Jack-O-Lanterns

Isabelle and Bobby did some pretty awesome pumpkin carving. I helped Bobby quite a but, but Isabelle only needed a little help with scraping out the insides. It was too slimy for them.


Here is what Isabelle made:

Here is what Bobby made:

The squirrels got to them both a little before I took pictures.

Halloween Party

Every year our city celebrates Halloween on a Sunday, so every year our ward celebrates Halloween on a Friday night before Halloween. It's called Trunk-or-treat. We park cars and the church kids "trick-or-treat" out of the trunks of our cars. I dressed up as Mario this past Trunk-or-treat. Here is what I looked like.

It was really fun. I wish I had more pictures from that night. Maria and I forgot to get any pictures of the kids. Which is what, I'm sure you would rather be looking at. This one comes from a friend's cell. Next year maybe we can do a themed thing with little mushrooms and Yoshi and Peach too.

Awesome Videos That I Want To Share

Here are two awesome videos that I want to share. Some of you may have already seen them, but they are worth watching again.


Forgiveness: My Burden Was Made Light



Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"

I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.


Here is a link to by the "Daily Affirmation" shirt.

Cornet

I am hoping to get a cornet for my birthday on October 30th. I have a dream of creating a family band. Ryann already plays the clarinet, Maria also can play a clarinet, I played trumpet when I was younger, Isabelle is about to start learning the flute and Bobby wants to learn to play piano and drums. This may be an issue with so many instruments with the same range. I.E. a trumpet/cornet and two clarinets, but I think it will be fun.


I am doing well in fantasy football, all things considered. 2-0 in one league and 1-1 in the other two. Wish me luck!


In case you are wondering, here is a picture of the difference between a trumpet and cornet.

From left to right: flugelhorn, trumpet and cornet

Typically trumpets are for orchestra and cornets are for jazz. The have a slightly different sound. I have heard the trumpet sound explained as brighter and the cornet sound explained as more mellow. Even though the cornet looks shorter, the actual tubing is the same length.

I Was Robbed!

In one of my fantasy football leagues I lost because of this atrocity. 


Please watch this video before you continue to read this blog....


Okay, now that we have all seen that this was actually a touchdown, you may be thinking, "But, Bob, you live in Chicago. The Bears won that game because of this play." While this is true, I have Calvin Johnson on my fantasy team and lost by 0.18 points. See my tragic loss here. For those who are not familiar with fantasy football or even football, Calvin Johnson received 4.5 points for this game. If you add a touchdown that is 10.5 points. Plus however many yards the ball was thrown divided by 10. (I.E. If the ball was thrown 35 yards that is 3.5 points.)

Final score:

Fire Eaters (Me) - 114.18

The Blasters (Brad) - 114.32

I'll Continue To Blog

Thank you to Heather and Mom for letting me know that someone is reading my blog. Even if they are the only ones reading this, it is still worth it! Thanks!


-Bob

I'm feeling a little down

Please leave me a comment if you read this. I just need to know that someone cares if I blog or not.

Star Wars

I am a huge Star Wars fan, so I had to see if I could use my developing Photoshop skills to make a lightsaber. Here are the results:

If you look all the way back to my very first blog, you can see the original edit. Where he is just standing there holding some chicken nuggets. I like this edit much better.

Draft Day

We drafted in the league with my son, a couple of my friends and I today. With only 4 teams we all have AMAZING teams! Here is my team:


Round 1: Aaron Rogers QB GB
Round 2: Ray Rice RB BAL
Round 3: Ryan Mathews RB SD
Round 4: Randy Moss WR NE
Round 5: Reggie Wayne WR IND
Round 6: Calvin Johnson WR DET
Round 7: Ryan Grant RB GB
Round 8: Tony Romo QB DAL
Round 9: Matt Forte RB CHI
Round 10: Steve Smith WR NYG
Round 11: Brent Celek TE PHI
Round 12: Chad Ochocinco WR CIN
Round 13: Jermichael Finley TE GB
Round 14: Jets D
Round 15: Lawrence Tynes K NYG


I picked last (4th)


Fantasy League

FOOTBALL!!!

I love that it is Football season again. I dread the winter, so Football and Christmas are the two things that make it better for me.


I am playing in three fantasy football leagues this year. I finished drafting for the first one and there is automatic drafting for the second and the third is a league that I created for my son, a few friends and I.


Here are my draft results for the first team:


Round 1. Ray Rice RB BAL
Round 2. Peyton Manning QB IND
Round 3. Cedric Benson RB CIN
Round 4. Reggie Wayne WR IND
Round 5. Dallas Clark TE IND
Round 6. Steven Jackson RB STL
Round 7. Ryan Mathews RB SD
Round 8. Steve Smith WR CAR
Round 9. Steve Smith WR NYG
Round 10. Wes Welker WR NE
Round 11. Kellen Winslow TE TB
Round 12. Philip Rivers QB SD
Round 13. Eagles D
Round 14. Saints D
Round 15. Robbie Gould K CHI
Round 16. Adam Vinatieri K IND
Round 17. C.J. Spiller RB BUF
Round 18. Felix Jones RB DAL
Round 19. Vincent Jackson WR SD
Round 20. Mike Wallace WR PIT

Not bad picks for drafting last (8 of 8)


First Team


Second Team


Third Team

The Art Institute

We had so much fun at the Art Institute of Chicago. They have a great museum. My battery died about half way through the museum so we didn't get pictures of the miniatures. They were our favorite exhibit. We went to the impressionist section first.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as we enjoyed the museum.


Here is a video that I made of these pictures:

Brookfield Zoo

We went to Brookfield Zoo today. We had a blast, but we are all so tired. I took over 150 photos, these are the top 12.
On a totally different subject, Elder Mann is leaving tomorrow. He has been in our ward for many months. I wish him well wherever he goes.


-=UPDATE=-
Please click the magnifying glass after clicking on the image to see the image at 100%. It makes a big difference.

Bonus image - This was by the giraffe.

Picnic

Here are the pictures from our picnic at the park today.
We had so much fun!

Last Week Before School

Ryann starts on Wednesday and Isabelle and Bobby start on Monday, so the next few days are the last of the summer for my kids. I have a busy week planned. Today we are going on a picnic in the park; tomorrow we are going to Brookfield Zoo and Thursday we are going to the Art Institute of Chicago. It should be a fun, but busy week.

I am excited that Football season is upon us and I have started a fantasy league with a few of my friends. I can't wait!! http://lordahl.league.fantasy.nfl.com/ Wish me luck!!

My Company

I've decided to focus my company more on graphic design than photography. I offered my services to all my friends on Facebook for free, we'll see if anyone takes me up on that offer.


Here is some of the work I did for a local Zumba studio:

color logo

b&w logo

Post card - front

Post card - back

1/2 page ad

I have also completed my own company logo for Crenshaw Images. It is also at the top of the page.

My logo

I hope that I can get off the ground with this. I really want to start my own company. Wish me luck!!!