Cedar's Photography

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Sweet Pea

At Sunflower's preschool there is a giant, child-height mirror that Sweet Pea loves to look at herself in. So at home, in the hour before we went back to pick up Sunflower, I thought it would be a good morning to play with our own mirror.

Oh, what is this?

The shots were different than what I was planning in my head, but Sweet Pea looks adorable no matter what I do.

This is where I discovered if I hop up and down, Sweet Pea will start laughing. It is hard to get the timing just right...hop, hop, hop...stand still and snap the photo while she is still laughing...so sometimes focus ends up not being just quite right, but I love her little teeth.

I love her expression in this one, but I did decided I had to change to a wider lens.

The drool is because she decided it was snack time, not photo time. Get me some food and I'll play some more, Mama.

Don't you dare touch my food. I promise I was only trying to put it on the table so she wouldn't carry it around and spill it.

For 15 minutes she carried it quite carefully, never spilling it. But she would not settle on a spot.

Until it spilled, but that didn't phase her. One in the bowl, one in the mouth, one in the bowl...

We'll just pick them up, Mama, and then you can hop some more.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Scripture and a Snapshot

Our sermon at church and our study in Bible study has been on Acts and the growth of the early church. It lead to the discussion of how it should be a natural part of our lives to share our faith because He is such an integral part of our life. And yet it is so hard.

It is hard to keep Christ at the center. It is hard to spend consistent time with Him. It is hard to do what is right. It is hard to do good works that others may see. It is hard to let His light shine through us.

But to glorify our Father who is in heaven is a wonderful motivation. Thank God for the power of the Holy Spirit that shines even when we are not.