smilin' moon

picture time!

     We set out late Sunday afternoon with a goal: to get that ONE great shot of our kids for this year's Christmas card.  We had about 20 minutes of good sunlight left in the day---we would have had an hour, but fights broke out about clothing, issues with hair, dirty diapers and general chaos...but it's all good, right?

      We chose our battles and I compromised the "look" that I was going for with the kids.  I wanted a picture of them all holding hands, walking towards me---but we couldn't get it.  This is where I knew I should have called my photograher-friend to do this for us.     What we got, though, were pictures that captured the real looks of our kids and the real imperfect(which I wouldn't trade) that is our lives.
     I am still chuckling about Charlie wearing a size 2 shirt...pulled out of the closet at the last minute...he's a stubborn one.

    

      After torturing them in the cold wind for what seemed like over an hour, we treated them to our favorite local Mexican joint.  We laughed over the craziness of it all and my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our cocktails...well-earned!:)

     Have a great week...xxoo

          jody

 

 

 

  

Thanksgiving Week

     Hello!  I am finally introducing my new blog!  The links at the top are not done, and we still have some tweaking to do, but it's coming together.  And somehow, it's already past the middle of November.  How did that happen?

 

     I took these pictures less than a week ago in our front yard...it's the last of outdoor color we'll see for a while.  I've always loved November...the brown and gray and bareness of nature...the chill in the air---it's such time of pause before the rush of the holidays. 

        Happy Thanksgiving, friends!  One of my favorite quotes fits perfectly for this holiday..."Gratitude is the open door to abundance."  (Yogi Bhajan)

        May you find gratitude...may it find you...hold on to it...it's the KEY!

xxoo,

jody

shooting on manual...

I still wait patiently for my new blog...some technical delays stand in the way, but we are getting closer!  

So, here are some new photos...I have courageously set my camera to "manual" mode...I have so much to learn, but I contiue to be intrigued with photography.  I LOVE to play with my camera...these last few weeks, when I have been super busy with our children and their lives, bringing my camera along on our adventures keeps my creative bug satisfied.  My studio awaits...so many paintings and pieces up in the air, but this is such fun.

Humor me, will you?

Lucy as my muse, sandals in November, our yard, slowly succombing to fall...

xo

jody