Category Archives: Everyday Life

Capturing October: the Everyday

October 3, 2013 Molly 1 Comment

Today’s theme, the everyday, the ordinary, it’s one of my favorites. We’re usually quick to pull out our cameras for the big stuff– first day of school, birthdays, vacations. But, how often do we pull it out for the totally ordinary?

Digital cameras and Instagram have made it a lot easier to capture these moments, but I want to get intentional about it. I know there will be a day when I don’t remember all of the details so well. I’m not saying I’m planning to lose my memory, but kids grow and change so fast. It seems to be impossible to capture all the details.

Today’s everyday moment: Grilled cheese. Every day for lunch he wants and gets grilled cheese. And I always take a bite out– the fee from the chef.

Everyday Life, Photography, Project 365

Capturing October: Afternoon

October 2, 2013 Molly Leave a comment

We usually hang around school for a bit after I pick Reed and Lena up. Since Lena has been in kindergarten, she learned how to swing and it’s one of her favorite things to do.

Everyday Life, Photography, Project 365

Capturing October: Silly

October 1, 2013 Molly 1 Comment

This was hard. Not because silly is a hard thing to capture with kids, but because at the end of the day, I had so many pictures to go through. But, I decided to limit myself to just one. One photo that could stand alone to reflect that word, without explanation.

Reed and Gus played this morning as we waited for Lena to finish getting ready school. I’m not sure what Gus did, but Reed told him, “That is really uncorrect.”

Then I noticed what was actually “uncorrect”… he had Gus’s pants on, as really tight, unzippable shorts. 12m pants, on my child who wears size 6 pants. Eeep.

“Skateboarding” on a toy truck, while wearing his little brother’s pants as shorts.

Up tomorrow: Afternoon…
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Everyday Life, Photography, Project 365

Capturing October: a photo challenge

September 30, 2013 Molly 1 Comment

For the month of October, my favorite month of crisp, beautiful fall, I am challenging myself to get out my camera every day. And, be intentional to capture some of my favorite things about fall, as well as forcing myself to get creative with my camera. And, while it’s short notice… you’re invited to join me!

Each day has a simple, open idea to capture. Really a starting place.

You don’t have to be a photographer. Or even own a camera. You just have to have something that takes pictures and be up for some fun.

If you have a blog, you can share your photos on there, you can share them on Instagram with #capturingoctober , or on my Facebook page. If you have a blog, I will post a blog roll on my right side bar.

So, who wants to join me?

Anyone?

Everyday Life

Labor Day Weekend Fun

September 5, 2013 Molly 6 Comments

We made a quick trip to Colorado for Labor Day weekend, to enjoy the outdoors and for some camping. We did a ton, but here are some of the highlights.

First hike of the trip, with perfect morning mountain weather.

We checked out this big castle. Bishop Castle.

Can you find Reed and Lena?

The castle has some amazing details. This is the third floor, as you can see the huge arch windows in the photos above.

Later on Saturday, we checked out Great Sand Dunes National Park.

Just a tip, wear closed toe shoes and don’t go mid-day. This sand is hot. Don’t repeat our mistakes!

On our way to our campsite, we saw this beautiful double rainbow.

After dinner walks. With a girl who dances to the beat of her own drum and a boy who likes being up high.

The big kids and I stayed up after dark and had some fun with long exposure photos.

Unfortunately, it was a cloudly night, so we didn’t get to enjoy the stars too much.

Here’s my one road trip tip: Building forts in the car. It worked brilliantly, and bought us some quiet time.

Amazing views.

Nest stop: Treasure Falls.

Only Lena and Aaron made it all the way to the upper deck. The boys were a bit too tired to keep hiking up at that point.

Family photo, sitting at the top of a gorge. Making me nervous.

It was pouring rain when we got back to our campsite that night, so we had to cancel our plans for hot dogs and smores over the fire. But apparently, my kids are okay with hotdogs for breakfast.