Ready, Set, Strike a Pose

Hey everyone we are famous.... Jay and I made it on to the super fabulous Carla Ten Eyck Blog.... How awsomely cool is that!?!?!?!
Why you might ask well just a short while ago Jay and I did our incredibly fun engagement shoot with Carla and Mike!!!! And let me tell you they kicked photographic a$$... I am totally thrilled with how our pictures came out and I am thrilled to share them all with you so go and check out her blog!!! And stay tuned for our wedding pictures September 6th!!!

Its actually a lot of fun being on the other side of the camera and experiencing what a client goes through at an engagement session and then the daily anticipation of when the photos will be posted.. It was a new and fun experience and I can not wait to see what genius will come out of the camera on September 6th!!!

~Maggie

Frankie!

You have all met our super loveable dog Frankie and at the Henriques household Frankie is considered more like a son. He has his own toys, his own bedroom and pretty much gets whatever he wants. However he has one habit that absolutely drives me nuts. Frankie loves socks. I mean LOVES them. It is like he searches them out and then you hear him tip toe back to his room with his prize in tow and tries to rip them apart.
But Frankie isn't the only part of the problem since we know that he loves them we try to hide the socks and Jay likes to hide the socks on the couch and on his desk and of course Frankie only sees that as a challenge and nonetheless after some stealth 007 maneuvers generally ends up with socks!! Anyway last night I was able to catch the sneaky ninja like dog with his prize and I just had to share it with you guys and gals!
-Maggie

Memorial Day Celebrations

Monday was the West Haven, CT Memorial Day parade. So of course we had to go, I mean its so far away too. We walked and walked and walked some more then about 38 seconds later we were there, come on now it runs past the end of our street, haha.

I know I say it all the time but I am super proud of our troops and all they do for us. So we went to show some love, and decided to brinf along our dog Frankie. Well he lasted about 5 minutes because he has a hatred for bicycles, and of course some kids had to keep riding by and getting him all worked up. Or maybe it was those creepy street vendors selling blow-up spider-men :)

After a brief trip home to let Frankie relax I got back to the parade where Maggie and another friend were all setup in our fold-up chairs watching the festivities. I don't know about you but when I was a kid I loved parades except for when I had to march in them, hehe. So we grabbed a photo of these not so excited kids, come on kids get jumpy about it, yeay, hoot and hollar or something. geeze.

As a supporter and a son and grandson of war veterans I hail to the troops as they pass, God Bless Them All. Thanks for all you do. :)

Here is a little bit of my tax money, um I mean one of West Haven's Finest on a nice little Harley doing some little figure 8's and all for our enjoyment.

Now who's got it better than Hankee the clown? You get to do the craziest, stupidest stuff and most people love it except the ones that have nightmares about Hankee eating you in your sleep, but seriously clowns rock.

These folks actually live up the street from me and walk this giant dog on a leash, I swore it was a horse but who walks a horse on a leash, hahaha. ;)

One of our good friends just got hired on West Haven's Fire Department as a Firefighter/ Paramedic, Congrats to him but 4 days after being out of the academy he gets stuck driving the new Rescue truck in the parade. I thought for a moment he may of needed a medic with all the pressure, but he did a great job. Oh yea that's a little more of my tax money ;)

After the Parade we headed down to Long Island for a Family picnic with Maggie's relatives. It's a bit of a ride but always a good time, here are some shots from the picnic.

Maggie's god daughter was all about working the camera and she had so many cute little faces.

and pose...and pose...and pose

Its always a good way to end the day star-wars style.

I hope you all had a fabulous Memorial Day, and again a big thanks to all the veteran's!

-Jay

Help support our troops

So as I'm sure some of you know I HIGHLY support our troops.

Being a son of a Vietnam Veteran and grandson to a WWII Veteran, the services these troops provide us with is Freedom and they way of life we live, if it was not for them we may of never of had a blog to write or many of the other things we do each and every day. So I thank all the troops all around the world past, present, and future. God Bless You All.

Here is a photo of MY BEST FRIEND, MY HERO, MY FATHER while on his tour in Vietnam.



There will be a few local "SUPPOT THE TROOP DRIVE" s at the following locations. Feel free to go on down and give alittle something :)

Vietnam Veterans Of America Chapter 251 and the Sikorsky Veterans Association will Co-Sponsor a “ SUPPORT THE TROOP DRIVE “ at Wal-Mart 1365 Boston Post Road Milford CT on April 25 2009 from 9:00 AM till 5:00 PM.

Along with the collection of goods, we will have We Support Our Troops Flags that people can sign and leave an uplifting message to the troops. We will also have a poster board titled “ FACES OF FREEDOM “ where you can post a picture of your service member, loved one with his or her name and hometown.

All goods, donations, and signed We Support Our Troops Flags which are collected will be sent to our troops in harms way. Along with the drive we will also collect worn and tattered Flags for proper retirement.

For more information please contact Robert Chechoski at 203-368-3212 or Russ Edwards at 203-876-0914, or email me at photos@jasonhenriques.com. Thank You in advance for your time and consideration.

Bring a picture of your service member loved one and post it on the “FACES OF FREEDOM “board. This board will travel with us for all to see at each event we do.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE

The same event will take place on June 13 2009 at Shop Rite 155 Cherry Street Milford from 9:00 AM till 5:00 PM This event will be sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 251 and the Blue Star Mothers and Families.

This event will be titled FILL THE TRAILOR Which is a Military Trailor we have use of for that day. The FACES OF FREEDOM TRAVEL BOARDS will be there also to post your loved ones pictures.

Here is a photo of the trailor that we would like to be filled.



ITEMS WANTED

1. Beef Jerkey
2. Slim Jims
3. Ramen Noodles ( Pack Form no cups )
4Granola Bars
5. CD'S new or used
6. PS2 Games New or Used
7.XBOX Games New or Used
8. Pop Tarts
9. Twizzlers
10. Salted Nuts
11. Razors
12. Board Games
13. Pop Corn
14. Deoderant ( Non Arisol )
15.Cookies Crackers
16. Microwave Meals
17.Tuna ( Packs not Cans )
18. Snacks
19. Toiletries ( No Glass )
20. Batteries AA---AAA
21. Air Freshners
22. Rice Krispie Snacks ( Pre Packed )
23. Coffee
24. Tea
25. Powdered Drinks
26. Protien Bars
27. Gum
28. Mac & Cheese
29. Cards and letters UPLIFTING
30. Hand Held Games
31. Fruit Roll Ups
32. Sunflower Seeds
33. On The Go Drinks to add to water
Any other item you feel they might like


This is a thank you letter that was sent to the Vietnam Veterans of America with a few photos of our guys that received these goods.



"I sincerely thank you for supporting my company. I held off ondistributing the items you sent until I took command of Bravo Company,299th BSB on 13 March 09. Attached are some pictures of the company.We sincerely appreciate the dedication to your country and the Soldiers who admirably serve. The items you sent us were snached up in a hurry! The Soldiers loved the games, puzzles, snacks...everything! I will add you to my company public affairs distribution. My companypublic affairs representative is SPC Norman Smith. You will be hearingfrom us the in the days to come.Thank You Again for your Support!SUZANNE M. ELDRIDGECPT, LGBravo Company Commander"BANDIT 6"299th BSB, 2"




And again THANK YOU and GOD BLESS you to all of our troops, lets's pray to keep them safe and come home.

Roy's 50th Birthday party

This past Saturday night our friend Roy celebrated his 50th birthday party with many and family. This was a surprise party that we all set up to have him believe that it was a surprise party for Maggie. Everyone did such a great job Roy even gave money to one of the other guests to purchase Maggie a gift card to someplace. Our kind friend did get his money back though :).

Here is Maggie The "Birthday Girl" dancing her pants off.

Maggie's true Birthday is the 15th of March. So make sure to send her some birthday love ;)

Katie is grabbing up on some JH Love, hahaha

Here is the Birthday boy himself with dear mom.

Ok so besides just being a birthday party it was also a huge rock band challenge too, the DJ brought his xbox and a huge projector where everyone had a blast.

Here is Joe playing rock band and Nikki being a groupie.

Katelyn rocking out, let me tell you this girl can jam like a true rock star, She was kicking butt on expert.
Joe being a crazy, rock band rock star, he loves him some guitar. ;)
Maggie giving some "blue steel" while Katie was just Katie...

All in all it was a fun and long night. Lots of cake smashing too, I don't know if anyone actually ate any cake because so many people were smashing it in to Roy's face at first. Then it turn into a all out cake fight, people had cake on their faces, chests, down shirts and I'll stop there. I'll post a few censored photos of this later.

Good night and good times...

Our first PUG hosting.

Wednesday night the 25th of FEB we hosted our first PUG meeting. If you have been following the blog, em hum--- you should be :) we have been getting ready for this awesome occasion.
We had a few people as you can see from the photos below.

All in all it was a great thing to prepare for it, which forced us to get some things around the house done that needed to get done, which totally worked out for not only our benefit but our guests too. We had Connecticut's finest photographers (and some joining states as well) all piled together in out home to have a blast, Justin and Mary decided to theme the night in honor of the Oscars. People brought some awesome Oscar themed food, such as Frosted Nixon cupcakes, The Dark Chocolate Night Hershey kisses. It was Awesome.

Every month there is a PUG meeting and it revolves to different members homes or studios and there is a guest speaker that does a presentation on either business or personal item. This month it we had the pleasure to have the legendary one and only Robert Norman, his presentation was how he got his start in this business and how he continues to market himself. He will also be revealing some info on his newly launched PHODcasts, which are taking iTunes by storm!

Everyone was very close with each other and maybe even a little personal ;) but you can see how Justin and Mary Marantz began the night as we all sat quietly and listened, yea right, but we did listen and laugh, we laughed a lot that night my cheeks are still sore.

Here is Robert giving his presentation as David Apuzzo and myself look on in awww. Especially when the slide came up about Satan being a Lesbian, oh my...... That was some funny stuff.

Can't wait till next month :)

Jay's Birthday Surprise!!

So on super bowl sunday february 1 rst the day before my actual birthday, Maggie planned an awsome surprise party for me at the Rain Forest Cafe. If you have never been there you should totally check it out. They have animals(animatronic), huge fish tanks, shooting stars, and actual rain storms!!! So anyway Maggie brought me to the Cafe and low and behold there was a huge crowd of people waiting for me it was an awsome surprise and Maggie did a great job!!
~J

So here is me and my awsome fiance Maggie!!!

My dad and I were posing with the gorillas in the jungle!! We tried hard not to disturb them! :)

Here is my awsome Hulk cake that maggie got for me, it was a marble cake with chocolate filling. mmmm.... Soooo good!!!! It was to bad that the Hulk did not make any of the noises that he was supposed to!!!

Ellen Werner

Ellen Werner passed away last year, she was loved by many and was my fiances Grandmother. She meant so much to everyone that was blessed to have known her. In the last years of Ellen’s life, she said to me on several occasions, "Don't ever get old." I thought about this for quite some time, watching her struggle with physical difficulties from which she would never quite recover. I decided that this was one piece of advice she would give me in the short time that I was blessed to have known her that I was going to try to ignore. I don't know about you, but I'd be so much less complete as a person if she followed her own advice.

• If she hadn't gotten old, I wouldn't have seen such a great example of finding new interests and developing new skills. She showed us how we can continue to make a contribution to our families and our communities even through the most trying of time.
• If she hadn't gotten old, I probably wouldn't have realized the power of prayer or the way God can intervene in your life and change your outlook, the way He so obviously did for her.
• If she hadn't gotten old, she wouldn't have been around to talk to me and encourage my fiancé all those times to go shopping at the Christmas tree shop, or just go and have fun at the casino.
• I think all of these qualities were present in her years before I ever met Ellen. But, if she hadn't gotten old, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to see them.

Today we remember her hope, for each of her kids, and her grandkids, and her great-grandchild, her brothers, her nieces and nephews, her friends and her extended family that we would all find happiness in our lives, that we would all continue to grow to be good and loving people. We know that she would not be disappointed in any of us. Ellen would be so proud to see all of us and how much we have grown in only a year. So today please take the time to remember what about Ellen we treasured so much.

In honor of Ellen, on her birthday I would like to dedicate this video to her memory and her family with whom I have come to love and care for deeply.

-J

CARING AND SHARING in 2009

As part of my CARING AND SHARING campaign this year I am having a "lifestyle" change as well, Mind, Body, and Soul. Its time to re-evaluate life and put my ambitions goals and health first, then conquer them.

---So for the run down--

Mind- I will be putting my goals in life forward and doing everything in my power to be happy and healthy in my mind. Air out the dirty laundry, get rid of bad karma. Stop thinking and worrying about what everyone else is doing or saying and DO IT FOR YOU. So time for clean sheets and a fresh start. Who's with me?

Body-Time to take life by the horns and change for the better, eat right, loose some weight (I know we all say it, but I mean it ;) my wedding is in September!!!) and change my appearance. Could be new body appearance, new wardrobe, or whatever as long as it is a positive outlook on life and your body and makes you feel better. Its the old saying you are what you eat right? Join the change.

Soul- This is my favorite one, I have always been a caring person. I believe in doing one good deed a day for a stranger, whether its helping someone across the street or letting them have the closer parking spot. Just anything to meet karma's quota, (I am a big believer in what goes around comes around) there is enough people in the world that have a bad attitude, let's help change that. One small act of kindness can make a world of change.

OK I know by now I sound like a fortune cookie, but seriously think about it, when was the last time some stranger did something nice for you?

I'm going on the LEGO approach, put all these building blocks together and boom, new me or you. Not a new me but a new and improved me ;). Come on wanna join me yet?

Now who wants to join me? this is a serious effort, not a diet or working out (diets don't work)but a complete change in lifestyle. Doing it alone is rough but there is always power in numbers.

Hey even if you don't want to do the whole change I challenge you to do something different, do something you normally would not do.

-give up soda for a week
-let someone cut into traffic
-don't super size your meal
-exercise for a few days a week (even playing wii counts)
-give up your phone for a day (this is a tough I KNOW :( but it is possible)
-pamper your loved one
-take the dog for a walk

get the drift? one change is still a change!

SO WHO'S WITH ME??? email me to join forces @ photos@jasonhenriques.com !!!

J

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Some fun night shooting with Maggie

Last night we decided to go shoot at West Haven Green to catch the rest of the Christmas spirit, it was beautiful with all of the lights still up decorating the trees. Maggie just added to the beauty isn't she cute ;)