Parents who were available, and interested in coming, were invited to Brayden’s school yesterday to take part in their Jump Rope for Heart celebration.  It wasn’t anything formal. . . they just had stations set up with a bunch of different activities.  Brayden really wanted me to go. It was during Sawyer’s nap time though, […]

I am almost 100% a self-taught photographer. In the very beginning of this whole thing, as we should call it, I actually avoided booking sessions. I know that sounds ridiculously backwards, but in 2009 and 2010, when I was just starting to dabble in all this photography stuff, I was a deep, deep introvert. Perhaps […]

  Carter sometimes speaks code, and no matter how I ask him to re-explain things, I still don’t get it. Example: The other day, while in ninja character, he jumped off of the ottoman onto the rug, and as he usually does (because he nearly is always throwing himself wildly against things, slamming into things, etc), he […]

In the past five years, I’ve been pretty organized about saving our family images on our hard drive. Each year has a folder, each month has a folder within that folder, and then I save the images with a filename of the date they were taken, followed by a number. A bit over the top, […]

James and I constantly go through phases–they ebb and flow like the seasons.  Sometimes we are content and leave things be. But sometimes one (or both) of us freak out, something snaps and then we go through these brief extremes in weird personality traits. A lot of times this is in the area of our […]

I was looking forward to shooting Becca and Lou’s wedding because I shot Becca’s sister’s wedding two years ago.  It’s always so nice walking into the beginning of someone’s wedding coverage, already knowing a few people.  Becca was calm and collected, sitting on the bed.  She didn’t really know what to do–everyone was prepared and […]

Around here, the last four weeks of winter are VERY welcome–that means we are getting so close to spring. I dream about the day the snow is gone, the grass comes out of hiding, and the trees start blossoming.  But in the meantime, things are just downright ugly. We live on a cul de sac. […]

Star Wars love runs thick through the blood of my boys.  For the third year in a row, our library has hosted a special Star Wars Night.  Check out here and here for the past two years.  Two years ago, it was a well kept secret.  There weren’t too many people present. . . but […]

We did Mary Ann and Chuck’s engagement session on a day where the wind chill was just a couple degrees from zero.  But we had already rescheduled, and we needed to get it done, so we all toughed it out and shivered our way through.  James and I learned a little bit more about their […]

I actually have no words to describe how I’m feeling right now.  I’m heartbroken for so many families.  It seems like devastation is everywhere, and I don’t know if it seems more prevalent than I ever remember it before because now, with Facebook, it seems there are connections to people everywhere.  News travels fasters.  Reaches […]