I’ve worked with Krista for over 2 years now in a medical clinic and I was thrilled to be able to take her family’s pictures.  Her family is beautiful.  Really beautiful.  Her daughters have inherited her sense of style (I aspire to be like them!) and they’re all just gorgeous, honestly. Krista set up the family photos […]

We had barely buckled them all in, when from the backseat, Kylie piped up, “Grandma, I do not like that sweater you’re wearing.”  I love the honesty of children.  (Later, she said that she loves my purse.  At least the girl, at only 5 years old, has figured out her taste in fashion.  To my […]

I knew I was going to have a blast with this family.  They have such an array of interests that I knew it was going to be such a personalized photo shoot.  We did start off with a bit of a mishap in our meeting place, but things got all worked out and the weather […]

I admit: I am a sucker for a happy ending.  I shed tears for the underdog in the Olympics.  I cry like a baby during happy endings in movies.  I sob during TV shows.  (I do.  Ask Kevin.)  I don’t like reading the news very much because, frankly, mostly times are only sad endings, bickering […]

We didn’t see any woodpeckers on the woodpecker trail, but it was a gorgeous day nevertheless.  Kevin and I went on a little hike this afternoon to enjoy the great outdoors.  It’s unusually perfect weather outside right now and I’m just soaking it right up. The leaves fluttered around us and we occasionally came across […]

The smell, that musty scent that lingers softly in the air, overtakes me.  I open the pages further, hearing them creak against their binding, and stick my nose right into the crease.  Inhale. Mmmm… This is the smell that I want my children to know. But, thanks to the rise of technology, I’m scared it […]