First thing’s first. Who’s excited for tomorrow? We are: We (obviously – from the picture) read these books before Christmas and cannot wait to see the movie this weekend! My department at work is having an especially nerdy celebration of this event, which I’ll have to share next week. Stay tuned for that. In the […]
Once every four years. What an odd phenomenon! Do you think people are really inspired with “Carpe Diem” thoughts on this day because it’s more of a rarity? Do you do things you wouldn’t normally do, because today is special? Well, David and I do something we only get to do once every four years. […]
Yes. I’ve been dying to share these. My brother and his wonderful wife. Can you see the newlywed love going on? Palpable, right? They were such good sports. It was beyond frigid, and it was fairly last-minute, as in thirty minutes before departing our condo after our family Christmas and setting off in opposite directions […]
Happy Valentine’s Day, blog friends! In an attempt to overcome my annual winter coma of laziness and get some V-Day gifts ready, I lugged the sewing machine downstairs and did some crafting last weekend. I broke two of my rules in doing so, in honor of this rather sappy, but kind of fun holiday. Those […]
I had an entire afternoon devoted to making Christmas cookies back in December. When I’m motivated enough to do something like this, I try to get out my camera and document. So, even though this is a little out of season now, I’m posting one of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes. Also, I will not […]
Happy Monday, everyone! It is a whopping 70 degrees here today and it. is. amazing. This is my perfect winter. Yesterday I got to spend some time with one of my favorite families to take Gregg’s 6 month pictures. We went to the Capitol building, which I considered to be mostly a wedding photo spot, […]
I wouldn’t exactly call myself a great baker, but I can generally follow a recipe and not screw things up too badly. If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I am blessed (or cursed?) with sudden impulses to make things. Well, occasionally I want to make something I can devour immediately after […]
Lillian is a sweet, tiny, pink baby whose parents let me photograph a few moments of their amazing journey of pregnancy back in October. Lillian Frances arrived in November and these photos were taken when she was just nineteen days old. With two red-headed parents, she’s one cute little ginger. Someone did not enjoy being […]
Or should I say, Merry Week in-between Christmas and New Year’s during which you just feel like napping and not going to work or doing laundry or much of anything! I’m quite sure that for most of my life, I never knew that New Year’s Eve/Day were only one week after Christmas. New Year’s must […]
You don’t have to say it. The Hassler family is adorable. Baby Sam is 6 months old, makes the best faces, and the camera loves him. This guy obviously gets a lot of love, and the best way to get a smile out of him was kisses from mom and dad. Personal favorite #1: Personal […]
Today marks (she’d rather not say) years of my mother’s existence. Happy birthday, Mom! As you can obviously see, my mom is a talented lady. (And we are going skiing next weekend, so this was just all too appropriate.) For starters, she created four amazing people (with the help of my dad). But there’s more! […]
Actually, freezing in December is more like it, but I’m working on being optimistic about winter. Not really, but let’s just pretend that’s true. What I have NOT been doing in December is buying Christmas presents. I have a tendency to get all frazzled in this lovely, peaceful, joy-inducing month and miss out on enjoying […]
Here’s just a small glimpse of how we ended a long, thankful holiday. This lady went out of her way to make it special, and it was awesome. There are no pictures of the food, because I was too excited to eat it to take pictures. And my excitement was not met with disappointment. Who […]
This week David and I celebrated our third anniversary. Three is funny to me. It seems like so long and at the very same time it is such a small number. If God decides to give us thirty years together, I’m sure we will find it hillarious that we ever thought three years was a […]
So, I’m ashamed to admit it, but I think David and I both clocked over 40 hours on this project. What a hoss. My conclusions about painting the trim white in our basement are as follows (and some of you have heard this already because I like to complain about things and make others share […]
Remember this guy? His family is pretty special. His parents are treasured friends of mine and David’s and even endured living in the other half of our sketchy duplex for a few years. We hope they never tire of us. Gregg’s mom Amy asked me to take some family pictures of them and I didn’t […]
This is happening, people. It’s totally happening. Over the course of a lot of hours. Happy Thursday!
Today I’m having a party for myself, and basically by myself, to celebrate my first full year of blogging. 365 days ago today, I wrote my first, tiny, and really boring blog post. I believe the content has improved drastically in 12 months. I hope you think so, too. Let’s review the year with some […]