A blog post about blogging

So my friend Kim is doing her first ever online class! It's going to be on blogging. She has designed my banner for this blog, as well as, my photography blogsite. She will be teaching a 5 day class for first time and existing bloggers on easy tips to designing and inspiration for writing and marketing.

Her class is only 14.95 and she is teaching it through Scrapinstyletv.com

You don't have to be a member to take this class. So if you want to learn how to blog better or add to what you already know, click on the banner below and it will take you to the boutique for more information...Her class starts Monday so sign up by Monday!

It's going to be a blast!

Things to remember

Since I have been taking pictures I have so many things that I want to remember and now can. The feel of where my parents live and all the memories there. Most of my flower pictures have been taken on their property.

Since I have been blogging I can record little details of my life like this one. Jaden has become such a character. My favorite thing right now is his love of barbie dolls. Daniel was putting Jaden to bed and putting "his girls" he calls them in bed next to him. Jaden sat up and threw one on the floor. Daniel asked him "Why don't you want that one in bed with you." Jaden replied "Her is not fabulous." Well this particular barbie had undergone a bad hair day. Her hair had been cut really short. So it just was not up to Jaden's standards. I know that he gets the word fabulous from me but that a three year old knows how and when to use it cracks me up. Also my friend Joella has beautiful long blond hair. I swear to you he is in LOVE. He strokes he hair and tells her that she is beautiful.

To switch subjects I have a new little project, besides decorating my house. I started my own little photography home.

http://www.foreveroctoberphotography.typepad.com/ .

Now I have a place where I can send people who are just interested in my photography and a place where I don't have to bore all 12 readers of my blog with all my photos. Now this site will be on my little cards. So check it out when you have a minute and give me your feedback on what you think.

I love the fall!!

Our favorite pumpking patch!

Hello friends and family!! For any of you that know me this is it for me. I am the happiest when October comes and I can decorate and I even start to bake (a little). Went and picked up some pumpkins. They finally came in. We get them from a little farm where the kids in the family grow them to earn extra money. And boy are they cheap. I feel guilty sometimes only paying three dollars for the one Soren is carrying. The kids love it even if it does smell like cow poop.

Then I spotted from across the way a great place to take pictures. So I made Daniel go up to the farmers house and ask. I think they were a little confused at first so they came out and watched. Never had an audience before. But I will have to say that it is my new favorite place to shoot. So I guess I will be talking to that farmer a little more.

The kids liked the truck shots the best. I liked the old barn wood and all the different textures.

Loved! Loved! Loved this place.

This time of year I also start to miss my family. Things were so busy over the summer that I have not stayed in touch the best I could. So I am looking forward to trips to Boston and Dallas in the next couple of months. Love the free flying thing.

Being a little crazy!

Sometimes I think I am a little crazy. Most of you reading this will say "a little" who are you kidding. You are huge crazy. So I have been struggling with the thought that if I am a little crazy does that make me not loveable. But when I have tried to change my craziness in the past it seems to steal a little bit of me away. I found this thought on one of my favorite photographers blog.

"at what point in growing up do we learn to do things so halfheartedly? when do we forget to move, breathe and live with our whole body? when do we start practicing saying things we don't mean? when did we settle for being so much less powerful than we really are,,, for using such a small percentage of our natural potential? why? when? i'll tell you exactly when: when we start becoming conscious of the spit flying out of our mouth, and how it really is a ridiculous amount of spit, and o no, what will the people around me think of me now that they've seen all this spit, and will they take their love from me because of it???the fear of rejection is so strong, so deeply ingrained in us, that we imprison the best parts of us in a misguided attempt to keep them from harm. the greatest gift in the universe, traded for fear."

I do have a fear of what others might think of my oddities that somehow they will take their love from me and so I tend to be the one who backs off first. I want to live a life that I believe in myself -that I do not need others approval to let me know that what I do and say is not crazy. Alot of this has to do with my journey with photography and friendships. (I know that Daniel thinks I am crazy and he loves me anyway). I have needed approval with almost every shot I have taken. What is that? Where does that come from? It takes away from my joy. I need people to feel I am fabulous and funny or they will take their love away.

I want to learn to feel this--

"really? so what if johnny thinks you have too much spit, you're alive!!! alive, and no one can take that from you, no one can lessen the glory of that in any way. If something is worth doing, it is worth doing with everything you have. if it's not, then why are your spending precious moments of your life doing it?"

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I think fall is coming!!!

Today at church one of the little girls in our ward came outside with these in her hands. I say yipee!! I love the colors. My beautiful friend Kim came up with the name Forever October photography. I do think it would be perfect for me. Because it is my stinking favorite month. I have a apple pie candle going all year long and pumpkin spice in my fragrance flowers from Bath and Body. So how perfect for me.

This week has been fun but full. Daniel has started playing softball along with his iron man training. The man has never even seen a game before but he thought he would give it a whirl. I was very surprised at what a good hitter he was. We will have to work a little on the catching. I found myself being very protective. Like "you want to say something. Bring it on. I will take you down to china town." It is not an LDS league so it was a little different. But I kinda liked it.

These are the kinda of pictures I get to take in the fall. Kim recognize the belt. Her favorite by the way. I always hope that people don't mind that I am on their property. But what a perfect barn and lake. One day I am going to be looking down the barrel of a gun because I just hop out of my car and take a picture anywhere.

This weekend I am going with some of "my girls" to St. Louis for time out for women. There are seven of us going and needless to say I probably won't get any sleep. I think I am going to take some drugs because I am getting old and last year it took me a week to recover. I am really looking forward to it. We even went on a test drive in my van to make sure all the luggage fit. What dorks we are!

This is my last shot of the day for you. This little girl kills me. Yesterday at the ward party she wrestled a greased pig to the ground.