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senior pictures…
he is proud of his car….it IS pretty sweet. he parks it on the other side of the high school parking lot. thanks jonathon. the etsy shop is OPEN!
not my etsy shop….the WATER4CHRISTMAS etsy shop.
in the shop you will find…these bracelets are simple and sweet and only $15.00!
water4christmas is awesome! here is the write up on their profile page… "There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." (Denis Waitley) At Water for Christmas, we've allowed the existing conditions to break our hearts and spur us to action. * We want to join others in solving the world's water crisis, where 1.1 billion people on the planet don't have access to safe, clean drinking water. Water for Christmas is partnering with charity: water (www.charitywater.org) to build wells in Africa. All proceeds from items sold in this shop will go directly to building fresh water wells in Liberia, West Africa. We believe that a small group of people can work together to change the world. Visit us at http://water4christmas.com *If you would like to donate a hand-crafted item to Water for Christmas, to be listed on this site, please send us a message. As with everything else, all proceeds will go directly to building fresh water wells in Liberia. (and this is added by me….)
NOW LET'S GO SHOPPING!
for them.
they are worth it. "For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, Just got my beautiful bracelets in the mail! I bought a bunch to give to my nieces for Christmas. And one for myself, of course. : ) I’ve blogged about it! Thanks, again, for letting us know about this wonderful group. (I also ordered the water ornaments!) love this! you go meg 🙂 The theme for Corner View, which is a worldwide blogging thing tomorrow is WATER. I am going to use this for my post! I hope that’s all right! My order has already shipped, apparently. How in the world will I wait until Christmas to give these things to their recipients!?! Bought two tear drop ornaments yesterday! Thanks for telling us about this GREAT gift of HOPE and JOY … i’ll be blogging about it, too. I also wondered if there was any chance to get bigger tshirts. I bought some things already. i don’t see the dish towels on the site, did they sell out? and i thought i saw a journal, but it’s gone? and i adore those shirts, are they only in kid’s sizes. i would wear an adult small, i have long arms, think a kid’s would fit? sorry for the barrage of questions. heartwarming, project! Is there any chance you take orders for shirt sizes? love love love the shirts! Great cost, definitely gonna buy one of these bracelets! I first heard of this on Amy’s blog a few months ago. It looks wonderful, especially with Christmas coming up. I love meaningful gifts. (and there are a lot of people-who-have-everything-and-can-get-what-they-want in our family, so this might be a great option!!) Thanks for the info! I think this is fantastic. I think that you are fantastic for spreading the word to others. I needed to be reminded today of how blessed I truly am. Thank you 🙂 Meg, Awesome! I will have to check it out! Lovely. Wonderful cause, beautiful gifts, generous hearts. Just did some shopping! thanks for posting this!! i’ve been waiting to hear when things were going to go on sale!! Blogged it! I’ve posted a short summary on my blog to promote the cause! Wanted to let you know. Let me know if you’d like me to change anything. You ladies are going to heaven for sure! I am so happy to see this! I have showed this to our pastor at church to see if we can help! I would write more, but I have to go shopping 😉 yay! Oh, I love this! i had linked to this charity’s homepage last year at Christmas time but I locve the idea of raising funds through etsy sales- it’s win-win in an economy where just making a straight out donation may not be an option! Beautiful… Christmas is so excessive now a days. Love the idea of giving something we take for granted to those who desperately need it. Fabulous… Done and done! You’ve jump started my Christmas shopping! thanks meg!! I’ll be taking a look today! Thank you for spreading the word. I can’t wait to do my Christmas shopping there, I had NO idea and such a terrific cause! I heart your blog SO much, it makes me happy to visit here, thank you for blogging! :O) ♥ ♥ ♥ 😀 ♥ ♥ ♥ Oh what a great store and what a great purpose. my brain feels foggy. it will pass…i need some sleep.
I’ve just discovered your blog and its amazing, such beautiful pictures. Really your great at photography you really have an eye for it. I love looking at your pictures, it sure helps my fog! 🙂 I love all your random photos. I scroll through them so fast, just see what’s in them, and then I have to go back and slow down actually look and enjoy. I so wish you would sell prints of your photos! I would buy some in a heart-beat. Lovely pictures, so calm and peaceful. I can’t wait for the random snow pictures. Not that I wish a snow storm on you guys because hell, that would require shoveling and it’s not like you don’t have enough to do right? But I love your snow pictures. 🙂 Fall is good for now though since we don’t really have a Fall here, so keep those coming too. So cute! Hang in there! Send that cleaning fairy over to my house 🙂 ha ha, megan. nice comment. here i am sending you an e-mail about stalker’ish people…good grief. i felt like i was one of them for a minute. oh, well. Wow. Death and destruction among the sunflowers and pumpkins. You do need some sleep! Let Waffle do the week’s blog posts — he’s clearly auditioning for the spot. Steps with leaves…..I just want to sit there with a cup of warm cider and watch the leaves dance. I LOVE that little clock! Send her to my house when she’s done with yours. Lovely photos as always:) The photos are so pretty. I need to see things more creatively. Right now all I can see is moving 800 miles from my house:( I heart Waffle! He is the cutest dog in all of blogland! Speaking of cleaning fairies, this woman I work with has a mother who comes into her house while she is at work and totally cleans everything, does her laundry, EVERYTHING! How crazy is that? love the pics. i love how because nothing is perfect, it’s all so beautiful! Your loveliest post yet. I think I just found my Sunday Stunner for the week. You are such a good and faithful photographer…my camera sometimes goes weeks without me picking it up! If you see him, please send him to Ohio! (I’m still holding out faith that the cleaning fairy is a MAN!) I love the typewriter pic. Have you seen the No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency dvd? In the show the assistant has to use two typewriters to type anything because she doesn’t have all the letters on one. It’s so funny….really…I guess you had to be there… Waffle has a tough life What kind of camera do you use? oh, waffle. i knew you were a mac guy!! Waffle looks so tiny with his head resting on your MacBook! Love the picture post … as always! Now I know where the cleaning fairy is! LOL! I wish my cleaning fairy would call… I’d like a visit from the cleaning fairy 🙂 When the cleaning fairy is done at your house, please give her my address. Waffle helping at the computer..too cute! i’ll be your cleaning fairy, if you’ll be my laundry & cooking fairy 🙂 oh, i like that clock! Love the pic with Waffle on the keyboard – too cute! Wow – good stuff in those photos. Love them. Please send your cleaning fairy my way after she’s done at your house 😉
hillarious! Good times, indeed. LOL…too funny! Oh my word, that was so funny…how on earth did he get through that without falling out?! This isn’t related to your post, but I had to say, Duh! when I realized that the baby you were talking about was Amy’s baby (I read her blog too). Great pictures. They made me cry! And I don’t even know them in real life. It’s such a miracle, though, and after the last few years I don’t take the beginning of a life for granted. It’s great that you were able to experience that with them! what a hoot! and to think i used to be such a miley fan. not anymore – sadly – i had to email this video to a couple people – thanks for posting it :O) Too funny, thanks for a good laugh to start my Saturday morning! Too funny! Finally got twitter a couple of weeks ago. I already hate the fact that I can’t write my usual long winded statements like on FB. billy dee makes me want to actually buy these for all my family members for christmas …that would be a hoot! That.Was.Funny. That’s great! Thanks for sharing! Girl that is too funny Yes. Just yes. too funny! I had to share on twitter of course… BAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was so funny. Billy Dee Williams…. such a guy! He is so smooth… SO needed that… SO flipping funny! oh my! I will be passing that one around, thanks! HA HA HA!!!!! I think that made my morning even more than the dirty dishes in the last post! Stephen Colbert did a bit on it calling it a “Twadgedy” 🙂 That was hilarious! Thanks for a fun way to start my Friday!! Meg, These are my thoughts exactly about Twitter! 🙂 Hilarious!!! Happy Weekend to you and YOURS!!! That was great! Thanks! DOO DA DOO too funny!! are you? i really don't have much to say.
totally random. happy friday! lots of random goodness going on over in your neck of the woods. you can even make dirty dishes look like art. 😉 Have a great week… Beautiful pictures, I love Fridays too thanks for the sink full of dirty dishes. I love it! Fun pics have a relaxing weekend! Beautiful pictures. And I absolutely love your header too. Inspired!! thanks 🙂 sugar sisters. taunting me. um…so very curious..exactly WHAT FALL sports does your hubby enjoy, because as far as I can tell, the football and baseball games are FAR from over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In fact, I believe we have MONTHS to go……. my fav is the kitchen sink, because it makes you real I love all of your random pictures that you take. It’s such an inspiration to take more pictures of everyday life…because someday when you look back you’ll be able to remember all the small details and little things that made us happy. 🙂 Love all these pics! 🙂 So many fun pictures, hard to pick a favorite … it’s either the pic of Annie happily eating something yummy, the swingset daredevil pic or the sunset on the farm – too fun! Awesome photos! Especially love all the photos of the pumpkins!! Halloween is only a week away!? mmmm, ravioli. last night’s meal. Luv your photo’s you have the same drinking glasses as us. Following your blog has made me realise how important it is to spend time with the kids, have just played backyard soccer with 8 yr old son and I won. Thanks for all the inspiration. Ah! So my heart jumped in my throat when I saw the jumping off the playscape onto the trampoline(!!!) picture. That is my future. I know it. Bracing myself:0) I knew it! You live in that house down there… you know where I mean 😉 I so LOVE your photos… this bunch, the one I like best is the pile of dishes! Have an AWESOME weekend! Love them all, but do you know which one I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE? Fun Random pictures!! Love the rainboots and the sink piled high… ours looks like that all the time and we don’t even come close to having how many people you do… I hate to think what ours will look like if and when we do 😉 I love your sink picture. Mine looks the same today! love the dirty dishes – reminds me of my childhood when mom always cooked a big dinner and my sister and I had to do all the dishes for a family of 6 kids and 2 adults. still doesn’t seem fair! I love all of your random pictures today, Meg. The one of Lauren and Waffle is adorable – especially since she’s a typical teen (who doesn’t want to be seen with her family – lol) and one we don’t get to see often enough. The one of Annie with the chocolate mustache is so cute and the fall photos are just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend! Big hugs, Trac~ :o) happy friday, meggie! i love your realness (is that a word?) 🙂 in your pictures. you are truly one of the most authentic people i know. random and real and honest and so so cool. i don’t know you but love to follow you. i wish ohio and kansas were closer so i could get to know you in person. keep up the great work. you inspire many!! tgif. LOVE the dishes. And I mean LOVE! Love it. All of it. Lauren is gorgeous! Like her Momma!!! Have a great weekend girl!! Thank you for posting that picture of the overflowing sink. It’s normal and somewhat comforting to know that my sink isn’t the only one in America that ends up like that! Thanks for the pretty pics too. your daughter is so pretty. does she know she’s so pretty? she’s so pretty. I love random pictures! And I always love a good chocolate beard on a kid. I just don’t think it gets much better then that! love these. I have been meaning to ask you about your photo editing. we also have a mac & we have iphoto… is that what you use to edit your pictures? I thought you were using photoshop but then i saw your list where you want to get and learn how to use photoshop… How do you make the sun so bright in your pics and how do you focus on one object and blur out the background? I LOVE IT! Oh Man! You just had to share that cupcake picture, didn’t you?! Good thing I made brownies last night… Anyway, your son is NUTS! 🙂 You couldn’t get my kids to do that for anything, they are the biggest chickens. Love it! Beautiful pictures, especially of the pumpkins, I am crazy for pumpkins. Enjoy your weekend, I’m so happy it’s Friday too, especially since I took the day off to be with my youngest daughter who turned 14 yesteray. Love 3-day weekends! love the pictures. and i was going to have to go all. . . her house is amazing, her photos are amazing, she has adorable pumpkins everywhere. . .amazing. . . and precious kids and dog. . . amazing. simply beautiful! My kitchen sink looks strikingly similar to yours! This Friday AND THIS FRIDAY ONLY…I am actually sad it’s Friday….because my hubby has been home ALLLLL week on vacation and it’s been so super nice having him here 🙂 I don’t want it to end 🙁 But normally, I am sooooo ready for Fridays 🙂 I bet it’s been a lonnng week…what with driving to OK and all for the U2 concert!!!! I still can’t believe THE MEG DUERKSON was right above me!!!!!!! Happy weekend to you! Gorgeous yaay! you found a use for your wood thing (the mini pumpkins inside)! sooo cute! Thank you for sharing your life with us. It makes me happy. such pretty pictures! hmm i think football is still going on?! but i could be wrong lol i can’t even tell you how glad i am that it is Friday. what a week… it just seems so hectic. today i am celebrating friday with a pumpkin spice latte. oh yeah! Yippee for me.. I made it! i love your kitchen. so full of love. good food. dishes in the sink. real stuff. love it. happy weekend! Not only do we have the EXACT same outdoor playset, my kitchen looks EXACTLY like yours does:-) Oh dear! the picture of your dirty dishes…well…it completes me! thanks so much for sharing that one! your kitchen sink is my kitchen sinks BFF! I love the picture with your daughter and Waffle! Randomness is good. Oh, wow. I thoroughly enjoy all your pictures, especially your random. It refreshes me. 🙂 Keep the random coming! And, yes, LOVING Friday! you do the best “random” happy friday to you! i am so glad it is friday:) pumpkins in the cubbies…very cute. Your photography is just beautiful. Really beautiful! I love that truck picture…such beautiful pictures of Fall..this is the time of year when I really miss not having seasons. it is gloomy and DARK this morning.
she had on her brand new Cora dress…and her mac n' cheese for F week (food).
if i got to go to her preschool…i'd be running there everyday too. such a happy place. i didn't want to leave today. i should have just sat down and played too. i am going to go walk in the gloomy weather…and suck in all the fresh air i can. on a different subject… who could possibly feel gloomy after that? Oh I so miss teaching preschool. I took a deep breath and immersed myself in the classroom photos and pretended I was back. This time of year is so fun when you work/live with preschool age kiddos. oh to wear cute pink tights & a cora dress Greatest post!! Aren’t you glad that even when you oversleep the day doesn’t have to remain gloomy and bad?!?! I like to think that these are the times God allows us to get the rest we needed! 🙂 I love the beauty of Fall and Annie looks adorable in her Cora dress! Cute………………………………………………….. we have such cooooooooool leaves! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 oh, this makes my heart swell. OMGosh… I want a Cora dress! For big grown up me! :o) So cute! As is the little peanut wearing it! And those fall colors.. to die for! We skipped fall here and went straight to snow and winter. The leaves fell green… I’ve never seen that before. So sad! Oh well… I LOVED this post and that Cora dress…this post made me SO happy and I smiled, smiled big…now I can go and tackle my huge workload…thank you. You’re awesome and I wish you were my neighbor! Hugs and blessings to you on this Fall day! :O) What’s funny Megan is that her preschool classroom reminds me of the photos of your house! All colorful and fun and creative and imaginative and bright and cheery! those are the happiest pictures ever! beautiful cora dress, and adding the striped tights was just perfection… go annie! I would stay there, too! What a lovely place to learn and grow! 🙂 annie’s preschool is so magical. wow. magic. love all the pink! No, I cannot believe the fall goodness! I’m jealous. It’s beautiful! Enjoy it 🙂 Those pictures are fabulous. What amazing colors. And that dress is precious, as is the girl! I love how your little girls wear such bright and cheerful clothes! The preschool looks like a fun place too. i ADORE that shot of annie’s striped legs, red patent leathers, apple dress & the red hedge. BE•A•U•TI•FUL. just gorgeous. what a fantastic preschool! the colors of the trees there are just gorgeous! love how annie coordinated with autumn so well…adorable. Oh, I mean, seriously, how much fun to paint a big orange pumpkin hanging from the ceiling! Wow! I’d run there too….all the way from here! Those pictures of your daughter by the trees are gorgeous Meg! Just GORGEOUS! This just looks like a dream — are you sure it isn’t a stage set? So beautiful and happy. I have to say that down here in Florida, we don’t get leaves like that. That red tree was beautiful. I wonder if northern Kentucky has leaves like that? I will know in a couple of weeks. Oh Meg, these photos gave me goosebumps. The leaves, Annie’s stockings and shoes and her Cora dress….your gorgeous pre-school…beautiful, beautiful. Hope you enjoyed your day with a full heart. Meredith xo. wow, I love your daughter’s preschool classroom. very jealous of the red beautifulness in your area. i just posted my fall pics, but there’s hardly any red. tear. Those are amazing. Love the red fall colors and her outfit is just adorable. What a fun classroom she gets to learn in. Great pics Meg! I just love your Annie. She reminds me of my “baby” when she was a little girl (same hair, same eyes). My baby is now almost 19. Enjoy the little sweetheart. That preschool looks so stinkin’ cute- You’d expect the Wonder Pets to live in there! How fun! I love Arthur’s HUGE cupcake! if this is what YOUR gloomy looks like, so God help me! Colorful, smiles, rainbows, dolls…looks beautiful! MY gloomy??? Well, THAT is another stpry…. I so wish trees turned that color down here in Houston. Love Annie’s dress, particularly with the tights – so much happy color! My daughter has a few dresses similar to that that I found on Etsy. Love those rainbow flags in the preschool – am currently obsessed with tracking them down – any ideas? So lovely. I don’t blame her for being happy to be at school! Hope you enjoyed your time outside. Hi! Thank you so much for the beautiful fall pics… I am really missing fall here in the desert 🙂 what gorgeous photos of your little girl – stunning autumn foliage! beautiful leaves who wouldn’t want to start their day at that school with friends? looks like tons of fun. Nothing better than a new baby! Thanks for sharing the fall pictures. We had an early freeze (ahem, snowstorm) the weekend before last, and all of our leaves fell and froze! Without ever turning any colors. 🙁 It was the dreariest saddest fall ever (followed by a weekend of 80 I might add). What beautiful colors in your pics! You are so talented! love the fall pictures. Amazing colors! And the feast w/the baby dolls cracks me up! OMG that dress…so cute..and that does look like a fun preschool!!!! I love the pictures, and what a great preschool! Those are the red bushes Russ wants a picture in front of for fall – he has been waiting for them to turn the last month. His facial hair is back – so it is okay 🙂 I’m in love with Annie’s preschool too, do they offer adult classes, I’d be there in a heartbeat! Wow, beautiful foliage. Great fall pics too! 🙂 She is DARLING! Love that photo of her with the red leaves and her big, brown eyes. funny, i just took pictures of those same bushes yesterday…i didn’t have a super cute model though…just a little squirrel following me around them. those pictures of annie are soooo sweet!!! i love her outfit…very annie! I need some of Annie’s preschool today too. Waking up in the night with a baby and sick kids is getting to me. Maybe I’ll just keep pictures of Annie in her cute tights up all day to keep me slightly more cheerful. 😉 A new life…..yes……exactly the recipe for brightened spirits. lol i stayed all day at my daughters school yesterday for her birthday:) it’s a neat place but no where near as awesome as annie’s little school! i keep telling you about my in-laws living in newton i swear one day we will pack up and move there just for the pretty homes,shopping and this cool school lol (and maybe to meet you!!) oh and annie’s outfit is the cutest!! all those colors (be still my heart!!) Oh, I LOVE the fall colors you have on your street. Gorgeous! We don’t get fall color like that here in California. Can’t wait to see the pictures from the birth you photographed. I photographed a birth last year for my friend & you are right…there are no words to describe it. such an honor! oh wow. so fun and colorful! and i love that annie’s wearing her cora dress, and that she matches in her own little style! where is that preschool? i went to zion, and i don’t remember my classroom looking that colorful. love these photos today! its gloomy here in oklahoma also~ do you know what kind of trees those are? I love the red! Annie has such style!! She looks perfect out there with all the reds of fall. Her preschool looks so fun, I wouldn’t want to leave either. LOVE how colorful the preschool is. You should get a job there.Seriously. You could do art for them. seriously. Megan please tell me where you got those tights at. My Addie is crazy over pink and I know she would love those. Gorgeous pictures 😉 So COOL! Love the preschool and the photos of Annie and all the beautiful colors around are just GORGEOUS! Great job on capturing them all, Meg! :o) her school looks awesome. I want to go to that preschool too. nancy wanted pictures taken at her childhood home.
nancy it really was a great day. You do such a great job. Beautiful pictures! What a beautiful family. Great pictures!! What a beautiful family! The love they have for each other reflects all over. And look at those gorgeous smiles! What a wonderful day it was for this, huh! Stunning as always, Meg! Nancy, your family shines!! Great pictures! Such a cute family. They look fun! Adorable pictures! I love your processing. It’s always a joy to stop by your blog. Gets me in a good mood! 🙂 LOL! i liked the one that they kicked their feet up. 🙂 🙂 I hope you charged extra for walking through that water…. what a great variety of such wonderful pictures! fantastic job! They look like they need a tv show or be on tv selling something. I’d buy it, whatever they were selling… I have the pleasure of meeting Nancy in November! Her family is absolutely beautiful. Great pictures. They are about the cutest family ever! I love the one with them kicking the water and your fav photo is mine too. Good Job, you rock with your camera! How stinkin’ cute is that family?! So weird…I just met Nancy a few weeks ago at a trade show in Topeka. Tiny world. Thanks Meg! I can’t tell you how many wonderful compliments we’ve received on these photos. We enjoyed the day too. There are a lot of good ones in there…..especially love the black and whites. Sisters are the best! |
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amy d - those turned out SO good…i can’t wait to tell him what annie does…that’s too cute. i remember when he got that car and i just kept thinking as i was looking at it…not fair, it has more gizmos than mine!!
kasey - so cute !!
xo
Mother Runner - Those are great!
And he’s such a cutie…never seen his hair so flat – adorable.
susie whyte - i just took my husband’s picture on those steps when we were in town last week! i keep calling them justin’s senior pics(except his is halfway to senior citizen). ha ha.
that annie is one smart cookie!
Tracy - Awww.. what a doll – he’s SO CUTE and the car is pretty sweet! :o) Great pictures as usual, Meg!
Sharla - I loved those stairs the last time I saw them and I love them this time too.
Renee Khan - What great pictures.
You have a fantastic blog and it is a real treat to come here.
Renee xoxo
Dana Banana - Remember my blue Monte Carlo?? Fun times.
Jeannine - Beautiful photos, as always =)
My first car was an ’89 Caprice.
Just sold it last month to help pay for another year of school, heh.
Stephanie Carroll - I want to babysit Annie.
Sarah @ Clover Lane - So so good…love them all…my favorite is the one on the steps too…something about that color really pops. You are awesome.
traci - that is a sweet car!! my son parks at the far end of the parking lot too and he has an old truck. i think it’s cute. great photos meg.
Michelle - Hi Meg! I so enjoy all your photos. You are super talented!
Would you please share some photo tips such as lens, camera settings, etc.?
Thanks so much!
Gratsia - I’ve just discovered your blog and its amazing, such beautiful pictures. Really your great at photography you really have an eye for it.
I’ve been trying to find your etsy page as well but havent been able to.
Have a good week
xx
Kathy - Great pictures he is a cutie!
Diana - I’m gonna sound like the oldie here… oh wait, I AM! LOL! My first car was a *ahem* used 1971 Ford Maverick, in that awful shade of green they used to have back then. But I loved that car, for sure!
Really love the fifth photo down, the closeup of his car with him leaning on the front of it.
Have a great year, Smart Jonathon! 🙂
Heather - I love the antiqued one on the stairs!! I parked on the other side of my high school parking lot too, but my reasons were a little different. My car was sooo big -1985 Caprice Classic- that I had to park in the back where there was enough room!
Staci - What a cutie 🙂 and NIIIIICE car 😉 And of course….I love your Annie!!!!! I’ve never even met her…yet I can just HEAR her saying that 🙂
Julia - all the pics are great – the third from the top is really creative – did you mess around with the image or did it come out like that?
hmmm..would he have been as excited about a 1979 powder blue Monte Carlo??? that’s right…you have a right to be jealous.
amy - the third pic, on the steps, is pretty amazing.
why didn’t we have cool senior pics like this? mine were the typical, black wrap/faux off the shoulder dress thingy.
100% pure UG!
anyways, i digress.
great job!
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Wow that is a nice car. My first car was a cranberry colored Buick Somerset…sweet ride. Those were great pics Meg.