Saturday, January 21, 2012

My love for nature

I was so happy to finally be able to spend some time on my true love in photography...nature photography. I've been collecting quite a few pictures and these aren't everything yet. Hopefully I can get some time for more soon.

These first few pictures were taken at City of Rocks, Idaho. Jon and I went with the youth there for Youth Conference and it was great! I enjoyed it immensely! The beauty there is astonishing!
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(I lied...this one picture is from American Falls Reservoir the next place we went with the youth.)
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Living here in this little valley of Inkom we see many wonderful sunsets and sunrises of both the sun and moon.
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This was a quick pull over on the side of the road because I can't miss this shot. It was taken in Idaho Falls.
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When the flooding happened in the spring the birds were in heaven. We had more birds in the area than ever! That also meant lots of baby birdies...a lot of these geese are babies...so sweet.
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I took this picture up Harkness Canyon in McCammon before a family shoot. I think the little things in nature can be so beautiful.
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Same time as the above picture. Our fall colors this year were amazing!! And they lasted so long! I was in heaven.
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I took these duck pictures forever ago. I took them when I came to take pictures of the Idaho Falls temple. I love how the ducks just hang out with people. They are so used to them.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Christmas 2011

The Nativity

We started Christmas Eve off with the Nativity story. Since there weren't enough kids, and one that didn't want to participate, the adults had to chip in and help. It was fun getting dressed up!

Our lovely narrator was Jon's sister, Gretchen.
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I was the angel; Madalyn was Mary but didn't want to get caught on camera (teenagers!!) so she hid in her costume the whole time. :) Andrew was Joseph; McKay & Jon were shepherds.
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The Wise Men were Maryn, Erik, and Joshua.
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Christmas Morning
Christmas morning came quickly and boy were we spoiled!
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I had this box built by a cabinet maker friend of ours, Paul Tate, for my wonderful Jonathan. I think Jon loved it, he sat and stared at it for several minutes. :)
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I made this rag quilt for my sweet mom. She loves it, but she's gonna need to wash it a few times...the lint drives her crazy!
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I forgot to get a picture of me...since I'm always the one with the camera in my hands! I was given lots of fun things! Jon got me a computer, new pots and pans, other kitchen stuff, my mom got me a couple cute scarfs (I love scarfs!).

Above and beyond all this stuff! We recognize that Jesus Christ is our greatest gift of all!! We are so blessed to have him!

Ugly Sweater Party

Here we are in all our glory in our best ugly sweaters! Our winner for the night was Uncle Erik! The sweater vest looked great on him!

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We played a bunch of minute-to-win-it games which were fun!!
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