I’ve loved this girlie since seventh grade, Ms. Nyberg’s language arts class. Or maybe since we shared a locker. Or wrote notes to each other in an Aladdin notebook. Or came up with nicknames or symbols to use in code so people wouldn’t know what boy we were talking about (Honeybunch, 886 CJM, the little...
Category Archives: At home
Her first “latte”
Okay, so it’s not a latte. Of course! Are you kidding? I do love my (decaf) lattes but she’s only two. She’s got time before we introduce her to the good stuff. She’s enjoying her first vanilla steamer (warm milk with vanilla syrup). She was proud of it today and kept calling it her “coffee.”...
My munchkin
This is pretty much my favorite picture right now. It’s my desktop. I can’t stop staring at how beautiful our little girl is. And look at that attitude. She is definitely in the midst of the confidently-opinionated, uniquely-spirited TWOs (not terrible, our little munchkin could never be described with that word). My lovely little lady....
My dude
He’s mine. All mine. Well, and half my hubby’s. And part his sister’s. And part his grandparents’. But he’s mostly mine. Because I said so. I just can’t get enough of him. My handsome Kasey is the best snuggler I’ve ever known and I definitely can’t get enough of that! Trying to soak it all...
The look
When my little girl turned two, along with a lot of fun birthday presents, she got THIS look. Whoever brought it could do us a favor and bring us a gift receipt because along with this look comes a slight attitude. And when I say “slight” I say it with all the love possible. It’s sometimes...
Texture, Part II
Okay, here’s another one. I’m feeling guilty playing with these textures, actually. I don’t know why … it’s so fun and it does look pretty. I think I sort of feel that I’m cheating or something. I want my photography to be authentic and REAL … and clearly I’ve edited these images a lot in...
Texture
Using texture in post-processing has become really popular in portrait photography. I decided to finally take the plunge and try it out. I just picked a random photo I liked and decided to experiment. Photos with texture are not usually my favorite but I just wanted to see how easy it was to do it....
Colin & Hanh
Had a great day with family today. We celebrated my mom’s birthday and besides my parents, I got to see my brother and sister-in-law, my awesome aunt KK and my cousin Colin and his beautiful, sweet girlfriend Hanh. Colin and Hanh mentioned they wanted to get some pictures taken sometime and I jumped up and said,...
Sunny day at the park
“Look, Ma! No hands!” “Kiss, kiss!” My pretty girl. “I like the park, Mom!” “Not, two, TEE!” Sunny days, sweepin’ the clouds away… Exploring. “Hi, Mom!” “Doodlebug’s the name. Lookin’ cute’s the game. Don’t mess with me.”
Rocky terrain
Someday, we’ll have grass in our backyard. For now, it’s all gravel. We brought in all the gravel last summer to level out the yard and help with the flooding issues we’ve dealt with the past two years. For right now, the entire backyard is full of gravel. James, his dad and younger brother Wyatt...