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Jacks Baby Blessing

The star of the show was so sleepy the whole time. T swear there is something in breast milk that makes babies sleepy.

Evia lights up when sofie comes around sophie is cute trying to play with her and give her toys.

I don't know what it is but david is drawn to torture poor little kitties especially Mequettes cats Pom Pom and Zorro cause they are so chubby it is harder for them to get away.This cats name is Gus Gus

Notice the Resemblance

Now this little doll is what  we call evia. This is my favorite nickname for Evie grandpa berntsen aka grampy gave her this nickname and it has stuck with her ever since. We call her kewpie doll as this next picture demonstrates the resemblance between doll and the real baby doll.

Here are some interesting facts about these dolls Kewpie Dolls (occasionally spelled cupie) and figurines are based on comical strip-like illustrations by Rose O'Neil that appeared in Ladies home journal in 1909. The small dolls were extremely popular in the early 1900s. They were first produced in Germany, then famous for its toy-manufacturers. They were made out of bisque and then celluloid. In 1949,Effanbee created the first hard Plastic versions.
Their name, often shortened to "Kewpies", is derived from "Cupid", the Roman god of beauty and non-platonic love. The early dolls, especially signed or bisque, are highly collectible and worth thousands of dollars.

Christiansen Family Pictures

This is a friend of ours her name is Autumn and she works at Bio life with David and the other Day she needed Family pics done for Mothers Day and she asked me to take them . I was so nervous I haven't done pictures of someone elses family before and I haven't done other peoples children. And the Day she needed them done there was maximum of 95 mile per hour winds on ogden and because of this dust was everywhere and was blocking out the sun. So to say the least not the best day to take pictures but  I took on the challange anyway. We went to Ogden parkway for the pics.

 

their little boy Ridger was scared of me and everytime I would get close to take a close up shot he would run away or hide behind something. After having some frustrating pics he Finally got it that I was not there to hurt him and he finally started to relax. I asked him to be a tough guy in this picture by having him cross his arms

The key with kids get into character and then they will to.

 

Their Daughter Amberlee  was tricky she is Evias age and is so Wiggly and gets distracted easily so most of the shot I got of her were candid shots.

I got some pictures of  josh and Ridger throwing rocks in the river if you look close you can see the splash of the rock.

This one is one of my favorites.

Most of these pics did not turn out because he kept letting go of his sister and she would start crying when she would fall by this time the kids were ready to be done and so was Evia she was screaming by the halfway mark.

This is one of the only one of 10 shots that i took that had ridger looking at the camera and smiling. Lets just say this was a great learning experience for me. I just hope I can do much better next time. These pics I know I could have done a much better job but it was my first time.

Morning Walks

Every morning at eight thirty me and a few neighbor ladies take our kids on a walk. I am trying so hard to get into shape and this has helped motivate me alot so far i have lost six pounds.  I am the last person they pick up and we usually go to this beautiful cemetary by my house. It was freezing today and it started to snow during the walk but here are some pretty shots I took on our walk today. There is an alley that we go through to enter the mortuary and the fence line is covered in grape hyacinths. I love these flowers when we were little me and my sisters would make mudpies with the flowers in them, and we would tell my mom and dad that we were making blueberry pancakes.

Evia all bundled up for the ride.

There are alot of old freemason graves I liked the emblem on this particular one .

and yesterday we found some graves from the depression and a Vietnam Vet who had died serving  our country and won a purple heart.

These are some of the few older  headstones that are above ground but for the most part the rest of the mortuary has flat gravestones. So sometimes the graveyard doesn't even seem like one it feels more like a peaceful park.

Ever since my sisters have passed away I have deep respect for these places. To me these places are sacred and should be treated with respect . So every time we go if we see an  grave ornament that has fallen over or a vase or a flag is crooked we try to go fix it.