The Great Quiram Adventure

2011-10-20T10:22:00.001-05:00

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The Boy has a Birthday!

2011-08-06T22:09:00.002-05:00

Today I became the mother of a teenager...it's official, I'm old!! How can it be that my baby is already a teenager? I guess time really does fly. This young man has brought me countless moments of joy. His heart is the most gentle and kind. I hope that as he continues to grow he will continue to be the honorable young man that he is today. I love you T!

Retrospective

2011-08-04T19:14:00.005-05:00

So I am turning 36 here shortly. This has prompted me to think about the last 10 months of my EPIC 35. I said prior to turning 35 that I would be doing several things to make my 35 as awesome as possible...I would like to announce I was only unfortunate enough not to have completed one thing. As for the other items: Italy, hair cutting, graduating, LSAT and family photos were all accomplished. I even accomplished several things that are on my bucket list.

So what does 36 hold in store for me? My hope is law school admission, selling our home and hopefully moving, and actually posting here more frequently. My hope is to also lose 15-20 pounds in an effort to tone up my body.

Other things happened this year that I am still processing. My Nana passed, my kids still have not stopped growing!!, my aunt is still struggling with cancer, my grandmother is finally letting her age get to her and all of my siblings have been struggling (and I can't fix everything the way I want to!) I reconnected with several friends. One friend in particular, I had not seen in 20 years, and seeing them again was GLORIOUS!! Not seeing someone for that long does not mean that you don't think of them often.

I will attempt to post a blog dedicated to my Italy trip...slow uploads make this an effort in futility some days!

Tristin's photo distortion

2011-06-28T01:23:00.001-05:00

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2011-06-25T12:10:00.001-05:00

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I am a slacker and am only posting because I want Joni to know I thought about her today.

2011-03-25T13:36:00.002-05:00

2011-02-21T14:28:00.001-06:00

Chad took these photos of me and I edited them a little. The first one was only edited in that I softened the image and added the border. The second photo has an HDR filter and a heart overlay.

2011-02-12T15:08:00.002-06:00

So I am a slacker and Tammy if you are checking in I apologize. Now that I have taken my LSAT I hope I will be more committed to this for you. I really hope all is well with you and Amanda's treatments. Love you! So you know, I took both of these in my yard during the "blizzard" we had in January/February

2011-01-11T16:06:00.005-06:00

So I have been slacking on my posts..so in an effort to catch up and to go with the theme for the day (1.11.11), I am posting 11 photos. I took all of these photos using my cell phone (and certain applications for my phone).

2011-01-04T12:29:00.002-06:00

Tristin in the hat that I adored!!! Poor kid, his mom makes him take humiliating photos. Chad (in my scarf) and Mags at the Grand Canyon. Magnum eating a hamburger larger than his head (he ate the whole thing!)

2011-01-02T21:01:00.002-06:00

Here are two images that inspire me...it really is all about the Journey and there are certainly many things I have attempted not knowing if I would fail and many more believing I would fail but knowing that I should try anyway.

2011-01-01T13:29:00.001-06:00

THE GRAND CANYON IN BLACK AND WHITE. IT IS AMAZING EVERY TIME!!

2010-11-05T14:10:00.000-05:00

2010-11-03T13:05:00.001-05:00

Last Night's Sunset was AWESOME

2010-10-28T13:24:00.002-05:00

Left Over Coffee

2010-10-27T13:52:00.001-05:00

2010-10-25T20:30:00.001-05:00

This one is older, but I have been trapped inside most of today...better things to come tomorrow!

Sunday was for homework

2010-10-24T20:47:00.004-05:00

nonetheless...I have a 35 project and I owe it to me to post this one of Ledger!

just a couple random ones

2010-10-22T15:05:00.002-05:00

Picture #1: The new kitten, Desdemona. #2: Ledger doing his TKD moves. #3 & 4 the moon from my cell phone.

2010-10-18T18:56:00.001-05:00

Today's photo is cheery: this balloon was flying over the mall this evening. It looked un-real.

2010-10-16T20:58:00.002-05:00

So I have been missing in action. Went to my sisters wedding and had several tests (mid-terms) so I decided to post several photos. I really like this bottom one, but the fish eye lens ones make me smile.

Tuesday, Twin day for T

2010-10-05T10:34:00.003-05:00

This week is Spirit week and today is twin day. Tristin does not have someone that he wanted to dress like a twin with, so the alternative that I provided him was this. His line represents the division that would make him a "Siamese" twin, so when friends and teachers ask he can simply say I am my own twin. I thought it was a cute concept! Plus he is so cute!

Monday's Photo(s)

2010-10-05T10:02:00.005-05:00

So the top photos is a fire hydrant near school. I really liked the texture and light on it. The one of Chad and I was taken with my phone.

Sunday's Photo

2010-10-05T09:53:00.003-05:00

So this is an edit of a photo I took of the front pasture. I just like that I could add lightning to a photo.

Saturday

2010-10-02T09:59:00.001-05:00

today...yard sale. chad says we should change Ledgers name to Hyman Roth.

2010-10-01T15:12:00.004-05:00

So I ran out of time yesterday because of work and school...so here is yesterday's photo.

Today's Photo is:The M& M fix!!!

2010-09-29T12:37:00.002-05:00

So I don't even know what to say about this. It was on the sidewalk at my school (University).

2010-09-28T09:17:00.003-05:00

So today begins my year of blogging for my photos. I promised myself I would spend my year working on my photography and learning new ways to express myself in my photography. I am also doing this as a way to stay connected with my Aunt who is battling cancer. She is going to try to do a blog on her fight as well so I thought this would be a good way to support her efforts and to give her a blessing everyday! So my first photo is of a sunset that I took the other evening. I know I should post a photo from today so I will get to one later this afternoon. For now, Tam, this one is for you!

On our way

2010-05-21T22:36:00.002-05:00

So we are officially on our way to Washington DC. We stopped in St. Louis to take in the sites, eat some Spaghetti Factory and views of the overflowing Mississippi. The view was amazing. We have Grandma Church, Grandpa Jon and all the kids on this adventure. We had a little mishap when we made it to Mt. Vernon, IL and discovered we had run over something and it punctured the tire. So in the morning we have to get that repaired. So far the adventure is well worth the effort.

Have some photos to post and will do that in the morning!

WASHINGTON DC

2010-03-29T14:19:00.001-05:00

We are headed to DC for some family fun soon. Looking forward to posting several entries while there.

2008-11-18T16:12:00.003-06:00

So we went to Branson Landing this year for our annual Christmas photo outdoor shoot. Chaos I tell you. We had fun but it was immensely windy, cool and packed full of people. We also took our niece and my father and Chad's dad as well.

Obama and Palin dance with the stars!!!

2008-10-17T14:56:00.003-05:00

Tell me that is not one of the funniest Political jokes out there.

Kids say the darnedest things

2008-10-16T13:16:00.003-05:00

They really do. What I mean is...well if you know Ledger you may have seen these statements coming from him at some point. Lets start with "Sniper School." About one month ago Ledger (and I should note, he has these epiphanies in the back seat of the car) says to me..."Mom, is sniper school a real Place?" "Yes, Ledger, sniper school is a real thing...WHY?" (ok this is me asking the obvious with regard to Ledger...we all know he takes after his uncle Jason and is destined to wear camo as part of his job requirements) "Good, cause I am going to go there Mom." "I want to be a sniper so I can shoot 'stuff'."

The phone calls to family that ensued afterwords were met with great laughter at his proclamation of career choice. We all saw it coming but he is only 6 and in our house we certainly don't discuss sniper school or snipers for that matter on any regular basis.

Next is the conversation from last night. Ledger, my Dad, and I are coming home from the store and Ledger announces to my Dad and I that he knows what he is going to name his "first" son. "What is that Ledge?" "I am going to name him 'Tombstone Quiram'!" "well actually I am going to name him 'Tombstone Chadwick Quiram'."

The child comes up with the darnedest things. Now all he has to do is get some girl to agree to the name. I personally don't think it is that bad...but hey I named him Ledger!

Love for the Aviators!

2008-10-15T11:34:00.003-05:00

Who doesn't love a great pair of aviators? This is Miss LaRena my very good friend sporting a trendy pair of purple rimmed ones. I love this picture of her.

Lindsey Buckingham

2008-10-06T12:38:00.001-05:00

I love his music....

Birthday

2008-09-26T12:19:00.001-05:00

TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY AND MY GIFT TO MYSELF WAS A LOVELY NEW SET OF POTS AND PANS. I WILL POST PICTURES AFTER APPLEFEST!

2008-08-26T14:51:00.001-05:00

Had school last night...man am I old. The boys have picture day today, so that was fun this morning. I have math tonight, I hate math! Thankfully it is only a 50 min course 2x per week. We met with my dad's SS lawyer and while it felt defeating it also felt motivating in the sense that at least now we know where we are headed in the next couple weeks. So I am off to get him an appointment with the Ortho and to see if we can't get something good to happen there for him.

2008-08-25T16:45:00.000-05:00

I told someone I would start one of these again...so here we go again!