Saturday, December 19, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Beautiful Kids
I know, I know...I haven't posted in days....Truth is, I pretty much use facebook now. All the status updates is just like blogging right? As you all know, I also started a photography blog and so most of my blogging fix goes to that one. What can I say...I'm a busy mommy that has to figure out her priorities.
Every year, I take my kids somewhere and take their pictures for the 10 photo collages I have of each of them on my walls. I try to change them in the fall. So I took them out to the Powerhouse and now that I am going through them, I am not sure I have enough photos of each child to fill the collage up...Anyway, Here's a little update on the kids as I have failed to even document the milestones on paper for future posterity...
Raya:
She's growing up and is almost as tall as me...She definitely doesn't have the Poindexter gene when it comes to height! She has been playing soccer and is a defender. She LOVES it. I was worried at first because after all, soccer requires running, but I haven't heard her complain once...Imagine my surprise when she chose to join the Pacer club at school! Not only does she have to get to school early, she has to run laps! It's a pretty cool club. They participate in local marathons including the one to Feed the Hungry on Thanksgiving day...School is going pretty good for her. She's getting excellent grades in everything except math (she takes after her mother I guess)...We are working on improving her scores, but the bright side to all of that is that she is in the high math group...For Halloween, Raya chose to be a character from Harry Potter this year. Hermione Granger...She resembled her quite well. She's been reading the series which has been awesome because she is now realizing that reading is actually fun! She's a blessing to have and I love her so very much!!!
Malia:
I am glad that Malia feels comfortable at home...I really am, but being the loudest kid in the house sometimes gets on my nerves. I guess since she is so mellow and quite out in public, she has to let out that energy somewhere and so why not do it in the one place she feels most comfortable! Malia is fun! She is always finding ways to entertain herself. Her and Ethan are the best of friends and it's fun to watch them play together. Malia (along with Raya) has joined the chess club at school. I went there and watched them for a little bit the other day. Coming from someone who knows almost nothing about chess, I was impressed at watching Malia move the pieces on the board and take down her opponent. Malia is still a little monkey. I am constantly having to remind her not to scale the trampoline poles or any other object that could potentially cause great damage if she fell. She is a great help around the house and I often find her cleaning her room without being asked! She too is a blessing to have and I love her bunches as well!
Ethan:
Ethan is the jokester of the house. He is constantly "tricking" someone. He loves to tease (in a good way) and tell jokes to his sibling's. Ethan has been playing soccer as well and has developed a great talent at the net. Being goalie is where he thrives and if he had it his way, he would prefer to stay at the net. We had to give him a little talking to last week when he was out on the field (not in the goal), he kept running around pushing people down. I guess I am the one to blame for this because he loves to play a video game called SSX Tricky. It's a snowboarding game and you can push people down in it. We haven't allowed him to play the game since then and he asks me everyday "Am I never going to get to play SSX Tricky again?" It's quite cute. Because of it, he wants a snowboard for Christmas...We're getting him a skateboard instead. I have to exercise great patience with Ethan. Someone please tell me that the cry baby, pouty, fit throwing, is just a phase...please???? This is what Ethan looks like all too often:
But even then, he's still cute!
Carly:
Carly is growing up way too fast. I can't believe all the things this kid does and says. Most of her language is alien to me, but everyday I understand more and more. I love how she says her sibling's names. Even in less than a week, she went from pronouncing Ethan's name from "Eee Hee" to "Eee Hin"...It's way cute! She follows directions like "Go get Raya for me" and even though Raya doesn't understand what Carly is saying, she still runs down the hall calling for Raya. She loves getting dressed and putting her shoes (or anybody else's shoes) on. If I need her to leave me alone for a short while, I give her some clothes and shoes to "play" with. She loves to help me fold laundry and has the whole shaking of the clothes thing down. She is also great at helping me unload the dishwasher and even if the dishes are dirty. She calls her blanket her "NaNa" which I often get confused when she actually wants a Banana. She loves milk and could drink it all day and not eat anything if I let her. She has started to want to potty train, which I think might drive me crazy if I don't start the training process with her. She is constantly taking off her diaper and climbing on the toilet unassisted without even a potty chair. I just know that one day I am going to find her in the toilet, feet high in the air! She's growing up fast and soon I won't have a baby baby anymore... I just loved this picture of her:
Here are all my babies...they're growing up way too fast!
Every year, I take my kids somewhere and take their pictures for the 10 photo collages I have of each of them on my walls. I try to change them in the fall. So I took them out to the Powerhouse and now that I am going through them, I am not sure I have enough photos of each child to fill the collage up...Anyway, Here's a little update on the kids as I have failed to even document the milestones on paper for future posterity...
Raya:
She's growing up and is almost as tall as me...She definitely doesn't have the Poindexter gene when it comes to height! She has been playing soccer and is a defender. She LOVES it. I was worried at first because after all, soccer requires running, but I haven't heard her complain once...Imagine my surprise when she chose to join the Pacer club at school! Not only does she have to get to school early, she has to run laps! It's a pretty cool club. They participate in local marathons including the one to Feed the Hungry on Thanksgiving day...School is going pretty good for her. She's getting excellent grades in everything except math (she takes after her mother I guess)...We are working on improving her scores, but the bright side to all of that is that she is in the high math group...For Halloween, Raya chose to be a character from Harry Potter this year. Hermione Granger...She resembled her quite well. She's been reading the series which has been awesome because she is now realizing that reading is actually fun! She's a blessing to have and I love her so very much!!!
Malia:
I am glad that Malia feels comfortable at home...I really am, but being the loudest kid in the house sometimes gets on my nerves. I guess since she is so mellow and quite out in public, she has to let out that energy somewhere and so why not do it in the one place she feels most comfortable! Malia is fun! She is always finding ways to entertain herself. Her and Ethan are the best of friends and it's fun to watch them play together. Malia (along with Raya) has joined the chess club at school. I went there and watched them for a little bit the other day. Coming from someone who knows almost nothing about chess, I was impressed at watching Malia move the pieces on the board and take down her opponent. Malia is still a little monkey. I am constantly having to remind her not to scale the trampoline poles or any other object that could potentially cause great damage if she fell. She is a great help around the house and I often find her cleaning her room without being asked! She too is a blessing to have and I love her bunches as well!
Ethan:
Ethan is the jokester of the house. He is constantly "tricking" someone. He loves to tease (in a good way) and tell jokes to his sibling's. Ethan has been playing soccer as well and has developed a great talent at the net. Being goalie is where he thrives and if he had it his way, he would prefer to stay at the net. We had to give him a little talking to last week when he was out on the field (not in the goal), he kept running around pushing people down. I guess I am the one to blame for this because he loves to play a video game called SSX Tricky. It's a snowboarding game and you can push people down in it. We haven't allowed him to play the game since then and he asks me everyday "Am I never going to get to play SSX Tricky again?" It's quite cute. Because of it, he wants a snowboard for Christmas...We're getting him a skateboard instead. I have to exercise great patience with Ethan. Someone please tell me that the cry baby, pouty, fit throwing, is just a phase...please???? This is what Ethan looks like all too often:
But even then, he's still cute!
Carly:
Carly is growing up way too fast. I can't believe all the things this kid does and says. Most of her language is alien to me, but everyday I understand more and more. I love how she says her sibling's names. Even in less than a week, she went from pronouncing Ethan's name from "Eee Hee" to "Eee Hin"...It's way cute! She follows directions like "Go get Raya for me" and even though Raya doesn't understand what Carly is saying, she still runs down the hall calling for Raya. She loves getting dressed and putting her shoes (or anybody else's shoes) on. If I need her to leave me alone for a short while, I give her some clothes and shoes to "play" with. She loves to help me fold laundry and has the whole shaking of the clothes thing down. She is also great at helping me unload the dishwasher and even if the dishes are dirty. She calls her blanket her "NaNa" which I often get confused when she actually wants a Banana. She loves milk and could drink it all day and not eat anything if I let her. She has started to want to potty train, which I think might drive me crazy if I don't start the training process with her. She is constantly taking off her diaper and climbing on the toilet unassisted without even a potty chair. I just know that one day I am going to find her in the toilet, feet high in the air! She's growing up fast and soon I won't have a baby baby anymore... I just loved this picture of her:
Here are all my babies...they're growing up way too fast!
Monday, October 5, 2009
A Little Mommy Bragging
Ethan had a great soccer game this Saturday. He got to play Goalie for the first time and he rocked the net! The kid only let one get by him and he was getting so much action the last half of the game. One little boy from the opposing team took at least 10 shots on Ethan in like 5 minutes, but my little man blocked every single one of those. Anyway, I think we have a natural goalie on our hands and I am so very proud.
Friday, September 18, 2009
So You Think You Can Dance???
Raya and Malia both liked to dance at a very young age and it was sure cute, but Carly LOVES to dance. Anytime there is music on she is moving around waving her arms and twirling even if someone is holding her. It's hard to get it on film because she is a tad bit shy, but I was able to get a tid bit tonight and thought you'd like to see her do her thang!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Fairest of them All...
I am going to be entering Carly and Malia into a contest. Basically I need to submit a photo and an essay explaining the photo and also explaining why they are the Princess of all Princesses. I have narrowed the photos down to two for each girl, but I need your help. Please leave a comment and tell me which one you like better (using the numbers above the photo)...I'd really appreciate it!
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Oh, and check out my photography blog for more photos of my little princesses!
www.rachaeldphotography.blogspot.com
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Oh, and check out my photography blog for more photos of my little princesses!
www.rachaeldphotography.blogspot.com
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Soccer Season Has Begun
Ethan had a scrimmage the other day. I pulled the camera out and Ethan immediatly said "Mom, are you going to take pictures of me?" After the game was over, he decided to pose for me. Check it out!
Do you think modeling could be a good choice of a profession for him? Obviously he is very comfortable with the camera, and by the looks of it, he's used to having one in his face all the time. If modeling doesn't work, perhaps being a professional soccer player might:
Apparently, sticking out your tongue while playing soccer makes you run faster and play harder too.
Do you think modeling could be a good choice of a profession for him? Obviously he is very comfortable with the camera, and by the looks of it, he's used to having one in his face all the time. If modeling doesn't work, perhaps being a professional soccer player might:
Apparently, sticking out your tongue while playing soccer makes you run faster and play harder too.
Friday, August 28, 2009
New Blog
I started my own photography blog. There's only one post so far, but check it yo!
www.rachaeldphotography.blogspot.com
www.rachaeldphotography.blogspot.com
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Soarin' with the Sorensons...
I LOVE this family! They are hilarious and down for anything!
It's tough being the only girl!
Okay, Okay...here's one for the family wall...
and there's more to come! Thanks guys for being so fun!
It's tough being the only girl!
Okay, Okay...here's one for the family wall...
and there's more to come! Thanks guys for being so fun!
And The Winner Is....
Using a website called ClassTools.net, which has a random name picker, I have a winner for my little contest I posted earlier.
Drum Roll PLEASE.......
BRITNI N.
You are the winner of 20 5x7 Christmas Cards.
Here's the proof:
Thanks for all of you who played along and check back soon for the Sorenson family pictures I did yesterday!
Drum Roll PLEASE.......
BRITNI N.
You are the winner of 20 5x7 Christmas Cards.
Here's the proof:
Thanks for all of you who played along and check back soon for the Sorenson family pictures I did yesterday!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
A Creative Christmas Gift
Sing with me now..."Tis' the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la"...Oh! It's not that time of year yet? Silly me! I've been thinking a lot about Christmas for a few weeks because, 1. I want a new Digital SLR Camera and 2. I want a killer keyboard so I can learn to play like Chris Martin from Coldplay.
I know I'm being a tad bit selfish and maybe even having a little wishful thinking on the whole "playing like Chris Martin" part, but the truth is, I'm not going to rely on Santa Claus to bring me these items this year and I have a plan.
I have always struggled purchasing gifts for different members of my family, mainly my parents and in-laws. It's not that I don't know their character and what they would love, it's just that they don't seem to "need" the latest nose hair removal system or Bath and Body Works lotion specials. The items I see that would really benefit them in some way or another, are of course, out of my price range, so I turn to the talent God has given me and create personal gifts that not only bring tears to the eyes of the receiver, but that can be treasured for a lifetime and then some.
This is the first year that I have decided to put myself out there and actually offer up my services instead of you asking me personally. Notice that I am starting early in the season? Oh wait, it's not the season just yet! Well, anyway, I have high hopes for an awesome response to what I have to offer, after all, I am playing Santa Claus this year, not only to myself, but also to my sweet kiddos.
Here's what I am offering:
Photo Video Montage
For those of you who don't know what this is, it's basically a bunch of pictures put together in a slideshow format with music added to it and some custom titles thrown in throughout. I then burn it to DVD and create a custom cover and light scribe label. For Father's Day this year, I gathered some pictures of Patrick and our kids and did a photo montage as his present. I saw tears welding up in his eyes and knew that this gift was more special to him than that $50 gift card to Fry's Electronics I thought about getting him would ever be. You can view it HERE.
PRICING:
-100 DIGITAL photos $50
-Duplicate DVD's $8 each
-200 DIGITAL photos $75
-Duplicate DVD's: $8 each
Do you have photos that aren't digital? No problem! Just add a 20 cents scanning fee to each non-digital photo. You will recieve a CD with all your scanned images in digital format.
Each DVD comes with a Custom DVD Cover and Light Scribe Label. See Sample below: (Click on photos to enlarge for better viewing.)
You also get to choose the music you want, or I can help guide you if need me too.
Your Photo Montage can be created for someone specific like the one I did for Patrick, or we can make one that can be universally given out like to grandparents, parents, in-laws, etc. You can knock out gifts left and right doing it this way, AND it's cheaper too!
Are you excited yet? Well, I'm offering more...
How many of you upload your family photo to Snapfish or even your local drug store and create a generic Christmas card and hope that after you've sent them out, no one else picked the same design as you? Well, check this out:
Custom One of a Kind Photo Christmas Cards
-50 5x7 Cards and envelopes for: $40
-Each additional 25 cards with envelopes: $15
-Singles are just 75 cents each
-50 4x6 Cards and envelopes for: $25
-Each additional 25 cards with envelopes: $10
-Singles are just 50 cents each
You email me a photo or photos and I email you a proof when finished. After you approve, they will go to print and depending on where you live, I will either drop them off at your home or mail them to you.
Do you want to add a Photography Session to your Christmas Card Package? I'm so down to photographing you and your family and using the photos for your card. You also get all the edited images on CD with full copyright so you can print the photos you want in the sizes you want at your favorite place of business. Here are few samples below. Click on them to view a larger image:
I want to make it clear that everything I do is ONE OF A KIND. I try to capture the personality of your family and bring it to life. I am a self proclaimed perfectionist. Everything I do is top quality. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
So are you excited now? If your not excited yet, I know you must be intrigued because you are still reading this rather lengthy post. Soooooooo, I am going to throw in one more thing...
This post is mainly for the Video Montage and Christmas Card items mentioned above, but my true passion, what I truly LOVE, is the ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes of precious newborns. There is nothing more perfect than a brand new baby. Before I did Christmas Cards, I was doing birth announcements. Check out some samples below:
Once again, your announcement will be one of a kind.
Newborn Package: You get:
-Newborn Photo session. You will receive all edited images on CD with full copyright.
-50 5x7 Birth Announcements with envelopes
-Video Montage with photos from the session with custom DVD cover and light scribe label.
Cost is $100
Need more announcements? No problem!
-25 additional announcements $15
-Singles are just 75 cents each
The following is a video montage with photos from a newborn session that I
recently did for my friend Stasia:
If you are still reading this, I know now that you are excited. And to make it even more exciting for you, I am going to offer up a little raffle. Everyone likes free. I know I do. So here's the deal. Comment on this post and tell me what you think of the samples I have just shown you. If you have already experienced first hand my talent, tell me what you think. If I don't know you at all, that's okay, comment away. When you do this, you will be entered into my little raffle and will win 20 5x7photo Christmas Cards (you provide the picture). I will pick a winner using some random name picker that I will research how to do online soon and the winner will be announced on August 22nd! So go ahead, comment now. If you are interested in any of the above services, please contact me via email at rayasmommy@yahoo.com or just leave a comment. I will then give you more information and answer any questions you may have. And just so you know, all the above services are not limited to Christmas only. I've done Birthdays, Thank You's, Vacation's, Birthday's etc. I'm down to do whatever so email me alright? Ok, I'm outta here. Thanks for reading!
I know I'm being a tad bit selfish and maybe even having a little wishful thinking on the whole "playing like Chris Martin" part, but the truth is, I'm not going to rely on Santa Claus to bring me these items this year and I have a plan.
I have always struggled purchasing gifts for different members of my family, mainly my parents and in-laws. It's not that I don't know their character and what they would love, it's just that they don't seem to "need" the latest nose hair removal system or Bath and Body Works lotion specials. The items I see that would really benefit them in some way or another, are of course, out of my price range, so I turn to the talent God has given me and create personal gifts that not only bring tears to the eyes of the receiver, but that can be treasured for a lifetime and then some.
This is the first year that I have decided to put myself out there and actually offer up my services instead of you asking me personally. Notice that I am starting early in the season? Oh wait, it's not the season just yet! Well, anyway, I have high hopes for an awesome response to what I have to offer, after all, I am playing Santa Claus this year, not only to myself, but also to my sweet kiddos.
Here's what I am offering:
Photo Video Montage
For those of you who don't know what this is, it's basically a bunch of pictures put together in a slideshow format with music added to it and some custom titles thrown in throughout. I then burn it to DVD and create a custom cover and light scribe label. For Father's Day this year, I gathered some pictures of Patrick and our kids and did a photo montage as his present. I saw tears welding up in his eyes and knew that this gift was more special to him than that $50 gift card to Fry's Electronics I thought about getting him would ever be. You can view it HERE.
PRICING:
-100 DIGITAL photos $50
-Duplicate DVD's $8 each
-200 DIGITAL photos $75
-Duplicate DVD's: $8 each
Do you have photos that aren't digital? No problem! Just add a 20 cents scanning fee to each non-digital photo. You will recieve a CD with all your scanned images in digital format.
Each DVD comes with a Custom DVD Cover and Light Scribe Label. See Sample below: (Click on photos to enlarge for better viewing.)
You also get to choose the music you want, or I can help guide you if need me too.
Your Photo Montage can be created for someone specific like the one I did for Patrick, or we can make one that can be universally given out like to grandparents, parents, in-laws, etc. You can knock out gifts left and right doing it this way, AND it's cheaper too!
Are you excited yet? Well, I'm offering more...
How many of you upload your family photo to Snapfish or even your local drug store and create a generic Christmas card and hope that after you've sent them out, no one else picked the same design as you? Well, check this out:
Custom One of a Kind Photo Christmas Cards
-50 5x7 Cards and envelopes for: $40
-Each additional 25 cards with envelopes: $15
-Singles are just 75 cents each
-50 4x6 Cards and envelopes for: $25
-Each additional 25 cards with envelopes: $10
-Singles are just 50 cents each
You email me a photo or photos and I email you a proof when finished. After you approve, they will go to print and depending on where you live, I will either drop them off at your home or mail them to you.
Do you want to add a Photography Session to your Christmas Card Package? I'm so down to photographing you and your family and using the photos for your card. You also get all the edited images on CD with full copyright so you can print the photos you want in the sizes you want at your favorite place of business. Here are few samples below. Click on them to view a larger image:
I want to make it clear that everything I do is ONE OF A KIND. I try to capture the personality of your family and bring it to life. I am a self proclaimed perfectionist. Everything I do is top quality. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
So are you excited now? If your not excited yet, I know you must be intrigued because you are still reading this rather lengthy post. Soooooooo, I am going to throw in one more thing...
This post is mainly for the Video Montage and Christmas Card items mentioned above, but my true passion, what I truly LOVE, is the ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes of precious newborns. There is nothing more perfect than a brand new baby. Before I did Christmas Cards, I was doing birth announcements. Check out some samples below:
Once again, your announcement will be one of a kind.
Newborn Package: You get:
-Newborn Photo session. You will receive all edited images on CD with full copyright.
-50 5x7 Birth Announcements with envelopes
-Video Montage with photos from the session with custom DVD cover and light scribe label.
Cost is $100
Need more announcements? No problem!
-25 additional announcements $15
-Singles are just 75 cents each
The following is a video montage with photos from a newborn session that I
recently did for my friend Stasia:
If you are still reading this, I know now that you are excited. And to make it even more exciting for you, I am going to offer up a little raffle. Everyone likes free. I know I do. So here's the deal. Comment on this post and tell me what you think of the samples I have just shown you. If you have already experienced first hand my talent, tell me what you think. If I don't know you at all, that's okay, comment away. When you do this, you will be entered into my little raffle and will win 20 5x7photo Christmas Cards (you provide the picture). I will pick a winner using some random name picker that I will research how to do online soon and the winner will be announced on August 22nd! So go ahead, comment now. If you are interested in any of the above services, please contact me via email at rayasmommy@yahoo.com or just leave a comment. I will then give you more information and answer any questions you may have. And just so you know, all the above services are not limited to Christmas only. I've done Birthdays, Thank You's, Vacation's, Birthday's etc. I'm down to do whatever so email me alright? Ok, I'm outta here. Thanks for reading!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Hangin' with Coldplay!
Never mind the drunk guy that thought he owned the section we were sitting in and wanted to start a fight with a 50 year old woman...Never mind the couple a few rows in front of us that should have purchased a hotel room instead of concert tickets... Never mind that it was 104 degrees at the Sleeptrain Amphitheatre until the sun went down... Never mind it cost $24 for 2 waters and two sandwiches...and Never mind the 45 minute wait to get out of the parking lot even driving aggressively after the show...COLDPLAY WAS SOOOOOOO AWESOME!
Coldplay puts on the raddest show! A few different times, the band moved off the stage and played in different parts of the crowd. While traveling to one of these places, the band walked right next to me...literally. I could reach my hand out and touch them. Unfortunately, I was trying to get a video of it on my phone and didn't get the chance to touch those sweaty British singers. If you watch the following video closely, you'll see the lead singer, Chris (You know, the one whose married to Gweneth Paltrow), walk by in a blue shirt super fast:
I didn't bring my camera....GRRRRRRRR.... so I took pictures of the famous dude that is on every morning show around here with my cell phone, he walked by me too:
A nice treat at the end, was a free Live CD of Coldplay and sporting on the cover was 2 butterfly's (one on each side)...the same butterfly's that were blown all over the stadium as confetti during one of their songs!
Guess I got some pretty good seats considering they were "in the middle". I mean, all the sights I got in my seat were amazing (except the drunk guy making out with his girlfriend and the other couple who couldn't keep their hands off each other)!
Here's to hoping that the Killers, Blink 182, and Weezer puts on a show as good as Coldplay...Two more concerts, here we come! I'm soooo excited!!!!
VIVA LA VIDA BABY!
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