Her Unique Taste

Check out the look she is sporting. (Yes, to wear in public).

Words Of Peace

I think often children deserve a lot more than we give them. Maybe I am biased concidering a lot of the things I had and didn't have when I was a child. Things that impact me to this day. I believe that kids deserve our time and attention. I think they deserve to have consistent lives with a parent. Consistency and order. Bedrooms and driveways, and caldasacs. A parent there to pick them up from school when it's raining, or not. I think they deserve to be fussed over and have tears shed when they leave to preschool or kindergarten. It's their right to be cared about at that level. They deserve to have parents who are paranoid and take them to the doctor over bug bites or whatever eles the parent is unsure of. They deserve ellaborate birthday parties, treats, and ice cream for no reason. Home cooked meals. They don't deserve to passed around and forced to go places they aren't comforable. They should be told they are loved and that they are good constantly because they are, even if they aren't. They shouldn't be put before work, before tasks, or before others. It's the one time in their lives they get to be put first. It's the foundation of their existence, their self esteem and self worth. I believe I am lucky to be surrounded by friends that are SUCH good moms and examples. That make huge deals out of what preschool, what their Halloween costume is going to be and how big their birthday parties are. Some people think it's silly, but I think they deserve it. I love seeing people blogs and seeing girls fuss about their kids. I think everyone wants to be loved and fussed over, especially children. Am I perfect at this? Basically. But one can always strive for more perfection :-) Joke

Crisis Averted

Preschool was a success today! No tears. (For either of us.)



And because as they say, every post is better pictures. Especially Beckett trying to say cheese through his binkie... gotta get rid of that thing!

Pre (Screaming) School

FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL

She seems excited, right? Got the new Hello Kitty backpack and packed it with pink school supplies, made her a special first day of school skirt.....

Looks are deceiving, she screamed bloody murder for 45 minutes once she got inside. I listened through a window in agony. But she survived and only told me how much she liked it when I picked her up and left out the dramatic part. I thought being in the same class as Eli and her best friend, Lucy, would help. Didn't. Let's hope Thursday is better.

My Tour De France Try Out Pictures.

I am sure they will want me to shoot the Tour De France next year, right?
This was the prologue for the Tour Of Utah.



Floyd Landis. He is only on here because he won the Tour, sort of.

Samber Junior!

New post over on Tonic Photography.

We Be Jam-in

The girls got together for a jam making party. We made three different kinds. It was really fun, to say the least. Every time I eat toast and pb&j's I will think of all the hands of love that helped make it.
I feel very strongly about relationships and friends. I believe that women need other women, especially moms. I believe in being the best friend you can for this reason, you can never have enough friends. Each person I am friends with, whomever it is, wherever they are, they bring something different and unique to the relationship and in turn to my life. I think we can learn a lot from other people and therefore the more people we are close to and get to know the more educated and more enriched our lives are.
Whether it be how to make jam, how to bring your self esteem back up, how to get mildew out of a towell, how to deal with a family member, how to balance our life, how to train for something, or how to maintain a marriage, we all learn from each other. So to devalue our friendships is a mistake.




















TA DA! Finished product.