y little brother moved into his first apartment. My mom was so worried that he will starve to death because she won’t be cooking for him every day. To remedy this, she donated a bunch of dishes, pots, pans, and cooking utensils to him. I hadn’t had a chance to visit him until recently and […]

t was 2009 when I bought my first “nice” camera, a Canon Rebel. I tinkered around with it, photographing landscapes and scenery. It never even occurred to me that it could one day be my career, let alone that I could document the most important day in a couple’s life together. In 2010, I started […]

his upcoming weekend will be a busy one–two weddings back to back–so on Monday afternoon, we carved out a little time to relax. We went to the new Terry Trueblood Recreation Area and rented kayaks. It’s been a long time since I’ve kayaked (I kind of forget how much you sit in the water!) and Kevin […]

oday is my best friend’s birthday. In so many ways we are opposite (she likes silver; I like gold) and yet in so many ways we are exactly the same. She waltzed into my life about 5 minutes after I walked in alone to my first Christmas choir rehearsal four and a half years ago. She […]

s a kid, I absolutely loathed canning days. My mother had a garden that was so huge, it put the crop fields to shame. Over time, as my siblings have grown and moved out, her garden has gotten smaller and smaller. But, back then, it was enormous. My mom grew everything from sweet corn and […]

I’m so glad that this space of our house has finally changed from disaster area to finished basement. When we first purchased our house, it was finished with neutral walls, white trim, and laminate flooring. We hadn’t planned on doing anything to the area; it was the one part of the house that was completely […]