when east meets south
No, you’re not seeing double. We just celebrated another birthday. Meet our newest (and happiest) seven year old. For his birthday he asked for, “Anything Nerf, Ninja Turtle or Ninjago.” And he got a little of each. He asked for a “green and blue cake, with green on the inside.” And he got that, too. Happy Birthday, little man. We… Read More
These two. I took them out together – planning on photographing each of them individually. Because they can make each other laugh like no one else. Turned out that, more than anything, they wanted to be photographed together. And pretend to be ninja fighters. And make superhero poses. So grateful that even though these boys were born over 500 miles… Read More
Because my memory often fails me. And because you can’t misplace the internet (not that I’ve ever misplaced anything important.) I took measurements of my kiddos about the same time last year. But – thinking I’d get around to measuring them later – I skipped the littles. And never did measure them. Until yesterday. This year I decided to forego… Read More
And second grade. And third grade. And, yes, fourth grade. Not necessarily in that order. Just look at my sweet babies. Love ’em so much. I did sort of cheat with my “first day of school” pictures, though. Instead of getting a picture of each of my school-bound kiddos, I went for the group shot. At least it’s better than… Read More
It’s been a busy summer. In a good way. I’ve let a lot of “regular” things slip because I wanted to be intentional about spending time with my kids. And it has been so ridiculously fun. One of the things I put on the back burner – besides blogging regularly – was my photography. I used to pull my camera… Read More
November is National Adoption Month. And yesterday was Orphan Sunday. So the subject of adoption has been occupying a lot of my brain matter lately. As a momma to seven beloved children that were once considered orphans, adoption is often on my mind. But I’ve been reminded that I want my passion for adoption to be more than something that… Read More
Here they are. At least, a few of ’em. More to follow, when I manage to wrangle the older kids into a photo shoot. Since I’m doing school pictures my way, I figured I’d include a mini-interview, too. This way, when they are older and ask me for details about their childhood that I’ve long since forgotten, I can point… Read More
We’re a little non-traditional around here. A few years ago I, once again, forgot it was ‘school picture day’. And sent someone to school with unbrushed hair, or a not-picture-worthy shirt, or some other horrendous mom-crime that we moms unwittingly commit against our kids. It was then that I decided to forgo the traditional school picture forevermore. And I determined… Read More
As I mentioned last week, I missed an opportunity to get pictures of my kids on the first day of school. And – as much as I’d intended to get pictures of them every. single. day. – the rest of that first week was basically an ugly blur. They’d come home in the afternoons with backpacks loaded with papers to… Read More
Oh my. Be forewarned, there are a ton of pictures below. It was our singular “vacation” of the year, if you want to call it a vacation. What it was was one wondrous day at the beach. And so, I took a lot of pictures. It was also Poppy’s first time to the beach. She wasn’t so sure how she… Read More