Falling for Switzerland

Just in case you haven’t heard, I’m currently “off gallivanting the globe” as my dear husband likes to say. I flew to Germany to visit my sister, and then together we flew to Switzerland to visit her sister in law. Meike is the most gracious hostess and it is always a treat to see her. We went for a photowalk through her village and here is your eye candy from that.

Kudos to my Sister Quinn for this amazing shot. The rest are mine so just enjoy…

I am certainly NOT perfect

I read a post today that was very powerful and true. Sorry I don’t have a photo for you today. But this is a good read.  I AM real.  And so are my children, and my husband. We do try to be good but we are NOT perfect. Thanks for loving us anyway.

http://www.danoah.com/2010/09/disease-called-perfection.html

Moab

Sometimes I really love my job! More so on the “fieldtrip” days than on the “sitting in front of  the computer for hours on end” days. This last weekend we had a workshop in Moab and it was so beautiful to be outside.  All the red rock, the perfect weather, having my camera and time to shoot anything that caught my eye. We had a model that we could work with or we could wander a bit on our own. Here are a few pictures from Saturday night.

Katy Perry & Elmo

Now for something completely random...

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Homecoming 2010

The girl- Kali Darling

Pretending that she can actually pin the flower on her date.

Her flowers

The boy- Austin Granger

Coming soon to a blog near you…

Lots and Lots of pictures!! Yeah, I know, it’s been awhile.  So the question that gets me is do I fill in the gap or just press forward from where I am?  SUCH a crazy, busy summer with many changes.

The one with the biggest impact on our family is that we no longer have Chris (our foster son) .  He moved out the last week of July. Three good years, lots of memories and a laugh that will echo in my ears for many years to come.  All good things  come to an end right? I guess it just caught us off guard.  He is with a new family and doing well.  Enough about that, it makes my heart ache.

For my loyal fans that have told me not to throw in the blog towel, thank you. It’s always nice to be missed.  And this blog  is the only semblance of a journal my posterity will have.  So I guess its worth it.

Your reward for looking today is this picture…

As recent as you can get. Taken just a few days ago. Is it just me or do they look way to old for their ages?

A Fantastic 4th of July

We started the day with a concert by Run the Sky is Falling.

The next evening we went to the Menendez fireworks festival. Johnny goes all out with his Pyromania.

Alica

Lea and Alica

Johnny and his flames.

Kali, Alica, Mary and Lea….. Way excited about those sparklers!

And lastly we went to a Stake Flag raising ceremony and program.

My pretty toenails, thanks Mary

Lea, Alica and Hannah