Filtering Life

Vote, vote, vote

Published by Kelly December 23rd, 2008 in Uncategorized. 4 Comments

Just to set your minds at ease, after much deliberation and consideration of your comments, I am nixing the boots over jeans look. I LOVE it, but it is not the style for my build. Me and my bodacious back end will keep the skinny jeans at a distance. I think I am going to go for it and buy the brown wedge boots and just wear them with skirts. This I can do and do well. Thank you for your 2, 4, and 6 cents you put in.

Now I need to shamelessly direct you to the Kellan blog to cast your vote on the “Besties” of 2008. This is by no means an exhaustive list of favorites, but just some that have grabbed Ry and I over the year. I need a good number of votes cast so that we can truly pick a winner to bless with a Christmas enlargement. There is nothing lamer than having a contest and nobody votes…whant whaaaaaaa. So please

CLICK HERE PEEPS

and cast your ballot for what image grabs you and maybe tell us why. We love feedback and we love that you guys are so awesome at directing traffic our way. MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!!!!!

Opinions needed

Published by Kelly December 19th, 2008 in Life Changes and Uncategorized. 31 Comments

Okay this is one of those posts where you will either roll your eyes and say “Stop being silly Kelly” or you will have tons to say.

I really really really want to order some boots. I love the boots over the jeans trend…comfortable, sassy, love it! Thinking either these

or these

Anyway, I have what doctors would call “pear shape syndrome”. This has only been exaggerated by my recent piggyback pregnancies. Sigh….it was worth it!

So we are getting our pictures taken in about a week and a half for our new Kellan blog coming in January (it is going to be so awesome!!!) and then Vegas in February. So I want to look trendy but not foolish. My biggest fear is looking like an upside down drumstick.

Here’s the pinch. In order to really wear the boots over jeans you have to wear skinny jeans which I swore off! (nobody likes when you try to fold regular cut jeans into little pintucks and shove them into boots.) I know Old Navy makes my size/height in skinny jeans so I could buy a pair to wear with the boots….but again…this image of a drumstick from behind haunts me. Not to mention my short legs. So hard to know and I don’t want to waste money.

Opinions? You won’t hurt my feelings, really. I am a realist that not all styles are for all people and I need to let somethings go.

So should I go for it or just let this trend ride out it’s time?????

The Name

Published by Kelly December 15th, 2008 in Life Changes and Uncategorized. 15 Comments

I said a few weeks ago that Ryan and I decided to name baby #3. This is no easy task when you know the gender of your child but it seems 10 times harder when you don’t know the gender. Ryan’s intuition said boy and my intuition said girl so we were at a crossroad.

It has taken much research and discussion to find a name that is unisex, brings us peace and closure, and keeps our hearts reflecting on this child with the right attitude and with hope that we will be united one day.

So the name for baby #3 is

Jory- “God will uplift” -Hebrew definition
Lee- “Healer” - Celtic definition (also my middle name)

So, Jory Lee Portnoy

God will uplift and heal…..so perfect, so true

November 21st we will now remember the passing Jory Lee into the presence of Jesus awaiting our arrival someday soon.

Better late than never!

Published by Kelly December 8th, 2008 in Uncategorized. 5 Comments

I have always shied away from being a technology trend setter…..okay, okay, so I have no idea what I am doing, totally the kid sister tagging along. I tell Ryan all the time that if I hadn’t married him I would still be that person using dial up with a earthlink email address making lame lame designs with clipart! It isn’t that I don’t know there are better things out there…I just don’t know how to do them. God forbid a warning box pop up on my computer screen. I have no idea what to do. WHAT TO DO…cancel, accept, decline…..what is going on????? Technology just stresses me out and it changes so fast I fear for myself. So thank you Ryan, being a nerd was the best thing you ever did. I stand in awe of your technology savvy.

I am on Twitter peeps. So if you feel the need to know all that happens in my ultra ultra glamorous life…then please, come follow me at

http://www.twitter.com/kellyportnoy

Blind leading the blind. Gotta admit, it is fun and way less commitment than blogging. Like wearing red lipstick on a special occasion. I can handle that!

See you in Twitterland……

Calling all Vegas residents or those savvy with Vegas!!!

Published by Kelly December 3rd, 2008 in For Kicks and Giggles, Life Changes, Life in General, Sew Smart and Uncategorized. 13 Comments

First I would be remiss to not thank you all for your amazing comments and emails. We can not tell you what a blessing it is to be lifted up in prayer and to share God’s goodness through the storm with you all. THANK YOU. Each day gets a little easier, I don’t think the sadness will ever leave us nor will the date of November 21st pass us by that we do not remember our baby. Right now we are praying through a name for our baby to personalize everything a little more. Ryan’s intuition says boy and mine says girl so we are trying to settle on a unisex name with a good meaning that will take the place of the name “#3″. You guys are wonderful, thank you.

On to Vegas….we need help!!! We are going to WPPI February 15-18th to take in some of the most celebrated photographers and gorge on photography products. We will be joined by these two knuckle-heads.

Our besternet friends and super talents behind Emblem Photography, Dustin and Christy. If you are in western Canada…you MUST MUST MUST have them come shoot for you. Not only will you laugh your butts off, you will get some killer images!!!!!! We love these two and often have Skype dates talking for hours on end. I am still recovering from our 12:30am chat from last night….but totally worth it. Christy and Dustin, we are gambling with YOUR money…you owe us for suffering with the time change on all our chats!

So…here is what I need help on. We are trying to book our flights/hotel but we have no clue where things are in relation to each other and we also don’t know what is super reputable! We need help. It is definitely more financially wise to book flight and hotel together. The best deals put us at either the MGM Grand, Las Vegas Hilton, Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood, or Paris Las Vegas. Those are in our price range. WPPI will be at the MGM Grand so it may just make sense to stay there or maybe we should be a little bit away. Advice, advice, advice!!!! Is everything in walking distance, will we need to rent a car for the four of us???? Amy Martin, didn’t you go to this….help a sister out. Anyone else we know going?

ALSO……to all readers who have written to us “IF ONLY YOU LIVED HERE I WOULD TOTALLY BOOK YOU.” This is your time!!!!! If you are in the area and would like to book a session in Vegas or the desert we would LOVE to book some sessions while we are there. We will definitely be shooting our brains out and would love to book some sessions instead of shooting each other the whole time. IF you are interested in having Kellan or Emblem take solo, duo, groups, weddings….whatever….please email or comment and I will send a price sheet your way! Make it worth our while peeps. Valentines gift? Do you want us to make you look like this?