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Welcome to my blog!

Thanks for visiting!

I'm a mom to three amazing kids, wife to the man who swept me off my feet 12 years ago, and a child of God. I'm passionate about a lot of things, my family, my friends, my faith just to name a few. 

I love the art of photography, messy mixed media, teaching, and inspiring others. I'm transparent and open, ready for girlfriend time at a moment's notice. I love watching my kids get excited about the things they are good at, and walking them through the things that are hard in life. I try to be intentional with my time, authentic in everything, and I try to embrace every moment. My goal for this place is to be a source of sneek peeks for my client's captured "moments" as well as a place to share my own as these fleeting days of parenthood fly by. I want to remember the moments that are often taken for granted in the busyness of the day to day. There is beauty and joy in taking time to freeze a moment with a picture, and even more joy in sharing it with others. Thanks for taking the time to visit. I hope you leave inspired in some way! 

the birthday … continued

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

I have a self -inflicted week-long birthday … sometimes I can even extend it a month! :) Why not?

We spent the weekend celebrating as a family. It was fabulous, maybe one of my best birthdays to date. {Somehow they just keep getting better!} I forget what we did Friday night, but Saturday night I was treated to blueberry waffles {my fave} and welcomed home from the school fun fair with a candlelight dinner. I’ve been wanting to go roller skating as a family for-ever so … my birthday was the perfect time to get everyone out and rollin’! Oh how fun!! Definitely the highlight of my weekend. Even Kiana was a troooooper on little wheels! So cute!

Kiana spent the hour they all lasted hanging onto Kenny and I for dear life the whole time. :)

Aidan thought he was the fastest skater on the whole floor. Awesome.

What a blast! Great times – I highly recommend it for a super fun family time … you’re never too old to roller-blade/skate … lots of beginners out there! Sunday night the kids were in charge of making dinner {with supervision of course}- grilled cheese and french fries. Can’t beat it.

… and the birthday celebrations continue this week … yesterday a couple of friends crashed my morning with a gift card to my favorite art store {xo thank you!} … kid-free errands for an hour {thank you my love!} … a date night with my hubby for a birthday dinner {thank you sweet mother-in-law!} … coffee with more friends later in the week … love.  Keep that birthday week comin’! It’s the only birthday week I get all year!! :)  I will milk it …

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happy birthday to me! {10}

Monday, March 8, 2010

So … it’s official. {Though I’ve been celebrating all weekend}. :)

This first pic is my official self portrait for the week.  I am becoming so happy lately.

Or maybe the next one ….

Or this one …. I can’t decide.

Today marks the beginning of my 37th year … I’m really looking forward to it. I am!! I’m sharing the rest of these just because I was having fun playing with the manual setting on my camera today, putting off all the other things on my “must do” list.

I’d like to learn how to shoot in full manual mode. I usually shoot in Aperture priority mode and it’s a goal to get more comfortable shooting manually. I understand it, but am not totally comfortable with it. I do have to say … I won’t likely ever use that mode in my sessions – kids move way too fast to have to think about all the manual settings at once! So, in my 37th year, I want to continue to master this photography beast that has become quite an obsession for me. There is still SO much to learn!!!

More birthday celebrations … are to be continued …

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self portrait project {9}

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

This is how I feel about tax preparation. Ugh …

Side note: We have new chore charts that you see in the background. I printed them from here. They seem to be working – even Kiana has chores … she can’t wait to do them, innocence is so sweet.  She marks off every single box for every day of the week on her chart the first day of the week. :)

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