Evinn Snapshots

This is one of my favorite outfits on Evinn. I'll be so sad the day she grows out of it (if it hasn't happened already). Just an update on her age, she is just over 3 months , 2 weeks. Time is going by way too fast.

Parker Shparker!

Over the Thanksgiving weekend Anna and I got a few early Christmas presents for ourselves. One of mine was a reflective umbrella for photography. Right before they were supposed to go to bed one night, I convinced Parker and Logan to let me take some pictures of them (I haven't worked on Logan's pic yet, it will come soon hopefully). Of course it meant a little more time that they could stay awake so they agreed. This is one of my favorites.

Even though Lonna advises against it (see the "Dog Tired" Post) I will admit I did some photoshop work on this, but the lighting was all done in "real life".

I've been TAGGED!!!

When I first saw that I had been tagged by Aunt Sylvia, I immediately thought of it as a term for graffiti. The thought of my aunt Sylvia "tagging" a wall jumped into my head, but since I don't have a picture to convey that, I thought I'd show you the aftermath. It looks like a couple cans of spray paint (and a couple hours training on Wii boxing) is all it takes for Sylvia to "Rain down the PAIN".

So here are my seven facts.

1. Unlike Ryan (see his response on Leslie's blog) I can't get enough of the "get to know you" e-mails, as I'm sure most of you know. I think it is because it is so much easier to be myself when I don't have to worry about seeing the response people have to what I say. I can pretend that most of you laugh (or at least smile) at my idiotic ramblings and all is fine in (my) the world.

2. I now come in 2-ply.

3. I'm a big movie buff. I see way too many movies and Anna gets dragged along to a lot that she doesn't really care for. Although we are going quite a bit less now that Evinn is here. I think it's a fair trade.

4. I can't touch my toes. I've never been able to. I can touch my nose, but it doesn't seem like that big of an accomplishment.

5. I wear glasses, but only for work. I think I look silly in them so I make sure to take them off when people come to talk to me at my desk.

6. I had kidney stones a couple of years ago, so I always keep a half gallon jug of water at my desk that I have to finish each day. I never... NEVER want to feel that pain again. Getting up from my desk every 30 minutes for "breaks" is no picnic either, but at least it doesn't hurt.

7. I spent way to much time on the picture that accompanies this post (but from a design standpoint, not enough). But since I don't design much at my job anymore, it was a fun way to keep up on my skills... or lack there of.

Happy Baby

For about 2-3 weeks Evinn has been responding to us more and more. She smiles a lot when we talk to her now and we can actively see her studying us or anything else that catches her focus.


Anna caught her in a very happy mood the other day. Here are a couple of the shots she was able to get. I like the "got your nose" gesture she is making in the second pic.

Snapshots of Kevin

Kevin has always been fun for me to photograph. He is so willing to just make new faces and subtle changes in his poses, that I always end up with something good (those of you who saw it know that he was the subject of the only post on my last blog attempt).


I decided to group the photos together into a single file and present them as one. I'm trying to keep you from having to scroll too much. If you don't like it find another Brown Barlow Blog to look at.

Evinn's Blessing Dress

OK, OK, I know I've been slacking. I've been getting a bunch of pictures ready to put up so here is the first of (hopefully) several new posts this week.


Anna's Mother was nice enough to take the time to make Evinn's blessing dress and we have to say, it came out wonderful. We waited a week or so after the blessing to get some shots of the dress, because on the day of the blessing she was just big enough to fit into it.


Anna wanted me to mention that the material for Evinn's dress came from her (Anna's) wedding dress. She's been so excited to be able to reuse her dress and get a bit more use out of it. If I remember right we have enough material to do another one if needed.