Rambo Baby!

This day Evinn and grandma were playing dress up! This is what they came up with! It was so hilarious to find Evy like this. She loves getting into her grandma's thing!!!

The Aliens Can Read Our Minds!!!!!

This little silver bowl was originally for Doug's photography lighting system. Evinn has taken it though and made it her own! Its so amusing to watch her put it on and crawl around looking like this! Its her favorite thing right now. I think she looks like one of those people that are sure that the aliens are coming to get them and they have to protect their minds so that their thought are kept private. I'm pretty convinced that this is exactly why she wears it all the time. She a crazy one!!



She sure is cute, even with all the crazy!

In early October Doug, Clif, and Marc went to a Utes game while us girls were scrappin'.

He is such a cute little guy! Apparently he was picking up girls left and right! Can you blame them though he melts my heart every time I see his smile!

Last Chance BBQ!

Well, I have a little bit to catch up on. We haven't been good at keeping you all updated. Sorry!!! We're starting all the way back in September. We have some great friends and we all decided to have a BBQ since we felt that it might be the last of the season. We had a blast!


We had good food and the kids were all over the place laughing and having fun. Evy loved to sit and watch the kids play. We were with our very good friends Eloisa,Greg, Michelle, and Cory.




So sad that summers gone, but looking forward to the Holidays.

War is (Almost) Over

Hey everybody. I think all of you are on my mailing list, so you've probably already seen this. if not, sorry and send me you e-mail so i can make sure to add you.

This is a piece I put together for a photoshop contest. I had a lot of fun doing it and really sharpened my skills in the process.

Almost all of the destruction in the background was done with brushes or manipulation of what was already in the picture of the industrial plant. The sky was added using a picture I took for another project and the beach was just a random pic i had. The texture, rust, tearing, etc. on the "masked man" were a combination of overlayed pictures and brushes. since only a portion of his head was provided, I took a picture of myself to fill in the blanks, so that is me holding the ornament/bomb (really it was one of Evy's toys). Oh and the guy on the rock is wearing my shoes since his feet were cut off in the original picture.


They provided 7-8 stock pictures. We had to at least use one of them as a main focus of our entry. here are the four I used in there original state.

Evy standing with mama's help

I took this shot of Evinn while I was setting up for a portrait of some people in our ward. She is starting to stand up on her own and is getting close to balancing by herself. Although knowing her, she'll learn how to do it and then take 4 months to WANT to do it.

The Plentiful Gifts of Doug

Okay, so most of you know how amazing my husband is at, well just about every thing. He decides to try something and finds out that he's a natural. Of course when he is interested in something he immerses himself in it. Around the time Evy was born Doug decided to learn about photography. Of course he picked it up right away. He has been practicing and growing in his knowledge and ability. These pictures are just a few amazing photos out of his portfolio. I felt that it was my obligation as his wife to show off his great work! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

The three pictures here are photos that Doug compiled to present the image that you see. In the ally way picture Doug took 6 different photos and combined them. He also added in a few things like the light over the door and the light reflecting down from it. Its amazing to watch him put it all together. Its hard to understand just how much goes into it without seeing the process for yourself.



Doug has had great luck finding models that are willing to pose for an exchange of services. Although I think that they definitely get the better end of the bargain. The girl above is Danny. She has worked with Doug several different times and wants to continue working with him. She loves his photography and his ideas for photos. Its quite a compliment for Doug because Danny has worked with a lot of photographers and of all of them Doug is someone she continues to seek out.
Doug has done a few photos for family as well. Doug loves taking pictures of family and processing them.
As I said before these are just a few of Doug's pictures. He has had the great fortune to have a few paying jobs. He took photos for the local dance troop in town. He also took the photos for the Miss Tintic Pageant this last August. He has been fortunate enough to also have a few families contact him for family portraits. Its awesome to watch him progress and fall even further in love with what he is doing. I am so grateful for my hubby and all that he does for us as a family. I hope he truly knows how amazing he really is. I love you Doug!



For new posts of Evy just continue down. I've been up-dating a little fast so don't miss some great pictures further back. Hope you enjoy!