Today… today we celebrate 11 years of marriage. 11 amazing years of growing and learning together. We’ve had some big lows: discovering our first home was a money pit, scrapping by paycheck to paycheck, having our house burn down, struggling through infertility, miscarrying… and also some wonderful highs: my business taking off, rebuilding our home, …
Marlee is Two Years Old!
Well our little love had a birthday this past Friday and I’m still in shock that she is already a two year old! The time goes by so fast… it’s hard to believe how big she’s grown, how much has changed, how independent she is… She continues to be the sweetest, most joyful and beautiful …
Why I Don’t Shoot Big Weddings (Anymore)
Disclaimer: This is NOT family friendly. And it may be triggering for those who’ve been violated. This is not my usual content. Initially, I tried to “soften” it more than I already have, but I felt it didn’t do justice to the reality of the situation. So I chose honesty in the sharing of my …
Saying Farewell to 2018 & Embracing 2019
Every year for the past several years I’ve done a new year post that looks at the previous year and the upcoming year. Personally I have found this to be an excellent exercise as it serves as a reminder of all the good we’ve experienced and how much I’ve grown. No matter how hard a …
The BIG Move!
Well I know I fell off the Earth there for a while, but man! Life got overwhelming and the only way I knew how to even try to stay on top of everything was to focus only on the necessities, which meant packing, mom-ing, school, and editing/designing. But honestly the majority of my focus was …
BIG Changes
If you’ve been following along for a while, you’ll recall that back in August (the day before my birthday in fact) we put our home on the market. That decision was filled with bittersweet emotions – we built this house and brought our daughter home here and so many of her firsts happened here. There …
Marlee’s 18 Months Old
It’s hard to believe but this little lady of ours is officially a year and a half old! the time is seriously zipping by so fast and I’m constantly in awe of how big she’s getting. I’d say almost daily I say aloud “when did you get so darn big!?” With all of that growing …
Seven Years Past the Fire
Wednesday (October 10) marks the seven year anniversary of the day we lost everything in a house fire. It’s interesting because although that was a very real and life-altering experience – the benefits of it have far outweighed the heartaches of it. Sometimes I think that’s a gift of sorts… to be able to step …
A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
This is the first October that I’ve not had sessions swamping my every Saturday. Between a somewhat freer schedule and my love of fall, we’re taking full advantage and spending time doing fun things together as a family. My parents had wanted to go to the pumpkin patch and it was really nice out htis …
2018 Trip to Okaw Valley Apple Orchard
I know my posts here have been less. There are a few reasons for that and I’m currently trying to determine if a new direction is required here. But today I wanted to share a little peek at our trip to the apple orchard. Growing up, trips to the apple orchard each fall were super …