Week in the Life : Thursday Photos + Words

Loving the baby bump photo!

Great blog today. Several of us put VP debate shots on flickr! Boy, Palni and Tina Fey really sound like dead-ringers for each other (I listened to first part of debate on way home).
I had a great time on this project. I especially liked the self-portraits (did one each day), but I began to run out of ideas. I did: 2 of my feet, one of my fingers, one at computer with timer, two in mirror, one with camera held at arms' length.
Any other good ideas for self-portraits?
Rinda

ali your baby bump is too cute :)
can't wait to see her!!

I wanted to share with everyone an interesting experience I had last night. A man named Kevin Sites came to lecture at my college. He is a journalist who visited twenty war zones in one year. This is a link to his website about his journey http://hotzone.yahoo.com/. He shared incredible things with us about his journey, about war, and about our country. He talked about the media telling us parts of the truth and editing things in favor of our country. What really struck me was his statements about this censoring practice preventing us from having an honest debate. He said that a country that has such wonderful ideals about democracy should receive all the information so that we can decide for ourselves what is right and wrong. He did emphasize that we are not lied to, we just don't always receive the whole truth.
My picture of his book: http://flickr.com/photos/cajozo/2909869264/
I also overheard him talking to some photography students that were asking his advice. He advised them all to begin writing. As a journalist, writing was his focus and taking pictures just came along with it. He said that by writing, the way they tell their story through pictures would change. It would give them a fresh perspective. Great advice for photographers and scrapbookers :)

Hi Ali,
I'd love to know where you got the star lights. I have a budding astronomer/astronaut/ballerina/princess that would love to have something like that.
Something that came to mind looking at Simon's star wars pictures; that you have captured something that is his current obsession. There are so many things like that in my own children's lives too, and you never know when they are going to move on to something new and leave the old favorites behind. How wonderful that you have documented this. It makes me wonder what I have already forgotten, but it also inspires me to journal about their current favorite things now... like outer space/the planets/rocket ships/ballet/Polly Pockets etc/I Spy, etc.
Thanks again! This has been so much fun. I hope to combine my journaling, photos, and blogging about this week to make a complete story. I will definitely do this at least twice a year or more I think.
Jennifer

Love these photos - Simon's room, your beautiful baby bump and Lilly - all so fabulous!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything this week. All your photos, your notes, and, of course, your inspiration. I wanted to share that I had my first encounter with a place that didn't want me to take pictures. Fred Meyer, of all places. I had already taken a couple pics inside the store (it's a brand new one, and very nice), and on my way out I spotted these political T-shirts. Very fitting with the times, I thought. I stopped to get a shot, and a salesperson walked towards me, and told me, very nicely, that she personally has no problem with it, but if I want to take pictures in the store, I need to get permission from corporate office. I was very surprised, but, of course, listened. I found myself chuckling on the way to the car, that I had unknowingly walked into territory where I had to be stopped from taking pictures. Who would have thought it would be at the grocery store?

Hi Ali! I am having a great time with this project. My husband saw me taking a photo of my morning coffee, and wondered what I was doing. It makes me laugh, these are little things, but I am starting to notice so much more about my life by this little bit of documentation and truly just to relax about the whole process! I can't wait to get this into a finished project.

Look at your sweet baby bump :)
So fun that you and your sister are having babies at the same time.
My sister and I overlapped by about 4 months with my first and her third. I loved being pregnant at the same time :)
And I love the lights over Simon's bed. What a cool idea!!

I started out rough, just too much stuff that I'd rather not deal with coming up, hit my groove about wed and am now doing really good with this project. Really love seeing your cute baby bump, thanks for sharing this part of your life.

TOTALLY wish I'd seen Palin Bingo before the debate!
I echo the sentiment here...love the baby bump shots! I have only a couple of my own bumps, and wish I had them to look back on!
Thanks again for sharing this project!

Beautiful baby belly!

cute little bump.

Hi Ali,
I just had to comment on one of the pictures you posted from Monday. I loved the shot of Simon in from of book shelves with two lightsabers attached to his pants! I have two sons and they do the same thing, and have done so for a long time. LOVED IT! Brings me happy thoughts of my sons' enthusiasm about those particular toys.
But you know what? I probably don't have a picture of that, although I have many of the boys "fighting" with them in the family room, along with their dad. I have to get a shot of them wearing their lightsabers.
Thanks for the idea!!
PAM

oh wow!!! so missed that you were pregnant! happy for you all! :) love your pictures, this is definitely inspiring :) I will be playing and blogging next week :)

My question is: Do you guys ever get sick of light saber battles?!?

thank you for keeping us company this week. i really was starting to feel overwhelmed, but you have taught me to slow down and live in the now. i have today & tomorrow to cover, then i can begin the album! looking forward to seeing the outcome of this project.
lovin' your photos, so real-life. and the baby bump~so cute!
TGIF!

Ali, I am totally loving this weeks blog posts and pictures.
You have inspired me to try this next week (b-day week). However, I am curious, how do you take pictures of yourself during the day? Do you have a timer, or someone else who helps?
Curious.

Oh, I especially love the baby bump pic! How precious! Your house is lovely, and looks so relaxing! :)

So, tell us about Palin Bingo, Ali...would love to know what that is! =)
Just some observations--your house is so clean and organized. Breath of fresh air for me, since ours has been seriously out of control this year. Bleh. The way you shop for flowers and folliage and place them around the house has also always inspired me too.
I'm doing better today. I've been out of the habit of getting up early since the last school year and I have just not been able to keep up. So I was back to getting up earlier today--5:25, and it's made it much easier to be on top of my life-photography and notes for the day!