Monthly Archives: August 2006

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August 28, 2006 - 6:00 pm

Katie Harris - Good for you!

The photo in your last entry was just adorable!

It just cracks me up to see little kids with their binkies!

-Katie

August 29, 2006 - 5:12 am

Julie - Jenna did the no nap thing too after the binky was gone. Like she was protesting or something. I expected to come into her room and see “Bring Back Binky” signs in her hand or something.

August 29, 2006 - 9:19 am

Hilary - OH no…. naps reign supreme. Glad you fixed it. I need to call you…

August 29, 2006 - 4:00 pm

Mindy - I would’ve done the same thing. Priorities, right? When you’ve gotten used to that nap-time break, it’s hard to give it up. Isn’t it weird how sometimes they go to sleep better at night after they’ve had a long nap in the day? I could never figure that out…

August 29, 2006 - 5:58 pm

alison - lol…I would have done the same thing. Naps are still a MUST-HAVE here..not for me, but for the baby. take that time, and all bets are off.
And like everyone alwasy says..it’s not like he’ll be taking it to kindergarten with him…

August 29, 2006 - 11:35 pm

erin yamabe - cheers to good sleep!

August 30, 2006 - 4:28 pm

Stefani - Don’t feel so bad. Nap time is a priority. :) My nephew did not give up his binky until his 4th birthday. We had a ‘throw the binky away’ party the morning of his 4th birthday.

bye bye big baby binky

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August 24, 2006 - 3:37 pm

Maureen - So happy you got that shot!
I’m with you….pacifiers and diapers….scream baby to me! Hard when they are done in many ways!

August 24, 2006 - 6:31 pm

shannon c - He is so cute!!
I have a little guy who needs to be potty trained. After 9 years (older brothers) of changing diapers, you would think I would be all over the potty training. Hmmm. Nope.

August 24, 2006 - 6:34 pm

kelly - Lucky you! I just wrote about this too, but Chloe didn’t handle it so well. We said, ‘bye-bye, binky’, but we had to say ‘hello’ again. Now we are considering a more subtle withdrawal method instead of cold turkey. :)

August 24, 2006 - 6:39 pm

Hilary - WOO HOO FOR THE LOST BINKIE!!!!
about time!

August 24, 2006 - 11:03 pm

jamie - ahhhh another milestone. :) he looks so cute and BIG now!!!

August 25, 2006 - 5:42 am

Julie - I’m glad he’s taking it well. Jenna did a lot better with it than I thought she would when it was time to lose hers. I was BAD with that and didn’t take it from her until she was two and a half. I know, I know. I’m bad, like I said, but like you I wanted to hold on to the babyness, because I am not sure that we can have another one. Glad you got the photo though! Good timing. =)

August 27, 2006 - 1:00 am

gillian - Oh, I’m the WORST when it comes to taking the binkies away! My daughter slept with hers (only slept) until she was 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that’s just WRONG!

August 28, 2006 - 5:27 pm

alison - ooh..that was a scary time. Both times. Big congrats to you and the little man!

August 29, 2006 - 1:45 am

Jessi - Okay, that pic is classic!!!!!!

August 30, 2006 - 7:24 pm

kent - Oh man! He is looking too much like a little boy now. Time flies!!

Hi.

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August 22, 2006 - 6:30 am

Alison - welcome back, dude! Love the pictures. Let’s see that new floo,r now…

August 22, 2006 - 7:24 am

Julie - Gorgeous photos Shannon. I’m glad you are back and your floors are done. Yay!

August 22, 2006 - 7:45 am

Hilary - SO glad you’re back.
Let’s get lunch once the kiddos are in school.
Great pics btw!

August 22, 2006 - 9:38 am

sherri Winstead - great work shannon!!

Hey email me at the email address above. I have my 2nd proofing session on my BD site, and I remember you wanting to “take a look”. So please do!!

I’ll email you personally the password!

August 22, 2006 - 11:11 am

Mindy - Glad you had fun, Shannon! It’s nice to have a break from the routine sometimes. When do your kiddos start school? We start tomorrow–YEAH! Awesome pictures, as always.

August 22, 2006 - 11:12 am

erin yamabe - those are just beautiful! thanks for sharing. my fave is the one of the mom close up holding her son’s head from behind.

August 22, 2006 - 3:40 pm

Kia Gregory - Hi, I’m a blog stalker and just wanted to say, love your photography! WONDERFUL to look at and feel the love in the pix, ya know?

August 22, 2006 - 3:49 pm

Katie Harris - Your work is wonderful!

I really like the color shot of the boy, those blue eyes are gorgeous!

I also prefer b&w, but color can be fun sometimes!

-Katie

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August 22, 2006 - 7:23 pm

Lisa - Hey, I know most of those people! Great pictures Shannon as always. Glad to hear that hubby of yours got his act together and finished those floors.

August 23, 2006 - 1:25 pm

Kim - you need to share more often, chica!! These are wonderful. =)

August 23, 2006 - 4:23 pm

kellidarr - Wow! Absolutely amazing:) Keep on sharing! I love your work.

August 23, 2006 - 5:22 pm

stacey kingman - Those are fabulous. I am certainly doing something wrong with my camera…

August 23, 2006 - 6:32 pm

kent - So the new floor is in and not the cabinets? Glad you’re back and AWESOME photos!

August 26, 2006 - 8:13 am

Layle Koncar - Gorgeous photos, Shannon!

September 4, 2006 - 7:01 am

candi - beautiful photos shannon!!

September 4, 2006 - 10:40 pm

Shelly - I haven’t checked your blog for awhile…great shots! I recognize a few of those people ;-) Thanks again for a wonderful photo shoot, our pictures are amazing!

September 6, 2006 - 9:45 pm

Shelby - wow! so gorgeous :)

September 10, 2006 - 2:27 pm

Heather - Amazing pictures Shannon! ;)

Just what I needed…

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August 14, 2006 - 9:39 pm

elizabeth - Sounds like fun! I hope you don’t have a lot of robbers reading your blog. ; )

And when you get back… we’ve got our Oakland Zoo pass in hand… I know how to get there and everything : )

August 14, 2006 - 11:21 pm

Alison - so maybe it’s just too raw still, but NO it doesn’t sound like fun. LOL. And what’s with you playing the out of town card, huh? It feels really good, I mean REALLY good, to help break up the ugly stuff. Hopefully things are new and sparkly when you get back. Go Dave!

August 15, 2006 - 7:33 am

Hilary - yeah…. that would be nice…
Where are you going? Don’t you guys start school soon?

August 15, 2006 - 7:26 pm

erin yamabe - here’s to dreaming, and fun before school starts!

August 16, 2006 - 8:53 am

Mindy - Shannon, for a minute there I thought “going to the mountains” might be secret code for “coming to Utah” (hey, we’ve got mountains, right?). I did a little investigative work and discovered that Tahoe was your destination. Good for you! Have fun.

August 16, 2006 - 10:51 am

maggie Holmes - good for you – have a great time! and i hope you do get that makeover!!

August 16, 2006 - 8:24 pm

Robyn - For fun!!! :) Have a fabulous time!

boondoggle baby

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August 9, 2006 - 1:32 pm

Michelle Riddle - I have been lurking on your blog for a while enjoying your posts and pictures, but always felt silly commenting. But..I just had to thank you for todays post. For the life of me I could not remember what that was called and the only word I could ever come up with to explain it was “gimp”..isn’t that what the stuff is called that is used to boondoogle? I actually bought some of the stuff a few month ago, but even with the instructions could not get it started! And as for yesterdays post..I can TOTALLY relate.

August 9, 2006 - 2:03 pm

Hilary - I’m pretty sure that bondoggling is right up there with clogging. :) WTG!

August 9, 2006 - 2:03 pm

AmyG - funny! I didn’t know it was called that. We used to make those things at girls camp. lol

August 9, 2006 - 6:01 pm

kent - Just to let you know “Boondoggle” is a Utah word. I can’t remember exactly what I used to call it growing up (which is the correct word byt the way- hee hee) but we have a joke at work about it because Keri mentioned THAT word one time and I was like what the heck are you talking about. Then another co-worker popped around the corner and she knew the word too but she was from Helper so it doesn’t count. I think that is the funniest word in the world and I can’t believe someone is selling them on Ebay (maybe it is the girl from Napoleon Dynamite).

August 9, 2006 - 6:02 pm

kent - Oh! I just read the comment and we DID used to call it Gimp – maybe that was an East Coast thing!

August 9, 2006 - 6:35 pm

stacy b - k california calls them lanyards. that’s pretty funny that everyone has thier own name for it.

you are a GREAT mom for teaching a totally useless but oh so entertaining thing to your kids. my brother is the one who used to make those and i wouldn’t even know where to begin. you’re great. :)

August 10, 2006 - 6:58 am

Julie - Never in my life have I heard “boondoogle” until today. I don’t remember ever making anything out of the plastic stuff. We always made stuff out of yarn, thread, etc. Of course, I’m down here in Oklahoma, =). Don’t hold it against me. I think it is cool that you taught your kids how to do it though. I always had to figure those things out on my own, but I would sit and make bracelets and keychains for hours, like you said.

August 10, 2006 - 3:17 pm

Lee - LOL… I love seeing the different names of stuff from the US to Australia. When I saw Boondoogle I thought… what???
In Australia they are scalled Scoobies! Hee hee hee… too funny.

August 10, 2006 - 3:30 pm

kate - that’s a new term for me!! they’re lanyards here (seattle) too! :) i did it all the time when i was a kid – it was cool then – i’m sure it’s cool for them now too!!

August 10, 2006 - 9:47 pm

Alana M - I was what you were talking about into I saw the photo…okay lanyards, yes lots of fun.

August 13, 2006 - 11:47 pm

erin yamabe - i think that is very cool…didn’t know it had a name!!!

August 14, 2006 - 7:05 am

Kathi - I had no idea it was called boondoggle. I remember making them at summer camp and having a ton on my one key-key chain.