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school supplies ROCK.

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which color is your favorite?

mine is yellow green and wild strawberry.

 

Heidi Jo the Artist - It is so hard to pick one favorite, isn’t it!?! I lean towards the purples and blues, and like the Wisteria a lot until you get it on paper, too light! And then I would probably go for violet, indigo, or turquoise blue if I was going to color something. I gravitate towards the cool colors.
When I was a kid, the sea green always stuck out to me for some reason. I really love the whole rainbow of crayons and once I get my hands on some fresh ones, I don’t think I’ll be able to resist taking pictures of them either!!

Lisa - I love these pictures…oh how I love crayons! I think it’s something we never outgrow! Orchid, Green Yellow, Carnation Pink….I could go on and on!

April M - Cerulian, Indigo, and Pacific Blue πŸ™‚ Love the colors – made me smile!

Kelly - NICELY DONE! Kelly

Kerry - Meg, just read through all the comments… PUH-LEASE could you put as a print in your Etsy Shop? πŸ™‚ xx

Laurie - Never mind my favourite colour; I could SMELL those crayons just looking at your pictures! Its been a while since my kids used crayons and your photos just brought my sense of smell to life remembering the days they did!
Anyone else?

Su@TheIntentionalHome - you gotta check out these 2 canvases made with crayons and a glue gun. . I just pinned them on my pinterest page. . .but this post with your pictures of crayons reminded me of them.
http://pinterest.com/pin/121800970/
AND
http://pinterest.com/pin/115564337/
I think they will make you smile. .perhaps an idea for craft Thursday

Emily - Spring Green!

Gina in Louisville - cornflower blue and melon green….I love that I knew that without looking or thinking.

Denise - orchid & magenta πŸ™‚

Lynne @ Our Happy Home - Macaroni and Cheese
Tickle Me Pink

John - A+ on the ROYGBIV

Life with Kaishon - I just love new crayons. This year my son didn’t even need them : ( Middle school. I got some any way though. I mean, that smell is divine. And those fresh points…what is not to love.
I think my favorite color is basic green. I love reading all of their names. I LOVE your pictures of the colors. So pretty.

Barbara - This is definitely a post that made me smile.

robin - love your pics…. πŸ™‚
i haven’t gotten a huge box of crayons since i was little (like 25 years ago!)…. but back then, my favorites, together, were spring green and midnight blue! πŸ™‚
hey Meg…can you and Annie (and your other kids, too, if they want :)) sing that birthday song and post it? it’s the one that goes something along the lines of “when you were born the angels sang………..” or something like that? i see posts about it and am really dying to hear the tune πŸ™‚ pleaseeee???? πŸ™‚

Jeanie Rhoades - These are GREAT photographs! Smile-bringers!

Kristin - orange and robin’s egg blue! fun photos. πŸ™‚

Stacy - I used to organize my crayons when I was little. Wait I still do! LOL

Jen Brandt - Cornflower!

Lori Austin - All those beautiful colors make me smile.
Have loved periwinkle since I was a kid.
Magenta is a favorite also. I have many, but those are at the top
of the list. πŸ™‚

Niki - Soory put my blog name in wrong. Opps

Niki - sea green & cornflower.
Drop in and “see” me sometime if ya want, I can tell ya, I know what it is to have 15-16 year old in the house with little ones also *wink*
It is all kinds a fun. Ha.
Love your blog & your kids, Niki

Juli - For me, it’s always been Periwinkle and Seafoam Green.

Elizabeth Gleason - Periwinkle all the way

Laura Phelps - losing my mind magenta
ok
i made that one up

se7en - Oh you can’t beat a freshly cracked box of crayola’s. Hmmm forest green, red plum … oh so many I could go on!!! Lovely post!!!!

Carly Winborne - i need prints of these pics for my sewing/craft/homeschool room. these are amazing!!! i don’t know who would like them more, my children or me!

Wendy - I love it! When I smell a box of crayon, I can remember back to that first day of school. Granted, those were the days when your school supply list consisted of a pencil, a box of crayons and a cardboard pencil box ( I dread getting that list these days). I still to this day love to color and I’m ashamed to say I have my very own box of 64 that my kids can’t touch. Bad mommy! πŸ™‚

Kerry - you guys get Macaroni & Cheese Crayola???!!! My life is complete!! MUST FIND SOME. I like Robin Egg Blue & Mauvelous too. OH I love that they all have names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katie - Nothing is better than new crayons!!

erlfisher - Who doesn’t love new crayons? (oh, the perfect-pointy ends!) And as I tell my kids – please don’t make me choose a color – they are all so beautiful!

lala - cerulean. love, love, love those photos! there is nothing better than a new box of crayola crayons!

alicia @ la famille - school supplies are the best. i could look at ’em and smell ’em all day long.
and turquoise blue and dandelion…they should get married. they’re perfect for each other.

Tam - right now my favorites are turqouise blue and dandelion. I just posted last night about loving the rainbow in every crayola box and the perfectly sharpened tips πŸ™‚ We still have 3 weeks of summer before school starts.

Jill - I’m going to go with Orange and Wisteria today…loving the names of some of the others.

Holly - Spring Green and Mac and Cheese! I love the smell of a newly opened box of crayons.

kat - Oooooooooooh, I love school supplies! I have an entire board dedicated to school supplies on Pinterest.

carolyn - I just have to tell you how much this post made me smile. What is it that’s so magical about a box of crayons? My youngest is heading off to college in 3 weeks so no new crayons in this house … unless I just happen to pick some up for MYSELF! Oh, and I’ll take the turquoise blue please.

Mindy Harris - wow that is a long picture. howd you do that? my fave remains cerluean.

Lori Danelle - Robin’s Egg blue & Dandelion πŸ™‚

Maria - Dandelion and periwinkle….Those were the days!

Carrie K - out of all your gorgeous photos…this one made me SWOON…wow…really really amazing…i keep just scrolling through this happy picture πŸ™‚
i cant pick a favorite…the other ones will be mad at me πŸ™‚

Chantelle - Today? Orchid and Robin’s Egg Blue. Tomorrow? Who knows. πŸ™‚

MaryLea @ pink and green mama - Turqoise Blue and Yellow Green all the way….but really it’s RAINBOW! : )

Brenda - I Love Dandelion! Also love new boxes of crayons! My kiddos know not to touch my crayon box!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Periwinkle and Salmon ~ Love!

Laura - Wild Strawberry is great! Good choice! I also like dandelion and sky blue.

Danielle H. - I love wild strawberry and robin’s egg blue! I also LOVE the smell of crayons – reminds me of school starting and new beginnings. I also have to keep my crayon tips sharp – no yucky peeled back wrappers for me!

Elizabeth - Palo de rose. LOVE THOSE SHOTS MEG.

julia - not olive green

Kimberlee - Well, how fun are you today?!
I’ll take Turquoise Blue.
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Lisa Currie-Gurney - THOUGHT OF YOU THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM… WHAT A GOOD MOM YOU ARE. HOW BLESSED YOUR CHILDREN ARE TO HAVE YOU, AND YOU THEM. THE GENUINE, DEEP LOVE YOU HAVE FOR YOUR HUSBAND, GOD, AND YOUR FAMILY.
THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOU ARE FOR THOSE WHO READ YOUR BLOG.
THANKS FOR BEING YOU MEG.
YOU ARE PRAYED FOR GIRL.
HUGS FROM MY HEART

Lisa McCracken - Hi Meg! New to your blog and I found you through Matthew Mead’s “Summer with Maatthew Mead”. I love your blog and I love your pics even more:) Can you tell me…what lens do you use/favorite lens for your camera?

happygirl - LOVE the photo. And my favorite color is RED.

lorel - i love all the colors but scarlet and lavendar are looking good right now. Happy back to school – its our first day back with the kids (writing on lunch break) and all is going well so far! Yay!

Sarai - I like orchid and salmon πŸ˜‰

valerie - oohhh, Sea Grean and Periwinkle were always my favorites when I was little. And bronze, of course. πŸ™‚

Meg Carter - I wish my screen had a scratch and sniff… nothing says the start of school like the smell of crayons.

Michelle Webster - Wild Strawberry has been my favorite has been my favorite since I was a kid!! =)

Tammy - Magenta.
Which, for years as a child I pronounced: “Magneta” πŸ˜‰

Patricia - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the photos! Awesomeness!!
My favorites are Robin’s Egg Blue and Tickle Me Pink.
But truth be told, I love all crayons!

Terrie G - Is there anything better than a new box of crayons?! I haven’t had one of those in years…yellow green & plum…favorites! I just got off the phone with the teacher I work with. I get to go to school on Friday to meet the new kids and write their names on all their brand new crayons! πŸ™‚

Natalie - I love new crayons!! :0)

Nikki - Robin’s Egg Blue and Melon!!!!!!! Great pics!!!!! (I’m riding a caffeine high right now, can you tell?)

Jenni Bailey - Sea Green all the way. Followed somewhere down the line by Salmon.

Leah - You should sell that as a print on Etsy! So pretty! I could see framing it and putting it in our arts supply area.

Linda - Oh and i love robin egg’s blue!

Linda - Oh My gosh! I Love that photo. You need to make a print because I have to get it for my sister!

katie phillips - I was practically drooling! :D—
I LOVE Yellow Green, Wisteria, & Dandelion.
<3

Molly Pearce - Oh these pictures made my day! My two fave colors are sea green and orchid! Even though I don’t have children yet me and my husband always get a few new *office* supplies this time of year. New Sharpies, high lighters, pens, pencils and construction paper for me πŸ™‚ Happy Wednesday Meg!
~Molly

Chantelle - cerulean. hands down. and school supplies TOTALLY ROCK!!! I hyperventilate whenever i walk into the department stores this time of year…

Wendy C. - Wisteria and Goldenrod are my favorites and Yes, I’m that Mom smelling the new boxes of Crayons in the school supply aisle. Nothing better!

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - I love apricot!
Gemma x

Jen - NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING, better than a box of fresh Crayolas! Enjoy your peace and quiet! My kids don’t start until after Labor Day!!
Oh-and I am totally a periwinkle girl!

Holly - I totally opened my kids crayons and took pictures the other day!

Jen - love school supplies. even though I am not a teacher and don’t have any school age children. it is what makes my Target bills so high half the time. πŸ™‚ Turquoise blue is prob my fave. THEY HAVE A MAC & CHEESE COLOR NOW??? wow.

Erin - love the photos! I have an obsession with crayons. My favorites are: Cerulean, Wild Strawberry, jungle green (used to be a bright green) and Purple Mountains Majesty.

Michelle - melon. I love the melon crayon. πŸ˜‰

bonnie - oh brand new crayons make me so happy… i dont comment often but i love reading your blog and seeing your beautiful photos. happy back to school days.

Jessi - Blue green, for certain.

deb meyers - cornflower … i always check for the cornflower.
Also…a fresh sharp new black.

Jodi L - A brand new box of crayons……LOVE IT!!! The smell of new crayons too just SCREAMS back to school!!
I will have to go with Robin’s Egg Blue as my fav!
Fun post! πŸ™‚

Alice H - very neat photos! I like Orchid, Sea Green, and Melon!!

Dawn - Is there anything better than a brand new box of crayons to start off the school year? I think not! Sometimes I buy a brand new box just for me, and keep it hidden so my kids can’t use them.

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close-ups


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i know i already shared this one….but it's so awesome….it had to be on again.

i ordered a canvas of it.
my last kid to be a toothless goofball…..wahhhh.

there is still one more michigan post to do.
best for last…..

 

 

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Cathy~As the World Flops - I have checked out several pages of your blog and I love it… your pics are so bright and fun. These kids seem to have a great time doing whatever it is they are doing that day.

Lynn - What size canvas did you order? Do you mind telling me where you ordered it from? Is it somewhere anyone can go to for canvases?

Debbie Hargadon - I came here especially to comment on Talby — ha!!! so did SO many others! She is striking and so interesting looking. You are in real trouble with her as she gets older. Lauren’s photos were beautiful too. It is amazing how different all your children look from each other. . . one of God’s many gifts to us that each kid is meant to be so different from the others in the family, even when raised under the same roof and from the same parents. I love the uniqueness of Jenny’s kids too — those photos make me laugh, just wanting to know more of their little personalities. So fun to watch them all grow.
The Costco canvases are pretty good — depends on the quality of the original photo, but it is hard to beat the price. I believe you can do it all online at costco.com
Enjoy your first quiet days of back to school. At least you don’t have a kinder this year!

Jenna - I cannot get over how beautiful Talby is! And the pictures of her always capture her internal beauty too πŸ™‚

Jemm - These are so great Meg. I wish I could figure out how to take good pics of my kids. They don’t like me taking pictures and they don’t make good faces. They always look way too posed. What kind of lens did you use for these?

happygirl - Still adorable. πŸ™‚

julia - It’s so neat to see you evolving as a photographer – you keep getting better and better!

jennie - talby looks so grown up!

Megan - I have an annoying habit of comparing relatives to eachother and I’m going to inflict it upon you! Talby has a huge resemblence to Lauren, and out of all of the kids Annie and your eldest son (Scott is it? I’m terrible with names…) look most like you and your husband. And they’re all adorable!
Your blog never fails to make me smile, btw πŸ™‚
With love, from a fellow Meg

Kat - Your kids are gorgeous.
I think Talby is going to be a stunner.
Love, love the gappy teeth. Beautiful idea to get a canvas of the last one…waaa I will cry along with you.

Lynn - You are so inspiring! You make me want to be a better photographer. πŸ™‚

Lee Anne - Hi Meg
I have a few photo questions. Were do you order your photo canvas pics from…can I order them all the way from Canada? Do you shoot in RAW format? I have a Canon Rebel XTi and have never tried RAW, mostly because Walmart photo lab can’t handle that size of file. I always take a portrait of my kids in yard the morning of the first and last day of school. I think if I started to shoot in RAW, I could probably get a better quality picture that would produce a better print, but I just not sure how to handle these files.
By the way, I love your pictures! I’ve been visiting your site religiously for about 2 years, and love seeing the happy pictures of your family and how fast they’re growing up.

www.coconutsandlimes.blogspot.com - …I’m ready for my close up Mr. DeMille.
You have a gift, Girl!

Annika - These kids are so beautiful!

Shauna - By the way, I love those close-ups! Beautiful….

Shauna - Just curious…where do you order prints and canvases from? Im so sick of getting poor quality prints from cvs…I need a better place to get them done. I do my photobooks with my publisher, but they dont do prints or canvases. Id love to know! Thanks πŸ™‚

Kerry - These are awesome Meg! Too precious πŸ™‚ xx

Michelle - That photo of Talby is absolutely gorgeous!

Katie - So cute! What’s better than missing teeth?!

meg schmidt - I’m so glad you’re putting that one on canvas- it SO deserving! Love your blog, Meg (and your name;)) and i finally commented because there were only 3 ahead of me and usually when i want to comment there are about 50 ahead and i always think, “She definitely has waaaay better things to do than read what commenter #51 has to say.” Haha πŸ™‚ Anyway, i love your realness and appreciate you sharing your life with all of us.
Meg

Terrie - Still love that toothless grin! I’m going to play with my camera on a newborn next week. What lens do you like to use for portraits …esp. babies?

Jack - Love the wrinkled nose shot and the gappy tooth – Bet it will look fab on canvas! Thanks for introducing me to ‘Paint Me a Picture’ by the way. I now have one of Lindsay’s wee canvases on my mantlepiece.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Great, closeups!

keri ~ forever folding laundry - I love them all!
Every one of them has twinkles in their eyes.
The sign of happy kids, in my opinion.
πŸ™‚

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families.

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i love taking pictures of families!
all cuddled up together…..bonded.
it’s an awesome thing.

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Kerri - These pictures make me want to have more children! Wish I could afford them, and wish I wasn’t 38. SIGH

Year Old Birthday Party Ideas - Love the family picture! Lovely photos!

Rebecca W - such nice photos!! πŸ™‚

Jenny B. - I love your family photos. They all look so natural… not all coordinated and perfectly posed. And I love that mom’s red shoes. Such a great pop of color. πŸ™‚

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Funny, I was drooling over those red Toms wedges too:) Great pictures Meg!

se7en - These are stunning!!! I need you in my life!!! I would love a photograph of my whole family actually looking in the same direction – let alone at the camera!!!

Lynette - Loved, Loved, Loved seeing my “little” brother and his family on your blog! I have been watching to see if you’d post any of the pics of the family from the Husker state! Thanks for allowing me a peek into their session!

Terrie G - I know family #5! I miss seeing them since we have moved. They are so sweet! Great pics!!

Wendi - Excited to see the Driggers….love the sweat pants. These are great pictures!

Jess - Love the family pictures Megan…especially the last one. Can’t wait until it is our turn!

Nicole Q. - You made my day to get a glimpse of our family pics!!! THANKS!!!

Jennifer - These are all so beautiful! πŸ™‚ Thanks for sharing the link to Hire Blog Help. I’ll have to check that out.

Shelly Todd - So fun to see a family on here that I know! Crazy! So, I live in Olathe and my husband and I just opened a booth at a local antique place in town. I’m thinking about a road trip out to Barely Makin’ It. What do you think? Would I be able to find some fun things for my booth? I’m filling it with furniture but want to find some fun accessories… I’m doing some yarn wreaths and book page wreaths, chalkboards in ornate frames, etc. Love your blog, by the way!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I love you, Meg!

Cindy - Ah what a fun surprise! Love our photo you chose to post, Meg. THANK YOU again!!! It’ll be fun to finally have a profile pic on my blog πŸ˜‰

Kerry - wowza. these family pics are awesome Meg! That’s so funny you linked up to Hire Blog Help today – I just received my first Virtual Assistant job today πŸ™‚ xxx

Lisa - Fantastic! You find such great locations to shoot. I love the brick background. Sidenote: Red Toms WEDGES?! My heart skipped a beat. Lovin’ her style!

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i am so in love with the teeth!

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…………best picture of the day!………..

 


Darrin Husak - Behind a lost tooth is a young girl who is proudly smiling, cherishing the wonderful moment. That’s how kids are supposed to be. Are you the one who took this photo? It’s a very captivating picture, worthy of some recognition.

Patsy Dupre - I love how it’s very candid! Yes, it is the best! I see a lot of confident permanent teeth moving in. The change must feel like a grand transition for her to be tickled with laughter!

Dental Seattle - Haha! Cute smile. πŸ˜‰

Kimberly Dial - I just love Annie! Such a cutie!

Kimberly Dial - I just love Annie! Such a cutie!

Kimberly Dial - I just love Annie! Such a cutie!

Kimberly Dial - I just love Annie! Such a cutie!

katie phillips - What a great picture!! Annie looks like so much fun!!! Just beautiful! ;D

Elena (running in heels after child) - So stinking cute! My daughter is dying to loose a tooth.

Tonya - love it. My little girl looks the same way this summer. πŸ™‚

tara - awesome laughing smile….
what’s not to LOVE about those teeth?
beautiful girl.

Baby by the Sea - Awesome picture. I’m about to see a smile like that on my six year old.

Laura Phelps - Holy moly I wanna stick a tea light in her mouth and stick her on my front porch!
LOVE IT
FABULOUS picture

Staci - Cutie pie πŸ˜‰ Love that blonde hair too!!!!

Julie - Summer hair. Summer tan. Summer joy.
Love this. Love her.
If this doesn’t call for a big canvas, I don’t know what does!!!

Karen Gerstenberger - Such joy radiating from her beautiful face, and her sun-kissed skin & hair call out “SUMMER!” Simply a moment to treasure. I’m glad that you do treasure those moments, Meg, and share them with us here. Thank you.

amanda - frame worthy! πŸ™‚ she looks so much like her older sister. sweet, sweet.

Mrs. - I always take pictures of the missing teeth. I love the jack-o-lantern smiles. I am sad when those front teeth grow in though…kids always look so grown-up after that.

karen - now that’s the face of summer!! love her little tan lines.

se7en - IS that not the most brilliant photograph!!! You caught the moment – I love it!!!

Carrie - A~DORABLE!!!!! πŸ™‚

shauna - send her to ME! she belongs in cali with me with that cute blonde streaked hair…like a tiny gidget. love the teeth and love the photo!

Jenny Joy - She is perfect. πŸ™‚

Jill - Such a FUN and AMAZING stage!!! What joy she has!

Shauna - Such a gorgeous picture! Her smile is so contagious!

Mindy Harris - her hair gets SO BLONDE. precious.

Seriously Sassy Mama - What a happy girl. I love the haircut.

Valerie - she IS electric! you can feel the life coming out of the picture!!

Jenn - She is SOOOO cute!!!

Julie - What a sweet, happy girl!! She’s so cute!

beth eacott - as every kiddo should look in the summertime, sun-kissed and happy!

Cindy in WA - Hi Meg! Since you are familiar with Africa and providing fresh water, I was wondering if you’ve seen this link?
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=16396
This is a heart breaking story with a wonderful tribute to this little gal.

Sandy - Beautiful teeth and I’m loving her summer blonde hair. πŸ™‚

becky@oursweetpeas - Just wanted to say that I LOVE reading your blog daily. In the grind that is motherhood I love seeing the stage that you are in AND knowing that with each stage comes challenges AND we will ALL survive.
Ashley’s pics were GORGEOUS! I couldn’t choose one. Good luck with that!
Love the missing teeth on your baby. Adorable.
Have a great day.

kate - Too cute πŸ™‚ And I love the look of pure joy!

heatherp - that smile just made my morning! love it!

Kirsten - aww, cute! my kiddo has a LOOSE top one (the first) – can’t wait until it comes out!!

heather - oh, she’s so darn cute.
p.s. i want her haircut!

Bethany - Awww… what a cutie!

Terrie - She ALWAYS makes me smile!

Nancy - I have a toothless pic of my 6 year old on my blog today too! Great minds think alike. This is my favorite look. period. end of story!

Holly - very cute! My boy, who will be six soon hasn’t even had any loose yet!

liz - I just want to squeeze her!

Sarah - Her hair sure has lightened up this summer!!! So precious

Juli - CUTE-NESS!

Michelle B - that is a REALLY good picture. And I laugh because I have one just like it at home: http://flic.kr/p/a6Kqob

Kori - The smile is awesome, but what caught my eye was the hair color I’d pay lots of money for!! πŸ˜€

happygirl - What an ELECTRIC smile. πŸ™‚

Katie Sellers - Adorable!

Trish - she looks like a mini talby πŸ™‚ cute pic

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two for one

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best picture of the day.

 

happygirl - I wish I took pictures. Good one.

amanda - What a cool picture!

shauna - yes it is (the best)

megan - thought of you on your vay-cay and yelled, “hey meg!” as i blazed past St.J. on the way to Chi-Town today!! hope you have a restful, relaxing, fun, memorable time!

Holly - So many levels of coolness. And a shadow too.

tara - agree.

Kelly - so fun! Kelly

Secret Mom Thoughts - Very cool!

Tanya H - awe. some!

Kori - i’ve always loved shots like that where you see the photographer and what the subject sees…very fun!

Holly - awesome!

Kimberlee - Goose or Maverick?

birdie blue - love it, meg.
xo
~molly

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black & whites

my dad used to use film and a dark room.
we have two books (and many many more books of the negatives) FULL of 8×10 black & white photographs that he took and developed way back during my childhood.
i love to look at those books.

here were some standouts…..

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my sister laughed and said “i’m wearing a full sweat suit and you are wearing a tank top and shorts! i wonder what the weather was like that day!”
that was our dog Toto…he had three legs. Β πŸ™‚ Β seriously.

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getting flipped at the pool!

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remember that commercial jingle “beautiful skin can be a breeze with SEA BREEZE!”
someone must have sang that when they saw this picture 25 years ago because i think of THAT every time i see that photograph.

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oh my.

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rain coats on the porch in neodesha.

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10 years later……
love the braces AND the bangs and perm.
i was wearing my favorite silk shirt from ExpressΒ and a brass clip in my hair!
lorel looks like a classic pretty college girl.
i look like a high schooler in the early 90’s.
i like hers better.

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pink sponge rollers getting ready for easter morning!

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i was a thumb sucker.
for a looooong time.

that picture is from my grandma’s house.
i loved sleeping in that room….with the electric blanket controllers hung over the headboard.
loved it.

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love our whistle necklaces.
my girls would love those! Β i am going to try to track some down.
i think that mural was in wichita like 30 years ago…….but i could be wrong.

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not only is the snake real…..i REALLY wore my hair like that?!!
side pony tail in the front with a scrunci!

that was probably the last time i held a snake!
i used to go to Audoubon Nature Camp with my dad and they would Β find snakes and creatures and we could hold all of them….and i did….no fear.
but now i can’t do it.
i got squeemishly afraid of them. Β  it’s all mental. Β  i hate that.

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Cathy Newman - These are super whack Meg, and you’re so freakin’ CUTE! When I was a kid, I was not afraid of everything! And like any other kiddo, I also loved summer because that was the only time I got to swim nonstop! Oh, you’ve gotta miss the old times. =)

Jessica Johnson - talby looks like your sis to me! yes? no? am i crazy? and i wish scrunchies never ever left. ever.

Ali - Fun pics! πŸ™‚
My kids are getting worn out with our late nights, fun times, and lack of sleep! I’ve noticed a little more whiny voices this week too! Hang in there and give your self a little extra rest! That’s my plan (extra sleep for Mom) for the next two weeks!
We have a lot going on Music camp, tutoring, ballet camp, etc this week and next. I can’t wait for the ‘no driving’ them around weeks that will follow!
~ Ali

steph - sweet!
is it just me or does your early 90’s style look not as bad b/c it’s in black and white?
ha!
i bet if it was in COLOR, it’d be even more wild.
i can probably picture that your clothes are magenta and hunter green and some neon thrown in.
good times! πŸ˜‰
ok, is it just me… or does your lauren totally look like your sister in that first picture?!
it’s kinda striking, if you ask me.
crazy!
great pics!
thanks for sharing!
you were a cutie… and i agree with the others, a good mix of talby and annie!

Melissa - Love these old photos.

Kimberly Dial - Thanks for sharing these … black & white photos prompt me to think of my childhood days of long ago … I wore those sponge rollers to bed many a Saturday night before Easter!

Kimberly Dial - Thanks for sharing these … black & white photos prompt me to think of my childhood days of long ago … I wore those sponge rollers to bed many a Saturday night before Easter!

xβ™₯xβ™₯, gina - i remember pink sponge rollers!! We had ours put in to wet hair and had to sleep in them over night – painful!!
What great memories to have and –
It’s easy to see where you got your inspiration and talent from!!!

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Those are some fun/funny pictures. My fave is the one where you’re flipped in the pool and the girls behind you look scared to death…heehee.

Lisa - I have one of those whistle necklaces from my childhood!!

julia - I love the black and whites..especially the pool one. Don’t get your kids the necklaces, you’ll regret it..Too bad none of your kids look like you πŸ™

Kat - I had the same permed and teased hair! Eeek!
Love the pics!

Tonya - The pic of the flip in the pool looks just like your Annie!

Linda - I used to have pink sponge rollers in my hair the night before Easter too! Such great photos you have.

Amy Slavik - What great pics and memories! You can’t go wrong with black and whites! I was a thumb sucker too….for 12 years!!! Yikes. And I didn’t even need braces! How’s that for a miracle?! Thanks for sharing!

pam - YOU are the one who taught Lucy that wide-mouth smile. I KNEW IT! πŸ™‚
You look exactly the same in the face. Wow. It’s like just your hair has changed.
Like totally. πŸ™‚

amy jupin - oh, i almost forgot.
thanks again for posting about davis boy.
i appreciate it more than words can say.
love ya!

amy jupin - oh man.
this post made me cringe and laugh out loud.
especially with the pink foam rollers, the brass clip, your scrunchie and permed hair and express shirt.
i was obsessed with forenza and outback red and esprit.
oh my goodness…do you remember those m.c. hammer pants?
i had a pair and wore them to thanksgiving dinner at my aunt’s house!
but really? a big black snake? really?
that’s when i cringed.
YUCK!!!!!
i’m so totally glad you hate them now.
you know, so we can be friends and all.
that’s if you forgive me for the mc hammer pants.
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Staci - Ohhhh myyyy πŸ™‚ Takes me back too πŸ™‚ That shirt must’ve been THE shirt to have…had one in several colors and I too wore my hair in a scunci with a ponytail on the side…I think my hair was even bigger than your’s if that makes you feel better πŸ™‚ YOu are so fortunate to have these pics to remind you πŸ™‚ Thanks for taking me back πŸ™‚

Secret Mom Thoughts - Love the B & W photos. I have similar photos with the Express shirt and clip.

This Farm Family's Life - Love the flash back photos!

sarah - annie’s resemblance to you here is unreal! so darling!

Terri Upton - Meg, those are the funniest pictures. You remind me so much of myself. I was a thumb sucker tooo. For far to long. HaHa.

Jenni Cummings - Wow- if you hadn’t been in that first picture I would have sworn it was Macy! I had no idea how much she looks like Lorel!

Aimee - We ALL had hair like that in the late 80’s/early 90’s. It was an epidemic. Sigh…

Maya Dammand - Nice black and whites! Thanks for sharing with us almost each and every day!!

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Whistle necklaces, silk Express shirts and thumb sucking…all beloved parts of my growing up years too. Snakes? not so much:)
Loved the flashbacks!

Chantelle - You were and are so adorably beautiful! πŸ™‚ Great pics!

whitneybens@yahoo.com - You used to live in Neodesha? I’m from Thayer…right north of that! Do you know where that is?

Laura Phelps - I had the whistle necklace…and a roller skate necklace…and a scunci….

Leah - First of all, you look just like Talby and Annie! What great shots. And secondly, when and how did you stop sucking your thumb? My daughter is a thumb sucker too and I have no idea where to begin! Did any of your kids suck their thumbs?

patti - Great shots! So wonderful that your dad captured your childhood on film!

Tracy - OH MY GOODNESS – I LOVE the pictures but can NOT believe you held a REAL LIVE SNAKE – I would have passed out! ACK! I agree with the others – you look SO much (or they look like you) of Annie and Talby when you were young. Thanks for sharing! πŸ™‚

Ashlyn@Pinecone - I loved shopping at Express – I really loved Esprit too…do remember that? Of course I had the braces and perm too…plus for me some ugly glasses.
Your dad took some great pictures! My family only took about 3 rolls of film for our (me, and my brother and sister) childhood. I don’t even think my poor brother has more than a couple of baby pictures of himself.

Pamela Gordon - Oh, I love those pictures! Thanks for sharing and making us smile. Your Annie sure looks like you did!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - You look like such a great combination of Annie and Talby!

Denissa - So, so fun..felt like I was looking back at my old pictures! Had the brass clips, perm, scrunchies, electric blankets at grandma’s! πŸ™‚

Kim - i had a dog named toto, too! but he had four legs.

Simply Lanny - I see where Annie gets it from πŸ™‚

Southern Gal - How priceless are those pictures to you now? Love it. My grandfather used to take Polaroid pictures in B&W all the time. He gave me all mine a few years before he died. I love the memories associated with them all.

Tam - I love that your Dad captured your childhood on film πŸ™‚ I hope my children appreciate me doing it for them when they are older. Photos are so much fun to look at and reminisce. Thanks for sharing.

beth - Ah, the bangs. I had those, too πŸ™‚ And I’m the same way–I used to be WAY more outgoing when I was a kid, now that I’m a mom I am a chicken! Don’t know how that happened.

Debby Graber - Gosh, Megan, you haven’t changed!! I can see where you got your photography skills from! My mom’s dad used to take pictures and develop them in a dark room in the cellar back in the ’20’s.

Dawn - Great photos. I love looking back at old photos that is why I am so into taking pictures and saving those memories.

Lacey - The snake picture killed it for me! Love the other pictures though. Seriously how is no one mentioning the snake!? The fact that it is black makes it even more creepy! Did I mention I have an irrational fear of snakes πŸ˜‰

Sarah - You sure can see Annie in a lot of those pictures of you. I love looking through old pictures. Too fun!

Sandy - I love the pictures. It always amazes me how people always look the same, just older and with different hair and clothes.
Were the whistle necklaces in case you got lost? I remember a Barney episode where they went camping and the girl that was lost kept blowing her whistle so she could be found. πŸ™‚

Holly - those are great!

happygirl - I love old hair styles. SO MUCH FUN to look at old pics. Believe me, it gets much easier when you get much older. πŸ™‚

Beth - Those photos are so cool. I was just telling my kids about taking a photography class in college where we used film (gasp!), and learned to develop them in a dark room with chemicals. They were kind of amazed and thought it sounded cool. I wonder if it will disappear completely of if people will keep doing that? It’s actually a pretty magical process, seeing the photos appear in the chemical baths (can’t remember the correct name :). And, you were such an 80’s girl, weren’t you? With the side pony tail and scrunchies?? I took a group of Girl Scouts to Mexico in 1989 and I joked that one girl had her hair in pictures that the rest of her wasn’t in (the years of big bangs and lots of hairspray!). I also had a very curly perm during those years and my girls’ look at pictures and say “really mom? What were you thinking?” and I tell them it was very IN at the time!

Sharla - Great pics! I love that one in the pool with the flip.

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Heehee..had to giggle at the side ponytail. We’ve all had the dodgy hair!

Lela Pohlmann - I taught yearbook years ago and we developed our film and made all of our pictures for the book. There is just something about waiting for that picture to hit the developer and watching the image apperception. It truly is a lost art!

alicia @ la famille - oh my! the scrunchies, silk shirts…i laughed out loud! πŸ™‚ you’re dad is a great photographer, just like you! oh, and there’s tons of whistle necklaces on etsy πŸ˜‰

Lindsey@ Piecefully Home - ha! I had the exact same shirt from express. πŸ™‚ i loved mine so freaking much, it was a deep forest green. i think i even bought a second one that was pink.
how fun to have these pictures though, i was the third child…which means in my home they aren’t many pictures of me since they couldn’t afford the film by then! πŸ™‚

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doorways…..

                                                i found a few fun doors this weekend.

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but i have to admit….it's been difficult with this HEAT!

 

 

aimee - meg — i saw the multicolored tile garage on pinterest and immediately thought: “oh, that looks just like something that would live in lawrence!” clicked on it, then realized that it was your picture and that it WAS from lawrence! oh, sadness, i miss it so much.

Holly - Hey Meg! Did you notice that the second and the fifth doors are the same, just different colors and the class on the second one has been replaced with wood. Love them all!
Holly

Mindy - Ah, the doors of Lawrence! Great pictures!

Jenny B. - Love all those doors! Makes me think of this post:
http://welcometoheardmont.com/2011/05/the-doors-of-paris/
I’m catching up on a few days, and I love the b&w’s of you and your sis too!

Leslie - great photos!

shauna - oooooooo! love the red and aqua one! and the sunfire ceramics one!

Laura Phelps - AWESOME
I am in Cape Cod right now with my best friend from LA…and you would LOVE some of the houses and door ways!! My camera has not been far from me…

Amy - I miss Lawrence dearly. Such an inspiring place! The red and turqouise…where else would you find that?

Rita - Here’s one more for you! Thought your family might enjoy making this!
http://smartbottomenterprises.blogspot.com/2011/07/tooth-fairy-door.html

Wendy - Meg, we were in Chicago the last 5 days and I was really missing you. Remember the fun that was had one year ago? Alas, more fun will be had in less than 2 months. YIPPEEE!

Cathy - Oh, man! I love ’em all!

Kimberlee - The double blue doors make me want to watch Notting Hill.
I love a colorful post like this.
It makes me happy…even when it’s 110.

nicole @ deliajude - those are some great doors.

Stephanie - LOVE the doors – after the CRAP day I’ve had – this made me cheer up a little!! Thanks – question – I have come across a door or two that I would have loved to shoot – but thought I can’t just take a picture of someone else’s house – Is that what you do? or do you have to get permission? what is the norm on something like that? Thanks

Heather - These doors make me sorry I live in drab, homogenous JoCo, the home of Johnson County Beige.

Tiffany - The seventh door – the one with the star – that looks like a star from the Order of the Eastern Star. Very cool doors – BTW.

sara's art house - Love, love, love! The last one is awesome- and I love the red + turquoise. Happy Monday to you πŸ™‚

kim - Meg ~ can you give me the reference for where you get your photos blown up to poster size. i know you mentioned it a while ago, but i can’t seem to find that post. thanks so much……kim

Short, Sweet Season - That last door is aMAZing! So perfect for taking pics of families with a fun background.

Amy @ dwell in the season - My mom and I have been taking pictures of doors for years! We finally made a Shutterfly book of them. I love your pictures of doors! πŸ™‚

Margaret - So many fun pictures just waiting to be taken in front of those doors! And i totally agree about the heat making it difficult to get active outside–our little family went for a hike on Saturday and only made it for an hour before we treked back to the car and headed for some air conditioning.

Nicole B. - I LOVE that in the 7th photo, the door on the right has the street number 924 1/2 – the 1/2 makes it a little more whimsical I think – like something out of Harry Potter πŸ™‚

Cindy - Beautiful! I love old doors and windows! The red one is gorgeous! I always drive a little bit out of the way when take my kiddos to their classes and every time they ask why I go that way…and every time my answer is the same…to drive by the church with the beautiful front doors! Perhaps next time I should stop for a photo πŸ˜‰

Tiffany @ Easie Peasie - Oh these doors are DELISH!!! I wish I could use a few for a photo session! They are GORG!!! Happy Mondy!β™₯

Kristin Bommer - meg, i’m blogging about you…. check it out πŸ™‚ you are on my “keep it real” blogger list lol!

SaraG - Cool post! That one with the star at the top looks awfully familiar… πŸ˜‰

Alysa - ohhh, i love a good door, too. always on the lookout for color and texture and variety of material! fun post, Megan.

Holly - those are fun! We are in a small town and there are a ton of fun old barns and buildings here!

happygirl - Oh my I love Dick’s Sporting Goods. and I think you have a wonderful eye for photography. I would NEVER have thought to shoot doors. So pretty.

Sharla - Very cool! Love them – especially that last one πŸ™‚

Oberheu.wordpress.com - Love them! I’m picturing them printed and mounted in an old window frame, with a different door in each window pane. Wouldn’t that be cute? Maybe by the front door with some kind of welcome sign. I think you’ve inspired a new project!

amy - i have a thing for doors too…and old signs and cameras and vintage fisher price toys… : ) i love the two doors next to each other and that last one was definitely the coolest!

Christy - love em you must use some of these for a background for family photos..

alicia @ la famille - so fun…they’re all beatiful in their own way. i love the blue double door.

kristi rediske - I love doors too-I need to go around and find some neat ones myself! Are those doors in your hometown-I am guessing no because I am from your home town and I don’t remember seeing them. I saw on the news that it is very hot where you are-i am in arkansas and its hot here too but not as bad as you all-try hard to stay cool!

Terrie G - You found LOTS of great doors! Thanks for sharing them

ClassiclyAmber - I love a good door! These are so cool…

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