Pumpkin Land

We decided to join the masses today and make our way out to the pumpkin patch.

Jake found a delightful head sized pumpkin.

This particular pumpkin also appeared to be the size of a baby to Jake. He insisted I take a picture of him throwing "our child" up into the air. Won't he make a great dad (in two to ten years)?

And here I am buckling our children in the backseat. Oh come on, I had to continue to the storyline! If Jake can throw a pumpkin child in the air, the least I can do is to make sure they have a safe ride back to our house.

Our Latest Victims

This past weekend, we went hiking with our newish friends, Allison and Chris. In fact we are such new friends that they didn't know of our history with jumping. When I say "history", I do of course mean obsession.

Sometimes the out-takes are the best ones. The North Sister makes for a nice backdrop, don't ya think?


We had a great time hiking in the snow. Our original plan was to spend the night, but when we heard it was suppose to drop to 10 degrees during the evening, we opted to instead spend the night in front of our heat dish at home.


Jake will post all of his artsy photos from our hike sometime soon!

Hope everyone is having a great October!

He did it, He did it! Guess What He did?

A man hard at work....


Our new homemade antenna. Works like a charm.


First homemade detergent, and now this? Whatever will we make next?

Look what I did!

I'm just a little bit excited about my newest project.

It all started with three little products.

A little grating-that's Fels-Naptha, not cheese.

Some food processor action. Jake looks thrilled to be helping.

And voila, we have our very own homemade laundry detergent. Yipeee.

Happy Jake

Why's this guy so happy?

He made his first cent since March 2007. This definitely called for some high class champagne. If you need a substitute a teacher, give him a call- rumor has it that he's pretty dang good.

Portraits Without Photoshop Gimmicks

Hello, all.

A couple weeks ago, in the last throws of summer, I took Jill onto the UO campus and shot practice portraits of her. This is all in the hopes that I might someday coerce high school students to abandon the option of expensive and impersonal corporate senior photography, and let me tailor my portraits to their lifestyles for a cheaper price (I love undercutting when I can).

Anyway, here are a few of the results, albeit without Photoshop gimmicks (or even photoshop on age wrinkles, much to Jill's dismay). For a fun game, look for Jill's most forced smile; can you tell which shots were taken towards the end of the shoot?

I will post a link to the rest of them soon.

I am the Teacher

I promise never to yell in class,

and I promise not to talk in line.

I promise not to throw things,

or to hit or punch. I promise not

to have temper tantrums, and to always be good.

I will set a good example for all of the children.

because, I am the Teacher…

I am the Teacher…

I am the Teacher.