women helping women

this is so cool.

if you have ever felt anything in your heart for the women in our world who arent getting a fair deal, who struggle with poverty or abuse, who need our help….please go over to karen russell’s blog.

she is hosting a fundraiser for Women for Women Intl.

i am involved and so are more than 75 other scrapbook artists. go check it out. i am so happy to be a part of it.

you will enter a raffle to win the chance of getting a layout designed by one of the 75+ artists! how cool is that?

birthday celebration

my neices turned a year older this month. kailey: 4, sammie: 2. we played over at mima’s house and enjoyed a bounce house in the backyard. and when i say enjoy, i mean that literally. jeff and i were the only grown-ups brave enough to go inside. somehow i managed to step on a bee while wearing flip flops. (not fun) but i also got to do mini shoots with both girls. (fun)

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sammie was less cooperative, so less of her….little fartmonkey.

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i just adore these girls so much. i never knew i could love other children like this. they are not my blood, but they are my family. we are connected.

and its just way cool to be crazy aunt tara.

us

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seeing this, i understand why people love photos of their families all together. a friend said its like a puzzle. everyone all together like this. you fit together like a puzzle. and that is totally what it is.

i cant stop looking at it, examining the body language and the feeling.

i set up my camera on a picnic table for this shot last night at a wilderness park/trail. i love our shoes peeking out the bottom. i need to buy a tripod so i can do this more often.

i know, i know…laugh now that *I* dont own a tripod.