A Twist on Tacos

I always, always make tacos with ground beef.  I don't know why (besides the fact that we had them probably weekly in my home growing up, and I loved them that way)

Ah...but tonight!  I got creative!  I had a rotisserie chicken from early this week I wanted to finish off so I thought I'd be so clever and make chicken tacos!! Not to mention, I was out of ground beef...

A little taco seasoning, lemon juice, and creole seasoning

We like flour tortillas for our tacos.  We fry 'em up in oil and add a little salt 

(so they're real nice and healthy)

 

Add a little cheese, lettuce, tomato, and olives..

Mr. Smith likes some salsa and sour cream too

 And who doesn't like corn on the cob?

Seriously. Is there really someone?

 

So easy. So yummy.  

Even the Jack man liked it.

Homework Week Three

Breck and Sienna were so fun to shoot!!

I wanted to stay away from the typical posed images, and get some shots of a more realistic brother/sister relationship.

 He eventually won her over :)

Homework Week Two

Luke and Jessica were my awesome models this week.  Don't they make the best couple? 

You should see their cute kiddos.

Homework Week One

To my current blog readers: I am taking an online photography class from the fabulous Brooke Snow and I am posting my assignments on my personal blog for submission. So for the next 4 weeks, you'll get to take a peak at my handy work :)

For this assignment, I took the models from my own home.  They're are just too cute, I couldn't resist.

One challenge I had in this shoot (besides trying to keep my two year old happy and attentive during his normal nap time...) is discovering a location in a city I've only lived in for a few short weeks.  But this one definitely paid off! And I was able to find many spots along our walk near the Chattahoochee River (yes, just like Alan Jackson sings about) to exhaust the location.

 

 

 I made a long shot list, and had a plan going into the shoot, and it gave me great ideas throughout.

Although I discovered sometimes a pose just can't be planned, and those turned out to be some of my favorites.  This is Jack's response when asked how old he is:

(we're still working on keepin' that thumb down...)

 

The sky looks bigger in the south

After 

2,003 miles

8 states

6 hotels

1 record-breaking snow storm

and way too much fast food...

We finally made it.

Hello, Ft. Benning, GA

We love our historic, southern charm-filled home.

Our boxes are almost all unpacked.

And real life is beginning to kick in.

And I think I'm gonna like it...

Quick glace at 2010

Jack turned one

 Harrison and I ran away to New York for a couple days for his Sandhurst competition

 

I tried to craft and quilt more

(tried, being the key word)

 

 We hiked the "Y" (finally)

 Harrison graduated from BYU

I took lots of pictures of some good lookin' people

Harrison commissioned as an Officer in the US Army

 We went to lots and lots of weddings

 

Harrison ran his first half marathon  

Jack and I followed in a car behind him as his cheerleaders

We hope you had an awesome 2010!!

We're excited to see what 2011 will bring!

You never know

I loved this story of a humble, homeless man.
Watch it here.