Thing one and thing two.

Sweet child.


"Why can't I throw the pillow at you! Life is so unfair."






I hear ya sister.

Punk.

She is singing "You can't take my picture! You can't take my picture!"

The Christensens.

These kids are so stinkin cute.




This was one of my favorite shots. I have some with them looking at the camera, but I still like this one.




I really love Neil's expression even though it is a profile.

It's too cold to smile.

Farr is a good sport, and always willing to smile for the camera. That generosity is very clearly not genetic.


(I take back anything nice I might have ever said about the punk I married. He just stole my water.)

Side/back light?

-I'm not sure what the lighting situation is here. I was trying to work on back lighting, but she turns around so much.

-Someday I will take a picture of her when she doesn't have food around her mouth.

-This photo is kind of a self portrait. Can you find me? Here's a hint, I'm wearing Farr's bright red shirt.

Hop on Pop.

Today.

pre-nap:

We went to the library today. Behind the library there is this really pretty view with gorgeous saguaro cactuses and other desert coolness and conveniently the library has a short little hiking trail. I thought it would be a great place to practice taking photos in shadow/daytime situation. Amorie thought it would be a great place to run on the trail and ignore her mother. So...I snapped a couple and decided to try later.

nap time:

She fell asleep on the couch while I was getting her lunch ready. It takes a lot of effort to dodge your mother's camera all morning. No wonder she was pooped.

post nap:

This is how the conversation went: "Amorie, I will give you fruit snacks if you smile for me." "Bout bunny smile for you?" That would work except that bunny doesn't have a mouth. Still, now I have 27 photos of bunny where he is looking directly at the camera which is more than I have of Amorie in all 3 1/2 years of her life.