Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Dec 1, 2009, 8:08 am
1. happy december! i cannot believe it is here already. this year has gone by so fast. 2. methinks i have a case of the holiday blues or just blues period.  3. for the first time in many years, my ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 26, 2009, 12:29 pm
" Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of Thanksgiving."                                                           ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 25, 2009, 4:00 am
i seriously need to get caught up on posting, so i will start with right now and work my way backwards. at the current moment, i am editing. this being one of my busiest times of the year, if i am no...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 23, 2009, 3:06 am
random thoughts . . . had one computer down and one running painfully SLOW this week. not a good thing when you have a lot of work to do. and so i'm behind. and been working really hard to get ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 21, 2009, 5:22 am

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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 19, 2009, 3:06 am
in my soul today. for at this late hour, i feel the dark clouds rolling in and it is not pleasant.
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 18, 2009, 4:02 pm
just taking a moment out of my crazy busy-ness to share this -   how cute is this little guy?  how i love little babies! just been up to shooting and designing cards and gifts for clients - took ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 9, 2009, 11:59 pm
i posted this question on facebook and figured i would post it here too because i can't seem to find the answer. "i want to know how some moms seem to have enough time because lately it seems lik...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 5, 2009, 7:07 am
just want to take a minute to give a birthday shout-out to my favorite little man in my life.  happy 8th birthday Zack!   i can't believe my baby is 8 and getting baptized and going to scou...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 4, 2009, 5:33 am
Dug the YW in Excellence Program that was given last night in my ward.  The theme was "The Worth of (Soles) is Great".  Each of the leaders and the girls brought a different shoe and talked about ho...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 3, 2009, 3:14 am
normally, i have an absolute love for Halloween. i love all the fun decorating, cool neat craft projects with the kids, and who doesn't love the chocolate? normally, i get way into it.  however...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Nov 2, 2009, 2:56 am
a couple weeks ago, i had a cancellation on a saturday afternoon so rather than waste a beautiful day away,  i came home from soccer and a morning shoot and told the kids to get showered and changed ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 27, 2009, 12:37 pm
MY NEW PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE   I have a few things I want to change around and I need to add the blog and shopping cart to it yet but it's up and running. updates and other things to come someti...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 27, 2009, 3:28 am
i know i have been horrible about updating the blog. i need to be better but i am in the midst of trying to get caught up with editing sessions and what-not. i finished my new website. i am impatient...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 19, 2009, 4:32 am
1. do you ever change your passwords sometimes but then forget what you changed them to? i apparently changed my password to my new website interface and i have been unable to access it the whole week...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 18, 2009, 4:41 am
    these pictures were taken in November 2005. that top picture is the same one that hangs on the wall of my house. it has been 4yrs since we have had a family photo taken. look how little my kid...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 16, 2009, 2:25 am
while most of my holiday cards may only feature 1-3 images, i like to custom design holiday cards that showcase many images from my client's sessions.  here are a couple samples i have saved as...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 12, 2009, 7:06 pm
I just want to take a minute to give a shout out to another stay at home who is using her creative talents to start a small business. Being a small business owner myself and a super busy mom of 4  I ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 12, 2009, 4:45 am
outside my window . . . it is pitch black and deathly quiet.  the rest of my neighborhood and most of the world is asleep. i am thinking . . . that i need to re-think my life and fix the things ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 11, 2009, 4:23 am
i live in a place that doesn't really have a "fall" season.  we don't really get the beautiful color changes that exist elsewhere across the United States. so the past couple days i tried s...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 8, 2009, 5:09 am

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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 6, 2009, 3:53 am
1. 9 miles down. 91 more miles to go.  it is beginning to dawn on me what a daunting feat it is going to be to complete that many miles in the next 9 days or so.  it seems kinda crazy.  however, i ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Oct 5, 2009, 5:57 am
100 miles in 10 days. ready set go.
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Sep 30, 2009, 4:33 am
the twins have been ever so patiently growing and growing their hair.  they have this lovely honey brownish-blond hair that is so pretty in the sunlight. and for a little while now they have been be...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Sep 29, 2009, 9:34 pm
i re-arranged things around here and did a re-design for Halloween. as far as everything else . . . i'm reading . . . i'm watching . . .Grey's Anatomy, Lie to Me, The Mentalist, ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Sep 23, 2009, 3:47 am
1. i want to send a huge congratulations to my SIL Jacque and BIL Jeff! I got a new baby niece on the 17th.  Can't wait to meet and hold little Juliet! 2. i get a lot more done when i sta...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Sep 21, 2009, 12:28 pm
1. if you haven't already noticed by my utter lack of posting, i haven't felt much like blogging much.  i used to get excited about sharing things and expressing my thoughts but as of late i ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Sep 9, 2009, 4:34 am
hold the phone. shut the front door. she blogs! i know it is a miracle! i'm so behind on posting stuff but wth - i guess i'll just post when i can and eventually if fate allows - i'll get...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Sep 4, 2009, 3:22 am
i know i need to blog. in a bad way. i went from being a really good blogger to a really crappy one. i need to make time again for my formerly beloved little corner of the internet.
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 28, 2009, 1:08 am
6am: first alarm goes off. time to get madison up.  she is not too excited to have to get up already. 6:30am: madison comes in my bathroom for last minute touch-ups of the hair and a "hey, how do i ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 25, 2009, 1:32 pm
"oh where art thou pics of the rest of thy vacation(s) or tales of thy adventures or yummy recipes or cool projects or photo sessions or first day of school pictures, etc. etc. etc.?" you may ask. so...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 19, 2009, 4:53 am
             
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 18, 2009, 10:59 am
and finally the adventures continue on . . . on day 4, we got up and ready to head the 90 miles up the road from Kanab to visit that "great big hole of the ground"   my in-laws Jen and Dave came a...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 13, 2009, 12:32 am
my client wanted a shot of her family with all the lights and glow of "vegas" behind them.  the fremont street experience had not yet started and so we waited and and waited.  we were losing light f...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 12, 2009, 4:05 am
saw this tag floating around on facebook and since i've got 5 minutes or so before my laundry load gets done and i can finally head off to bed, i figured why not? the deal is using only song name...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 10, 2009, 12:54 am
just wanted to share this.  i had some fun clients who came up from arizona - they were so easy to work with and willing to do what i asked to get the shots i had envisioned. i love how this turned ...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 9, 2009, 4:06 am
a little over a week ago, the twins finally got around to celebrating the occasion of being aged over a decade.  they turned 11 at the beginning of july but beings we were gone and had a bunch of thi...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Aug 8, 2009, 2:43 am
i am pathetically and woefully way behind on the happenings on the blog.  i'm sorry. life is as always just really busy. hoping to catch up eventually. i figured i would start with today and jus...
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Chris J. posted an article on Life As I Know It - Jul 31, 2009, 6:52 pm

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