Final Project selects

For staff class this semester, I'm working with a woman who is a doula. A Doula is like your birth coach only way more productive and knows more than your husband who might pass out. DeeDee teaches classes for expecting moms in the traditional sense as well as pre-natal belly dancing for moms who are planning to have a natural child birth.


DeeDee and her daughter Hazel in between dance classes and rehearsal at Moon Belly Dance Studio.

Fun Stuff from the Weekend

Easter Weekend

Isabella Corrado, 3, gets her face painted by Courtney McCoy at the Easter EGGstravaganza at Douglass Park in Columbia on Saturday afternoon, March 22, 2008.

Courtney McCoy volunteered with the City of Columbia to paint faces at the annual Easter Eggstravaganza Saturday afternoon, March 22, 2008.


MU's Shana White, 19, slides into home being called safe at the plate as Oklahoma State's catcher, Samantha Heinlein, 11, looses control of the throw in from the outfield. White's run was the third and final run scored in the game against the Cowgirls, improving the Tiger's record to 30-7 overall, and 2-0 in the Big XII.



MU's Michaele Vock, 5, is tagged out at home by Oklahoma State's Samantha Heinlein, 11, Saturday afternoon, March 22, 2008. Even though Vock was beat at the plate, the Tigers beat the Cowgirls 3-0.


MU senior center fielder, Kurt Calvert, 5, runs down a deep pop fly against Baylor on Saturday afternoon, March 22, 2008. The Tigers beat the Bears 3-0, making them 17-2 overall and 2-0 in the Big XII.


Tiger's pitcher Ian Berger, 41, throws one in to the batter as Baylor's Ben Booker, 21, tries to steal second base, Saturday afternoon, March 22, 2008. Berger, a junior, helped to lead the Tigers to a 3-0 victory over the Bears.

Updates...cause I've been too busy.

So here's some of the stuff that I'm including in portfolios these days. If anyone has any comments...I'm taking all the help I can get! I promise to start updating way more often and be regular about it since there's more time to shoot now that POYi is over.

Missouri Valley College's production of "The Island," 2007.

Lisa Puccio practices her uneven bars routine at the MU gymnastics team practice on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Puccio is a senior this year only performing on the bars due to a torn ACL last season.

The MU Tiger's return to the floor after a time out in the second half of the Wednesday night game against Nebraska. The Tiger's lost 66-62.



Adam Lefler helps Olive Humphrey learn to skate in circles at the Jefferson City ice skating ring, February 10, 2007.


MU's Nicole Wilson, 25, races after a loose rebound during the second half to beat Ashley Paris, 5, of Oklahoma. The Tigers lost 61-57 Wednesday night, February 6, 2008.

Fellow teammates watch as Greg DeStephen (cq) takes a dive off the 1 meter spring board during a MU diving team practice, Wednesday, February 6, 2008. The team faces Drury University on Friday and is back home against Nebraska on Saturday. Coach Jamie Sweeney (cq) said that, "This is going to be a good weekend for Mizzou diving."


Darah Oxford meditates at the end of her pre-natal belly dancing class that DeeDee Farris-Folkert teaches at the Community Birth Center in Columbia, MO. Classes are held Friday nights at 6:30 p.m. followed by the postpartom class for new moms at 7:30 p.m.

Trent Brett Acton born March 13, 2007, held by his grandfather Kevin two days after he was born.