September 2nd, 2010
While in Washington the kids and I went to visit my dad in Des Moines and then headed out to the Seattle Center with his wife and her son and his daughter for some fun times. It has been forever since I’ve been to the Seattle Center…probably since New Year’s Eve 98…and a lot has changed, but so much was still the same. It was so much fun to go there with my dad as he and I spent many a Saturday there while he tried to listen to the music and I wanted to ride the rides. I remember riding a roller coaster with him there and knocking out a tooth…I remember putt putt golf with him there and so many trips to the Science Center and many other great memories.
Although the EMP was built after I spent so much time at the Seattle Center as a kid (it was there when I was older, but I never have visited), it’s still pretty awesome to look at. Maybe someday I’ll get to go inside 
We walked through the Center and saw some old sights and then headed towards the fountain. The kids all had a great time and got very wet, but there were lots of smiles to go around!
After we got the kids to dry off, we let them go on a few rides and of course Mr Smily just loved them…
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September 2nd, 2010
While on our trip to Washington this summer, my mom and the kids and I did a lot of visiting of places that held memories from my childhood. I was also lucky enough to meet up with my best friend from when I was 5 while she was on her visit from Finland. It’s been so long since we’ve seen each other and now we both have our own kids. We decided to meet at Madison Park where we used to spend so much time together as kids.
I love this image of Claire…this is the park that I used to go to with my friend so often as a little girl as well as my dad on our Wednesday and Saturday visits…I promise those stone animals were much bigger when I was little…
After the park, we headed over for some lunch at a restaurant we’d all been to before although it was under a new name…and then a quick swimsuit change and a trip down to the beach. So fun to have our kids swim and play at the very same beach we played together as kids.
And no trip to Madison Park is complete without a trip to the Bakery…I didn’t get a maple bar, which is what I remember getting when we were little, but it was so cool to sit there with my best friend, her kids, my kids and both our moms as if we all just lived up the street again. Getting old and growing up is tough…keeping in touch with old friends is hard, and I miss her all the time. Finland is a long way from Utah…and Utah is a long way from Finland. But it’s amazing to see how we just slip back into close friends the second we see each other…
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September 1st, 2010
In an effort to get caught up, I’m blogging again. This time just a couple random images from the house yesterday, nothing special except to me I’ve kind of let my 365 lapse and might start posting more of those random images here… I love that we have three kids that get along so very well…Miss Claire is missing from this afternoon of fun, but she’s usually right there in the middle of it.
and the fresh peaches from Jarrod’s grandma…Miss Claire just loves them
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September 1st, 2010
It’s been a busy and crazy summer…especially those last couple weeks. And now that school has started, I’m starting to get back on track with things. The kids are loving school, each have great teachers and even little Max is loving being at school all day long. They’re back in fall sports, soccer and swimming and flag football to start soon which keeps us all busy as usual and this weekend starts college football and other great fall things…my very favorite time of year!
I have lots of photos to catch up with and wanted to share a few from our stay at my mom’s house in Tacoma…it was fun visiting home, but it just reaffirms that home is really Utah now, which is a great thing.
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August 24th, 2010
today was Max’s first day of first grade…they start a day later than all the other kids at the school (aside from the kindergarteners) so we’ve had 2 first days of school here at the Owens house. They all had a great day Max is still smiling from ear to ear.
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August 23rd, 2010
limited time right now…but I wanted to share one quick pic from the first day of school for my older two…
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August 14th, 2010
It’s been a while, I know…it’s been a busy end of the summer and we still have one busy week left before my life can get back to “normal” and I can get back to posting. I have a lot of fun things planned this fall and winter as well as a lot of catching up to do on posting from some of our summer travels. But for now I’d like to share 2 images from a recent session…there will be more to come, but I wanted to get at least these two out…enjoy!
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July 30th, 2010
I couldn’t resist posting this pic of the little cutie on his front steps…I love how you can see the little sparkle of personality in his eyes.
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July 27th, 2010
Even though it’s incredibly hot and sticky out here in Utah, Target has started pushing their back to school stuff (which does make me happy)…which will soon lead to Halloween (the *very* best time of year!) and Thanksgiving and Christmas. And if you’re like me, once July is over the rest of the year just melts into one giant month of Augu-cember and it can be scary that those once grand ideas of getting all these things done before the holidays turns into your New Years Resolutions for 2011. I know, I’ve been there So this year…let’s plan ahead
Call or email today to schedule your session and receive 25 complimentary holiday cards (a $40 value) with your favorite image from your session at no cost to you. This next week I’ll be taking pics…hoping for that perfect shot of my three, and maybe this year I’ll get my cards done early
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July 25th, 2010
I recently had the opportunity to photograph this beautiful family…their two sons are so much fun…the oldest is simply the perfect gentleman. He’s extremely well spoken and completely at ease with adults, a great kid to be around.
and his younger adorable brother…full of smiles and laughs once he warmed up a bit.
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