tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59114927969791938452024-03-12T19:38:11.106-06:00A Mom/Photographer's Crazy Life!!!My reasons in life!Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-49133494091889676552016-12-15T22:44:00.000-07:002016-12-15T22:44:10.477-07:00Gorgeous country wedding I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph this wedding in the summer. It was so beautiful. It was the second wedding for both of them. They were combining 2 families into 1. It was a beautiful moment and I am so blessed to be able to capture it for them. I did have one heck of a time vying for the right spot. The niece of the groom has taken a few photography courses in high school and thinks she is a professional photographer..... She expected to be the only one doing photos at the wedding, and then I came along. They asked me to do it and I willingly accepted, but they didn't tell her, I guess. She was always in the way and trying to tell the bridal party where to stand and how to stand. It was really quite frustrating, but I kept my cool and eventually she got it. Especially when we went off to take the some shots after the ceremony, and she wasn't able to come. I felt bad, but I had a job to do, and I needed to do it to the best of my ability.<br />
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This is the couple that I took their engagement pictures this last spring. It was so great to follow them in their journey to becoming husband and wife.</div>
Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-3992847795781178952016-04-25T16:37:00.000-06:002016-04-25T16:40:38.954-06:00Getting back to it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-41563831037724857012014-09-25T15:02:00.003-06:002014-09-25T15:02:53.576-06:00Awesome family shoot with the Daniels family. I finally got out and did some more family pictures. I LOVE taking family pictures and I don't get to do it very often. This family is also related to me, so it makes it that much more fun. <br />
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<br />Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-48880495542162604402014-08-21T20:26:00.000-06:002014-08-21T20:26:06.279-06:00What the......? I have been wondering pretty much my whole marriage, what is wrong with my husband?<br />
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Before you jump to conclusions and think I hate my wonderful hubby, listen to the background. My husband has had IBS for 12 years now and suffers quite badly from that. He thought it was cause by a milk allergy so we just stayed away from milk products. Over the years, it has slowly gotten worse. Now it doesn't seem to matter if he had milk or not, he will have a horrible reaction. <br />
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I have been asking him for years to go see the doctor and see if they can tell him what is going on. Well finally he was fed up with it, so he went. It's kind of like "you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." It had to be his own idea. <br />
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The doctor gave him a few tests, but he said it was probably a Gluten allergy. They sent him for a blood test to see if that was it. <br />
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Since he came home that day and told me, I have been on the hunt for GOOD gluten free recipes. I have tried a few. Some are awful, but others are wonderful!! <br />
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I made gluten free pancakes for my hubby tonight, while I was making normal pancakes for everyone else. I added food coloring to the mix so that they wouldn't get mixed up with the normal pancakes. They were a "wonderful" shade of green......my kids thought they looked cool. They tasted awesome! Not grainy or anything! <br />
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1 cup gluten free all purpose baking flour. (I use Bob's Red Mill brand)<br />
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I also have been harvesting my garden lately. I planted two zucchini plants and neither of them have been producing much, so my friend brought me two of her zucchini. They were ENORMOUS!!! I used one and made zucchini brownies. The other one I made Gluten Free Zucchini Bread. It is really good. I was worried that it was going to be grainy like the banana bread that I made earlier this week. FYI, never use all rice flour when making a recipe, always mix it with the gluten free flour. <br />
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Here's the recipe for the Zucchini Bread.<br />
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I am really trying to help my hubby stay gluten free but have tasty things to eat. If you have any recipes to share, I would love to hear about them in the comments. <br />
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<br />Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-69454904646225760232014-06-12T21:16:00.001-06:002014-06-12T21:16:21.561-06:00sick kids! So these last two weeks have been the longest weeks of my life, except for maybe the end of each pregnancy when all you want is that baby to come out!!! I swear that the end of May left in a hurry so it wouldn't have to deal with my sick kids! The very beginning of June started with a giant fever in one of my dayhome children so she was sent home in a hurry, but not fast enough to keep it away from my kids. My 3yr old got it first. She was miserable! Carrying a blanket around everywhere, wanting to "tuddle" all the time, and then falling asleep in random places.<br />
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On one afternoon, I found that she had fallen asleep with her head on her bed but her feet were still on the floor. Like she had started to get into bed and then realized that it was too much work, so she just fell asleep right there. Her fever was 39*C (103*F) and Tylenol barely touched it. We gave her lukewarm baths, which made her cry because she said they were cold. They did help to bring down her fever though, so we endured the crying because it was for her own good. After 4 days of this, we finally started to see the "light at the end of the tunnel". Her fever was not as high and she was smiling and finally starting to eat again. After 4 days of not eating anything and only drinking water, I was starting to really get worried.<br />
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I was sitting on the couch that Thursday night, thinking that we were lucky that she was the only one to get it when my 6yr old came downstairs crying and saying his head hurt. Dang it! I should have knocked on wood or something! He had a fever of 39.8*C (104*F). We gave him some meds and then he sprawled on dad's legs and fell asleep while dad was working on his laptop. My husband then carried our son's clammy, shivering little body upstairs and tucked him into bed. Because of sick kids, I closed my dayhome and worried about my own kids for a few days. <br />
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That morning I peeked in to see how Thorin was sleeping and found he had made a bed on the floor. That didn't surprise me at all. I have so many pictures of him, asleep on the floor, when he's been sick over the years. The night after Thorin came down with the fever, my oldest son started to feel horrible as well. It was my own personal nightmare. <br />
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I HATE it when my kids are sick and I can't do anything about it. The worst part of it was that my darling husband had to work that Saturday. He never has to work Saturdays, but he had a special training day with the RIOT squad that Saturday. I really needed a break!!! I felt like I was having the life sucked out of me by sick children! Our babysitter was amazing and put her health in jeopardy to watch our kids that Saturday evening while Erik and I went out for supper. We didn't stay out very long but just long enough that it felt like a break, which was exactly what I needed.<br />
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So to recap, 1 girl feeling better, 2 boys feeling rotten and not eating anything, and one baby boy who I was trying to keep away from his siblings so he wouldn't get sick. By Monday afternoon, my two boys were feeling somewhat better and I was holding my breath, hoping that my baby would be passed over and not get it. Man, was I WRONG!!!! He started feeling hot and being really weepy Monday night. Checked his temp. and yep, he had it too. I was so frustrated!! I gave him some Tylenol and a bottle then put him to bed. Usually he is such a great sleeper, but not that night. He was not feeling good at all. <br />
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So three days of cuddling and him falling asleep in my arms on a daily basis (which never happens normally) and now he is starting to smile and has the energy to scoot around. YAY!!!! It's almost over, and this time I knocked on wood. ;) Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-79402029288643208932014-05-12T18:49:00.002-06:002014-06-12T21:43:04.079-06:00phewww its been a busy year!I haven't been on the ball in a long time. I really need to keep everything more up to date. I had a goal to write a blog post every month..... but as you can tell that didn't happen. LOL! Wishful thinking. <br />
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Well a lot has been happening in this crazy household of mine. I have done a few more family sessions, I had a baby last summer and then 2 days later my brother got married and I did their wedding photos. Yes I know, I'm crazy. <br />
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my 4th and last Baby, Aksel.<br />
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I know, they make you sick don't they! LOL They could be in a bridal magazine, they are so gorgeous! </div>
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I have also been busy with my dayhome. Keeping all the kids learning and happy.</div>
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Colored rice and My little ponies<br />
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I bought the reptiles in a bin at the dollar store and the water bead are from Michaels. </div>
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The beads come in a tiny little package and are very small until you add water and they absorb the water. This is a favorite with the older kids. The little ones can't use it </div>
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Now lastly, this mother's day I asked for something different that most mothers. Most mothers want jewelery, or flowers, or both. Don't get me wrong, those things are great but this year I really wanted something to build. If you know me, this comes as no shock at all. I really enjoy building things, whether its out of paper, food, fabric, or wood. I decided to plan and build an elevated playhouse for my kids. It was SO MUCH FUN!!!</div>
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The only thing left is to buy the slide that is going to go off the front (where the diagonal board is)</div>
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Yesterday, my 4 yr old son was wanting to do an activity. He couldn't decided what to do, so I asked him if he wanted to make a snack for snacktime. He started jumping up and down so I took that as a yes! hahahaha</div>
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At half way, I was 167lbs and I was so happy and excited that I had lost so much weight!!<br />
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I stalled in my weight loss when I hit 163 lbs. I was that weight for about a week, so I had to go down to just lettuce and apples for a day and then I started to lose again. I am at 161 lbs right now and I have a week and a half left. I really want to lose 10 more lbs. Wish me luck and a strong will to stay away from all the Halloween candy!<br />
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I have really been having fun trying to come up with recipes that I can actually eat. I cooked 100g of chicken in crushed tomatoes with a little garlic powder, and had cucumbers on the side for lunch yesterday and it was awesome! Then for supper, I had a 100g steak (salt and pepper for taste) with a salad of romaine, iceberg, spinach, and cucumbers. I do cheat a little with the salad because I hate salad!! I dip my fork in fat free Italian dressing and then eat a forkful of salad. It gives just enough flavor that I can gag the salad down. LOL! <br />
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My husband LOVES to cook and bake, but I told him that I will look after myself until I am done this diet. He looked heartbroken! I think he likes to show his love for me by making me my favorite breakfasts, lunches, and suppers. He even asked me if I could have egg whites, which I said yes to last night. He let me sleep in this morning and made me scrambled egg whites and salsa on top. I felt really bad, but I had to tell him that I could only have herbal tea in the mornings. He is the best husband ever, so he just sat down and ate it himself. :) <br />
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I have had 3 babies. When I had my first baby, I went back to my pre-baby weight very quickly and I thought that I was just one of the lucky ones who bounces back very quickly. Man, I couldn't have been more WRONG!! After I had my third baby, I tried everything to get this extra 20+ lbs to disappear. Weight watchers, Zumba, step class, spin class, and swimming. Nothing was working! I was getting so frustrated. My last straw was when I saw myself in our new family picture and just about died!!! I couldn't believe how fat I looked!!</div>
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After seeing this picture, I decided that I couldn't look this way anymore! I talked to my mom and she gave me this website, <a href="http://www.dietprotocol.ca/">www.dietprotocol.ca</a> . I got some of the drops and started them two days ago. I weighed myself, measured every part of me, and made a chart to track my progress and when I am supposed to take the drops. I am a very visual person, so this works best to motivate me.</div>
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The first two days, you're supposed to eat very fatty foods, getting your fat stores to open so that the drops can do their work and start to break up those fat stores. On the 3rd day, today, I am then down to a 500 calorie diet and taking the drops 6 times a day. I will be doing this for 41 days. </div>
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I guess some mom's would just go out and buy the costume so it is easier and looks professional. I love making these costumes. I show my love towards my kids by doing this. I want them to remember that mom always made their costumes every year and that they ROCKED!! Lol, ok, so maybe they won't think that, but hopefully they look back fondly at the costumes that they have had. I know I will.<br />
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pictures taken by Kami and Erik :)Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-27512730541458676902012-04-25T13:30:00.001-06:002012-04-25T13:30:50.668-06:00Some of my Favorites :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I went through the photos that I have taken in the last few years and picked a few of my favorites that I sent in to my course. I though I would share them and see what people think of them.</span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Depth of field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the difference between this and the one below is adding a subject<br /> to a landscape to give it a different feeling</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rule of Thirds and proper exposure</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stopping the motion with the right shutter speed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">both of these are<br />showing the motion with the right shutter speed, but also getting the right exposure</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">framing my subject, using leading lines as well </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one that I feel should be used as an old lady puzzle! LOL</td></tr>
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<br />Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-71770503205374147362012-04-18T22:23:00.001-06:002012-04-18T22:31:17.766-06:00The Best Easter Weekend Yet!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I love telling a story through pictures, because if a picture is worth a thousand words than I am writing a very large novel series here. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We started out our day </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">decorating eggs at a friend's house. The boys were having so much fun and the only reason that they were OK with leaving is that they knew that we were going to be going swimming with their cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and their friend that they invited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My friend, Erin had found these little foam hands and feet at the dollar store and they were so easy to hot glue to the egg. I think it gives them a little more character, don't you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> This is Odin and Thorin's friend that they invited swimming. He is a fish!! He just loves to swim, which makes for some very cool photography opportunities. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is my little Linny. She was really enjoying herself in the pool. We don't take her very often because of my husband's shift work. That would just leave me to take them by myself and I might be a little crazy, but not that crazy!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- this is my son being a total pill!!! He loves to dump water on grandma's head ..... anyone's head actually. If you aren't watching out, he will get you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is my Odin. He is not a water lover. He loves to just sit on his mat and watch everyone else have fun in the water. I feel bad that he doesn't like the water more but he has always been afraid of the water. Not sure why.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another photo opportunity made possible by my friend's son. Thanks Wes! :) </span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> So I am taking pictures and minding my own business, and all the sudden I hear giggling behind me..... I turn around to see Thorin and Grandpa coming to get me with their bucket which they were trying to hide under the water. Nice try, boys. :) Don't you just love those mischievous faces that they have on? :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So my sister-in-law, mom-in-law, and I were talking about if I had ever tried to dunk my baby under the water yet. I had heard about the "blow in their face and dunk them" method but my sister-in-law had heard of another, and it works awesome!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So here we are before I tried to take her under the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here she is going head-first into the water (so the water won't go up her nose)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and here she is totally under the water and not caring at all! In total, she was only under the water for a maximum of 4 seconds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here we are after being under the water "swimming". She was not too sure about it at first. She tends to have this look on her face every time you take her out of the water, but she doesn't complain about it, so she must not mind it :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After swimming, we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house, but on the way, the kids and Grandpa had to go on a treasure hunt for their Easter candy. They had a map of where it was and everything :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then we all celebrated the four birthdays that were in April. These are 2 of the four. Linny was down for her nap and the other boy lives too far away to join us all the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Now this is where it get crazy! After we all had a wonderful turkey dinner, some of the family had to go home, but for the rest of us, we were just getting to the best part. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-notice how the girl on the right looks slightly worried and grandma is using everyone else as a sheild.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> -Notice the girl hiding under the table and the look on grandpa's face. He just got one in the chest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is what is being flung around the house. Rubber eyeballs!!! Only at Grandpa's house.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are the catapults that a few families got one year for christmas and they were the best present. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> This was one of the best Easter weekend that our family </span><br />
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This is my Linnea and she just turned 1. She is a real mover and it was a learning experience to do this shoot with her, but it was fun. :)</div>
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This is my Thorin and he is a barrel of laughs!!!! At first I was getting frustrated that he didn't want to smile nicely but I let it go and had some fun with him. :)<br />
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And I couldn't be more happy :) Here are some of the photos that I have submitted :) I hope you enjoy. I would love to hear what you think :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727653412306223426" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DmAp9RYz748/T3y2bp0RAUI/AAAAAAAAAZw/RuTbC2ln7M0/s400/IMG_0611%2Bcopy.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i94v2Epd4uU/T3y2cEtKEMI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/-byUlnQpzAs/s1600/IMG_0758_edited-1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727653419524165826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i94v2Epd4uU/T3y2cEtKEMI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/-byUlnQpzAs/s400/IMG_0758_edited-1.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#000000;"><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">These are the photographs that I submitted for framing your subject.</span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pRpxXE1BQCI/T3y4MgGuv5I/AAAAAAAAAaU/5u_EXNAHRtc/s1600/IMG_0067a.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727655351024533394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pRpxXE1BQCI/T3y4MgGuv5I/AAAAAAAAAaU/5u_EXNAHRtc/s400/IMG_0067a.jpg" /></a> </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>This photo is using leading lines to give attention to my subject.<br /><br /></p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9BCxUMbndkM/T3y4MFeQ-qI/AAAAAAAAAaI/EgKLOGCiiUY/s1600/IMG_0063.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727655343875488418" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9BCxUMbndkM/T3y4MFeQ-qI/AAAAAAAAAaI/EgKLOGCiiUY/s400/IMG_0063.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This is using Depth of Field to draw attention to my subject<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hZR2akM4HT8/T3y6b2tsIMI/AAAAAAAAAas/4iKAKct_ibQ/s1600/IMG_0133%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727657813814812866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hZR2akM4HT8/T3y6b2tsIMI/AAAAAAAAAas/4iKAKct_ibQ/s400/IMG_0133%2Bcopy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Using slow shutter speed to get the right exposure for a moving object.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h6EFNJybk-I/T3y6boXrPgI/AAAAAAAAAag/s-jm2AoreH0/s1600/IMG_0262.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727657809964383746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h6EFNJybk-I/T3y6boXrPgI/AAAAAAAAAag/s-jm2AoreH0/s400/IMG_0262.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This is my first official rule of thirds picture. My subject is in the first third of the picture.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These are just a few of the pictures that I submitted for my course. Maybe I will post some more later :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"><em><strong>Kallie </strong></em></span>Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-1269783283262353162012-02-27T12:12:00.005-07:002012-02-27T13:17:28.614-07:00oh my!!Here are a few of my favorite shots from the last few photoshoots. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1I0t3XSuhdo/T0vhQ7MPzZI/AAAAAAAAAY8/B-xD0zMetc0/s1600/IMG_6019%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713908233132821906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1I0t3XSuhdo/T0vhQ7MPzZI/AAAAAAAAAY8/B-xD0zMetc0/s400/IMG_6019%2Bcopy.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The Gruner family have been wonderful to photograph! I did their little family photos after they had their baby boy. This Christmas I got the opportunity to photograph the extended family as well. There were alot of laughs and it was so fun.<br /><br />Thank you for letting me into your lives, to create memories with my camera. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e8A_LFrzC8M/T0vhQlrbThI/AAAAAAAAAYw/OitdH058cW0/s1600/IMG_6009%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713908227358019090" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e8A_LFrzC8M/T0vhQlrbThI/AAAAAAAAAYw/OitdH058cW0/s400/IMG_6009%2Bcopy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y7kDEkJHUS0/T0vhQafgCYI/AAAAAAAAAYo/Cjdn3rfGsZA/s1600/IMG_6002%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713908224355207554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y7kDEkJHUS0/T0vhQafgCYI/AAAAAAAAAYo/Cjdn3rfGsZA/s400/IMG_6002%2Bcopy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RHZbDgoTgcI/T0vhQALF3NI/AAAAAAAAAYc/Rur4N1X8Id4/s1600/IMG_5992%2Bcopybw.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713908217290284242" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RHZbDgoTgcI/T0vhQALF3NI/AAAAAAAAAYc/Rur4N1X8Id4/s400/IMG_5992%2Bcopybw.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4T0htyqS6-4/T0vhP7o0XyI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/ZIPaNnv3LSY/s1600/IMG_0684.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 271px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713908216072789794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4T0htyqS6-4/T0vhP7o0XyI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/ZIPaNnv3LSY/s400/IMG_0684.JPG" /></a>This is my baby girl, Linnea. It was her 7 month birthday so I decided to do a little BW photoshoot with her. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>This is my favorite shot from that session.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br />This is my little sister, Kloe and her new baby Rosie. We were all together one sunday, and since I never go anywhere without my camera, I was taking a bunch of pics. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>This was my favorite of that day.<br /></div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713898269425028578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vunVKCiAqqM/T0vYM9fMTeI/AAAAAAAAAYE/pZuzta7cy38/s400/IMG_0912.JPG" /> I have been procrastinating my blog lately. I have had a few photography jobs this winter and I still don't have them on the blog yet. I am on my last unit of my photography course and so close to being done. I can't wait!!!! I have until May to get it done, so I really have to move it along.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div>I have been backing up my old photos that are on my computer onto CDs and I have been reminiscing the old days when my kids were smaller, and when we were in our old house. I LOVE looking at old pictures and seeing how much we have all changed, or not changed (hopefully).</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div>Grandpa as Santa, my kids didn't cry once! YAY</div><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713898262614158546" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WvEQU55oOkY/T0vYMkHWrNI/AAAAAAAAAX0/E3fDKPmg3BY/s400/IMG_5616%2Bcopy.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713898258203676290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-djBpWJxpGdU/T0vYMTr0DoI/AAAAAAAAAXo/_NgEJuARqrQ/s400/IMG_5590%2Bcopy.jpg" /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713898251185046322" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7RTvVe46QE/T0vYL5icQzI/AAAAAAAAAXc/dV6S0COztow/s400/IMG_5586%2Bcopy.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713898245202259106" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wcwZc0rISkE/T0vYLjQCLKI/AAAAAAAAAXU/APIXHlN_D9I/s400/IMG_5576%2Bcopy.jpg" /></div></div></div></div></div>Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-65070175775765498252011-11-21T14:08:00.002-07:002011-11-21T14:14:03.381-07:00So here is the Creature Power discs that one of my followers asked for. I did make one change, I made a walrus instead of a Dolphin disc. I had been looking for a walrus image for a while and I finally just made one. :) Enjoy :) (tell me if it doesn't work)<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xspuMLPDqNU/Tsq-ELpwvII/AAAAAAAAAXI/lnLke2Vj3JY/s1600/Creature%2Bpower%2Bdisc.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677559259310636162" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xspuMLPDqNU/Tsq-ELpwvII/AAAAAAAAAXI/lnLke2Vj3JY/s400/Creature%2Bpower%2Bdisc.JPG" /></a>Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-36340600105727969752011-10-05T11:51:00.006-06:002011-10-05T15:29:01.323-06:00Daniels Family<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pmV3I1eLBjw/ToyeBqSa1bI/AAAAAAAAAS4/uh3giGYtc_s/s1600/IMG_0305%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pmV3I1eLBjw/ToyeBqSa1bI/AAAAAAAAAS4/uh3giGYtc_s/s400/IMG_0305%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660072583066473906" /></a><br /> <br /><br /> I had the fun time last year to photograph this family. They have some very cute little boys that were interesting to keep still for the pictures :) I forgot to post these on the blog so here they are, better late than never.<br /><br /> Meet the Daniels Family :)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TUsYir_CJi4/ToydiQehPHI/AAAAAAAAASw/f2ByNXoztQ0/s1600/IMG_0209%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TUsYir_CJi4/ToydiQehPHI/AAAAAAAAASw/f2ByNXoztQ0/s400/IMG_0209%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660072043561958514" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZeAxGsRQ0QI/ToydhySV8EI/AAAAAAAAASo/uGXPe2xS7is/s1600/IMG_0171%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZeAxGsRQ0QI/ToydhySV8EI/AAAAAAAAASo/uGXPe2xS7is/s400/IMG_0171%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660072035457822786" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DEJy7q_pWY0/ToydhTpCSgI/AAAAAAAAASg/VFn4wD0aiUc/s1600/IMG_0158%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DEJy7q_pWY0/ToydhTpCSgI/AAAAAAAAASg/VFn4wD0aiUc/s400/IMG_0158%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660072027231504898" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yn9s16UCrp8/ToydhD2lmjI/AAAAAAAAASY/0yynVfjXxhQ/s1600/IMG_0147%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yn9s16UCrp8/ToydhD2lmjI/AAAAAAAAASY/0yynVfjXxhQ/s400/IMG_0147%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660072022993377842" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vYEK8chAjcw/ToydgfmtMNI/AAAAAAAAASQ/mmKhnkBg-Go/s1600/IMG_0118%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vYEK8chAjcw/ToydgfmtMNI/AAAAAAAAASQ/mmKhnkBg-Go/s400/IMG_0118%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660072013263089874" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5oWY1DfoBo8/ToycXohSKhI/AAAAAAAAASI/7rmYyJdhdok/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5oWY1DfoBo8/ToycXohSKhI/AAAAAAAAASI/7rmYyJdhdok/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660070761525815826" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fuGlQWQUhZE/ToycXI0NufI/AAAAAAAAASA/EcIhGUwvcTg/s1600/IMG_0277%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fuGlQWQUhZE/ToycXI0NufI/AAAAAAAAASA/EcIhGUwvcTg/s400/IMG_0277%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660070753015282162" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5-kNj2YrZqk/ToycWg_VhOI/AAAAAAAAAR4/ivfx9HoVZNI/s1600/IMG_0249%2Bbwcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5-kNj2YrZqk/ToycWg_VhOI/AAAAAAAAAR4/ivfx9HoVZNI/s400/IMG_0249%2Bbwcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660070742324511970" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VVz1lXIKMVM/ToycWD9WdEI/AAAAAAAAARw/27vCaon0VGA/s1600/IMG_0228%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VVz1lXIKMVM/ToycWD9WdEI/AAAAAAAAARw/27vCaon0VGA/s400/IMG_0228%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660070734531556418" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NjIweVWCu9g/ToycVtubP9I/AAAAAAAAARo/rjKbA_YrbJg/s1600/IMG_0264%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NjIweVWCu9g/ToycVtubP9I/AAAAAAAAARo/rjKbA_YrbJg/s400/IMG_0264%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660070728563376082" /></a>Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-91644298382225914832011-10-05T11:37:00.005-06:002011-10-05T11:46:41.081-06:00Gruner Family :)<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t0LLRIATFP8/ToyXboVizGI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/M8I8XVvHZcI/s1600/copyright1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t0LLRIATFP8/ToyXboVizGI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/M8I8XVvHZcI/s400/copyright1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660065332637912162" /></a><br /> Meet the Gruner family!<br /><br /> I had the wonderful opportunity of photographing this cute little family. Their baby is almost the exact age of my youngest. We will have to get them together soon. :)<br /><br />Kallie-Jo<br /><br /> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_F5-7phJGyI/ToyXKR7l1gI/AAAAAAAAAQw/GiBdhKART-w/s1600/copyright4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_F5-7phJGyI/ToyXKR7l1gI/AAAAAAAAAQw/GiBdhKART-w/s400/copyright4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660065034565703170" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79_q2nS2yRE/ToyXJ-owXPI/AAAAAAAAAQo/2IsHcjz2DxA/s1600/copyright7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79_q2nS2yRE/ToyXJ-owXPI/AAAAAAAAAQo/2IsHcjz2DxA/s400/copyright7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660065029386427634" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y1hQ0npYthw/ToyXJsvJKDI/AAAAAAAAAQg/6Df7sV8UAkU/s1600/copyright5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y1hQ0npYthw/ToyXJsvJKDI/AAAAAAAAAQg/6Df7sV8UAkU/s400/copyright5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660065024581380146" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4mTBiBl3DQ/ToyXJBiLCBI/AAAAAAAAAQY/hZ8SR3CPPYQ/s1600/copyright2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4mTBiBl3DQ/ToyXJBiLCBI/AAAAAAAAAQY/hZ8SR3CPPYQ/s400/copyright2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660065012984252434" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FNmFIgrG-JM/ToyXIs6ruwI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/sxaoZ_ylePQ/s1600/copyright3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FNmFIgrG-JM/ToyXIs6ruwI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/sxaoZ_ylePQ/s400/copyright3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660065007449914114" /></a>Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-69019057214035321472011-09-26T19:38:00.001-06:002011-10-05T15:27:03.989-06:00I got my photo project done!!It took a while but I finally finished my Unit 4 photo project! <br /> Now to wait for the grade and critiques. :sKallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-29078602473178964862011-08-31T14:49:00.010-06:002011-08-31T15:44:11.209-06:00Wild Kratts Birthday Party! For my oldest son's birthday party, he asked for a Wild Kratts theme. I had an idea for the cake, which turned out great!
<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7I6Eqjlidw/Tl6e-lyRSZI/AAAAAAAAAO4/uPs6y7mzQog/s1600/IMG_4180.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7I6Eqjlidw/Tl6e-lyRSZI/AAAAAAAAAO4/uPs6y7mzQog/s400/IMG_4180.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647125780901218706" /></a>
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<br /> Then I started researching Wild Kratts on the Internet and I found a blog that showed how to make creature power suits.
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<br /> I started searching for pictures of creature power discs online and I couldn't find any anywhere, so I decided to make them myself on my digital scrapbooking program.
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<br /> I think they turned out pretty great for having to do them from scratch! I then laminated them, and added a piece of Velcro to the back so they would stick to the suit.
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<br /> I made 6 different discs. Monarch Butterfly, Basilisk lizard, Falcon, Polar Bear, Dolphin, and African Honey Bee. I put each set of discs,(ie: all the falcon discs, etc)in envelopes and labeled them with numbers and a task they had to do. Once the party started, the "Creature Power Team" had to find #1, and then do what is said on the envelope to get the disc.
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<br />#1 was the Monarch Butterfly. I decided that they had to split into 2 teams and wrap one team mate/per team, in toilet paper and then they had to break out of their cocoon to get the creature power disc.
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<br />Then they flew like butterflies to the next #.
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<br />#2 was a Basilisk Lizard, who can run on water!, so they had to crawl race to the next #.
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<br />#3 was the Falcon disc. We played "Mouse, Mouse, Falcon!" (Duck, Duck, Goose) Once everyone had a turn being the falcon, we then went to find the next #.
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<br />#4 was the Polar Bear. This one was an tough one cause if it was nice outside I was going to have a slip and slide for the kids to slide on their bellies like polar bears, but since I wasn't sure what the weather would be like, we decided to play Freeze Tag.
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<br />#5 was the Dolphin disc, and since dolphins are so smart, they had to put a 10 piece dolphin puzzle together as a team (each person got two puzzle pieces).
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<br /> Last of all was #6, the African Honey Bee. I had no idea what to do for this creature, but this was one that my son really wanted because they have a deadly sting, so I just had them go find their parents and "sting" them. :)
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<br /> All in all, we had a great time and the kids were happy because they got to take the creature power suits and discs home when they left. Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-13140434768736846762011-08-24T12:39:00.000-06:002011-08-24T12:42:11.773-06:00Photography Blogs!<a href="http://www.erinwallis.com/blog/">Erin Wallis Photography Blog</a>
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<br />I have been looking for something to inspire me, to really create when it comes to my photography. I think I have found just that! I was just searching around for different blogs and I found this wonderful one! She is an artist! Her photographs really speak to me and I love the way that she has finished her photos. Very elegant :) Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-51535860634725386422011-08-19T11:37:00.010-06:002011-08-19T12:35:05.698-06:00The Blessing of Great-Grandparents I have been feeling that it is such a blessing to have grandparents and great grandparents in our lives and in our children's lives. We live in a world where people wait so long to have children that when they finally have their children (if any), the grandparents are elderly and the great-grandparents have passed on. I am glad that my children get to know their grandparents and great-grandparents while they are still here on this earth.
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<br /> I love watching my children interact with my parents. Wrestling with my dad, and tickle-fighting with my mom. They are just ecstatic when Grandma, and Grandpa show up.
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<br /> I have recently had the opportunity to take my children to see their Great-Grandpa and their Great-Grandma. It was a long drive and the only thing that kept everyone's sanity was the DVD player in the van.
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<br /> When I introduced my sons to their Great-Grandpa (my mom's dad), he asked them if they had lost any teeth yet. My oldest replied that he hadn't yet. Well, Great-Grandpa then said, "I have" and then proceeded to pop his bottom dentures out!!! I thought it was going to scar my kids for life, but they all had a really good laugh and then my youngest wanted to see Great-Grandpa do it again! Typical boy....
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<br /> We then went to Great-Grandma's house (my dad's mom). She always has had candy and pop at her house since before I can remember. So what is the first thing she asks my boys?....... If they would like a pop! HAHAHAHA Same old Grandma :)
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<br /> We had a wonderful time and got to see many relatives that I haven't seen in a very long time I love to get generation pictures any time I can so I took some this time around as well. Neither Great-Grandparent had met the new baby so we had to get some pictures of them together as well.
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<br />I'm glad that I still have some of my grandparents around to learn from.
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<br />P.S. My kids still laugh about great-grandpa "popping out his teeth!" HAHAHAHAHA
<br /> It's the memories that count.Kallie-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698313462248469691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911492796979193845.post-20424254970812121612011-08-16T11:09:00.002-06:002011-08-16T11:26:06.792-06:00my ever procrastinating self!I started a photography course two years ago. They gave me three years to finish it and in the beginning I was sure I would finish it easily in 1 year. Man, was I wrong, or what! I have been procrastinating so badly because my house needs to be cleaned, or the baby is cranky or I'm cranky. :) I am 2/3 the way through the course and just need to light that fire underneath myself again. I WILL GET THROUGH THIS!!! (I have to keep telling myself that)
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<br />I think that the last two units kind of scare me so I am a little worried about starting them. One is <strong>Architectural Photography </strong>and the other is <strong>Advertising Photography</strong>. I think I need to get over my phobia of what I am going to do wrong before I do it, and just get to it! So, If you see me around and I don't have a camera in my hand, give me "The Look" (all you moms will know what I am talking about) and it will remind me. I have until May 2012 to finish. Wish me luck! :)
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