James and I made a decision this past August to invest our time in family. We don’t take for granted that he has off in the summer, and that I can make my own schedule–so we planned out our month and quite literally spent the majority of it with family members who we don’t get […]

Things are going to be so different for me this school year. I’m reverting back to what it was like six years ago. When it was just Brayden and I during the day. I don’t really remember much, except I know I probably had much less responsibilities. My business was just starting, so there wasn’t […]

I know, I know. . . this post has TOO many pictures. Really. But seriously, the Tennessee Aquarium was amazing, guys! This is our second time there in four years, and it was just as good the second time. The boys just loved it. So if you have a few minutes to take a look at […]

I blinked. It’s September 2nd. I’m pretty sure school just let out for the summer. Time is slipping through my hands like little pieces of sand that I’m trying to squeeze the life out of. There’s no stopping it. This morning, my middle son got on the bus for his first day of Kindergarten. To […]

It’s no secret. I use Groupon all the time, and even more so now that they constantly have 20% off coupon codes. The problem is that we don’t always find a way to use them by the time they expire. Usually you don’t have a ton of time–and that’s how they get you. There have […]

We were waiting for out of town family to arrive the other night and the boys were getting antsy.  They didn’t want to stray from the front yard in fear that they would miss the “pulling in” celebration. So we were just hanging out in the front. And we may have jumped the gun a […]

For nearly twenty years, I lived just a handful of miles from Niagara Falls–I have been there a ton of times. But when you live so close, you never “spend a day” at the Falls. You just go for a quick trip, look at the Falls, ooh and ahh briefly and then be off on […]

My handsome hubby was a groomsmen in his good friend’s wedding this past weekend. I had a wedding of my own to shoot, so sadly, I couldn’t be there. I hear I missed out on a great party (and missed out on seeing him in his fancy attire!). My friend Sarah took a few pictures […]

July flew by far too quickly. Days were whirlwinds of activities, playing, photo shoots, birthdays, soccer and impromptu little family dates. And in the meantime, my blogging was inexistent. So this post is full of lots of images rounding up our last couple weeks of July. August is full of family time–We have so many […]

My birthday sort of passed by like a breeze this year. Birthdays are a little weird. They sneak up on you year after year–and twenty four hours of feeling special is mostly an internal celebration. Sort of like when you’re pregnant and at the store and nobody else knows but you. You walk around feeling […]