Photography Blog

Hi Everyone!

Ii realized today that in the last month there are more pictures of other people on this blog than of members of my own family. So the time has come for a separate blog for all the fun I'm having with my camera. {Calling it "my photography" sounds so retarded. I'm just not there yet in my mind.} You can find a link to that blog on top of the right side of this one. Link it to your own and feel free to stop by anytime. Jennie, you will find a few more from Kinley's session over there.

And now I'm off to post a few pictures of the people who live at MY house! -- Heidi

I love freckles!

I have run into a bit of a problem. I am getting better at this. Maybe that sounds like I'm bragging, but I don't mean to. I'm pleasantly surprised. The problem I'm having is that during a session I am so paranoid about not getting it right that I take a lot - no, a TON - of pictures!

There were so many great shots from Kinley's session and I am going to have a hard time deciding which ones to edit. She was so full of spunk and sass and sweetness. After going through them several times though, I kept coming back to this one. I just love everything about this picture - her sweet smile, those beautiful blue eyes, her favorite blanket around her shoulders (it was 7:30 in the morning and a bit chilly). Look at her lovely locks and the freckles...oh my...her freckles are adorable! I'll post more later but this sweet one is for her momma.

Steere Family Pictures

I'll admit it...family pictures scare me. So many people to try to get in focus/looking at the camera/smiling all at the same time. But they are fun too, because of the silliness involved in trying to get all of that to happen. These are some of our good buddies. Our family loves these people!

The Holbrook Girlies

Renae has been so patient waiting for a glimpse. I thought I'd share a few pictures of her cuties before she gets her CD. These sweet things are the sisters of Mister Jensen. Little 18 month old Briar was the star of the show, but her momma wanted some sister pictures too and big sister Makelle was so easy to photograph.




One of the things Briar's mom told me was that this little girl loves food. I decided to have fun with it.If you look at her hands in this next one you can see a gummy lifesaver. Those little cheekies were stuffed full of them!

Moral Support

We haven't really been up to much around here. More of the same really. I've got some photo sessions planned this weekend and cleaned off my SD card. I do love coming across photos you didn't remember taking.Darren and Parker rebuilt a bike that fits Parker a little better than his old one. That left the Red Rocket available for the next boy. We picked up some new training wheels and grips for it and told Elijah it was now his. It's hard work leaving a tricycle behind. Parker was doing his best as a big brother to be supportive while making sure the right instructions were given.He stayed close just in case Lije ran into trouble and needed some help.

Being a big brother is a very important job you know.


My conversation with Parker the other day:

Mom are we going to have more babies?

Well I don't know Parks. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

If we did, I would be so proud.

What do you mean proud babe?

Well I'm pretty sure that Spencer would make a good big brother mom.

Don't Ask

Because really I have no idea. One thing I can say for sure. Parker has a WILD imagination and if he has nothing to do, he's going to find something.

Happy Love Day

We celebrated Valentine's Day with the kids on the actual day with heart pancakes and goodies from Grandma. Darren and I celebrated on the 19th with a few friends. More on that later when I get some more pictures from those that actually used their cameras, but look at what our date started with:Now while we are on the subject of love, have I told you how this little guy melts my heart? Oh I have? Well okay then.

Spencer is 5 months old

Man it's going by fast. Baby love is five months old today. He is squeezie and chubby and that's just the way we love them around here.
He wears 6-9 month old clothes, is in a size three diaper, loves applesauce mixed with oatmeal cereal and would trade me in for pear juice any day. He sleeps through the night and if not, I just kick Darren and he goes to put the pacifier back in his mouth. Spencer nurses first thing in the morning and just before bed. He gets excited when he sees a bottle coming towards him. He's slowly adopting the two long naps during the day and a short one in the evening. He prefers his belly when he is playing on the floor. He rolls off the blanket and clear across the room but hasn't figured out how to get back the other direction so he gets stuck up against things like the entertainment center, the trunk or the piano. He loves the exer-saucer and just recently (after I sat the seat up) enjoys the swing. I wash a batch of his clothes every other day. I miss his long hair - big time. He's still a snuggler, loves to be held and lays his head on my shoulder when I pick him up. He drinks 6 ounces in his bottle or a bowl full of food. He's a happy content baby and that has been a serious blessing to me.

Miss Sadie

Wow this was fun! I can't even tell you how much fun it was to play with Sadie. Her mom had a ton of great ideas and Sadie is such a smiley little nine month old. What a cutie pie! I'd take her picture any day.

Oh No!

The other day Darren and I were driving back from New Mexico. I ran my hand through my hair, went to drop the stray strands on the floor and gasped when I saw that in the mix was a long white one. I held it up to Darren who promptly swore it was just really blond. Now my hair is weird. If I pulled out ten strands they would all be so different. Some are really thick and course and almost black. Some are soft, thin and blond. Some change in color or texture from top to bottom. I'm used to finding blond hair come out of my hair even though I'm definitely brunette. But this was most certainly not blond - it was white I tell you - WHITE. But it was so long! How could I have missed it? How could Darren have missed it? A few of my friends complain about gray hair already and so I've been on the lookout ever since. Darren has been given implicit instructions that as soon as he sees gray in my hair he has to tell me so I can start being a slave to the salon. My first gray hair at 32? How sad.

My Men

Remember when my boys looked like this?

Now my boys look like this.
What did we ever do without that little guy?

Just a Taste

We love these people! Darren and I grew up with this guy and we like him even more with his better half, around. It has been fun hanging out with them and their family. They spent an hour with me and my camera this weekend and I thought I'd post a few pictures for them.

Backtracking

Okay so I realize this blog has been dedicated to my new fun toy (baby number four) lately. It's just that he is so fun. Not that the rest of us aren't. Anyway the rest of us have been doing some fun things lately too. December got away from me without blogging much of what was going on so I'm going to take some time to backtrack, update, and put pictures of other people besides Spencer up. I'm headed to my Dec 2009 picture folder to see what I can find. Hope you enjoy!

Dec 21st - 23rd - Alena's house

Darren had some time off around Christmas this year so we snuck away for a few days to visit my sister Alena and her family. Her husband had had a pretty bad injury a few months back and we promised a visit. Darren packed the van and then put his bike on his bike rack hoping to get a chance to ride while down there.

We had a bonus visitor as well. Alena and I worked on my sister Melissa and she slipped down from mom and dad's house during her break to spend some time with us.

Something you should know about my son Parker is that he embraced his inner country boy along time ago. Uncle Andrew and Aunt Alena provide the means of expressing it. As we were driving down the road just before getting to their house a voice comes from the back of the van...

Mom?

What Parker?

Why can't we be country folks?

This little boy has been asking me for a horse since he was three years old. When we were building our house he wanted to know if there was enough room in the backyard for a barn. He told me that Elijah could live in the office (now the baby's room) and his horse could live in his room. He has informed me that when he grows up he will still live close to me, but that he needs a house that he can have horse at so he might not be next door.

He gets on his Uncle Andrew's horse every chance he can get (picture from last February). One time when he was 3, Bo threw him off. Parker got up, told Bo that that wasn't a very nice thing to do, and then asked Uncle Andrew to put him back on. This visit did not disappoint. Andrew's brother Preston helped out with the logistics of it this time since Andrew was still walking with a cane.Even Alexia got in on the action. Look at those storm clouds. While the kids were bundled up and braving the weather on the horse, Darren was out on his bike. Cuh-ray-zee! He loves it though.
A storm settled in and we made the best of our time together. Alena was on dish duty. Darren was on dinner duty.
Melissa was on kid/gingerbread house duty, and it looks like I put Andrew on baby duty. (Hey at least it wasn't on baby doodie.) Sorry couldn't help myself with that one. So what was I doing? Looks like I was told I had to take pictures with Alena's camera.

We had such a great time while we were there. The sun finally came out just as we were getting ready to come home. Before I could leave though I wanted to try something. Cowboy boots are so colorful. I wanted to photograph their family's boots since we never got around to that family picture she wanted. So it's a boot family picture instead.

Dec 14th - Temple Lights

For family night we decided to take the kids to see the temple lights. The nativity scenes are fun to see, there is usually a choir performance, and the weather is a whole lot more bearable then when we would go see the temple lights in UT...(notice Darren in shorts).