Create Capture Cherish

Farewell Blogger

2008-07-10T12:56:00.001-04:00

I've moved my blog. Its still in the early stages, so the design will change. But the link is here to stay!!! Go on over and show me some love.

http://www.CreateCaptureCherish.com/blog

I will not post here again.

Love Jennifer

More Party In the Park

2008-07-05T22:33:00.002-04:00

I'm late posting these. Don't hate me! They're free :) Anyway I've got some pretty awesome news coming up. I don't want to jinx myself by letting it out too early, so Stay Tuned!!

YAY!

2008-06-27T15:00:00.004-04:00

I've been chosen as a featured photographer on http://blog.photrade.com/ Its a great website for photographers to sell their artwork. It incorporates awesome ways to protect your artwork while putting it in the hands of buyers!

Go read about me! You know you want to... Thats why you are here :)

Their launch party is Tomorrow, and I along with some of my artwork will be there!!!!!

Watch Me

2008-06-24T08:25:00.001-04:00

Senior Portraits Now Booking!

2008-06-22T09:49:00.002-04:00

More Party In the Park

2008-06-20T20:31:00.003-04:00

2008-06-17T12:48:00.007-04:00

Dear baby boy,

Today I visited a blog, written by a mother who had lost her toddler aged daughter. I’ve visited her blog before, but I read her words only when I am strong enough to bear her pain. My throat burned and almost gave way to my suppressed tears as I swallowed her story. My heart breaks for her.

I imagine myself without my baby boy but my thoughts last only moments there. I can’t bear to witness a world without you for more than seconds at a time.

It has been months since I’ve taken the time to compile the things I love about you. Like, the way you pat our backs when you are actually the one in pain. Or the way you sing and dance to the chicken dance. I love the way you play air guitar and bang on the pots and pans with my wooden spoons.

I love how you run as fast as you can to get your big brother’s PSP and play it like a big boy. I love how you adore your big brother. I love how he holds a special spot for you in his heart too. I smile when you hold your hand out for me to tickle and rub before you fall asleep. I love that you play along with my silliness and run to give me hugs when I ask you for “my squeezies”.

I love that you are “too big” to eat with baby spoons or forks. I love that you have not stopped playing with your hair when you are tired, or need to relax. I love your new found independence.

I never want to forget these precious things about you. Thank you for being Momma’s Precious Boy.

Love,
Momma

Water Park

2008-06-14T20:49:00.006-04:00

I really want to start taking more pictures of Tanner. He's the hardest child to get to look at the camera! Tanner and I had a mommy and baby day at the water park. (well until aunt Jodie showed up). So with Tanner being closely watched by Jodie, I grabbed a few shots!

Party In the Park

2008-06-14T09:03:00.003-04:00

As I promised! Here are your photos from Party in the Park.
Feel free to right click and download them.

Capture Cincinnati

2008-06-04T20:28:00.005-04:00

You might remember a few weeks ago when I posted a blog about the book/project Capture Cincinnati. Capture Cincinnati is a book published once a year of photos taken in Cincinnati.
The photos put in the book are chosen by a secret algorithm comprised of votes, loves (favorites) and comments.
This year is my first year entering. There is a possibility that my photos will be chosen for publication and a smaller possibility that one of them could win a prize. Honestly, I'm not worried about a prize. Publication would be prize enough for me!

I have been collecting copies of the emails where my photos have been chosen as daily top photos and editors pics. :)

Here are the originals!

You can view more photos and/or vote here:

Sneak Peek Numero Dos

2008-06-01T17:12:00.002-04:00

Wow was it hot out today!!! But I got some great shots of these little kiddos.
I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!!

Family Sneak Peeks!

2008-05-31T18:33:00.002-04:00

I had the pleasure of photographing a very photogenic and fun loving family today. As you can see below, I edited the fun ones first :)

I really enjoyed photographing all of you! Thanks for making my day so easy!

pearl8130

2008-05-29T15:18:00.001-04:00

pearl8130
Originally uploaded by garyalan82

I love my new blackberry!
Now I'll be able to schedule your photo shoots right on my phone. When you set a date, I'll send you a confirmation email and an invite to the photosession! That way it will be incorporated into whatever type of calendar you have. Either on your phone or your computer! Yay.

Blue Skies

2008-05-26T19:31:00.002-04:00

I've been working on a whole new technique for shooting. And its too early for me to say that I've mastered it. But so far I'm happy with the results. (Although they could have just been lucky shots).

Tanner is fascinated by my father's John Deere Lawnmower. My dad took him for a ride around their property and Tanner squealed with delight the whole way. Later my cousin Tracy, (in from Florida for my Great Grandmother's Funeral) took him out and brought him back asleep.

Back For More?

2008-05-19T21:23:00.002-04:00

Well I'm glad you are. Cause I've got more to show you!

2008-05-18T17:26:00.004-04:00

My friend, Jen, got a new camera, so we met up to do a sort of learning photo session. This is Jen:

These are a few of the shots I took. I'm sure there will be more to come!

I've been waiting for this!!!

2008-05-15T13:48:00.003-04:00

If you know me, you know 2 things. I love Photography and I love the Bengals. And if you've been around me recently you've heard my thoughts about, (dare I say his name??????) Chad Johnson.
He has publicly disgraced the Bengals and I am personally offended by the way he has treated Cincinnati. I've been waiting for his actions to come back around and smack him in the face.

While reading on Yahoo News, I'm got what will be the first of many wafts of satisfaction. It looks like Chad is getting what I hoped he would get.

10-pack: The worst moves (and non-moves) of the NFL offseason
By Mike Florio - SportingNews

(I skipped down to #10 for this you can read the rest of the story here: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=packtheworstmovesandnonm&prov=tsn&type=lgns)

10. Chad should have kept his mouth shut.
The mouth that roared for much of the offseason has fallen eerily silent since the Washington Redskins selected two wide receivers on the first day of the draft. So with the ‘Skins out of the Chad Johnson business and with the Cincinnati Bengals not budging on their refusal to trade him, Johnson presumably is hoping everyone will forget about everything he said from January through April regarding his desire to get out of Cincinnati.
Why else would Johnson no longer be whining for a trade? The reality is, he knows he has no leverage, and that his only option is to make good on a promise not to play again for the Bengals. And pay back $5 million in signing bonus money.
If Johnson had merely put a sock in the place where he hangs that golden grill on game days, he wouldn’t be in a position to look so silly when he shows up for training camp and acts like he didn’t act like a complete fool.

Mother's Day

2008-05-11T21:33:00.003-04:00

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mother's out there!

I spent Mother's day, relaxing and watching TV with my husband and baby. I woke up with a stiff neck, so I just layed around all day, trying to recuperate from my stepson's 8th birthday party yesterday. I made fruit kabobs, mac and cheese and subs for the party.

Someone left a note for the boys on the door that said,
"Never leave your treasure unguarded,
it looks as if your gifts have departed."

There were clues hidden all over the neighborhood, so the boys had a blast on their "Treasure Hunt". I had a big surprise waiting for them when they got back. ROOTBEER FLOATS!!!

From the Mr.

2008-05-09T21:21:00.001-04:00

From the Mr.
Originally uploaded by Create|Capture|Cherish {Jennifer Adkins}

We've had a rough week. My husband got laid off (the economy is horrible for anyone in construction right now) and on his way home his car broke down. (cost $560 to fix) and I have been so out of it that I missed an exam. He got me roses Just Cause.

My Baby is Growing Up

2008-05-08T18:04:00.006-04:00

Tanner had his 18 month appointment today. Here's some info on his growth.

His list of words consist of:
Candy (I know...)
Pop (yeah I still know)
Water (not so bad huh?)
Ich Heisse Tanner (My name is Tanner in German)
More
Eew
Ouch
Bad
Stop
Ball
Yes
Love Ya
Yeah Yeah
And some others that I can't remember right now.

He's in the 25th percentile for weight, 90th percentile in height.

He still has issues with spitting up so we are eliminating Lactose now. (I'm lactose intolerant since his birth so it makes sense).

He is having surgery July 25th.

The doctors love him lol. She was very impressed with his development and his wonderful personality. (Wonder where he gets it. haha)

Silly Tidbits about Tanner:
If I say, "Where's my Squeezies?" He gives me a great big hug.
He is sympathetic. His cousin visited and threw a fit. Tanner just bawled because she was so sad.
Gross, but funny, story: One of the girls at her daycare got sick on the floor and Tanner leaned over and made a really loud gagging noise. B/c That is gross! haha

Economic Stimulus

2008-05-04T17:52:00.005-04:00

Hey everyone! I'm offering sweet deal for the next 10 days!

Why am I offering this?

Because in 1 week I will be finished with school for the summer. And starting tomorrow I am beginning a new job. It's time to celebrate!!!

Living in Cincinnati !

2008-05-03T12:59:00.003-04:00

I've decided to contribute to the Living In Cincinnati 2008 Book. Please Vote for me!
Keep checking back, I'll post more pictures as I get time.
(off to finish my 10 page paper).

Apologies

2008-04-29T22:12:00.006-04:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still alive. The blog has been neglected this week because this week and the next are FINALS. (Although I did make time for a new layout and design to match the website)

I hate the last two weeks of school! I've got a 10 page paper and two more exams to go.

Also in recent news- I have a new position at work starting Monday May 5th. Yay for me!

[Me with Cheesy Grin]

One for the road

2008-04-19T12:23:00.002-04:00

A trip to the zoo

2008-04-06T21:36:00.003-04:00

We took a trip to the zoo today. This weekend was supposed to be the first weekend of the zoo blooms, but none of the flowers had bloomed yet. Enjoy some photos of the animals :)

Downtown JODIE Brown

2008-03-29T20:38:00.004-04:00

My sister, Jodie, and I went to downtown Cincinnati and took some pictures. I live like 15 minutes from downtown and have been dying to get down there for some quality photo time. Here are a few:

(more to come tomorrow. I have to spend some quality homework time)

(oh and say hello to my new watermark)

Jodie:

Me:

One More From the Conservatory

2008-03-28T22:44:00.004-04:00

And I'm gonna show you the before and after. Excited? I am.

Before:

After:

I added a texture layer then blurred it because it was too harsh. I also added a warming layer, a color pop, vignette, and rendered a lens flare (because it was pretty and picked up the colors of the orchids) :0)

Flickr Meetup

2008-03-27T21:15:00.003-04:00

Today I met up with my new flickr friend, ImaJenation (Jennifer White) and her gorgeous family. Everyone of her children were so photogenic! (and they sat still long enough to get a good shot) I had so much fun! Here are a few pictures from today.

Happy Easter!

2008-03-23T20:47:00.006-04:00

My blog posts will be very short for the next few weeks because I have half a keyboard due to a 17 month boy-terrorist. I'm impatiently awaiting my replacement keyboard's delivery. Here are a few shots from this weekend.

My neices:

Me: (photo taken by my sister, edited by me)

Insuring the Children's Have a Heart Gala!

2008-03-17T17:57:00.005-04:00

I'm offering a free Spring or Summer Sessions along with 2 5X7's and an 8x10 for the Have a Heart Campaign. If you are in the Cincinnati Area and are interested see my website for more information. There will be a link on the front screen.

www.CreateCaptureCherish.com

Added to my Flickr Profile

2008-03-13T11:17:00.003-04:00

*I added this to my Flickr Profile today, but I thought I'd go into a little more detail about the flood.

**I've always been interested in Photography. I had my mothers vintage 35mm camera {the one she bought to use in school :) } when I was in highschool. If you read below you'll see that once I get started with something I love, I can't stop. So I somehow acquired a few dark room and developing tools on my way. We lost our housein my high school days due to the Flood of '97 and along with the house went the 35mm. Since then I have tried to take what I affectionately call "Artsy" type photos with an old Point and Shoot. (needless to say I wasn't exactly sucessfully artsy with my old Kodak) In August of '07 I obtained my first Dslr (Nikon D40x) and since then I've gotten back on my feet with photography!**

Pics:

This is my father, emptying out our house:

(photos by Glenn Hartong)

My Mothers face when seeing out house for the first time:

(photos by Glenn Hartong)

This one was also published in National Geographic.

The weather in Cincinnati

2008-03-09T23:04:00.000-04:00

Last week the weather in Cincinnati was gorgeous and early spring like.

But this weekend we were covered in over a foot of snow. Yuck. This is the first time I let Tanner play in the snow! He enjoyed it long enough to realize that snow is YUMMY.

My feelings today

2007-12-17T19:19:00.000-05:00

How peaceful and gorgeous is this photo? I love the simplicity of the shot, and the depth of focus. I and only I know exactly where this twig in the sky is located.

Hot Chocolate

2007-12-05T09:14:00.001-05:00

Hot Chocolate,
originally uploaded by Jennifer Adkins.

Something Yummy for you to enjoy :)

Enjoy the holidays!!

Moi Designs

2007-12-02T10:17:00.001-05:00

Designs By Moi

2007-11-21T06:46:00.000-05:00

The remodeling in the living room is almost done!!! Here is a sneak peek!

New Favorite Show

2007-09-28T09:30:00.000-04:00

I have yet to find a television show that can make me laugh out loud like the good ol' Friends days. That was until last night:

I cracked up through the whole episode. I can't wait until NEXT WEEK!

And just for old times:

T-Shirts I Want to Own.

2007-07-11T22:05:00.001-04:00

Gifts Of Pregnancy

2007-06-26T08:52:00.000-04:00

Two gifts I received from pregnancy:

Along with emotional scarring and baggage, 20 extra pounds of flab, and horrendous stretch marks.

1. My baby boy, Tanner

2. The absence of cramps

2007-06-14T10:48:00.000-04:00

After careful consideration, I realize that I must change my tattoo;

I've done all I can

2007-06-14T07:30:00.001-04:00

I've avoided it for as long as I can. Honestly, how can anyone justify avoiding playing the king of all hillbilly games when it gets you out of work? Today at 10:30 am I will no longer be a Cornhole Virgin.

As well, I've done my research and know all the "Official Rules" of Cornhole. For more info see
http://www.playcornhole.org/

I'm becoming a member of the Cornhole Association.

And I'm getting this as my next (and first) tattoo:

Things I saw at the Taste of Cincinnati that disturbed me.

2007-05-27T08:29:00.000-04:00

A woman with a belly shirt and boobs that came to her belly button. (No bra) If she had to scratch her head, she would have flashed us all.

A woman with boobs bigger than the size of my head. Barely covered in a jumpsuit and waiting to pop out and surprise us all!

90 degree weather, and a 4 year old little boy in a sweater and sweatpants.

The metal grates, as big as our car, with nothing but air for about 10-15 feet down. (We drive over these things and people wouldnt even walk over them).

A familiar DJ standing in the crowd with a big red microphone.
"I've already been on his microphone", was my reply.

You can take that however you want to. He's not bad looking.

A naked man

wearing nothing but tighty whitey's

and cowboy boots.......

"Get me from behind! Get me from behind! Do you see what it says?" (apparently his undies had something written on them. I couldnt for the life of me make out what it said. Maybe because I was focused on the butt than the words.

I couldnt shake the feeling that if GW Bush was better looking and didnt have a "job" as the president right now, that he'd be great at this Naked Cowboy job.

2007-05-24T13:08:00.001-04:00

I’ve decided to start listening to my gut. This can now be called my “Mother’s Instinct” because I am now a mother. But feel free to call it my gut instinct, inner voice, or the voices in my head.
My entire life I've always ignored it, so as to be percieved as an optimist. But because my gut is usually right (as is yours) and I was ignoring it, this also caused me to be wrongly percieved as naive.
Obviously this does not sit well with me. Now that I'm a mother I get this strange feeling (probably my gut knocking on my brain) that my mother's instinct is tired of being ignored.

Things I must come to terms with to coincide with my new revelation that Mother knows best.

Stretch Marks do not go away - no matter how hard I try to tell myself they will.
Fat doesnt disappear on its own - My optimistic self believes that it will someday up and walk away.
I will never be promoted - Why keep lying to myself? Its not going to happen. So I need to prepare for a long life in the same position I'm in now. Or find a new position.

Word of the Day

2007-05-23T11:49:00.000-04:00

Toot-
Apparently there are my definitions of Toot. So I thought I'd be helpful and list them all here in one handy place

1. To Toot:
pass gass (flatulence)
toot one's horn (brag)
toot that thang (shake that thing, show off your booty)
toot is also short for prositute. i.e. You are such a 'Toot. (You are such a skank)

Toot that thing up mommy make it work! Pop, Lock and Drop It!

Thanks to Lauren for this great illustration:

You are Invited to the Funeral of My Youth

2007-05-22T08:06:00.000-04:00

I've been considering this for the past few weeks. At first Steve was under the impression that I was suffering from Post Pardum Depression. Now he says I'm experiencing, Post Pardum(ness): The act of being Post Pardum. My whole life has changed and I think I'm mourning the loss of my youth. So after careful consideration, I've decided that the time has come to lay my youth to rest and get through the 5 stages of Mourning as fast as I can.

1. Denial - Well its obvious that I've moved past the denial stage. I'm planning the funeral for goodness sake.
2. Anger - Does Sarcasm count as anger?
3. Bargaining - So does bargaining mean trying to find a babysitter so I can still go out and party?
4. Depression - Hey why dont we just skip this step all together?
5. Acceptance - I think at this point I may start all over again. Because I may never come to terms with the death of my youth.

I would like to fashion the funeral after a traditional wake. We'll lay it up on the table, talk about the good ole times. There will be drinks, laughs and I'm sure a few tears. Mainly shed by me.

My 25th birthday is coming up July 23rd. What better time, and with what greater significance can I have the funeral than on July 22nd?

I hope I'm not still in the Denial stage because I could just act like I never planned this at all and read the 7th Harry Potter Book that night......

One for old time's sake...

2007-05-21T11:29:00.001-04:00

2007-05-20T21:37:00.000-04:00

Quote of the Day:

2007-05-11T07:59:00.000-04:00

Its not the size of the box. But the color of the crayons inside.

The many definitions of puke

2007-05-10T14:46:00.000-04:00

Puke: The best way to express your disgust at a person, thing, or action.
i.e. PUKE!

Fake Puke: This is best saved for use at work, when it is not in your best interest to actually puke.
i.e. If she starts to fake cry, I will fake puke.

Internal Vomit: This happens unexpectedly. It is usually caused when something particularly disgusting catches you off guard.
i.e. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Soul Vomit: When something or someone does something so morally wrong that your soul revolts.
i.e. I think my soul just threw up.

Baby Vomit, AKA Spit Up: You will never understand motherhood until you’ve rocked a baby to sleep in the middle of the night only to have it wake up and spit-up down your cleavage.

Its Like Harry Potter and Voldemort

2007-05-08T09:27:00.000-04:00

I've decided that you can not serve God, worship God or even believe in God and be superstitious. If God exits in your world, then luck cannot. Thats like saying God chooses your destiny by lottery. If you believe in God, then you cannot possibly believe that if you wear one pink sock for every Bengals game, they will win.

God and Superstition can not exist together. They are like Harry Potter and Voldemort. One must die so the other can live.