Camellias are my absolute favorite blooming shrub. I hail from Texas and we don’t have many of these, so I’m quite OBSESSED when they start blooming here in Portland in April. The first time I saw one blooming I thought it was some interesting looking rose… spoiler alert, it’s not! I walk around our neighborhood […]

Camellias are my absolute favorite blooming shrub. I hail from Texas and we don’t have many of these, so I’m quite OBSESSED when they start blooming here in Portland in April. The first time I saw one blooming I thought it was some interesting looking rose… spoiler alert, it’s not! I walk around our neighborhood […]

Yep.. my second son is now days away from turning TWO and I’m just now writing his birth story.  No judging, please.  When we were originally told his estimated due date, (7/7/17) my husband was really holding out for a 4th of July baby. I just laughed, because our first son was born 2 weeks […]

Yep.. my second son is now days away from turning TWO and I’m just now writing his birth story.  No judging, please.  When we were originally told his estimated due date, (7/7/17) my husband was really holding out for a 4th of July baby. I just laughed, because our first son was born 2 weeks […]

Doing your own kid’s newborn portraits is quite far from “easy”.  What you don’t see is the bucket of sweat from me, and the thousands of breaks we took to soothe baby Noah, who was a literal angel until it was time to do these portraits and he was not a happy camper at the […]

Doing your own kid’s newborn portraits is quite far from “easy”.  What you don’t see is the bucket of sweat from me, and the thousands of breaks we took to soothe baby Noah, who was a literal angel until it was time to do these portraits and he was not a happy camper at the […]

How was this a year ago?? The blooms around Portland in the Spring are straight out of a fairy tale. It’s unbelievable. I am so grateful to live in a place with actual four seasons (for the most part).  It’s truly like we earned it and are being rewarded with beauty for coming out of […]

How was this a year ago?? The blooms around Portland in the Spring are straight out of a fairy tale. It’s unbelievable. I am so grateful to live in a place with actual four seasons (for the most part).  It’s truly like we earned it and are being rewarded with beauty for coming out of […]

These sisters were gifted an early Christmas present, a baby sister! Look at how beautiful these girls are with their porcelain skin, dark hair and blue eyes. Gonna be trouble for their Dad one day… that’s for sure!  🙂 I’m so glad to know this family. They are so beautiful inside and out and funny […]

These sisters were gifted an early Christmas present, a baby sister! Look at how beautiful these girls are with their porcelain skin, dark hair and blue eyes. Gonna be trouble for their Dad one day… that’s for sure!  🙂 I’m so glad to know this family. They are so beautiful inside and out and funny […]

It’s become an annual tradition that when we visit the Oregon Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival I break out my shorts for the first time since the previous Summer. For some reason it’s worked out perfectly and been incredibly beautiful weather whenever we visit in March!!! You wouldn’t know it, but it was super windy last […]

It’s become an annual tradition that when we visit the Oregon Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival I break out my shorts for the first time since the previous Summer. For some reason it’s worked out perfectly and been incredibly beautiful weather whenever we visit in March!!! You wouldn’t know it, but it was super windy last […]

So, it’s been a while since I last blogged… over a year to be exact. BUT in that last year I’ve had another baby and we made it a whole year! Having two kids is no joke! Trying to work from home with two small kiddos can be challenging. We’ve done a lot of adventuring […]

So, it’s been a while since I last blogged… over a year to be exact. BUT in that last year I’ve had another baby and we made it a whole year! Having two kids is no joke! Trying to work from home with two small kiddos can be challenging. We’ve done a lot of adventuring […]

We’re ringing in the New Year with a big blessing. The Lord has blessed us with ANOTHER miracle baby.  I just entered my second trimester, which puts baby due around July 7th, 2017 (but Brian’s reeeeallly hoping for a July 4th baby). It’s kind of a cool redemption story. Rewind 6 years back to our […]

We’re ringing in the New Year with a big blessing. The Lord has blessed us with ANOTHER miracle baby.  I just entered my second trimester, which puts baby due around July 7th, 2017 (but Brian’s reeeeallly hoping for a July 4th baby). It’s kind of a cool redemption story. Rewind 6 years back to our […]