Eat, Drink, and be Scary!!!

My cute Abby

I found an amazing location for pictures and took my Abby there. Love the lines and patterns

I Knitted A Scarf!!!

Once again, I have added to my list of things I love to do. I learned how to knit last Saturday and have been wasting the week away knitting two scarves. Here are pics of one of them on my niece and nephew at Gardner Village. They are so cute that I am going to make many more.

First Family Shoot

Huge thanks to my brother, Jon and my sis, Sherilyn for being my guinea pigs for my first family photo shoot. You guys are the best.

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Why So Serious?????

Since today was the last day of school before Michael goes off track, his class has their Halloween party today. Michael really wanted to be the joker from "The Dark Knight" Batman movie since that is his fav right now. Believe it or not, (I am still in shock myself) Michael did not want me to make his costume this year. He saw an add with this costume and wanted it instead of one of mom's homemade masterpieces. I went and bought the costume and when I brought it home, he got upset because it didn't look real enough. I hated to say "I told you so" but I did anyway! He said, "I guess I am just used to the real looking costumes you make so I thought this would be like that." He had no choice but to wear it since it is not returnable and once he tried it on and mom made a couple of adjustments he liked it a lot more. I actually like the finished product with the make-up and all and it was nice to not have to stress over making it! By the way, Michael didn't have to try to look anoyed and angry in the pics -- I made him late for school by doing the mini photo shoot in front of the neighbors fence and he was not happy with me!

I Wasn't Dreaming of A White Halloween!!!

We got our first snow last night. I have very mixed feelings about it. I love this time of year but it seems that the warm weather just didn't last long enough this year. We have only had two weeks of fall!

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Keslie, Bryson, McKenzie, TJ, Emily, Aysha
Some of the greatest kids I am proud to call my nieces and nephews.
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Fall Colors

I love the fall. We drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon tonight to see the beautiful leaves and take some pics. It was not my best photo shoot. I took so many pictures and none really turned out that great. I did learn a lot though so at least it wasn't a complete waste and I have an excuse to make another trip!

Here's a couple okay ones.

The sky was beautiful

Shot from the car

I love how hard she is trying to peek over the board!

Color or Black & White?
(Ryan, who took the picture says, "Color")

Three Words: DO-IT-YOURSELF

Since I got my camera I have been wanting one of those really cute camera straps online. Since I have already spent my birthday and anniversary points with my camera, lenses, and accessories, buying a fancy camera strap is just out of the question. Since I am the queen of do-it-yourself, I decided to try and make one myself so I bought some fabric for $2 and made a cover for my strap. I loved it so much I made a little pouch for my macro filter. Then I took my new lens and took some pictures of my work. Not too bad for no editing!

Another Trip To The Zoo

Since I have been painting non-stop for the past week, I thought I would give my kids a break from being in the house so we all went to the zoo. The kids just love it there and we had fun.

Riding the train

Aidan and Abby loved the giant elephant that sprayed water out of his trunk!

Aidan and the Orangutan

Louisa had her first cotton candy.