Oh, How They Grow

 Tonight I did some last minute "visiting teaching"... yes, I'm lame. Really really lame.

 I went to visit my friend, Sha... and I just couldn't get over how big her little Garrett is now.

 It seems like I took these yesterday... and now he's waving at me, and smiling so sweetly, and he's so grown up.

 I'll admit, I mauled his cheeks a little bit. They're so soft! Aubrey told me to stop touching his cheeks.

 Anyway, I'm glad I have good friends who have sweet cute babies, so I can touch their soft cheeks sometimes.

 Because my babies' cheeks aren't so soft or squishy anymore. :)

 Yes, this is picture overload, but they were all too cute, so I couldn't narrow it down.

 Thanks, Sha, for being such a great friend, and for printing the photos I take of your family and displaying them all over your home. I LOVE seeing that... it makes my day every time I come over.

 Oh, and tell Baby G to slow down a bit, will ya?  ;)

Temple Craft Project

I've been working on a temple photo for our camp craft... and aiming for dramatic. Here's what I have so far... any suggestions? Too moody?

Another One :)

http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/2011/06/your-funny-face-photos-group-1/


I have too many thoughts to even share anything today. I don't know how to say the stuff that is in my head... so I just thought I'd share a bright spot in my week... Pioneer Woman liked another one of my photos. :)

Going Back

 Last weekend I went back to Rigby/Idaho Falls for the first time since we moved away over 3 1/2 years ago. This sweet gorgeous girl wanted me to do her wedding photos, so it was the perfect excuse.

I scheduled a few other photoshoots while I was in the area... who knows when I'll be back up there again? I had to take advantage of every moment there. :)

 This grown up guy was one of my first violin students in Rigby. He was just a little kid then... and I taught him for almost 6 years. It was so much fun to see him all grown up and man-like. Oh, and it was weird too. How do all these kids get older when I don't? I don't get it.

 This family was in our ward when we were there... but they've grown since we lived there! Beautiful beautiful kids... I loved 'em!

 Annette and I went on a 12 mile run, and I loved it. The roads were so different from the roads I run on now... more narrow, less shoulder. I had forgotten. It felt so good to run my old roads again, and run with Annette again. It was so funny to be in her house, and look at my old house through her back windows. It's mostly just like we left it... our name is still on the mailbox. :) Annette and I stayed up late two nights in a row just talking, and it was so great. I miss living close to her so much. I'm really grateful we're still friends, and we can still keep in contact with each other, and still be comfortable even when we haven't seen each other since we ran a marathon together last September.

 Aubrey and I went to Coldstone twice. Yes, twice... want to make something of it? ;) We went to Target and the mall... and I got to go to Johnny Carinos with Annette and another dear friend I've kept in contact with, Annalee. I wish I could've seen more of my friends, but there just weren't enough hours. I miss Idaho Falls... it's pretty much the perfect city for shopping. It's got everything you need, but it's not too big.

 I never thought it would take me this long to go back to where we lived for so long... I thought we'd visit lots, but we haven't. Life just goes on. It was so good to see some old friends at the wedding luncheon, but the whole thing was all kind of a strange experience. I was there, where I had so many memories, in a place that had been home for so long...

...and I couldn't really remember who I was when I lived there.

Thoughts on Trust & Friendship

 I've been thinking a lot about trust in friendship lately... partly because of some things that have happened, and partly because sometimes I get something stuck in my head, and I can't stop thinking about it.

 Awhile ago a friend told me something in confidence... but what she didn't know is that somebody else had already told me what she told me. I didn't tell her, because who wants to know that other people know what you don't want them to know... but then I worried... what if she found out that other people know and thought that I was the one who told?

 Sometimes I find out that somebody knows something about me that I didn't tell them... and most of the time it's not anything important... but it makes me wonder what else people share about me, and it makes me wonder why, if they wanted to know things about me, they wouldn't just ask me themselves.

 And sometimes I share too much with people... people that I love and just want to be close to, and want to share the things that are deep in my heart... but then I worry later that I shared too much. That stuff might get shared with people I don't want it to be shared with, or that the person I said too much to will judge me harshly, or twist what I've said.

 Then I start worrying that I shouldn't share anything... that I should keep things more to myself... be more private.

But that makes me sad. It's a dilemma. I haven't thought through what the answer is... how do you find that balance between being yourself, and sharing yourself with others... and protecting yourself?