Category Archives: personal

My Gracie is THREE!

i love that when i asked her to smile for my camera, instead she lifted her dress up over her head and started shaking her tushy. i love that when i gave her the jellybeans, she scattered them all over her piano and said she was “just giving the songs a prettier outfit”.  i love that...

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Iowa

we are in iowa… enjoying family, life and trying hard to just be in the moment.  it is blissful. there will surely be a long blog post when we get back of all the fun things we have done, but i had to post this one of my little brandon just for now.  it has...

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I am thankful…

for my baby boy’s sweet little buns.  okay, they are not so little.    :)
happy thanksgiving everybody!

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My Gracie

my girl, 2 years and 10 months old…

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Pumpkin Patch!

every year around this time i find myself wishing that the holidays would just be over.  this is the most insane time of the year for us portrait photographers and lately it has been 70 hour work weeks for me full of shooting, editing, ordering, packaging, designing, emailing… and somehow trying to fit in being...

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Brandon, 10 months old

he’s such a wiggly little worm!  he only lets me cuddle him now when he’s super sleepy… otherwise he is climbing up on everything and crawling at lightning speed and showing me all that i still need to babyproof!  he’s so squishy and chunky and happy and precious … i could squeeze him alllllllllllll day...

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Our Home!!!

i am happy to introduce you to our home!!!        
this last year has been a whirlwind for us.  in between me being on bed rest during my pregnancy with brandon, then welcoming and getting used to life with two children, buying our first home, knocking down...

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Gracie & her trike.

these photos show her almost the same way i picture her in my mind.  
her sweet little face full of wonder.  her wild curls dancing in the sunlight.  the way she sits and takes in all the beauty around her.  that one little bumble bee sticker on her foot.  how she sings to herself.  her...

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A day in the life… OUR LIFE!

i love taking pictures of my children but at times i lose myself in all my ideas behind the lens and find myself missing the tiny details of my kids that make our hearts overflow.  the tickle fights, flower picking, dance parties in our underwear, the cuddling, story time, her little curls, his infectious laugh...

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My little man is crawling…

and he has the squishiest thighs and arms and belly and…. okay pretty much everything.  i just want to gobble him up every second of the day!!!!!!!!  here’s my boy… already 8 months old.  where’d the time go??! 

these next three really make my heart happy:

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