Day in the Life // A Photoblog by Joel Jenkins

Several years ago in the spring my sweet mom started planting a bunch of pumpkins in part of her garden. Over the summer they grow and eventually overtake a large bank of dirt. Not being one to be satisfied by just big smooth orange carving pumpkins, she planted several fun varieties with textures and bumps and colors. We’ve made sure to keep that going over the year. Today it was time to harvest.

Family members look for pumpkins in a back yard pumpkin patch — Hunting for pumpkins is serious business. It takes a well-trained scout like Grandpa to find only the best.

A large pumpkin sits on the lawn — Carving pumpkins are great, but there are way more out there to pick from!

Two kids look at a worm in the dirt. — Sometimes when you pick up a pumpkin, you run off with a worms house.

A panoramic view of Alpine and Utah County with a snow capped Mt. Timpanogos in the distance and a family in a pumpkin patch in the foreground. — Sunday was a really beautiful fall day. Great weather, great colors. Snow on Mt. Timpanogos while trees change color in the valley.

Calli & Mozzie

October 21, 2018

Fall

October 21, 2018

Basket Baby

October 21, 2018

“Dad! I want some ice water! And the big iPad with a PAW Patrol train show!” Okay Elle, as you wish. I then took a 90 minute nap. When I woke up she was still there, and Emmett had joined her.

A little girls sits in a basket watching an iPad while her older brother sits next to her. — Elle discovered this basket today and immediately ordered me to fetch her some ice water and the big iPad.

Dr. Askew

October 21, 2018

At my recent trip to Dallas to attend EyeCon, after the final CE session on Sunday I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Dr. Askew, a sweet traveling Optometrist. We were talking to her about a personal website when I realized that she didn’t have an office for us to send a photographer to. So, I decided since she was looking fantastic already, I should just pull her aside right there in the conference hall and snap a few portraits for her that we can use in her website. This is just one of many great ones!

Dr. Johnetta Askew of Texas poses for a portrait

A beautiful Friday

October 19, 2018

After a week or so of butt-cold weather, fall came back and is doing a great job redeeming itself. We had a nice 70º afternoon to play outside in. We (by we, I mean the kids) raced, played in the grass, and did some swinging.

A little 3 year old sits on a law pulling up grass in the fall — Elle, pulling up the grass

A smiling happy little boy runs past the camera — Came out a bit blurry, but that face of happiness was too much to pass up.

A cute little girl in a swing smiles at the camera. — Elle is very much at home in the swing, and I finally snagged a photo of just how happy she can be

Dallas in the Dark

October 18, 2018

This past weekend I had the chance to go to Dallas (specifically Irving) to attend the TOA EyeCon and work on signing up new clients for my little business 460. It was a lot of fun, very succesful, and well worth it!

Our hotel was right alongside this canal setup that was really quite cool. Sadly I only had a chance to wander down around it in the dark on our first night there, while it was raining a little bit. But that’s alright, the pictures turned out pretty great!

A B&W photo of a water way and Dallas in the dark.

Japan Revisited: Arasugawanomiya Memorial Park

October 9, 2018

Yeah, that’s a mouthful. One evening during our trip to Japan in April 2017 we went over to the Roppongi area of Tokyo to see the Tokyo Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, just a few minutes walking from Hiro-o Subway station. Across the street is a fantastic park that we just happened to be taking a break in during the sunset. The colors that evening were incredible.

A beautiful purple sunset looking over the pond at Arasugawanomiya Memorial Park in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo — There are several areas in Tokyo where it’s hard to believe you’re actually in the middle of one of the most populous cities in the world. This park was one of them.

Happy Birthday, Elle

October 7, 2018

Three Years Old. Elle is such a sweetheart, and so smart! She can speak so well, knows lots of words and nuances of English. She loves her characters and her colors. Ever since Emmett’s birthday in August she’s been looking forward to her birthday, asking us about it all the time, telling us what presents she was going to get. For a long while it was going to be a pink drum, but later she changed it to a pink guitar.

We celebrated with a big family party tonight and served a proper BBQ meal with 3 kinds of meats, funeral potatoes, salad, carrots, and a lot of BBQ sauce. It was so good! This was my first attempt at brisket and I am quite happy with how it turned out. I will definitely be doing one again soon! Now that it’s been done, I’m not so scared. But, enough about smoking…