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April 9, 2014 by Terri

GREEN | {2014 Monthly Project}

GREEN…a color, which isn’t a primary color, but a mixture of blue and yellow, it’s complimentary to red. Green is a sign of growth and in the spring, it’s a welcome sight/color after a drab and colorless winter!! It can also be associated with being sick, envious and hope. Jayden and I picked green for our theme for a couple of reasons…because the grass finally starts to grow, bushes and trees start springing forward with green leaves and St. Patrick’s day is all about green…so it seemed like a perfect theme for the month. I had started out with some photos and was looking around for some unique and fun green ideas for this month…of course, that all changed when my husband and I went on vacation…to New Orleans! If you have ever been there, you would know that the city is FULL of color, LOTS of color and plenty of green, in about every shade you can imagine, so I abandoned all the other ideas I had for the theme and decided, that my “green” would all be from New Orleans (which by the was was one of the best vacations we’ve taken!!)…and there is about every shade you can imagine throughout these photos…so enjoy all the GREEN…and I hope you aren’t “green with envy” when you see all the great sights we saw there!! 😉

Jayden’s photos for March and our theme of green!! Green is a color, it’s pretty and sometimes it can be bright and sometimes it can be dark. Green makes up leaves, it’s the color of moss and it’s the color of St. Patrick’s Day when you will get pinched by friends if you don’t wear it!

Stay tuned for April’s monthly theme…you’ll have to wait to see what it is…but know there will be more photos from both of us…that I’m sure you will enjoy!!

March 11, 2014 by Terri

FRIENDS | {2014 Monthly Projects}

A bit late with last month’s project, but as they say, “better late than never!” The theme was FRIENDS and it seems as though the lines sort of blur between this month’s theme of friends and last month of family! That is because often times, our close friends become family…sometimes I say they are the family we choose to share our lives with! Dear friends are priceless and to be cherished and I can’t imagine not having friends in our lives! They are there through “thick and thin” for the “good and bad” to “laugh and cry” with us and share in the great joys of our lives! As we go through our lives, our friends might change, depending on where we live, our circumstances and just what we need from friends…but those who are tried and true friends…at always there, through it all and never waver! My husband and I have moved around quite a bit, though have been settled for over 18 years now…and we’ve met so many wonderful people during our moves and are thankful for all our our friends…some we have lost touch with, others have remained as close as when we lived by them…and new friends are also a gift that we are excited to see where the friendship will lead. Some of our very best friends in town have become our Puyallup family and it’s wonderful to see our kids are also friends and we look forward to seeing our circle of friends….and family continue to grow as the years go by!

Emma loves playing with her “friends” and on this day, she decided they were going to visit the window sill!Although Jayden and Emma are cousins, they are also friends and it’s heartwarming to see how close they are!!!During a snowy morning walk through the park, we enjoyed watching the ducks with their friends in the snow and floating on the pond!Friends for over 18 years…definitely something to be treasured!Emma and Malibu are great buddies – of course, Malibu is always encouraged to hang around Emma when she’s eating!!

Jayden: Friends are fun to play with! Friends can help you when you need help with something. They can make you laugh and when you cry, they give you hugs and make you feel better. I love my friends and hope that I make many more friends as I grow up!

That’s it for February…and now we are already working on our March theme…stay tuned, we’ll try to be more on time with the posting! Wishing you all a great start to spring and we’ll be back soon with new photos for a new theme!!

~Terri & Jayden

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January 31, 2014 by Terri

FAMILY | {2014 Monthly Project}

It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2014 is wrapping up – the time just passes far too quickly these days! After doing a 365 (daily photograph) project last year, I wasn’t sure just what I wanted to do this year, but I had decided to not do a 365. There have been two years recently that I did a 365 and both have been rewarding, fun and a great learning process, but by the end of the each year, I knew I needed a break. They are amazing projects, but also demanding…you can’t let it go a single day for the year, so there is pressure and sometimes it has felt like a chore, BUT with that being said, I wouldn’t have not done them!

So, this year I am doing a monthly project, a theme so to speak, with a series of photos tied to the theme…and I’ve decided to do it with someone else, sort of a team project. That “someone” else is our oldest granddaughter, who is 8 years old. Jayden has been a subject of my photos for nearly all her life and often asks if she can take a photo when I’m shooting…and she often has ideas about the photos I’m taking when she’s around. So…our first month’s theme is FAMILY – and we both have shot some photos that represent what family is to us and will each write a bit to go along with the photos.

Here’s my series of photos…a couple are from last month and there are a couple that are even older.Family…the definition according to Wikipedia is: a family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage), or co-residence/shared consumption (see Nurture kinship). Personally, it’s not only those you are related to by blood and/or marriage, but also those you you form a close bond with…a connection that is strong and feels like family! Family can change over time as well…there are marriages, divorces, relationships, births, deaths…all changing the family that you have with you and through all of that, you can either develop a closer connection to your “family” or let it slip away. Personally, I couldn’t be more thankful for my family…every single one of them…and even those who are no longer with us. Sometimes I think that the family that has passed away helps us to strengthen the bond with those who are still here. Six years ago, my dad passed away and there are still days that the loss is still fresh and heartbreaking, but I am very grateful for everything I learned from him and it has helped me learn to be thankful for each and every day spent with family and friends. I love my family, am thankful for them and am proud of each of them!

The below photos are from Jayden with her words about the photos…I have loved sharing this first month with her and look forward to the next 11 months and our projects!

Family…I love my family so much! I would do anything for my family. This is my dad, I love him and my dogs, Maddie and Zeus.

This is my cousin Emma, I love her. This is my Mimi and Papa with her, I love them so much!I love my little cousin, she’s cute and sweet and nice to me.This is ME! I’m Jayden…my family is fun and silly and cool and awesome. I love my family!Emma is the best cousin in the world!This is my aunt Jessie and cousin…and I can’t wait for the new baby to come…I will get a new cousin and our family will be bigger!This is my friend, Jocelyn and her brother, Tyler…Jocelyn loves Tyler…she would do anything for him. That’s what family does.

Family can be very special, they can be funny, smart, they can be helpful and they can be wonderful. I hope you all have a wonderful family and love them.

Thank you for sharing in our first monthly project…stay tuned for next month when we have a new theme and new photos…

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