Photos from the annual search for the perfect pumpkin!
Augusta wasn’t interested in being the adorable baby in a pile of pumpkins.
After a careful search, Avery chose a few gourds for decorating around the house.
Our Trick or Treating has been postponed until Saturday. It doesn’t feel right. We haven’t carved our pumpkins yet but we’ll be getting our hands all gooey with pumpkin guts tomorrow. We won’t be Trick or Treating on Halloween, but we will have Jack-o-Lanterns on the porch.
In just a few weeks, a new baby will be among us.
I can’t wait to meet this new little person and see Travis and Virginia’s family welcome a new baby into their lives.
My camera is at the ready.
Doesn’t Virginia look wonderful?
I was getting ready to post this photo last night when Augusta woke up. I went upstairs to nurse her back to sleep. I imagined coming back downstairs to my computer to finish posting the photo before I fell asleep. Then I was asleep. So there was no photo posted yesterday for my Pogo Project but I have decided not to start back at one.
I’ve been thinking about encouragement. I look at this blog regularly and she ends many of her posts, “Encourage one another.” Lately I have noticed how quickly I become discouraged. Here’s a recent example. I noticed how dirty the wall beside our stairs was and went out to get some Magic Erasers. I had never used them before but had heard that they were magic. They are. In no time, the wall beside the stairs was looking much better. Then I noticed other walls that were dirty and trim that needed to be repainted. I didn’t feel better off than when I started. But I was.
I sometimes blame other people or events for discouraging me. But I know I have a say. That is why I’m not starting back at one. I’m thinking of missing a photo yesterday as a wobble and this is me regaining my balance.
Boing! Boing!
We walked out the door this morning with plenty of time to get to school. After stopping a few times to enjoy the morning, we were a little late. How many more mornings will we have like this before it’s time for hat and mittens?
Photos by Savanna. (!)
We were on our way home from school today and it was so beautiful: the leaves, the sun, the kids. I was carrying Atticus and asked Savanna to take our picture. She said, “Sure. I knew you’d ask.”
These photos were taken with my friend, Christina’s, awesome 135mm lens. It’s amazing. AMAZING.
I’m starting a photography business. There, I’ve said it.
About a year ago, a friend asked me, “Why aren’t you turning your talent into money?” My six month old baby was sitting on my lap when she said it. I kissed Augusta’s head and said, “I will. When she’s a little older.”
She’s a little older now. I’ve decided to get things rolling.
