blog – Storyteller | Unscripted moments | Karen Jacot http://www.karenjacot.com Finding the extraordinary in the everyday Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:04:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Colie Before 8am http://www.karenjacot.com/colie-before-8am/ http://www.karenjacot.com/colie-before-8am/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:04:17 +0000 http://www.karenjacot.com/?p=9788 Another new Before 8am! You may remember seeing them before on my blog (if you’ve been reading a while) when I did a DITL session with them a few years ago.

We shot this back in January on a particularly cold day. The temp was hovering around zero degrees F when I got there at 6am. Check out the family onesies that they put on (on the regular, they tell me) to stay warm without having to jack up the heat.

Here’s a Saturday morning at Colie’s house.

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]]> http://www.karenjacot.com/colie-before-8am/feed/ 0 Christina Before 8am http://www.karenjacot.com/christina-before-8am/ http://www.karenjacot.com/christina-before-8am/#comments Mon, 06 May 2019 23:06:47 +0000 http://www.karenjacot.com/?p=9743 After a couple years’ hiatus, the Before 8ams are back.

Here’s Christina, who is from Brooklyn, NY, mom of three kids, living in South Boulder. The morning I was there happened to be “dress-up day” at their school.

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]]> http://www.karenjacot.com/christina-before-8am/feed/ 1 Dani Before 8am http://www.karenjacot.com/dani-before-8am/ http://www.karenjacot.com/dani-before-8am/#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:00:30 +0000 http://www.karenjacot.com/?p=9685 Back again with another Before 8am! Have you missed them? I’ve missed sharing them! Here is Dani’s morning.

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Read what Dani says about her mornings today on the Denver Metro Moms Blog.

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]]> http://www.karenjacot.com/dani-before-8am/feed/ 0 Lauren Before 8am http://www.karenjacot.com/lauren-before-8am-2/ http://www.karenjacot.com/lauren-before-8am-2/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:00:38 +0000 http://www.karenjacot.com/?p=9640 Back again with a family of five (plus two dogs) and their weekday morning routine. Including the 4yo making his own eggs! Loved it.

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To see what Lauren says about her mornings, check out the Denver Metro Moms Blog today!

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]]> http://www.karenjacot.com/lauren-before-8am-2/feed/ 0 Rhonda Before 8am http://www.karenjacot.com/rhonda-before-8am/ http://www.karenjacot.com/rhonda-before-8am/#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:58:19 +0000 http://www.karenjacot.com/?p=9488 Rhonda and her husband have five kids, ranging from 15 to 1. (The baby was 10 months old at the time we shot this, which was back in January.) They live just south of Greeley, a town northeast of Denver on the plains. Their small town is also where they grew up. It’s not that far from me (an hour), but it feels so completely different out there. My Colorado is mountains and hills, but the whole eastern side of the state is as flat as Kansas. It made for a gorgeous sunrise over the snow-covered plains.

One thing that struck me about Rhonda was how family-centered her life seemed. She seemed to me to be someone who just really loved having a houseful of kids and taking care of them all.

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To see what Rhonda says about her mornings, check out the Denver Metro Moms Blog today.

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Sunrise hike, a day in Rocky Mountain National Park, Memorial Day.

 

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]]> http://www.karenjacot.com/this-week-ending-6-5/feed/ 0 Lindsey Before 8am http://www.karenjacot.com/lindsey-before-8am/ http://www.karenjacot.com/lindsey-before-8am/#respond Fri, 27 May 2016 11:00:52 +0000 http://www.karenjacot.com/?p=9514 Another Before 8am. Sunday morning at Lindsey’s. She grew up in Dallas and her husband is from Sao Paolo.

Hanging out at home, making breakfast, nothing big. Just a few baby yawns and a tutu and some crazy static electricity.

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Read what Lindsey says about her mornings on the Denver Metro Moms Blog today.

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Another set of mostly hiking photos from around Boulder. I’m loving spending so much time outdoors!

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]]> http://www.karenjacot.com/this-week-ending-5-16/feed/ 0 May 1st Bear Peak climb http://www.karenjacot.com/may-1st-bear-peak-climb/ http://www.karenjacot.com/may-1st-bear-peak-climb/#respond Sun, 15 May 2016 21:24:07 +0000 http://www.karenjacot.com/?p=9459 On the first day of May, I climbed Bear Peak (8459′ at the summit) with a friend during an epic snowstorm. It was the most wintery ascent I’ve ever done (of any mountain), and it happened in May. Boulder, I love you.

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Just a week later all that snow was gone and I was back up on Bear Peak on a beautiful, clear day that looked completely different.

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]]> http://www.karenjacot.com/may-1st-bear-peak-climb/feed/ 0 Leah H. Before 8am http://www.karenjacot.com/leah-h-before-8am/ http://www.karenjacot.com/leah-h-before-8am/#respond Thu, 12 May 2016 11:00:11 +0000 http://www.karenjacot.com/?p=9339 Leah is a traveling nurse, usually moving to a new location every 3 months. But she and her husband decided to stay in Denver after she had an assignment here, so they chose to keep living in their temporary housing until they found a house to buy. She says her living situation feels very temporary (although they’ve been in this temporary apartment for a year now, still with just minimal furniture), and because of that she almost didn’t want to do this photo session.

But then she decided that this was a time that she won’t be able to get back, that this is the home her daughter knows right now, and that she’d like to be able to look back on this once they move out. So at the time we took these photos, they were living in a high-rise in downtown Denver, with this view out their living room window. We did this shoot on one of Leah’s days off.

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Go check out what Leah says about her mornings today on the Denver Metro Moms Blog.

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