Day 5

Fall is my favorite time on the lane...

Day 4

 The wind is turning cool
anticipation is on the horizon
Yet I contemplate if I lived this season to the fullest?
Did I cherish each day?
Have I fostered something of worth this day? Especially in the eyes of a child...
Seasons now seem so fleeting just like childhood, you just seem to enjoy a stage or a season then it's gone! You try to hold on and to capture the moment and memory but it's almost like trying to catch the wind...

Day 3

Pick your pumpkins...1...2...3...
I love fall! Orange has always been my favorite color. It just draws my eye and holds it. It is spunky yet grounded. It has an unassuming flair that just makes me happy. I find that orange and I have a lot in common.

Day 2

NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY

 Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.

 Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour.

 Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. 

I know this poem by Frost is about Morning and spring.

Yet every time I see a golden leaf I think of it and remember 

my first photo class at Weber with my friends Annette and Eliza.

I'm thankful for those days and the wonderful and talented 

friends I met. They expanded my mind and my creativity.

Party!

Xadi helping me dig for Quarters for my birthday.

My creepy dessert platter. Eyeballs anyone?

The October birthdays.

HALLOWEEN:

XADI AND I TOOK SOME FRIGHTENING IMAGES....BEWARE!

This is what happens when you go shopping with your BFF's for your birthday to the Dillard's Lingerie Department...

You get super cool and oh so comfy birthday jammies! Thanks Claudia and Celeste! What? Were you thinking something else? Cause that really would be frightening! My kids in there Halloween Jammies! Is it strange that I'm sad that Halloween is over? That and it's Snowing!!!! My Favorite holiday and my riding both over on the same day! DEPRESSING! At least I have candy for the next 24 hours! Then I'm off that and bread until Thanksgiving.

The Ghoul and her Jack-o-lantern!

What do your kids beg for after a night of Trick-or-Treating?

Char- a carrot! Don't worry he usually begs for chips and candy!

I asked Charlie to smile! I love this one!

Pumpkin sad...

Pumpkin Scary...

Pumpkin Screaming....

That's all! Hope you had a Happy Halloween!

My day 2 and 3 photo's will be up later...

Day 1

"The World through My eye." I'm going to do a post a day for the next month of photo's from my world. I've really missed taking still life photo's, so I'm challenging myself to go back to my roots. I also want to further cultivate a spirit of gratitude throughout November- so some may just be photos others will have words. I really hope you enjoy it!

"Stand Together"

"Sometimes we fail to look up."

"It is better to look up."

"Best Friends"

"Always look on the sunny side of life."

"Happiness"

My Rant...

I think I'm usually a very happy person but there has been something on my mind that I just need to get out. So bare with me as I rant for a bit.I'll go back to happy fun time next I promise! After all as Monty Python always said- Look on the sunny side of life!

So here goes...I've been blessed with five best friends at different stages of my life! They are all totally amazing and completely different. From looks tall skinny super model blonde to short curvy brunette. From active LDS to agnostic. From world traveler to stay at home mom. From totally out spoken to quiet and reserved. And every other difference in between! But it's what they have in common besides me that alarms me most...
It's that all of them have been cheated on by there significant other/ husband. This really upsets me! Not just because they are the most amazing people I've ever known but also because what is says about the men of this generation. I don't think they understand love or commitment. Love is service trust devotion. Love is a choice! You do not just "fall" in love or out. You have the god given power to choose in Matt 5 it states-love your enemies... If you love them that love you, what reward have ye? Both statements imply that love is a choice granted from our Father in Heaven who knows us and our desires. Lust is a fleeting desire it is not of God therefore it is against God and will not lead to happiness. I believe that is what these men are in search of. But happiness is never brought by self serving purposes. Happiness is achieved through loving serving and helping others- NOT YOURSELF!
If you are not feeling love or in love with someone try serving them do something selfless with no hope of a return. It makes me so upset to see my best friends all go through this. Why is this generation of men so selfish? Why do they think it's okay to Leave their commitments covenants and sometimes children behind to find "true love"? I'm both sickened and saddened when I hear stories like these:

Child "I want my Daddy to give me a back to school blessing too!" MOM (It's got to be the Mom Cause she is the one still there honoring her covenants and commitments) "He can't sweetie. How about a neighbor, a bishop or one of your friends Daddy's?" Child, "Why Can't Daddy do it? Doesn't he love me?" MOM "He isn't following Heavenly Father's commandments so he can't do it right now. I'm really sorry." Child, "Well if he can't I DON'T WANT ONE! IJUST WANT MY DADDY TO DO IT! NOT SOMEONE ELSES DADDY!" Followed by lots of cries and sobs! This poor child is just heart broken and my friend gets to try to tape up the pieces the best she can.

Or this one: Child, "Mommy can we just go back a year or two when Daddy was following Heavenly Father's commandments and we were all happy?"

I really don't understand what they are thinking. In my opinion you couldn't find better women than my best friends! I haven't and I'm picky about my friends!