Mistake

I made a mistake! That never happens

Below it states FREE (web-sized) copies of your favorite images. We’re actually giving away FULL-RESOLUTION images so you can print your pictures anywhere.

A New Year Give-A-Way

Just a reminder for you to enter our give-a-way by Monday night!

 

 

Obviously, photography is very important to me and Rob. We love capturing our family’s love and smiles. We enjoy doing this for other people as well.

We realize that getting family portraits taken can be a difficult matter of time and money. So for RJ Snow Photography’s New Year Give-A-Way, we’re offering the following:

• FREE 1 hour photoshoot for a family, individual, a group of friends; anything goes.
• FREE retouching of your favorite images.
• FREE (web-sized) copies of your favorite images.

Stipulations:

• We’d like to offer this to someone who really needs it so we’re limiting it to people who have not had professional portraits taken in the last 5 years.
• The photoshoot will need to take place in February 2012.

Just send us an email at rjsnow@rjsnowphotography.com and let us know you’d like to be entered in our giveaway. You may also nominate someone you know. We will send the entries through a random-number generator to select the winner. The deadline to enter is January 9th at midnight.

Good luck!

 

ps. If you want to see the winners of our last give-a-way, their post is here.

Raines Thanksgiving 2011

Waiting for dinner…

Meal time!

Doesn’t her Thanksgiving dinner look delicious?

 

Going on a turkey hunt!

 

 

 

Some after-dinner casual portraits. Rob and I don’t get many together.

 

 

Hmmm. I think we’re due for a nice portrait of Grandma Clark. Better set that up!

Family can see more pictures here.

A New Year Give-A-Way

Obviously, photography is very important to me and Rob. We love capturing our family’s love and smiles. We enjoy doing this for other people as well.

We realize that getting family portraits taken can be a difficult matter of time and money. So for RJ Snow Photography’s New Year Give-A-Way, we’re offering the following:

• FREE 1 hour photoshoot for a family, individual, a group of friends; anything goes.
• FREE retouching of your favorite images.
• FREE (web-sized) copies of your favorite images.

Stipulations:

• We’d like to offer this to someone who really needs it so we’re limiting it to people who have not had professional portraits taken in the last 5 years.
• The photoshoot will need to take place in February 2012.

Just send us an email at rjsnow@rjsnowphotography.com and let us know you’d like to be entered in our giveaway. You may also nominate someone you know. We will send the entries through a random-number generator to select the winner. The deadline to enter is January 9th at midnight.

Good luck!

ps. If you want to see the winners of our last give-a-way, their post is here. You can also check out our photography website and blog at www.rjsnowphotography.com.

 

Retirement

This past September my dad retired from work. He had been working at The Church History Museum for over 25 years! I have some fond memories of visiting him at work with my mom and brother and sisters, of Bring-Your-Daughter-to-Work Day (does that still exist??), and going to exhibit open houses. I was sad when I quit working for the Church after only 6 years…I can’t imagine how it would feel after 26 years!

On the day of his retirement, he put on a presentation for some of the staff. The presentation included how he came to work for the Church (a miracle) and how his life and family have been blessed through his work.

At the end, he was presented with a special letter from the First Presidency of the Church thanking him for his many years of service. Wow. So neat.

Then there was the kids’ favorite part, refreshments!

We are sure dad is going to be missed at Church Headquarters, but we’re glad to have him around more. It’s probably not as relaxing as he thought retirement would be, but we hope he enjoys it.

 

Dad can see more of his retirement party pictures here.

Grandma Snow

My dear Grandma Jeanette Snow passed away just before Christmas. I have a lot of memories of my grandma and I'm not sure that I could think of one that was the least bit negative. I sometimes thought she was a little strange but I think that comes with grandma territory.

My grandma was a great people-person and was good at making friends wherever she went. She would often say "my best friend was once a stranger." She certainly made me feel loved and helped me learn how to be kind to others.

First I wanted to share a few photos of Grandma in her younger years. Some of these just crack me up. My grandma loved growing plants and flowers. Here is a picture of her with a very large and bulbous tomato from her garden. That one looks very good.

 

So I knew she was a good bowler and heard a lot of people discuss that at the funeral. As I was looking for some good pictures of her I came across this one of her and the bowling team and had a good laugh. What a great group of women.

Many memories have come to my mind as I sit composing this post. To follow that image above of the tomato I made a picture with my daughter Madeleine of Grandma's peach tree. Peaches were a summertime constant at her house. I remember them always being warm from the sun, sweet, and juicy.

Remember when I said that as a kid I sometimes thought she did strange things? Those usually became my favorite memories of her. From dancing in the street on the Fourth of July to spouting random (and personlized, mind you) songs at any occasion. Her joyful, playful, loving, and caring nature was treasure of the family. I will always remember you and will apply the lessons you taught me time and time again.

Here is the obituary.

Jeannette "Jan" Snow

1932 ~ 2011

Jeannette "Jan" Ann Woodmansee Snow, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend was a fighter that endured many illnesses including liver disease only to be taken by complications with pneumonia on Dec.21, 2011A life to celebrate and honor, a true lady. Born January 23, 1932 in SLC to Benjamin Lewis and Annie Bertha Woodmansee. Grew up in downtown SLC and graduated from South High. She worked at Wagner Bag, Wilson Meat Pies and at The Capitol Theater where she enjoyed meeting actors and actresses. As young ladies, Jan and 2 girlfriends traveled and explored Utah, Nevada and Arizona (quite adventurous for young women of that day).

After a blind date, Jan and Vern fell in love. Mom loved Dad's good looks, Dad loved her sense of humor and beautiful blue eyes. They were married April 30, 1955. To this marriage came Robert, Wendy, Julie and Stacy. During these years Jan worked at Litton Guidance Systems (25 years), where she made many lifelong friends. Jan was past president of ABWA and enjoyed Toast Masters. She loved to tell jokes and stories through rhyme. She was a true friend to many. Jan made her home warm and beautiful at holidays, hosting many family parties. She loved music, gardening, shopping, bowling, playing cards, babies and ice-cream. Later in life Jan also loved the Jazz (but not the refs) and Wendover. Most of all Jan loved her family. She was very proud that all of her grandchildren graduated from college.

Mom's favorite saying was, "My best friend was once a stranger." Her home was a place where everyone was welcome. Mother was like a rose, she brought beauty and brightness to the world.

Survived by husband, Vern Snow; son, Robert (Gail) Snow; daughters, Wendy (John) Kunzler, Julie (Kevin) Connors, Stacy Snow; nephew, Steven (Sandra) Villarreal; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren plus one on the way; brothers, Albert (Gladys), Duane (Shauna) Woodmansee, Marlin Snow and sister, Shirley (Ted) Nielsen.. Preceded in death by parents; in-laws, Charles C. Snow and Janetta Rymer; brother, Jerry (Joyce) Woodmansee; sister, Joyce (Hal) Gallacher and her sister-in-law, Lena Villarreal.

Jan's children thank their Father for the unconditional loving care of their Mother which gave everyone more time to enjoy her. Thank you to all of the physicians and nurses that provided care for Jan over the years.

Mom "we love you more." In honor of our Mother, make a friend.

Services will be held Wednesday, December 28th, 11:00 a.m. at Redwood Memorial Mortuary, 6500 So. Redwood Rd. A viewing will be held Tuesday evening from 6 - 8 p.m. at the mortuary and one hour prior to services on Wednesday. On-line condolences may be left at www.memorialutah.com

Lisa

My sister, Lisa, is a thoughtful and generous person. I have some very fond memories of her from when I was young. She is 10ish years older than me, so we didn’t really grow up together, but that meant she was a cool older sister with a sports car.

We’ve been meaning to get her portrait taken for quite some time now but it just never happened. So, while we were visiting on Thanksgiving at my parents house we just hopped outside to the backyard and snapped a few. I’m so glad we finally got these.

   

Love you, Lisa!

Merry, Merry Christmas!

My Girls

These two girls mean so much to me.

Here is Madeleine with her painted hair for Crazy Hair Day at school. She felt a little left out since she isn’t in school yet so our kind neighbor sprayed her hair with the leftover paint from her own kids’ hair.

Do you remember the scene in Sleeping Beauty where the blue fairy is standing on a stool while the red fairy is trying to sew Rose’s new dress? Well, here is Madeleine’s version. She’s so cute!! …and very creative.

Here’s a video of Madeleine dancing with her dad in the hotel in Denver. She loves dancing and is a very talented twirler.

Caroline doesn’t like being fed. She can do it herself, by golly!

 

 

Here are some super sweet shots of my littlest girl. Look at those eyes! I could cuddle and snuggle and wubble her forever.

 

J.K.J.A.E

Those are the initials of the Hymas family, if you were wondering. They’re so cute together!

 

Awww!

 

Another awwww!

 

 

We weren’t planning on taking Allen’s picture this time around, but he hopped right on the stool as we were taking test shots. Cute.

 

Proud, proud parents.