Guess jeans

Remember the good 'ol days of Guess jeans? I had a few pairs in 8th grade and high school, and I thought they were the greatest thing ever! Remember this "gotta have it" red triangle label?

Well they are back! Yeah, I know they've been back for a little while now, but their design is much more modern and not so 80s in style (you know... high waisted, skinny legged with zippers at the bottom).... I actually bought a pair the other day and they are really great. This is not a picture of the ones I have, but I thought I would show how they have changed....

Layla

Yesterday I had a photo session for Layla's 3rd birthday. We also did a couple with her brother, Asa, too. Aren't they the cutest ever?

I love watching these kids grow up!!

Great movie

If you are looking for a really good movie to rent, here's a recommendation!



Andy and I watched this the other night and it is really good!

J.T.'s room

J.T. has a lot of toys! I decided I would try to organize them a little today while he was with Grandma Pam. Here's the "before" photo:

I was at Target today and decided to buy this shelf unit to organize some of his tractors. Here are two "after" photos:

Now, hopefully it will be easier for him to keep them organized!

Just one...

I thought I would post this photo that I took last week on my way out of Dublin Heights Ranch.

Andy has been complaining lately because I haven't been blogging.... so here's a quick one!

Fair time!

The Humboldt County Fair starts today. I entered four photos this year, but I had to move up to the Advanced Amateur division. I am not sure when I will get over there to check things out. I am not sure I even want to look! If anyone gets over there and happens to see a ribbon on one of my photos, let me know! Here are the four...

In black and white...





And in color...





Thanks for looking!!

I did not...

...disappear! I have been helping Andy on the ranch and haven't been around my computer much! I will try to get back to regular posting tomorrow or Friday...

I am trying...

Yesterday the kids and I went on a little photo-taking journey. I was trying to get myself out of the photo slump that I had been in.... not sure if it worked, but here are few that I captured....

I think they are done....

I definitely think it's harder to take photos of your own kids than other people's....

Photography slump

I feel like I am in a photography slump lately.... I just can't seem to find the motivation to get my camera out. I thought I might jolt my inner creativity by looking through a lot of other photographer's websites. It didn't really work, but I do have a few observations...

1. I think photographers with websites need to go through them every so often and put some new photos on. It's good to change things up a little and keep the site updated with new shots.

2. Many times I have seen shots on a photographer's website that make me go "huh?" As in, why would you put that one on there because it really isn't your best work?

3. Photographers should use only their absolute best work for their portfolio website.

4. It is frustrating when you are looking through a portfolio gallery and the photos take forever to load.

5. Some photographers websites make me say, "Wow, I have a long way to go before I am ever that great and can charge that much!"

6. And others make me say, "Wow, I am pretty good and I don't charge enough!"

Enough of my ramblings...

Turtle Bay excursion

Before we left Redding last week, we stopped for a couple hours at Turtle Bay Exploration Park. There is a lot to see there... more than we were able to see this time. First we went to a show called "Walk on the Wild Side." We were able to see several wild animals during the show including a fox, box turtle, barn owl, porcupine (see below), and a few different kids of birds.

They had a fish feeding "show" at 11:30 that the kids liked.

One of my favorite things was the Lego exhibit called "The Art of the Brick." The created made some very amazing things all out of Legos.

We had to check out and walk across the Sundial Bridge.

And we asked a nice lady to take our photo on the other side...

The butterfly exhibit wasn't as big as I had expected, but it was a fun subject for me to photograph.

Last stop before we made our exit was the bird feeding. It was interesting but I never really realized this, but I am just not comfortable in a building full of birds.

The kids really liked this...

After we left Turtle Bay, we went to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch.... I think everyone knows you don't go there for the pizza, but the kids had fun anyway!