so full of expression! Her image placed 2nd in the Portrait Category.

I had just finished photographing the dancers for the "Wizard of Oz" advertising posters when I decided at the last minute to enter that image into the Commercial category. I'm glad that I did, it ended up placing 2nd. The production is the 14th and 15th of May but I know the time is not right. I just added a time so I could complete the image for competition but there will be lots of posters around town to let you know the exact time.

The following image was taken in Ohio when we were visiting our son Chet and his family. We had planned on spending the day at the "Historic Mansion" but when we arrived we found out that they were closed. Soooo disappointing . . . but as we looked around we saw a young man taking care of the gardens so we decided to ask him if we could spend some time photographing on the grounds and to our surprise, he said "of course" and even let us into a couple of the private gardens. It was our lucky day and the best thing about it - there were no people to work around and I was able to photograph until we wore out our two little granddaughters, their Dad and their Grandpa.

This image, titled "Waiting" took first in the Unclassified Category and to my delight it also received the highly coveted Kodak Gallery Award and can now be submitted into the National Gallery Award competition this summer. I was extremely excited about the Gallery Award.

Idaho has a Finished Product Category so I took this Canvas Wrap off of our wall as we went out the door to enter into that category. It ended up being the highest scoring print and placed first.

All in all, I think we did fairly good this year. We always appreciate your willingness to let us enter your images in competition and our other advertising pieces. We have the best clients around!

Sports, Dances and Birthday Kids!

It's been a busy week. Sports, sweetheart dances and birthday children! What a fun combination! Nicole celebrated her first birthday and Kyson turned two. He was mighty proud of his wagon.

Two new sites to visit

Just ran across a couple of fun sites that I thought you might enjoy visiting.

www.loveandlogic.com provides simple and easy to use techniques to help parents have more fun and less stress while raising responsible kids of all ages.

www.hungry-girl.com tips and trick for hungry chicks. Subscribe for free, daily emails. Each day you'll receive tasty tidbits from the world of food and dieting. Little ideas that help with healthful eating and tips that make it easier to stay on that diet.

Almost Back

Well, we're almost back to reality. It's been a fun week tho. We enjoyed visiting with our family, the warm sunshine and no snow, but yet it will be nice to get back into a routine again. We look forward to photographing the Valentine dances this coming week plus all of the little ones who have booked in for wings n tutus or their birthday sessions. It's going to be a FUN month!

Taking a Break!

Today's post is going to be short and sweet. We are actually in Arizona visiting with family. It's suppose to be 72 degrees today. Boy, are we going to enjoy it. We're on our way to Mexico this morning for a couple of days. Looking forward to taking a lot of pictures of beautiful sunsets that I keep hearing about and then whatever else catches my eye. Will be back in the studio on Tuesday, all refreshed and ready to photograph your little ones in wings n tutus. What a fun month it's going to be!

Last of our little models

All of these little models will give you a good idea of the many colors and styles that are available for the Wings 'n Tutu sessions. We also have white, pink and red tututs that we didn't get photographed that are really adorable. We're starting this week to make appointments for these FUN appointments which will be booked in February.

Session fee is $39. Watch Me Grow and the Children's price lists will apply plus there are some specials on products designed just for these sessions.