For four days in a row, the temperature has been over seventy degrees. IN NOVEMBER! Really, it’s been amazing. We broke a record set in 1938 the other day with a high of 78 degree. Today, it’s the last of it. And unfortunately it’s windy and a bit rainy, but it’s still warm! Shorts and t-shirts and sandals! […]

October’s weather was full of rain. Lots of it. I feel like it rained like 75% of the days in October–and I had LOTS of photo shoots scheduled. Luckily the rain was usually in the morning, or overnight so it didn’t affect too many of my sessions. Just this past week I have had to […]

November 1st is a time of s l o w i n n n g g g g down in my mind. Starting November 1st, I don’t really book weeknight photo sessions anymore. And that’s because, well, it’s dark by 5 for the most part! Daylight savings is on October 31st this year, so the […]

Life has no rules really. I’ve learned that over the years, but now that I’m entering into the heart of life . . . getting deep into it. . . I’m learning it even more. Marriages get weak and begin cracking at the center. It’s all around us it seems. . . friends everywhere we […]

It’s no secret–I hate when September arrives each year. We are blessed to have James home in the summer, and when September gets here, it robs us of all the joy of having all five of us home most days. And then there were two. Just me and the little guy. Change is hard, and […]

Last week we headed up to the lake to check out a spot that I wanted to do a photo shoot at. I knew the sun would be setting in a great place, but I wanted to see if there were any good places for some pictures. Of course, I brought my camera along! We […]

We’ve adopted a bit of a “wild” theme in our backyard this year. Being that it’s the first summer we have lived at this house, I’m not sure we knew what we were getting ourselves into. We only looked at the house in the winter, so we didn’t know quite how extensive the “landscaping” areas […]

Right now, at this very second, I think there are no less than about ten major projects going on in our house at one time. Owning a house is insane. Once you are all set with one area, you turn around and there’s another improvement to be made. Something to make the house more functional […]

I keep thinking that I must be fooled –that summer really isn’t gone after all and that this whole September back to school, cold weather is coming shenanigans is really just a hoax. It has to be, right? I mean, we were just enjoying the carefree do-what-we-please days, and then we hit a brick wall. […]

When we moved into our house, there was a little bit of unfinished space that James and I dreamed could be a functional and very important mud room. In our last house, our garage went directly into the kitchen. There was no space for shoes. No space to take off wet winter clothes and boots. […]