Simple Heroes celebration tonight at Revolution Winery

This is such late notice...but if you want to come out and have some great wine...listen to some great music...look at some great art and meet some even greater people - then please join us for the celebration party for Simple Heroes. I have worked with Nick, the executive director of Generation Fate, and he has done some amazing things for foster youth since launching is organization a short time ago. Tonight is a celebration of their achievements and an opportunity to meet the people behind the movement. The party is tonight at Revolution Winery from 6-9pm at 2114 P Street in Downtown Sacramento. There is a $10 tasting fee that will be donated back to the charity by the winery. I will have some work up and so will artist, Heather Martinez. Please join us if you can - Happy Friday!

Grace Foundation in El Dorado Hills

I am such a bad blogger! I have been so busy lately and have not been very good about staying on top of this…but I promise that I am going to go into blog overdrive during these next couple weeks to post on some of the projects I have been working on. I feel like I need to clone myself to be able to get everything done in a day!!! If anyone out that has a good system for staying organized…please share…I could use the help!

So to get me started on my blog attack – I want to share some images from my visit to a non-profit organization called Grace Foundation. This organization rescues horses, rehabilitates them and then will use them for therapy for children and adults with disabilities. Beth DeCaprio is the woman who runs this organization and she is absolutely AMAZING! I am so humbled by the depth of her heart and her willingness to give everything she has to help these animals. Her operation in El Dorado Hills is extensive and she has a staff of wonderful volunteers there to help her take care of the horses, the dogs, the cats, the pony’s and the newly added Llama! I was just so happy being up there surrounded by these animals knowing how well they are now being taken care of and knowing how much help they will be giving children. Beth has many programs that help children with disabilities learn life skills from caring for the horses, and children that come from troubled backgrounds that are able to learn how to care for animals and really change their life for the better. I can’t begin to tell you about all of the wonderful programs she has on her ranch. I encourage anyone who is interested to check out her website or better yet – visit her ranch. I promise you will be completely moved and inspired by this woman like I was.

There will be a big fundraising event sponsored by Keller Williams Realty Fair Oaks for the foundation on May 17th. They are going to have a Texas Hold em tournament, silent auction/raffles, pony rides and lots of great food. If you are interested in volunteering, donating or attending – please call Greg Varozza at 223-6688 for information.

Enjoy!

Get out and VOTE!

No matter what party you belong to or who you think is best to lead this country...let your voice be heard today...VOTE.

I found this clip today...thought I'd share. Yes we can!

A little sexy session...pin-up style!

Oh my goodness - I can't tell you how much fun today's sexy session was. Alicia found me a couple weeks ago through an ad I have in Kidaround Magazine. Once we met and she told me her idea...I knew it was going to be amazing. She was such a trooper for this photo shoot. She's a modern day Varga girl! She went from sexy to playful to down right seductive in the blink of an eye. These images and other fabulous photos will be going in a book for her sweetheart for Valentine's Day. I can't wait to hear about his reaction!

This shoot would not have been nearly as fabulous without the amazing work of makeup artist, Faten. She really brought the whole look together with her makeup. And I must give many thanks to my wonderful assistant, Crystal - she rocks!

Baby Belly Austin Style!

So while in Austin catching up with my old friends...one of them surprised us with her 6 month old baby belly! Baby Nico is due to arrive in May and Mary Kelly and her husband are so excited about the arrival of their first child. I asked her if she would be willing to model and she was all about it! We had so much fun photographing around the beautiful Austin city scape. Thanks so much Mary Kelly - you are such a beautiful woman and I am excited for your new life with Nico!

Leaving on a jet plane!

Hey everyone....I am off for 6 days of fun and rejuvenation. I am in Austin, Tx meeting up with some great friends that I studied abroad with in college. We trotted around Argentina, Spain and Mexico together for a semester and had such a great time and formed such a great bond. I am so excited to see them again! We are heading down to the infamous 6th street tonight so I will post some pics later. On Sunday, I leave Austin and head to Louisville, KY to join the Ladies of the Flourish Workshop. I have been so excited about attending this workshop for so long. These ladies are pretty fabulous and I am ready to soak up everything...I will post more of that later in the week.

Sushi Sighting!!

I am so crazy about my little Sushi! Last night I was working but I couldn't resist taking this picture of her - she's so stinkin cute! She's looking at me like "why must we do this...don't you have something better to do...like get me a treat!"

I'm pretty sure I have the coolest dog on earth...or atleast on my block.