Summer vacation is just about over, and I definitely wasn’t ready for it to come so soon. We’ve had the best summer, simply spending time with friends, playing at the park and in the splash pads, being unstructured and spontaneous, and spending as much time outside as possible. While we’re all ready for it too […]

My favorite photos I take of my family are quite different than what I take for my clients. They’re just… fun. And us. And really imperfect and relaxed. They’re exactly what I want them to be though: memories made with these precious children of mine, and reminders of the immense ways my husband and I […]

Right after getting married, Justin and I moved from San Diego to Pittsburgh for two years so he could get his masters. Pittsburgh never felt like home and we never planned to stay, but it ruined us for fall. We had real seasons for the first time, and those few blissful weeks in September and […]

So, I told you all on Instagram a few days ago that I had some super exciting news coming your way, and here it is!!! (I could’ve put about fifty exclamation points in there and it still might not do my giddiness justice.) I’m now offering family videography services! I have no desire at this […]

The end of summer marks many things for us. My oldest beginning full time school… My middle turning four… My youngest *finally* calling me mama… Five months in Idaho, five months as homeowners, five months settling into a totally new life, one that has its highs and lows but that we love deeply. It’s has […]

In three days my baby turns one, and I’ve been reflecting on the last 20 ish months since I found out I was expecting him. Be warned, this is long. 😉 Around a baby’s first birthday, I see so many moms reminisce fondly about pregnancy and proudly look back on their wonderful birth stories and […]

I recently had an interview featured over at SD Voyager Magazine, and if you’re interested in a little behind-the-scenes look at my business, click on over to read the full exchange. I am so grateful that I am able to work a job that I love so much and am incredibly thankful for all of […]

Our family received some really big news recently: we are moving to Boise, Idaho! While it goes without saying that this is very bittersweet and we will miss so many people here, we are super excited for everything this means for our family and there is so, so much that we are looking forward to. We’ve […]

I have this mental image right now of life and the passing of time – on the one hand it’s like running toward that distant horizon line, yet never seeing the far off mountains loom any larger; and on the other it’s like trying to hold sand in your hands yet it slips away even […]

Adelaide has been looking forward to the “funnest, spookiest night of the year!” for so long and this morning you’d think from her level of excitement that it was Christmas. We kept it low key and just went trick-or-treat-ing for a bit in a neighborhood nearby, but it was even more fun than I expected. […]