50 - Finished Project

49 - I Have Witnesses

There is no photo today, because I couldn't get the pictures off my phone, but I do have witnesses. We went to Last Samurai and tried my first sushi (didn't hate it, but probably won't be ordering it in the future). I got some fun shots of the guy preparing the food for us...... Just use your imagination.

48 - Concentration

47 - Rain Means It's Not Snowing

....Usually

46 - Awaiting the Yellows of Spring

45 - Piano Lessons

44 - New Treads

Average day at the mechanic = enjoyable visit with SIL. Thanks Meg!

43 - Obsessions

I enjoy sewing and crocheting and choosing fabrics to create the projects. Right now I am obsessed with flannel and making crocheted baby blankets with it. It is a sick little obsession right now. I am to the point of forcing myself not to go to the store to buy more when it is on sale because I still have yards and yards of it sitting at home waiting to be constructed. Most who know me, know I need help. If anyone needs one I would love to make it.

This is the latest one I am working on.

42 - Passions

Everyone has passions and obsessions in life and throughout this year I may expose those layers of myself. This layer feels very vulnerable and am tenderly exposing it. Not that it is a secret, but that it is a reverence.

I was watching a passion of mine while he was engrossed in one of his passions. He loves biking, bikes, and all bike paraphernalia that goes along with it. It is his greatest release and enjoyment besides his family, which he drops everything for.

He loves to take his bikes apart and put them back together. He thinks of biking when he isn't biking and waits patiently for the next chance to hit the trail. To watch him dance down the mountain on a frame with two rubber tires is a thing of beauty. As I clumsily try to keep up to catch glimpses of him, it conjures images of water cascading down a river....fierce but gentle. He becomes part of that same earth that explodes as he lands from flight.

I was watching him work on his bike and saw his brow drawn with concentration and his hands tight in work, but rarely see him so relaxed. It is always a joy to watch him enjoy something so thoroughly and be so content.

I couldn't choose just one. Each conjured emotion for me through him.

I love my husband with all my heart....he is my passion.

41 - Going Commercial

I had a commercial shoot for a cabinet company and got to play with a light kit. Fun Fun!!

40 - Afternoon Treat

39 - Halina

38 - Head Shot

37 - ♫ In All The Wrong Places ♫

FYI-Moab is colder than SLC.

36 - ♫ Lookin' For Love Warmth ♫

35 - Childhood Heaven

34 - Monkey See Monkey Do

So today is a two picture day. One is from the newborn shoot I had today and the other is what I came across while cleaning up all the stuff from the shoot. I heard Leena saying things that I would say and trying to sweetly quiet the baby/doll. I loved it. Boy do I need to watch myself with a little copycat around.

33 - Here and Then Gone

32 - Brush With Politics

We have been hosting a Chinese student here for a week through my kids' school and they met with Mayor Winder. He came out and started speaking Chinese and surprised everyone and gave the principal of their school the key to the city. It was really cool to see and see the students excitement.

31 - A Visitor From China

30 - He Caved

I finally was able to convince my boy to let me take pictures of him. It is amazing what a homemade sugar cookie can get an 8 year old boy to do.

29 - Go Team!

28 - Good Run

Thanks Amy...I needed it.

27 - On The Mend

She slept for two days straight. So glad she is feeling better, but loved the snuggle time.

26 - Today's Tool

A Mother's Touch.

A mother has many jobs and many tools needed for those jobs. Today my arms and touch were my tool for today. I remember when I was younger and the pains and uncomfortable feelings experienced when I was sick was eased by the touch and care of my mother. I always felt close to her because of the one on one attention she gave me. Making sure I had all I needed and was comfortable and warm. These are tasks always attended to, but when you are sick you see them administered carefully and tenderly....up close. Thank you for that Mom and for teaching...I love you.

Being able to do those same things for my child makes me feel full. Not that I enjoy them being sick, but that I have the gift to calm and comfort like only a mother has is satisfying. So with camera nearby perched on a towel I snapped a shot of my favorite feelings.....embracing my child.

25 - My Poor Baby

This has been the state of my little girl all day. I feel so helpless in helping her. I just have to watch the clock and pray she feel better.

24 - Birthday Cupcakes

You know when it is someones birthday at school when your child comes home looking like this.

23 - Imposter

All who know me, know I have a sweet tooth, and each holiday brings lovely treats to enjoy and satisfy my sweet cravings. Valentine's Day brings conversation hearts. Tasty little hearts of sugar that bring me joy when I read each silly saying. I hunt down the store that holds the softest of these morsels. In my quest I found these instead. IMPOSTER is what I say. Only Necco will do. Other brands did not hold my heart in the conversation heart business. I could not stomach these fruity ill creations. As I found that my quest for the Necco I knew would be in vain, I shed a tear and struggled to find a silver lining. All I could come up with was that I would be able to stay within my calories for the day with the conversation heart out of my diet. So, thank you Necco for helping me loose those unwanted pounds. Why change a good thing. I do not like your new flavors or packaging so let the record show that I am NOT CRAZY 4U.

There may be tears mixed in with the water as I watched them slide down to their ultimate demise.