Seniors 2009 . .. It's Your Style!!

Gone Fishin'

The next Limited Editions session will be to the theme of "Gone Fishin.' " It will be scheduled for Friday, April 25th and Saturday, April 26th. Appointments need to be scheduled by Wednesday, April 23rd.

I am still open to ideas for "themes" . . . if you have a suggestion for the following months: May, August, and September be sure to send it to me! I will still offer the 8 bonus wallets if your idea is chosen!

For more details about this special offer or the Limited Editions program, please contact me at 873-5258 or prairieimages@hughes.net!

2008 MHS Prom

How about a Sneak Peek of Saturday night! I am proud to say I survived my first prom shoot as well as my first After Prom! The kids looked AWESOME and were great to work with! Their patience was appreciated too as they stood in line for the pictures!

The pictures have been ordered and will be here soon! YAY!! The AFTER PROM Committee has purchased a class picture for everyone who attended Prom. So you do not need to order after all and they will be included with your regular prints!

Thanks again to all the students who made this a great "First Prom" night for me!

Enjoy!

PS/The video has been moved to the bottom of the blog!

2009 Seniors!

Hey Juniors. . . Senior Portrait appointments are being booked now . .. Have you made your call yet?? How about a t-shirt? The First 20 Seniors who book their session and pay their deposit will get a Cool T-shirt the day of the session! So don't delay . . . don't forget that there will also be a Cool Drawing in December for all Seniors who come to Prairie Images Photography for their Senior Portraits . . . so what are you waiting for . . . pick up the phone and call today! Here's a sampling . . . the colors may vary a little when printed. . .

2008 TLC Trip to Ecuador--Part 1

The Ecuador Team arrived in Quito on Thursday, March 13th. On Friday, Kyle turned 18, and through contacts with Phil Payne and Youth World, they made sure he had a birthday cake!

This was also the day that they got to see Quito. As you can tell there were many photo opportunities! On Saturday, the group had a workday at Youth World Camp. On Sunday, March 16th, they attended an international church, helped feed the poor in Quito and attended a HS International yough group meeting. They left Sunday night and traveled by bus to the jungle. Then they got into a VERY large canoe(it held all 46 of them) with their gear and supplies traveling in two more! They canoed down the river to the village where they would begin their work! Enjoy the pictures and stay tuned for Part 2 tomorrow!

The City of Quito is a very large City! This is a Skyscape View!

It is also the Capital of the Country!

The city has many beautiful and large churches and buildings!

While there they got to visit the Equator!

And Last but not least a sampling of Quito Food!

2008 TLC Trip to Ecuador--Part 2

They left for the jungle on Sunday night taking a bus to a point in the river that they would continue in Canoes! They arrived on Monday ready to begin their work!

Welcome to the Jungle!

This is part of the river! Anyone want a bath? This is what they bathed in! It also served as the water to wash their dishes! It rained almost every day they were there!

This is the Waodani village that they stayed in!

A source of jungle entertainment and fun!

The sleeping quarters! They slept under mosquito nets! Mosquitoes didn't pose near the problem, but ask them about the chiggers!

2008 TLC Trip to Ecuador--Part 3

The first day there they had to go into the jungle to carry out the lumber to begin their construction! The boards were being cut by someone they had hired. The wood cutting process had been going on for approximately a month before they arrived. The wood was cut with a chainsaw. The man cutting the wood had been given a list of what was needed and he cut them the those sizes. The primary language in Ecuador is Spanish! This created some frustrations as they tried to work together to communicate! The groups learned ways to communicate so they could somewhat understand each other!

They had to walk through THIS to get the lumber out of the jungle!

Once all of the lumber has been retrieved then they could start the construction process!

The group used all of the supplies that had been cut for them! Someone else will come in and finish the walls. Getting the roof on was a big accomplishment.

The group also worked on the soccer field to improved it! They wheelbarrowed dirt to the field to fill in holes to smooth it out!

Vacation Bible School was on the agenda as well! It appears they were teaching them a game of Duck Duck Goose!

During some of the break times, inflatable Kayaks had been brought in for some fun!


In the evenings songs of Praise were shared! The group learned a few songs in Spanish so the Waodani could understand better! Time was also spent just getting to know the people from the village!



The Ecuador group had 3 cooks that prepared their meals for them. It consisted of ALOT of rice. The Waodani would hunt for their meat! Here is an Ocelot that was killed during the trip!



The final night in the jungle they were able to use their newly constructed church. The Waodani provided their own show for the Ecuador Group!

They also posed for a few pictures!

The group left the jungle on Saturday, March 22. The took canoes back to the point where the bus was waiting. They left the jungle at 7:00 a.m. and arrived in Quito at 1:30 A.M. Early Easter Sundya morning!