Schmidt Studio and Gallery is proud to announce that together with the Kentucky Children’s Hospital the piece created for the Kentucky Children’s Hospital Fall Mailer (as seen below) won a Silver Addy Award!!  Top that off with the Judges Choice award for Excellence in Copyrighting also!  We are proud on so many levels!  To be able to share our photography and our story and raise money for the Children’s Hospital all at the same time was a truly amazing experience!

I have to give kudos to Aimee Baston (KCH Office of Development), and Jennifer at Sumo Designs for the layout!

God has blessed us with the opportunity to share His love and mercy and we are very proud to say that we KNOW miracles happen.  We know because we live with one every single day.  Every breath that Kyleigh takes is a new miracle and we treasure her!!!  We are so proud to be her parents and are genuinely glad that God chose us to be her guardians!

The Text of the letter reads:
Dear Fellow Kyian,
When I found out that I was having a baby girl, I dreamed… I dreamed of little pink dresses, games of Peek-A-Boo and tea parties. I never dreamed of scary hospital visits, endless surgeries and many worried filled nights watching my baby fight for her life.

I dreamed of what my daughter would look like. Though you cannot see from her picture, Kyleigh- now two years old- has fought through 13 major surgeries (including two open heart procedures). She has battled through life threatening staph infections and double collapsed lungs.

I never dreamed that Kyleigh would be one of the thousands of children helped by the amazing compassion and skill of the Kentucky Children’s Hospital each year. They have become like family to us. Because they have cared so well for my little princess, I ask for your support today.

A gift of $12.50 per month over the next year supports and enhances the incredible care Kentucky Children’s Hospital provides through the best doctors, nurses and staff available for our children, right here in Kentucky. If you wish to take a leading role in the quality of healthcare for Kentucky’s children I invite you to join the Leadership Circle of giving at Kentucky Children’s Hospital (see enclosed bookmark).

Now, I dream of what your support can do at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital. Please join me by helping the hospital today!

Sincerely,
Amber Schmidt
Kyleigh’s mom

As always if YOU would like to make a donation to the Kentucky Children’s Hospital in Ky’s honor please visit the link below!

https://giveto.uky.edu/KCH_p/kch.htm

Welcome to Midnight at the Oasis benefiting the Kentucky Children’s Hospital through the Makenna Foundation. Presented by White Greer and Maggard Orthodontics.

Slideshow music generously provided by: West8Five – Visit them here: http://www.myspace.com/west8five

A special thank you goes out to Heather Loehr of Loehr Photography who drove from Indiana and donated her time to photograph the event and to Shelly Dawn who also jumped on board on a moment’s notice and did a great job!

I will be posting all of the pics in galleries here and on the Makenna Website but here is a sneak peek of a few of my friends that I just love to torture with my blog postings!

Welcome to Midnight at the Oasis………

Our dearly beloved Dr. Joe Iocono and his (uhhmmmm better half) his lovely wife Susan…. for all obvious reasons he is the first on the blog posting! LOL So the fan club can pipe down now!!!

Mr Hunter Lisle of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio. Ladies and Gents… all of my wedding couples listen up!!! If you guys are getting married anytime in the next millennium… you must go visit Hunter and his crew. I don’t want to see any more lame first dances! You need some serious hotness in your first dance and Hunter is just the one to give it to you.

Miss Kentucky………… is she gorgeous or what ???

and of course “The Puppy”… he was a part of the Live Auction! OMG you could just squeeze him but MAN he was HUGE! He is going to be one BIG DOG!