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I’m Back!

April 24, 2009 – 7:24 am

Wow, I know that it’s been a long time since I have regularly updated my blog, but I am determined to get back to it and write more often, “I think I can, I think I can….”. The benefit for me is that it will encourage me to be more adventurous, so that I’ll have something exciting to write about (as though raising 6 kids isn’t exciting enough!)

The winter was long…..and cold…..as they generally are here in Wisconsin, and I was blessed to be able to spend the days with my husband and children, taking a break from photography for a time. Though I’ll tell you, there were times I was just itching to get behind the camera, I really fully enjoyed the time spent with my family, and away from the computer (a photography business seems to be 1 part getting out there and taking pictures and 9 parts desk work, who would have thought, right?).

I am glad to be back at it though and so happy to have the camera back in my hands. Recently, I had a bit of fun with our pet box turtle, Berry. He was generally amicable and is quite the handsome little reptile.

Here he is, letting me know what he thinks of getting his picture taken….(I had a Chicken Run moment when seeing this shot…”Those chickens are up to something, their organized.” Hmmm, I think turtles might have a few tricks up their sleeves too.)

Then I took him for some outdoor fun and unfortunately I don’t think he could handle the distractions. He was more interested in getting away as quickly as his little legs would carry him and burrowing into the leaves. I did manage to get a shot of him before he dipped under….

And just for thrills I took a few self portraits too (you would think I’d have more willing subjects in a family this size, wouldn’t you?) Here’s one of my favorites….

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Macro Fun.

December 4, 2008 – 7:25 am

Wow, it’s been way too long since I’ve updated! I have been busily preparing for the holidays and spending some much enjoyed (and needed) time with my family.
Do you ever get the feeling that Christmas just kind of sneaks up on you? No matter how much I tell myself it’s coming, once December hits I can’t help but wonder whatever happened to November. It’s like the lost month. I hope that you each are enjoying the holiday season with your loved ones. Take time to relax and savor it.

I did get a chance to shoot something different recently and wanted to share. Macro photography is something totally new for me, but I found myself thoroughly enjoying it and can’t wait to get out and try some other things with it.

Enjoy!

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Who knew a bowl of raisin bran could come to this…..

September 12, 2008 – 2:17 pm

Ok, here’s how I found Gin upon returning to the kitchen after having left her there with a bowl of raisin bran. Like any good mom I know, instead of heading to the linen closet I headed straight for the camera. I know the lighting isn’t anything to write home about and the background could use some work, but hey, sometimes ya just gotta get the shot.

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A trip to the garden, and something’s missing…

June 18, 2008 – 6:51 am

A trip to the garden, and something’s missing…

Yesterday evening my husband and I took our 4 youngest up to the botanical gardens to check out the rose garden. I’ll be honest, the kids weren’t looking forward to our trip at all. They were thinking “flowers = BORING!” Once we got there though, things did turn around. These kids loved checking out all the flowers and exploring the paths. I think it helped that there were very few other visitors in the park at the time. My husband and I still did feel a bit like the flower police. We had some serious concern that that our kids might pick a bouquet to take home. these weren’t dandelions though, and they weren’t intended to be picked.
We had a good time, and I think we will definitely return. I spent sometime taking pictures of the flowers, something I’ve never done before.

I also got a few pictures of the kids, mainly Kiera as something pretty exciting happened between this picture and the next……

(note- yup, you guessed it, they are picking the flowers…these were just clover from the mowed part of the garden. The girls were quite happy to be able to get their hands on something….)

Notice that adorable little space between her bottom teeth? Kiera’s tooth has been loose for a little bit now and she was quite patient with letting it come out in its own good time. after taking a look at her knewly created gap, I can see that her adult tooth has already broken the surface and is on its way!

Checking it out….

There was kind of a bummer to the end of this story….. As soon as we walked away from this spot, Kiera dropped the tooth by accident and more unfortunately the ground was completely covered with little tooth shaped rocks. Made it a bit difficult to retrieve the tooth. It’s all okay though, because she’s got the gap to prove it! It’s so exciting to watch them grow up! I’m feeling pretty stoked that she lost her first tooth while we were with her and not while she was at school.