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 […]
A few weeks ago, some dear friends who moved away a year ago came back for a visit. It was so so so much fun to pick up where we left off, although I was spoiled into feeling like they lived here again. Oh yeah, and I made a new friend: their little Levi, who […]
I keep a mental list. It’s not complex with headings and categories, it’s just one long list of everything titled “Things in My Head”. It includes stuff I want to do around the house, the groceries I need to go buy after work, emails I need to write, ideas I am mulling over, clothing items […]
So I’ve mentioned that I have had quite a bit going on lately. Within the last month or so, I went to Portland, Oregon for a conference for work, one of my besties got married, I edited about 2000 photos of weeds that I took for a client at work down to about 500 images […]
A while ago, I had a birthday. A small group of my friends celebrated my measly twenty-six years with a progressive dinner. It was so much fun, I failed at photographing most of it, but I tried, so I thought I’d share the few images I have from a night that was filled with good […]
When it rains, it pours. And then beautiful flowers appear and everything comes to life in this amazing thing called spring. And then time picks up speed and starts moving like a freight train and I just do my best to keep up. I feel like I’ve quit my blog. Not on purpose, and not […]
What a sweet family. I met Andrew and Justine through our good friends that some of you might recognize (the family resemblance isn’t hard to see), and I got to meet little Trey a few weeks ago for this shoot of their new family of three. I love how they look at their son. It’s […]
Happy Friday, people! One week ago, I was watching the weather forecast like a hawk and pulling together last minute details for a bridal shower that would take place in my backyard the next day. I have seen so many beautiful photos of events like this that take place outside in some beautiful, peaceful setting, […]
I am the pickiest person I know. Not about food (Good lord, no!), but about “look”. It’s the curse of the creative: I’m always designing things in my head that don’t exist, and that I have neither the resources nor the time to make. But sometimes…sometimes I actually make it. Me and the term “Do […]
Some of you who know me know that my job is a little non-traditional. Sometimes when talking to people about things that happen at the office, that I have come to think of as normal, I get these strange looks that remind me that I do not work in a normal office, as many people […]
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 […]