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Birthday Pumpkins!

Before I go on with this post I just want to clarify something from my last post… My lack of confidence and writers block is because of me and not other people. People are going to not get my point and miss-read what I write. Its life! I just don’t like when that happens. People may not agree with my thoughts, feelings and actions, but thats what makes the world go ’round! Only sometimes I personalize it a bit too much and don’t handle it well. My writers block is mine. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m passing the blame to anyone else. So, I’ll keep pressing on and blogging!

Here I go!

 

Every year our sweet friend Nadine has her birthday at a pumpkin patch. I think we missed a year here and there, but for the most part we’ve been celebrating her birthday at a pumpkin patch for the past 6 years! Man I love this kid! Nadine is kind, sweet, smarter then I’ll ever be and she is going to change the world. I about cried when she-all by herself-thanked her friends for coming to her party and for letting her blow out her candles.ย 

 

So at this pumpkin patch they have a corn maze. Its fun. They actually have two corn mazes. A kid one and one that is big enough they print out maps for you so you don’t get lost. Its kinda complicated. So my dear friend Shan-Marie and I took some of our kids in the mucky, but pretty maze. I’m going to take the blame here… I’m a dork. Its true and I’m okay with it. No need to post comments about how I’m not a dork. I know you are just being kind. I’m okay with it! Plus I have Shan to keep me company! Kidding! Well… Kinda! She followed me and stuck with me! Back to my story… I thought the maze had a beginning and an end. You know! You go in the start and come out the end! Right? Well this maze you came in and exited the same entrance. So finally after arriving at the same entrance I told Shan we were cutting through. So out we pop at what I thought was end of the maze. Cheering and so proud of ourselves! Others went back, but not US! We finished it!

Some time later talking to people about the maze it clicks… we finished the maze three times and cut through to the kiddy maze. I’ll show you a picture to help you maybe understand…

Two different mazes… We thought we were so cool! So imagine with me Me, Shan and four kids cheering as we come charging out of the Kiddie Maze.

Anyways… it was funny!

Here’s a small slideshow of some fun images. I took TONS! But, as I went through them I realized I took TONS of Jillian! I was feeling bad, but as I thought about it, all the other kids scattered away! Jillian is the only one that can’t run away from my camera! So it wasn’t me favoring her! And then we went to the city and again… I had way more of Beans. I just can’t be fair and equal shmequal all the time!

And yes! All us parents wanted these waster pumps at our homes! I’m telling you HOURS of fun!

 

I’m so behind!

I really planned on blogging all the time once I got my new blog! It seems like life started going at such a fast pace I couldn’t sit long enough to blog! And when I have had the time to sit, I couldn’t figure out how to get everything all typed out and focused into blog posts! I have lots to blog about! Some fun stuff and some thoughtful stuff… It seems like it’s the thoughtful not fluffy stuff that I can’t get out. Don’t get me wrong! Things have been crazy fun and then, crazy sad. Its been such a roller coaster! I feel like I have so much to say and I’m not feeling secure enough to actually blog about it! I know I don’t have the most read blog on the block, but people have miss-read my blog and I have some negative reactions to posts. And with me being SO terribly sensitive about my lack of writing skills… I’m having a hard time letting go and just writing what’s in my heart.

It seems like this is a common issue going around. How real should I be? How much should you share with the blog world? I’ve thought about it and… I’m just going to be me. The pretty and the messy. Hopefully someone out there will just read my blog and feel good knowing that there is someone out there just like them and they are not alone. Actually! That has happened! Sarah James! GREAT!! So now everything else is cake! Sarah and I are sisters separated by a big ocean! One of these days I’m going to hit the Lotto BIG and fly my family over to England and give her a big hug! Then we will tour around England with our husbands and TEN children and take fifty million photos!

Speaking of photos! I have a couple of sessions coming up that I am super excited about! Yeah!!!

 

And because it doesn’t feel right to blog without images… let me catch up a bit! This was from Labor Day! I told you I was behind!

I LOVE your decision! Just be You! Don’t let the nagative reactions of others get to you! You have no idea how many people you are helping! Really!

Love you lots!

Sharon, I logged into your website after reading about you in Me Re Koh’s blog. I feel very sad that mean spirited people have dented your confidence. I have just started my blog also and feel uncomfortable about what I write, if it will sound silly to others and putting my photography out there. Just continue to follow your passion and you cannot possibly go wrong.

PS. Those maternity photo at the start of your blog are amazing
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Thank you! I feel bad now… I don’t think that the few people who had issues with past posts (from my blog before I got my fancy new one) were being mean… You know when you read an e-mail or a text and you put your own spin on things… how you can get it all mixed up and read into something that wasn’t even there? My meaning was just missed a few times. And because I’m a silly ninny, my insecurities kicked in and bloggers block crept in. I just got to get back up!

Thanks Pic!

Kitchen Closed Sundays

I love this sign! Jeramy remembers it hanging in his grandmas kitchen and my kids will remember it hanging in their kitchen growing up. I love that AND I love pointing to the sign on Sunday’s when I don’t feel like cooking.

I think we might be the only family left with a box TV.

Sometimes we go out, lots of times Jeramy cooks and sometimes, much to the kids delight, I say, “Kids! Its dinner time! Fend for yourselves!”

Not that we did much of anything this particular Sunday. I napped and Jeramy played Wii with the kids, but I still didn’t want to make dinner. So the kids had to fend for themselves! The big kids heated up leftovers and the little girls decided that they needed to make “Banana Roll UP’s” I had no idea what a banana tool up was, but it was fend for yourself Sunday so I sat back and watched. Aparently they learned how to make banana roll up’s from Bear Bear’s AKA The Berenstain Bears. See TV is’t all bad! ๐Ÿ˜‰

 

What do you do when you don’t feel like cooking? Have any easy and healthy recipes you like to make WITH your children?

i’ve looked through this post like 4 times since you published it and i love it more each time. i love our kids. ๐Ÿ™‚

I love your kiddos too! And you! And your new blog! Now I am off to make a banana roll-up!

Four Eyes!

Someone got glasses! I’ve never seen anyone so happy about it! ย Mary Rose had to wait a week before they came in! Each day was a struggle! Every time the phone rang or I got a text her perfect little ears perked up to hear if it was someone calling to let us know her glasses were in. As soon as she put them on her world was brighter and clearer!

Glasses have gotten so much cuter these days. When I got my first glasses they were so ugly.
She looks great!! I love her frames.Very sheek!
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what a beautiful girl! i love her!!!

Love me some beautiful girls with glasses!