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Monday, May 09, 2011

I Heart Faces... Motherhood

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

The challenge over at i heart faces this week is wind. Of course I thought of my recent little shoot with my beautiful 15 year old daughter... it was so windy that day! I love love love her freckles, her natural beauty, and the wind playing with her hair.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

I Heart Faces: Innocent Wonder

I had such a hard time choosing which photo to put in for this challenge... but I kept coming back to this one. Innocence... sweetness... a life of wonder and discovery ahead of her.

Sunday, January 09, 2011

I Heart Faces: Smile

I LOVE a subtle smile... a secret smile... a smile that makes you wonder... you know, the Mona Lisa smile. :) So, this may not be a typical big grin, but I had to pick one of my favorite kinds of smiles for this one... even if it doesn't fit the norm.

Monday, January 03, 2011

I Heart Faces: Best Face Photo of 2010

I loved so many faces in 2010... but it has to come back to this one. I'm so in love with this face!

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Sunday, December 05, 2010

I Heart Faces... Self Portrait

I took this one in the car mirror... leave this girl in a car for ten minutes alone with a camera, and all sorts of fun things happen. ;)

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Sunday, October 03, 2010

I Heart Faces... Recipe in Photos

Okay, technically this isn't a dinner recipe, but you could make a chicken pot pie with a homemade crust! I think ANYONE can make a pie crust from scratch, and I'm going to show you how... a step at a time!

First, put on your apron. It's gonna get a little bit messy. ;)

Get your ingredients together... I use Crisco shortening most of the time, because it seems to work a little better. You can use the cheaper brands, if you need to. (Sometimes I use butter, or a combination... shortening is easiest.) You also need flour, salt, and ice water.

Put about 2 1/2 cups of flour in a big bowl (I don't measure exactly, and it doesn't really matter for pie crust, as long as you're close). Add some salt.

Add about 3/4 cup of shortening, and cut it into the flour. If you don't have a pastry cutter, use two knives, or a fork. I did it that way for YEARS, which still baffles me... a pastry cutter doesn't cost that much! ;) Just keep cutting up and down until...

It looks like this. It should have little chunks of shortening, but be pretty evenly mixed.

Mix ice cubes with your water for really cold water, which makes the dough easier to work with. (Don't put the ice cubes into your flour though! ;)

Add water to the flour/shortening mixture. I usually add about 1/4 cup right away, then about half of a 1/4 of a cup until it's the right consistency. (Maybe about 1/2-3/4 cup total.)

Each time you add water, toss it around with a fork. Don't mix too much, though!

When you can grab a handful and press it together, like this, you've added enough water. It should be on the dry side.

Flour your surface and rolling pin well, and form half of the dough into a flattened round ball. I LOVE this dough rolling thingy from Pampered Chef, so if you're going to make a lot of pies, look for one! You can also roll it onto waxed paper, parchment paper, or plastic wrap, or right on the counter. It's just a little harder to pick it up that way.

Roll from the center to the edges, in circles, until you have a bigger-than-your-pie-pan circle. If you have a spot that seems to have a big hole, and another that has excess dough, just rip off the excess and press it into place on the hole.

Fold the dough into 1/4ths for easy transfer to the pie pan.

Carefully unfold it, but don't worry if it tears a little. These things can be fixed! :)

See? It happens. Just patch with excess dough, and it'll turn out just fine. Roll out the top crust just like you did the bottom crust. Set aside.

Put your filling inside the crust. You can make your own filling, or use canned filling if you're feeling lazy. It'll still taste good, because you have a homemade crust! I usually add more filling than this, but I didn't want to open another bottle, so we're skimping today.

Put the top crust over the whole thing, then fold the top crust under, catching the bottom crust with it. You can trim the crusts before folding if you want, but my family likes extra crust, so I just let it be.

Pinch the crusts together between your thumb and forefinger. This is my favorite edge to do, but you can do whatever you like. Just make sure the top and bottom are sealed together.

You need some vents in the top... I like to cut designs with a knife, like an apple, or leaves, or loopy things, but you can just cut slits if you want. (You don't have to be an artist... nobody cares if it looks perfect, as long as you made them a pie! ;)

Pour a little bit of milk on the top.

Then spread it out with your fingers. I know, it's weird... I used to try to brush it on with a pastry brush, but it's just a pain. This is much easier, and I promise my hands are clean.

Sprinkle sugar on generously. This makes a pretty, sparkly, yummy crust.

Bake. Admire. Admire some more. Then eat!

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Monday, September 20, 2010

I Heart Faces... Smirk

Monday, September 13, 2010

I Heart Faces... Vroom Vroom

I just love this picture of my sexy husband and his truck, "old girl". :)

Monday, August 16, 2010

i heart faces... got to wear shades

Monday, July 26, 2010

I Heart Faces... Purple

Sunday, July 18, 2010

I Heart Faces...Over My Head

I just adore this sweet little smile... and what's cuter than an umbrella over her head? :)

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Monday, June 21, 2010

I Heart Faces... Celebrating Teens

I had to choose this photo for the celebrating teens challenge... what says "teen" more than jumping on a trampoline in your prom dress??

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

I Heart Faces... Babies

This is one of my all-time favorite photos I've ever captured. My friends had just adopted the sweetest little baby boy, and I got to be the lucky photographer to document one of their first days together as a family.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

I Heart Faces... Yellow

Same darling girl as I posted the last challenge... but how could I pass up the yellow bus??

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‎"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." — Marianne Williamson

To Do Today

* Embrace this day with an enthusiastic welcome, no matter how it looks. The covenant with God to which you are true enables you to become enlightened by him, and nothing is impossible for you.
* When you are physically sick, tired, or in despair, steer your thoughts away from yourself and direct them, in gratitude and love, toward God.
* In your life there have to be challenges. They will either bring you closer to God and therefore make you stronger, or they can destroy you. But you make the decision of which road you take.
* First and foremost, you are a spirit child of God. If you neglect to feed your spirit, you will reap unhappiness. Don't permit anything to detract you from this awareness.
* You cannot communicate with God unless you have first sacrificed your self-oriented natural man and have brought yourself into the lower levels of meekness, to become acceptable for the Light of Christ.
* Put all frustrations, hurt feelings, and grumblings into the perspective of your eternal hope. Light will flow into your soul.
* Pause to ponder the suffering Christ felt in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the awareness of the depth of gratitude for him, you appreciate every opportunity to show your love for him by diligently serving in his Church.
* God knows that you are not perfect. As you suffer about your imperfections, he will give you comfort and suggestions of where to improve.
* God knows better than you what you need. He always attempts to speak to you. Listen, and follow the uncomfortable suggestions that he makes to us--everything will fall into its place.
* Avoid any fear like your worst enemy, but magnify your fear about the consequences of sin.
* When you cannot love someone, look into that person's eyes long enough to find the hidden rudiments of the child of God in him.
* Never judge anyone. When you accept this, you will be freed. In the case of your own children or subordinates, where you have the responsibility to judge, help them to become their own judges.
* If someone hurts you so much that your feelings seem to choke you, forgive and you will be free again.
* Avoid at all cost any pessimistic, negative, or criticizing thoughts. If you cannot cut them out, they will do you harm. On the road toward salvation, let questions arise but never doubts. If something is wrong, God will give you clarity but never doubts.
* Avoid rush and haste and uncontrolled words. Divine light develops in places of peace and quiet. Be aware of that as you enter places of worship.
* Be not so much concerned about what you do, but do what you do with all your heart, might, and strength. In thoroughness is satisfaction.
* You want to be good and to do good. That is commendable. But the greatest achievement that can be reached in our lives is to be under the complete influence of the Holy Ghost. Then he will teach us what is really good and necessary to do.
* The pain of sacrifice lasts only one moment. It is the fear of the pain of sacrifice that makes you hesitate to do it.
* Be grateful for every opportunity to serve. It helps you more than those you serve.
* And finally, when you are compelled to give up something or when things that are dear to you are withdrawn from you, know that this is your lesson to be learned right now. But know also that, as you are learning this lesson, God wants to give you something better.

from "Unleashing the Dormant Spirit by F. Enzio Busche