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Happy Thanksgiving | Danville Lifestyle Photographer

November 24, 2010

We’ve spent the last few days in Salt Lake visiting my mom and my sisters for Thanksgiving.  We’ve been anticipating “The Blizzard of 2010″, stocking up on food, provisions, treats, games, candles, and videos.  The hype turned out to be much more than reality when we were dusted with only a half a foot of snow.  But the temperature didn’t rise above 20 degrees today so we don’t feel completely extreme-weather deprived.

With all this time and food, cookie-making was in order.  My sister, Tatertotsandjello, and her family broke out the cookie sheets and made some snickerdoodles.  This is the type of session I love to do!  Capturing everyday life, families doing what they love, together.  Real. Life. Together.

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Memory Monday – Imaginative Juices Needed

November 24, 2008

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This is another of my favorites from the pile of pictures Ralf brought back from his trip to Austria.  It just makes me smile.  I was hoping to get a little story behind this picture, but it was new to Charlotte.  Here’s what she did say.

My dad (Robert) is 2nd from the left, sitting down is my uncle Charlie, my dad’s best friend and married to his sister Hilda. This must be in the 1930s.

From what my site reader tells me, I have way more readers than commenters.  And I know some of them are far funnier and better writers than myself. So, for this Memory Monday, I need your help.

Who are these crazy Austrians and what in the heck were they doing when this picture was taken???

I’ll post some of the best comments later in this week for you to read as you’re sprawled out on your aunt’s Barcalounger in a tryptophanic coma induced by too much turkey and pumpkin pie.

Happy Memory Monday!

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Thankful Thursday

November 21, 2008

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It’s the little things that count, right?  So here’s my list for this week:

I’m thankful:

  • For Facebook.  It’s my lifeline to the world outside of small town Idaho.  And I’ve found so many old friends that I never would have connected with otherwise.
  • That my car battery didn’t die after being on all night Tuesday.
  • For ORBIT gum because of all the yummy long-lasting flavors and because you can blow bubbles with it even though it isn’t called bubble gum.  My favorite flavor right now is Sangria Fresca. The box is orange.
  • For online shopping.  Without it I might have been forced to craft together my own ventriloquist dummy with discarded doll parts, miscellaneous nuts and bolts, and mismatched baby clothes from the ever present D.I. bin in our garage.  Now that would have resulted in extraordinary creepiness!
  • That my main floor floors are vacuumed and spotless … even if only for this present moment.
  • That the dog finally came home after spending two hours in the cow patch behind our house and that I was able to spray off most of the manure and hitch hikers stuck to her much-too-long tresses.
  • For WordWorld.  Will has learned almost all his letters thanks to this genius show.  If you have a toddler in need of alphabet training and you haven’t seen this, it’s on PBS.
  • For Advil.  It’s been my friend the past 3 days while I’ve been on the verge of a migraine.  Anyone have this problem?  It’s a fairly new phenomenon for me but one that comes back every month to visit.
  • For the upcoming holiday.  I’m looking forward to family, turkey, sweet potatoes, pie, games, parades and football on T.V., and a break from the schedule rut.

Happy Thankful Thursday!

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