Jacob the Photographer

Jacob loves to use the camera, and we thought we'd take a moment to share some of his works. These are all original compositions with adult supervision limited to preventing damage to the camera. Some of them reveal a different perspective, others a surprisingly artistic nature.

Who would think to take a picture of a little post-church relaxation? Who would think to capture the essence of generic Sunday relaxation by leaving out the head? Jacob would!


These two are surprisingly artistic shots revealing the beauty of common blinds.

An introspective shot. Or is it pediospective?

Jacob very carefully composed this one. He asked for the bowl to be placed on Allison's head, and asked mom to sit in the bathroom. Then he kept saying "move back... back... back" before he would take the shot.

Jacob Cooks

Jacob loves to be a helper when mom or dad is making something in the kitchen. Yesterday we had the missionaries and a new member over for dinner. Amy made some fantastic enchiladas as well as an ice cream pie for dessert. Here Jacob is helping to smash the graham crackers for the pie crust.

Related to Jacob's development, he has recently been noted for energetic singing in sacrament meeting. He has just a few songs that he really knows the words to, and most of them are more commonly sung in Nursary. So in sacrament meeting he's lately been singing the ABC song (he knows parts of it very well) during the hymns. He always gets compliments from those sitting around us on his singing.

Sunset

We took a quick trip out to the beach in Ventura on Thursday after Tom got off work. It was pretty cold and late, so no one did any swimming. However, the sunset was pretty, and Jacob got at least a few minutes to play in the sand. This shot was taken during a romantic daddy-daughter walk in the sand.
We were in Ventura to meet with an organization that administers government and other aid for first-time home buyers. We're not sure how or when we'll be able to own property here, but we're exploring our options.

Exersaucer

Allison's Tanner grandparents kindly donated the means for purchasing an Exersaucer, and Allison loves it! Here she is enjoying herself in the midst of her suspended toys. She routinely plays in her new toy for up to an hour at a time, freeing mom and dad to clean up, take showers, work on projects, etc. Allison can sit up unassisted, at least for a couple minutes, anyway. She is also experimenting with crawling-like motions, combined with lots of rolling, to move herself around on the floor. She's quite an active little girl!