Painting Pumpkins

I forgot to include these pics of painting pumpkins.  I thought it'd be a great idea to paint this year because Kaden would be able to participate more.  I totally blanked on the mess and that Jo would want to eat the paint.  It was a wild, but fun hour or so.  Next year we'll go back to carving I think.

Happy Anniversary, Birthday, & Halloween...Yikes!

I guess its been a little too long since I updated my blog. If we're going chronalogically I should probably start with mine and Kimball's anniversary. Six years! I read online that the traditional six year anniversary gift is something made out of wood or metal. What am I supposed to do with that...widdle a birdhouse?! Instead we opted to take the kids for a sleepover at Alvin and Amber's then headed to Tucano's restaurant. Its a Brazilian place like Rodizios. I'm a big fan of both so I don't think I could pick a favorite. We had a great time, plus we got to sleep in the next morning. That's what I call a perfect anniversary present. Thanks Alvin and Amber for making it possible!

Next on the list is Kaden's birthday. Can you believe he's 4 years-old already? This year was a lot of fun getting ready for it all. He actually cared about what his cake looked like and the fun things we did. I think I got a little carried away with all the birthday fun. We went with the pirate theme. Complete with swords, hats, treasure hunts, and a million other things. We got lucky Halloween was coming up because all the pirate stuff was ridiculously on sale. I wish I could say I'm just brilliant, but it never occurred to me until I was buying all the stuff what great timing it was. I thought it was a great party, though I'm pretty sure Kaden would have loved it just as much minus about half of my preparations. Oh well...what we do for our kids.

After that we've got Halloween. The kids were so cute. We borrowed a tiger costume from Kimball's sister for Kaden and Jo went as the most adorable butterfly/pixie thing. First we went trick-or-treating with Alvin down the Provo mainstreet, then went up to Heather's for a little Halloween party. It was great.

The day before my Aunt threw a Party for everyone on the Patterson side. Kaden loved being dressed up twice for Halloween and he got lots of play time with the cousins so I'd call this Halloween a success.

Ashley Jones Photography

All right everybody, from the title of my post you probably already guessed what this is about...I'm starting my own photography business! I've been practicing and figured that with the extra flexibility Kimball and I have right now, its as good a time to try as I may get.

I'm not sure what my expectations are with it. I don't plan to make a terrible amount of money, but I'm working hard to see what happens. So far its been a lot of fun. After the kids go to bed I've been up late editing photos or working to get things rolling. I started a blog to start with its ashleyjonesphotography.blogspot.com, I'm hoping you'll take a look and of course love what you see and refer me to everyone you know. No pressure, right?

So far my family has been really supportive. Kimball's been great watching the kids a little extra when I've been off taking pictures and my parents have been amazing letting me come over almost every night to use the computer, and no way could I do this without my dad's camera. A big thanks for that one Dad!

Along with all of this I've decided to make my blog private. Since I'm purposely opening up a whole part of my life to total strangers I think some extra precautions would be good. So if you don't mind just leave a comment with your email so that I can invite you when I make the switch.

One last thing, I left a link to the blog in my sidebar in case you ever want to check it out as time goes. Thanks everyone!