Today, I knew we had BINGO at Valerie's school... This is the BIG fundraiser to help fund Valerie's trip. So far, we have worked at a fair for two days, a school dance, served muffins and juice at breakfast, helped sell BBQ chicken, sold frozen foods to our neighbors... and there are a couple fund-raisers left. This one is the BIG one though.
I helped sell tickets, get donations, and at the entire 6 hour ordeal. I also donated a family photography session.
Before all that though, we decided to try out the
"pumpkin patch" and corn maze here. It is literally five miles away. I just wanted some nice pumpkin patch shots. It was a St Jude's fundraiser today and they are near to my heart, so we went and it was truly just awesome. We all- including Valerie and her friend- were totally entertained for over 2 hours.
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| On a hay ride with 800 other toddlers |
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| Asher running |
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| Amazing variety of pumpkins and gourds |
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| Photo opp at work (oh yeah, I had to do that too). |
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| There is a merry-go-round. Asher spent the entire ride inspecting the cam shaft. I kid you not. |
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| I decided on this name last night as I fell asleep |
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| Valli girl |
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| Girls having fun |
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| Off to find a pumpkin |
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| Asher running |
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| Asher running |
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| Perfect pumpkins |
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| Sun light... |
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| Inspecting the surroundings |
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| Asher running |
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| Riding with MORE toddlers |
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| Did I mention Asher did a lot of running? |
It was a good (exhausting) day. I am glad the BINGO thing is over, selling tickets, trying to get donations, and offering my services as a family photographer is nerve-wracking. I have to say though... Guess what got the highest bids for the silent auction? Yep, Sonlight Images. I had many images of mine uploaded to a digital picture frame (that despite wanting badly, I can not justify, so I am returning it. I got it just for this occassion after realizing 2 hours before the BINGO, I did not have enough time to have prints made, frame them AND make the brownies I had promised as a donation) and images of my photography name (Sonlight Images) and what the donated session includes... All the same though, I can not believe it... my donation got the most in bids. I am humbled and honored, not to mention- BRAND NEW at this. I hope to make this into a real way to supplement our income. I plan to do natural light photography and slowly build up to have a real studio with lighting, backgrounds, etc. In the mean time, I am your go-to girl for natural light family photography. It will no longer be for free... except for family. And friends I love. ;-)
7 comments:
Ummm. You amaze me. Seriously woman. I love the name of the photo studio! Great stuff! That family that bid is very very lucky. :)
Yay for October! These pics are great. And that is really exciting to hear about your photos. Maybe the start of something great??
Crystal, that is so exciting!! You will be really good at that, you have such a good eye for photography. I love the name, too. That looks like a really fun pumpkin patch, wish we had one that close! Good job on the fund raiser participation, that makes me tired just reading it!
beautiful photos crystal. i think we have a digital photo frame that david bought from ebay, that we have never used. we will send it your way. that is a wonderful name for your photo business. i really, really loved the photos of the kids. i also really love that i know exactly where valerie and her friend were jumping. i hope the fund raisers are going well. does valerie get all the money from your donations? you are such a wonderful, caring, devoted wife and mother. we are so grateful for you, and love you so much. debby
Thank you all. It is one of those things. I fear that people will laugh at me when I say I would like to turn it into a business/hobby, but I do love it. I can not think of anything that I do that makes me happier than taking and editing photos. I have a student who is a photoshop pro, so I am going to have him show me how to do facial and eye enhancements.
I am really excited. I do love photos and I like the idea of using natural light and maybe having a studio with flash photography, etc in the future. For now though, this is perfect.
We get a percentage of all the fund-raisers. So depending on total raised and hours worked, we earn money that way. Since I have been at every fundraiser, it counts as 2 people for Valerie. I think that we will be ok, but I still am a little worried. Valerie's dad said he could give a $5 donation, so I am sort of like... wow about that. Anyway, it will come together. She may get no "Christmas" or "birthday" but goodness knows she doesn't need more stuff.
I had NO IDEA you had done this at the auction =( I wish I would have bid on that one instead! LOL
Carly- mine was the one with the digital picture frame and YOU are one of the friends I love. Let me know what you are doing this weekend. I would absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE to take pictures of you guys.
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