So about a week ago, my five year old decided to start dressing up like Jack Bauer. No, he doesn’t actually get to watch the show, but he knows just enough to know Bauer is Mr. Cool and always on some kind of secret agent mission. He wanted me to take his picture, so I figured I’d take it all the way! Here is who we like to call Eli Bauer, son of Jack!

Oops, looks like I hit a blogging desert lately! I have been working alot! I am back with the Abilene Cooper Cougars, who are doing AWESOME by the way, and I am working hard to wrap up Tim and Jordan’s wedding! Yay! I can’t wait to show the segment I am working on now! It’s a fun piece that’s different from anything I have ever done before! Putting the finishing touches on it now!

Here’s last week’s Cooper video!


Storm Saturday Night from Gravitt Productions on Vimeo.

We started school since I last blogged, so here’s the obligatory first day of school pic! The boys aren’t really big fans of group photos the way they used to be. I think you will find that quite obvious!

It’s the first time all three boys have been in school together, and I have had a little boy at home with me for the last 12 and a half years! I am working on getting a routine established for myself.

Part of that routine for the last two days has been going to Boot Camp at 5:30 in the morning! I thought I would absolutely hate it, but I actually love it! I may feel differently later today when the soreness kicks in! Pretty sure I am not going to be able to make it up the stairs by tonight!

Well, I am between travels now and scurrying around catching up and getting ready all at the same time! So it’s pretty busy around here, but we are never too busy for a little entertainment! I wouldn’t expect anything else from a house full of boys!

A couple of days ago, Elijah appeared in the living room dressed like this (Iron Man/Batman/Spiderman):

And don’t think these two aren’t always up to something! You can pretty much see it in their eyes! And yes, somebody always has a chocolate milk mustache. I don’t think they would make it through a day without the stuff.

And then there is their dad!

Ha ha! I love my boys! I will have Nathan and Amanda’s wedding highlight to post in the next couple of days! Stay tuned....

Timmy Dixon played for the Abilene Cooper Cougars last fall. He was #5 and you can see him making some sick catches in the videos here. He also happens to be a completely amazing musician! Check him out on MySpace or iTunes. He’s only 18 and writes his own stuff. I think he has a Daughtry kind of sound. I also saw that he has been compared to John Mayer and U2. Wow! I am pretty sure you’ll be seeing and hearing a lot of him in the future! Oh, did I mention I am going to see him in concert Friday in Abilene?

Here’s Timmy Dixon #5 from last fall rockin his best locker room face right before a game!

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My son Caleb had to make a commercial for "Mother Paula's Pancakes" for a school project. How he decided to use "Cletus take the Reel" (a parody by comedian Tim Hawkins) to advertise pancakes, only Caleb knows! Here is the finished product!


Fishing for Pancakes from Gravitt Productions on Vimeo.

Sooo, Op Camp (www.opcamp.com) is this cool ministry that my husband has been involved in since he was in high school and I happily married into it. It's a faith-based free camp for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade underprivileged kids from Midland and the Lake Como community in Fort Worth. The unique thing about it is that the counselors are high school and college aged kids and there is a 2:1 camper to counselor ratio. After camp, the counselors and campers get together at least once a month and develop a really powerful mentor/friendship relationship. Character traits are reinforced, and the counselors become role models for them. We had the counselor training retreat last weekend at Camp Butman, the campsite. It's really intense and the kids always amaze us with their commitment and love for the ministry!

I love this pic! Matt is a former-camper-turned-counslelor from Midland and Dynecia is a counselor from Fort Worth.


Claire and Kayte - another Midland-Fort Worth friendship!

It's an amazing ministry! I'm off to the counselor training retreat, and I will give you more details and pictures from this weekend! In the meantime, check them out at www.opcamp.com

My sister Candice got married on March 15. What a fun week we had! I was honored to be her bridesmaid, videographer, and, because I couldn't help myself, I also took a lot of pictures! She had a great photographer named Brian O'Neill (http://pnaproductions.shutterfly.com/action/). Since it's been a blog desert for me the last few weeks as we have been travelling and I have been working away editing and getting out weddings, I thought I would give you something to look at!

Cassi in her boots at the rehearsal.


College Roomies: Candice, Cassi, Val, Chelsea



Twins and Hubbies! Matt, Candice, Cassi, Nick









Love those eyes!


Me and the beautiful bride!

It's good to be home again! My sister got married and then we were off to Colorado for Spring Break. Lots of good times! I did manage to get some work done during that time as well! This clip is from the pre-wedding section of the twins' wedding movie. The boys played golf and the girls ate brunch! Enjoy!

Twin Brunch and Golf from Gravitt Productions on Vimeo.

What a fun, busy weekend we had! The Weatherford Christian School Auction was Saturday night at Canyon West and it was a huge success! They hired Ross Bandy Auctioneers and they did an incredible job! If you have an auction coming up, you have to get these guys! Ross and his Wranglers were very professional and entertaining They made it a lot of fun for people to part with their money! It was also great to have most of Van's family here.

We had a great turnout! I love Weatherford! Cowboys and Cowgirls everywhere! There were very talented artisans in the audience who donated handcrafted, one of a kind items. There is always such a great variety of items to bid on!

Here's one of the wranglers with Van's sister and brother-in-law while they were bidding on Dallas Cowboy tickets! They didn't get them, but had a good time trying!

The very talented auctioneer, Ross Bandy.

Okay, I am really sad this is blurry! We haven't had a picture of us in a long time, guess we'll try again sometime! Anyway, this is what we look like when you're not wearing your glasses.

Sunday afternoon I went to a baby shower for our friends Stacey and Shane. Wow! They got a ton of stuff! I love little girl things and all the pink - probably because there is none of it in my house with all my boys! Stacey was glowing and beautiful as always, and Shane looked a little overwhelmed! Here are the pics!

The food was as tasty as it was beautiful! I was blown away by Jan's baking skills!


The happy little family and Stacey's sister!


They are probably going to have to add on a wing to get all this stuff in their house! What a blessed little girl!

Well, I did it. Took the big step. Made the plunge. Left the comfort zone.

Today I registered to go to the Re:Frame 08 conference in October that takes place in New Orleans! Some of the biggest names in the wonderful world of wedding videography are going to be presenting, and I am feeling a bit out of my league! But I know I will be incredibly inspired and will learn more in those three days than I probably have in the last 12 years of doing this! And that promises to be a blessing for all of my future clients/friends!

I haven't told you a lot about me or where I am in the life of Gravitt Productions. So if you're interested, here's a little history:

I started out as a newlywed fourth grade teacher in Midland, Texas on a soccer sideline shooting game film for my Coach Husband. I fell head over heels for video and started making CHEESY highlight films of the players to get them pumped up for games. (Turns out I didn't like shooting at the angle required for game film so I was fired pretty quickly! But I kept filming for the players and their parents.) We started buying equipment and over the next three years, my two oldest sons were born. I quit my day job to stay home with the boys and started Gravitt Productions. I worked on tons of different projects and loved most all of them! Some of the more memorable were football highlights, athlete recruiting, United Way Campaign highlights, school programs, promotional videos for non-profits - pretty much anything that someone was willing to pay me to produce.

Then we jumped on the coaching train and started moving around Texas, landing in Navasota and then in Round Rock (right near my old stomping grounds in Austin!). We then headed back to Midland in 2000 when our oldest was entering Kindergarten.

The freelancing was actually getting really overwhelming and took a lot more of my time and energy than I expected or wanted at that time in my life as a mom of two preschoolers. I was hired on part time at Golf Course Road Church of Christ as their videographer and got to work with Ken Young of Hallal Ministries. I began shooting the occasional wedding during this time. I also had a blast traveling and running camera at Rock the Desert every year, at Community Bible Study's National Conferences in Austin and Myrtle Beach, and also at Fidelity Investments' Christmas Follies in Irving. (Thanks to my good friend Kevin Copeland of Franklin, Tennesee!)

I worked at GCR and continued light independent work until we moved to Weatherford in 2004 with our two boys and our new 7 month old one! With a baby at home, living in a new place, and not even owning a camera anymore, I didn't pursue video work for awhile. But it pursued me! I received several calls over the last four years to do work, mostly weddings, for former clients in Midland. I also work on projects for Weatherford Christian School where my husband is the Headmaster, for our church, and most recently, for Head Coach Mike Spradlin and the Abilene Cooper High School football team.

NOW, my youngest will be entering preschool in August and I am gearing up to turn Gravitt Productions into a full time studio. Out of all the incredible experiences I have had, I have decided that I really enjoy telling wedding stories. I consider it a blessing and a huge responsibility to be a part of a couple's life on a day they will always treasure and remember. I consider them all my friends and love watching them over the years, happy and bringing kids into the world, knowing I was there when they marked the beginning of their life together!

I am anxious to offer even more to my clients, learn more cutting edge trends and techniques, and am already implementing great new ideas!

But when I visited the Re:Frame website, I felt completely pulled in. It wasn't really "should I go?", but I HAVE TO participate in this to really grow in and hone my craft! I can hardly wait! Stay tuned for exciting changes over the next few months!

Today is our 15th Anniversary! I am one of the lucky ones that got to marry my soulmate! I adore our family, and I'd marry him all over again! (Although I'd probably choose different attire!)
Happy Anniversary, Babe!

February 27, 1993

My four year old has decided to take up skateboarding! Yikes! I ran for his helmet and my camera yesterday and we had a lot of fun, although the session quickly came indoors. I guess the hallway seems a lot safer for someone just learning to balance! I just love little boys! Every day is a new adventure! I never know if I will be playing with a Power Ranger, Spiderman (or Peter Parker donning his sport coat over his costume!), Superman, Batman or a Jedi! Or maybe all of the above. Yea for little boys!

I also added a "Wedding Film" page for you to view samples from weddings I have filmed. I posted Gaylen and Nicholas' Highlight today and hope to get her sister, Ginna, up tomorrow. It was the most incredible day! A set of identical twin sisters married identical twin brothers! I have never, and probably will never again, see anything like it! I will write more about it coming up in the next few days as I finish production on these amazing weddings! In the meantime, be sure to check out Gaylen and Nicholas' highlight!

Some very dear friends of ours had their sixth baby a couple of weeks ago! He is absolutely perfect. I love new babies. Every one of them is such a miracle! It's hard to believe my own three boys have grown so much - it REALLY does seem like yesterday since I was in the hospital with each of them! God bless mothers and babies everywhere! (Dads too!)