Super--Tyler

Did you see the SUPER moon?  I thought it was an amazing site.  I wish I would have been in the hills, away from any buildings or city lights, to view the once a year wonder of nature.

Track season proved to be harder for Tyler than he thought.  His farthest throw was 129 feet.  But he really wasnt consistent.  Some meets he threw 98 feet.  Others meets he threw in the 110's.  I would guess his avg was about 115.

When I took this shot I actually scared myself.  He was about 75 feet away and just practicing his form but I was looking at him through the lens and as he threw it looked as if he was gonna hit me! 

He had and excellent attitude throughout the whole season.  I tell ya, being involved in High School sports is good for well being of a testosterone filled 15 year old. 

This boy desires to be just like his big brother.

Typical Tyler expression.

Here is a shot of the last throw of the 2012 season.  He didnt do so hot but we were proud of him for sticking with it and throwing hard.  On the way home he said, "I need to work on running faster to play tight end or bulking up to be a line-man."  Always thinking about whats ahead!

Just to make my iphone friends giggle

Do you have a SISTER WIFE?

Everyone talks about Mormons being polygamists like it's something we're currently undertaking. That's not true. Is there more than one woman in our marriage? (Not counting my dueling personalities?) No. No there is not. But the truth is, where we once gathered wives to procreate and process our formative-pioneer lifestyle we now use technology do to the same. Yes, we've replaced multiple wives with multiple technology. At first I was skeptical. I saw other Mormon couples welcoming iPhones into their marriages. I saw them cuddle and care for each other, you do the navigating, I'll call the babysitter. Sure, it was practical to have an extra hand around to do some of the work, but I wondered about the emotional sharing of space. And then one day it happened to me, my husband brought one home from work. His first iPhone,white, pure and eager to please. I was at the stove top stirring soup, frozen from shock. I knew life would never be the same again. "I don't know." I said, "Isn't this going to complicate things?" "Just wait and see. It's awesome," he said, sitting at the kitchen table wildly unwrapping the sleek body from the minimalist Apple packaging. As it turned out, he was right. But so was I. Shortly after this arrival, my husband took us out on a date for sushi, me, him and her. The ability to make reservations on the iPhone was a simple three step process, find the restaurant's webpage, click the telephone number on the screen and say "Hello, table for two in ten?" I had to admit, I was impressed by the ease of capability. (I like ease almost as much as I like sushi.) But throughout the entire meal, it glowed and flirted with my husband. Every five minutes he would pick it up, caress it, scroll it and ogle its apps. Like he used to do with me, when it was just me. That night the iPhone came to bed with us. My eyes rolled as did my body in the opposite direction of my husband when he sat staring into the perfectly pitched screen. And there he remained for hours, testing and experimenting and discovering all those fantastic features. I felt so tossed. Here she was, our sister wife. About a year later my phone died. After a short funeral of a curse-worded eulogy I started to research a new phone. This brings me to a good point: I think the most misunderstood principal in polygamy is the idea that the man should be doing the choosing of the sister wives. If a man is going off in the field to work all day, and the wife is left at home with the kids and another woman, I say she gets to pick the woman. Heaven knows she can't pick the kids. So you know what I did? I picked out a sister-wife of my own. An equally lovely and capable iPhone companion who held me in attraction and who goes everywhere with me. Now we are a marriage of three wives and one husband. And when we go to bed, we ALL go to bed. Last May we were lucky enough to have an iPad come into our marriage as well. Admittedly, the iPad isn't really my type. I picked this one out for the children. We don't really think of her as another wife as much as we do a baby sitter. She's the one who wakes up with the kids and entertains them until I can roll out of bed and think about breakfast. Bless her heart. I really love her too. And so, tonight I was sad to hear the Brigham Young of technology, Steve Jobs passed away. The world will remember him for great technological advances, iPads, iPhones, iPods, iTunes and Pixar (for starters) but I appreciate him for a balanced marriage and a easier go at motherhood.

Thanks CJane

May Currently

Any of you that care to participate please do so!  I might even make you cookie if you do.

Photo Challenge

I came across a creative blogger that does Photo Challenge for each month. Click here if you are interested in seeing her site.  But here is the basics--

"For those stumbling across this for the first time, this is a photo a day challenge. Each day you look at the list and there will be a prompt that corresponds with the date of the month. For example day one is peace, so for day one you'll take a photo of something around the peace {a peace sign, something that's peaceful in your life, you doing a peace sign with your hands etc}. You then share the photo on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, your blog, Pinterest, Flickr or where ever you want to share it.
It's a fun way to be creative every day and it's so much to be part of. Anyone can play {even if you haven't played before}."

I decided to play along but I only post on my own instagram page.  I do not link to the others.   You can join/play too.  Just download the instagram app on your smartphone. Its easy and fun to use.  You can follow me--my instagram username is srbtaln.

The following is my April 2012 Photo-A-Day challenge:

 1. reflection 2. Color 3. Mail 4. Someone I like 5. Tiny 6. Lunch 7. Shadow 8. Inside my wallet 9. Younger you

 10. Sunset 11. Where I ate breakfast 12. Stairs 13. Something I found 14. How I feel today 15. Sunset (I messed up.  Day 10 should have been "Cold."  I took a photo of my cold feet.) 16. Flower 17. Something I don't like 18. Hair

 19. Orange 20. Something I drew (blood) 21. Bottle 22. The last thing I bought. 23. Vegetables 24. Something I am grateful for 25. Looking down 26. Black and White 27. Somewhere I went

28. 1 p.m. 29. Circle 30. Something that makes me sad
Then the rest are just some other shots I took during the month: me giving blood for the first time EVER, Burke and Shari, Hot Lunch Ladies, Bryant's Wedding, What I did with two hours to myself, Steve and Tyler going the the Priesthood Session during LDS general conference.

The April photochallenge was fun.  It helped me be creative and see the world in a different way.  I also liked that it really made me focus on my surroundings.  It really only takes a few minutes out of my day but then I could reflect on the little things that I usually do not pay attention to.

Here is the photo challenge for May.  Join along.