I feel old – like I’ve been around the block a few times. My blog turned 2 on Sunday! I’ll admit I feel a little proud of the fact that I’m still blogging. I didn’t know how long I’d stick with it when I started two years ago. It was really awkward at first, sharing […]

My awesome, entrepeneur-minded friend had this great idea to start his own blog and write about all the cool things happening in Nebraska that centered around food. Because believe me, Nebraskans love their food. And there’s a growing number of them that appreciate really really good food. Tyler’s idea, Nebraska Foodie, is the blog that […]

The only reason I haven’t shared a suspenseful teaser of my latest project yet is because I didn’t want to make people sit in agonizing anticipation for too long. That…and I forgot until now. Coming Monday – my good friend Tyler is launching a new blog and I’ve been busy tweaking and styling the site. […]

So, my sister and her husband (you’ve met) celebrated five years of marriage a few weekends ago. Doesn’t that seem like a long time these days? I think so. They are awesome and love each other greatly and just have a cool story of their life and the things God has done in it. They’re […]

This post probably should’ve gone up Monday, but my site was down. Thanks GoDaddy! Anyhow, my weekend was the most productive I’ve had in a long time, which incidentally means it wasn’t too restful. Sometimes you have to choose one or the other. As tired as I was Monday, it felt good to spend the […]

We made it to Boston! The last two days (Saturday and Sunday) were spent here and overall it was quite nice. We had some light rain the first day, but nothing we couldn’t sit out in a nice little bakery or walk through under a polka dot umbrella. We did learn that Boston isn’t such […]

Picking up where I left off on Part 1, after a fantastic, albeit short, visit to Portland, we hit the road and headed downeast (i.e. northeast) to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park (both located on Mount Desert Island). This was the pace of our trip. We spent a fairly short amount of time at […]

Yes, David and I did indeed go to Vacationland. I have wanted to go to Maine for as long as I can remember. I used to beg my parents for a New England vacation, and we just never ended up there. I was stoked when David and I found reasonable tickets and decided to go. […]

David and I just got back yesterday from a fantastic vacation we were lucky enough to take. While my body does not exactly feel rested (holy cow we walked a lot), my soul does. It’s just plain good to break from the repetitive rhythms in your life from time to time. A song can be […]

So you know those couples who say “we make a point to have a date night once a week.” I think this is awesome. That sounds like such a wonderful idea. I want uninterrupted, special time to spend with David once a week. I’d like a weekly excuse to get dressed up, go out for […]

Have you guys seen the Modern Family episode “Slow Down Your Neighbors”? That’s what that title reminds me of. I recently had reason to celebrate a good friend. She got married last weekend, and in July I got to help with a shower for her. I love how showers get to focus so specifically on […]

We are anxiously awaiting the departure date for our upcoming vacation! All I want to do is GO. I suppose the wait is part of what makes the actual experience so fulfilling. I’ll try and dwell on that. 🙂 Image via Inflated/Deflated. Prints available here.

This post is WAY overdue. Back in June, I had an unusual opportunity with work to travel to West Lafayette, Indiana for a few days. Not only do I pretty much never have a reason to travel for work, it was crazy that this was the place I ended up going, because though most of […]

Oh my gosh, you guys. I did the coolest photo shoot the other day. And now that I’m writing this, I don’t really know why I haven’t bragged about my friend before on here. Her name is Candace, and she will plan you the best wedding you could ever imagine. She is the face behind […]

I was lucky enough to be invited to take some pictures at a birthday party for a cute one-year-old you’ve seen around here before: Sam turned one! He had an amazing monkey-themed party planned by his momma, and spent the afternoon being adored by family and friends and his personal photographer (me). He is SUCH […]

Happy friday, friends! Even after having a holiday in the middle of the week, I am welcoming the weekend with open arms. The 4th of July was so fun though this year, even if it had to fall on a Wednesday. Although I am not one to spend my money on fireworks, I am glad […]

On June 9th, I ran my very first road race. Ok, I ran my very first ever race of any kind. The last time I ran in an organized manner like this was in elementary school gym class, running the mile. Here’s the really honest skinny on how I feel about running and my participation […]