Trunk or Treat

Saturday night was our ward's Trunk or Treat. The boys had a great time. And amazingly enough they did not bring home more candy than I took to give out (which is usually the case) I love this quick and easy way of doing things. No walking for miles and I feel secure enough to let my 8 year old go off on his own. That is why I only have one picture of him. Knowing that there are a lot of people that know and love my boys there helped too. 

So this year we were comic book hero's, Jared was Batman and Dallin was Spiderman and Shane was Super Raccoon (because he wanted to be a hero like his brothers). 

Shane was so much fun this year. He loves to point at all the gross halloween decorations and tell me that they are scary. 

This is Dallin with his best buddy Scott, They were so cute in their muscly Spiderman costumes that matched. They go to the same Kindergarten class and have been talking about their costumes for the past 2 weeks. They hung out together most of the night. 

Here is my Jared in his Batman costume I had to catch him quick before he was off. Just a foreshadowing of what is to come in the years ahead I fear. 

All in all we had a good night. I am glad that we were able to do something fun for them that was safe and wholesome. Halloween is not Aaron and I's favorite holiday in the least. 

Congratulations!

I am an Aunt again! Brian and Amber have had a beautiful baby boy. Two weeks early and he is over 8 lb. That is defiantly a Rieman boy. From what Brian told me, Amber is doing great and baby Trace is too. More later. 

Unit 1 Photo Project

So I have my first photo assignment due and I have to submit 3 photos with three different instructions.

 Photograph #1 needs to use shutter speed to express a sense of motion or speed. I did this by using a fast shutter speed to "freeze" the action.

 

You will not believe how many shots it took to get this photo. 

Photograph #2 needs to use selective focus to make the subject stand out.  My subject should fill most of the frame but still have some of the background showing. I have a few options for this one and need some feedback on which you think is the best. 

I love the one of the rooster because you wouldn't know if I didn't tell you but he is standing in front of a garbage can. 

This is one of my best friends little boys isn't he so cute. 

Photograph #3  Creates a feeling of distance by using a great depth of field. Just the opposite of #2. Everything should be in focus from near to far. 

Please let me know what you think. 

Preserving Marriage - YES on Prop 8

I attended a satellite meeting tonight by the General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints and they gave us this link to share with our friends. So here it is. http://www.preservingmarriage.org/

You can go to this web site to learn more about this issue and have a good understanding of what will happen if we do not use our voices to let our opinions known. 

The most important thing that I heard tonight is that in this issue we need to remember that everyone is a Child of God and we need to show them Christ like love. That does not mean that we need to condone the choices they make, that we believe to be wrong, only that we show them the love that Christ would show them. 
I truly believe that Marriage between a man and a woman is a divine principle, and central to Heavenly Fathers plan for each of us. So I will be voting YES on Prop 8. I hope you do too.

Sacramento Temple Picture

I took this picture last night after the RS General Meeting. I like it but think it is to dark. I think I need to go back when it is just getting dark. What do you think?

Also to those who live around here,  I want to do Family Photos at the Temple soon. If you are interested in having a family photo done for the holidays call me! 

September Utah Trip

For the past few years Aaron's company has sent him to Utah for a week of training. I see it as a good excuse to get out of town for a while and stay in a hotel. (all paid for by the ISO of course) And it is also a great time to see Aaron's family, his Mom and sister Melissa with her kids live there. We love that our boys know their Grandma Jolene and that they are building a relationship with her. I wish we lived closer to other family. Shane was his normal 2 year old self and said nothing but 'no' to Grandma for whole trip until she was helping him into the car when we were going to leave . He finally said 'yes' to her. That was her goal to make him say yes. I thought that was so cute. Somehow we didn't get a picture with Grandma this year. But we got some of Melissa and the cousins. 

Jessica was 4 or 5 when I first met her, she has grownup into a beautiful young woman.  

Melissa and J.J. (J.J. is an extraordinary young man, we pray that he will achieve everything we know him capable of. ) 

Bryan and Aaron. Aaron is being goofy in this picture. Bryan has greatness in him we hope someday he will be able to see it. 

 This trip was great because I was also able to meet up with a very old friend of mine from 15 years ago. Carrie Smith who is now Carrie Keele. Hanging out with her and her family was so great it was like the 15 year absence never happened. Aaron and Carrie's husband Taylor got along great once they got over the BYU / U of U rivalry. (Just kidding it was just shirts. Funny story ask us about it sometime if you are really interested.) We went out to dinner and everyone hit it off really well. Earlier in the day we went to Discovery Gateway. (next post) And after dinner we played a fun card game called Hand and Foot. They even came to Aaron's Mom's house for breakfast Saturday before we left.  I was amazed at how our lives experiences  have helped us to grow but we were able to still have things in common especially with regards to the Gospel. It's rare to find good friends and hard to keep them, I am glad that Carrie found me again. Thanks to the internet. 

Family Picture name updates

A Huge Thank You to Aunt Debbie who corrected names of those I missed in the earlier blog post. Now  all the names are correct. Go and read it again. :o)