Brooke's photography

In the state of Utah there is a reflections contest every year in the school system. This year's theme was "Diversity Means..." and the kids all were asked to create something to go along with the theme. They could enter anything in one of several artistic categories: Music (writing/performing a song), Art (drawing/painting), Photography, Composition (short story, poem, essay), etc.

Brooke chose photography. I, like a proud mommy, thought she was super creative and deserved to win! Brooke chose to finish the theme by saying "Diversity means it's ok to be different". She carefully arranged m&m's on this plate and took several pictures.

This one was her favorite:




















Once the picture was loaded into the computer, she had me help her crop out the plate and zoom in. She started clicking around in the software and saw that she could change the color and keep just a portion in the original color. She got so excited. It was fun to watch her work on this!

Here is a her final photograph: (pretty good, right?)

Halloween!

Happy Halloween! We had a great one this year. Here are some pictures of Brooke's costume parade and a few pictures of the girls (and Amber) before we went Trick or Treating tonight!

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Carving...

Trunk or Treat

Some pictures of our ward's trunk or treat party last night... we had a great time! :)

Brooke's Birthday Party

Can I just say that these were a couple of the loudest 2 hours of my life? Who knew that all but one of the people Brooke invited would come to her party and that they would all be so much like her! Games included Twister, Charades, Karaoke, and making friendship bracelets. The kids ate pizza, chips, root beer floats, and cupcakes.... and a special shout out to Grandpa & Grandma Lopez who funded the party, but were smart enough to avoid the craziness and be out of the house while it was going on!

Staheli Farm & the Corn Maze