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Happy Birthday, sugar

by justin on February 14, 2013

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Her birthday is on Valentine’s Day. That’s why she’s so sweet. Happy Birthday, sugar. I love you like crazy.

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Feel free to leave a comment if you’d like to give Amy a birthday greeting.

 

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Christmas Eve in Rexburg

by justin on December 24, 2012

in Family, Holidays, Rexburg

Rexburg Idaho

There’s a picture of me when I was about 6 years old standing on top of a pile of snow that had been pushed by plows to the side of the road. It’s twice as high as any car, and so my parents’ green AMC Javelin looks tiny and I look even tinier in that picture. My memory of how much it used to snow here in Rexburg might have been exaggerated by a young mind, but then, there’s that picture. There’s proof, that at least that year, snow was a massive presence in this farm town.

It was snowing when I woke up this morning but not enough to reach as high as the cars. Not even enough to completely cover the lawn.

There were just a few last minute gifts to get so I went with the boys to town. I drove down Main Street and looked for all the stores that were open when I lived here. There aren’t many, anymore. The hardware store is now a call center for an alarm company. The shoe store, both jewelry stores, the blacksmith (for real, there was a blacksmith), the place where you could buy both snowmobiles and baseball mitts–all gone. The courthouse and jail are still in the same place, though, because justice never goes out of style.

I dropped the boys off at their cousins’ house and went back to my in-laws. I walked down to the river that cuts through their back yard. It’s beautiful there, and quiet. I scared a blue heron on my way. If he could understand me, I would have called out and said, “Hey, let’s both stay here!” And if he could speak English he would say, “Oh, I’m not leaving because you’re here. I just remembered I left the oven on.” And I would say, “You have an oven?” And he would say, “Just kidding. You frighten me. I’m getting the heck out of here.”

It’s quiet now, and there’s the sound of the river, and you can just barely hear the cars on the highway about a mile away. It started snowing while I was down there and I wondered where all those cars were going on Christmas Eve. Did they have their Christmas shopping done? Was one of them going to propose to their girlfriend tonight? Were they going to cook a ham tomorrow? Were any of them planning on putting towels on the heads of their children as they acted out the Nativity story? A lot of those people were headed to houses that would be peaceful and ideal. And I thought of my friend Bill Conley who will instead spend Christmas in the hospital getting his body blasted all to crap with radiation. Leukemia. I know there are those stories, too.

I got cold, came inside and called Amy. Later tonight we’ll all gather and eat good food. We’ll sing and put towels on the kids’ heads and act out the Nativity story. The kids will go to bed with frenzied thoughts about Legos and Santa. And I’ll go to bed grateful for all the ways that God manifests Himself in my life.

Merry Christmas.

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Here’s Amy’s thoughtful reflections about this time of year.

 

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San Diego Family Pictures – my family

by justin on September 2, 2012

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In July we drove to San Diego and had the time of our lives. It looked a little something like this.

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San Diego Family Portraits

by justin on August 29, 2012

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Here’s my brother Jeremy with his lovely wife Carisa and their kids, photographed in San Diego this July. Soon, I’ll have some pictures from their wedding celebration, which is the reason I went to California in the first place.

But for now, please meet Carisa and the good doctor Hackworth.

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Bear Lake

by justin on August 27, 2012

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This summer, there’s been a some time to relax.

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Family vacation

by justin on July 30, 2012

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We drove to San Diego (Coronado Island, really) and went straight to the beach. Our primary reason to travel to California was for a wedding. (More on that in an upcoming post). Our other primary purpose was to get salty and sandy, to relax, drink lemonades on the beach, and soak in that beautiful California weather. Mission accomplished.

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Twice as long, twice as fun

by justin on July 23, 2012

in Family, Travel

At the end of May, me and the boys went to St. George for the weekend and came home the long way. I already posted something about it here and here, but wanted to include a few more pictures. Instead of taking I-15, we drive down highway 89, also known as Utah’s Heritage Highway. From time to time we’d get out of the car and walk around to see what we could see.

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Mugwumps Antiques

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A weekend in St. George

by justin on May 27, 2012

in Family

This weekend, it’s just me and the boys.

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How to be six

by justin on May 24, 2012

in Family

Someone at our house had a birthday last week. A bunch of noisy kids came over and played games, ate cake, and gave my son gifts. We feel lucky to live where we do and that our boys have the friends they do.

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blowing candles at a birthday party

 

 

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Ideally, I’d have my camera with me at all times. But that’s not always the case. Like, at church, for example. Who takes a camera to church? So that’s why I’m so darn glad I have a camera on my phone, because I take that sucker with me everywhere I go (including church). Oh, sure, it can’t solve all my artistic problems (or hardly any of them) but when I’m in a pinch, it will do the trick.

Sometimes I use it just to take a picture of something I want to remember later, like the giant banner at the fabric store stating “Not going out of business” (hilarious) and sometimes I use it to see things differently than I would if I was looking through my regular camera’s viewfinder.

So here you go. All of these were taken with my camera phone and this slide show is just a bit longer than 2 minutes. Enjoy!

Good pictures are made in the head and the heart, not in the camera. If you are interested in improving your camera skills but just aren’t sure how to go about that, or if you’re already making pictures you like, but know there’s room for improvement, or if you just want to shake up what you’re currently doing, then you may be interested in taking an online class I’m teaching on March 27, 2012 called “10 photo workouts to make you a better photographer” as part of the Alt Design Summit’s online channel. You can read more and sign up here. Space is limited.

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Happy Birthday Amy!

by justin on February 14, 2012

in Family

Today is Amy’s birthday. A Valentine’s Day birthday. It seems like everything I want to say about her seems like a cliche – “Where would I be without you”, “I’m so lucky to be married to you”, “Nice bum”….

Let me keep it simple and say: this is who I love.

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Happy Valentines Day, y’all.

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Fourty-four self portraits

by justin on January 10, 2012

in Family

Here are forty-four self portraits, all taken January 9, 2012, on the occasion of my 44th birthday.

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Hash browns

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Days Market

At Five Guys Burgers

We went to the movie

In front of my office building

My studio

My office

Family dinner

Timpview drive

Writing this blog post

 

 

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Merry Christmas

by justin on December 24, 2011

in Family, Holidays

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Mistletoe

by justin on December 16, 2011

in Family, Holidays

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Mistletoe

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Amy Hackworth

by justin on November 21, 2011

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I love the great writer, Amy Hackworth.

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Rexburg portraits

by justin on October 25, 2011

in Family, portraits

David and Lisa Jones, artists, photographed last week while I was in Rexburg.

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Dispatch from the road

by justin on October 20, 2011

in Family

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All his eggs in one basket

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First day of school

by justin on August 23, 2011

in Family

How to be a second grader

2nd grader - first day of school

 

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Fourth of July in America

by justin on July 7, 2011

in Family

Burgers on the grill, sun, sunsets, sons, fireworks, an award winning nap, baked beans, games, 4-wheelers, baby bunnies, and a purple bicycle. It was a short trip to Idaho for the 4th of July family party (Amy’s side), but well worth it.

Happy (late) 4th of July!

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In other news, the 30 Strangers exhibit is now up. There was an article in the BYU Daily Universe today about it. Don’t forget, our reception is on July 15th from 6-9pm and we’d love to see you there. Also, this week I’ll be in Park City for the Evo Convention. I’m giving a workshop on Thursday and I’m also photographing the whole convention with Trevor.

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My ode to Idaho

by justin on June 5, 2011

in Family, Rexburg

Sometimes, that second set of footprints in the sand isn’t Jesus’s. They are your brothers. And he isn’t wearing any pants.

 

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We just spent the week in Idaho. In Rexburg. Oh, sure the weather was a bit chilly and the wind blew some times, but that didn’t stop us from having a grand time.

Rexburg, that place is a change’n. It’s not the same as when I grew up there. But there are a few things that are still the same. It still only takes twelve minutes to get to the sand dunes. Once there, you might be the only one around for miles. Standing on the big ole dunes, you can watch a sunset on one horizon and see the mighty Grand Tetons on the opposite horizon. You can still see the hand of God in such a beautiful place. Those things haven’t changed one bit.

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