Sometimes my sister-in-law writes blog posts that stick with me for a long while. This one happens to be one of them.  I find myself saying no to the boys sometimes when they ask me something, for actually no good reason. Of course I say no to things when it involves safety issues, too much […]

This session was just simply amazing for me. Because this session was the very first one that I shot in my new studio. Sure, things were a bit disorganized, and there were still boxes that had yet to be put away in the studio, but the shooting area was ready to go (though not pretty […]

Photographing these two was a mini adventure. It was fun, it was tough, but in the end I felt like I had conquered the course set out for me. Because in the images in this blog post, you can tell that mom was on one side, dad was on the other side, and we were […]

Today’s post makes me teary. And I’m not a teary kind of gal–I don’t normally wear my emotions on my sleeves. My friend Mindy wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago. See. . . she lost one of her son’s to a battle with brain cancer. She knows the true value of living […]

The other day I was commenting to my friend that it was really tough for me when Sawyer was in the 12-18 month range–he would constantly be taking things out of draws and sprinkling them all over the floor, only to leave three seconds later with a tornado of a mess in his dust. Clearly, […]

Dear Bethany, You are the luckiest mom in the world. You have been given the most precious gift of boys. And not just one. And not just two. But three little boys . . . the next generation of Chase boys. The ones who will carry their daddy’s last name far and wide and God […]

March seems like so long ago–looking back through these images, these things are a distant memory. The AWANA grand prix race, my grandfather passing away, my brother and dad coming to town, the beginning of our packing adventures and being overwhelmed by all of that. It’s amazing how things are so different just two months […]

Week one in the new house was chaotic–as you read in last week’s house update post. Week two was better. Much better. Boxes are gone (or in storage). We can walk through the entire house without maneuvering around giant messes everywhere, and mostly everything has a place. Mostly. High priority on my list is to get […]

This session was so special for me. Though we’ve not stayed in contact super well (because I am terrible at that sort of thing), this little guy’s momma and I were pretty good friends in high school. We played many sports together, had many friends in common and we hung out quite a bit–I even […]

I have yet to get my new studio fully settled and decorated, but it’s useable and up and running–and that’s super exciting for me! We moved in last weekend, and I had to have the studio in decent condition five days later for a string of three newborns in a row. Because newborn sessions are […]