Tag: celebrations

Christmas Lights Day #12

Salt Lake Temple with Christmas lights

Thankful November 26th: Love

  • Berlin family
  • Caught in the shadows
  • Too cute for their own good
  • Sibling love
  • The look of love
  • Cold happiness
  • The face I love
  • Private moment
  • What a happy marriage looks like
  • Mother and daughter
  • True love
  • Funny Coles
    The whole Cole family
  • Walk at the cabin
  • Journey together
  • Graduation at Gonzaga
    Graduation
  • Four generations
  • Comfort in a time of loss
    Comfort
  • Baby O and Mommy
    A mother’s love
  • T&J's wedding reception
  • Humor
    Jen & Ryan
  • Enduring love
  • Ryan & Jennifer
  • At the cabin with Mom and Dad
    D&M at the cabin
  • Papa and Baby C
    Great-grandpa loves C
  • Happy daddy and mommy
    Proud papa and mama
  • Mr. Perfect
    Love this face!
  • I love you, Daddy
  • Ryan & Leah
    Two
  • Shall we dance
  • Sisters
    Sisters
  • Nose kisses
    Nose kisses
  • Papa, hold my hand
  • Enduring love
  • Four Merrill generations

There are many things that we can live without: extra money, going to movies, a house as big as the Jones. There are some things we can’t live without: food, water, air, and love. Studies have shown that without love, newborn babies stop thriving. There are so many different ways to show love: spouses and partners, friends, family, even complete strangers. The Beatles said all we need is love, and to some extent, they were right.

Thankful November 1st: Traditions

This isn’t a photo challenge, unless you want it to be. I’ve decided to post a photo each day of November of something that I’m thankful for. Our Halloween tradition is to have homemade chili, watch fun movies, and hand out candy to Trick-or-Treaters. If you knock on our door, we don’t even require a costume. You’ll still get a good amount of chocolate. I’m grateful for fun traditions. Traditions keep us grounded with our past. When we start a new tradition, it also helps us mold our future.

A Photo a Week Challenge: Traditions

Our son graduated from college this spring, and his program has a tradition that graduates stand in the fountain in front of the their main classroom building after the ceremony is over. Our daughter also graduated from the same school and the same program (different disciplines). The first photo is our daughter and her friends (she’s third from the left) and second is our son and one of his best friends.

IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE ONE OR TWO OR MORE PHOTOS SHOWING A TRADITION YOU HAVE.

Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Each week, I’ll come up with a theme and post a photo that I think fits. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Thursday, when the next photo theme will be announced.
  2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “A Photo a Week Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.
  3. Come back here and post a link to your image in the comments for this challenge.
  4. Follow nancy merrill photography so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements.