I poured my heart & soul into this one… the girl & the video. ha. I spent a few months gathering photos, scanning photos, crying over photos, placing photos, finding the exact music with the right words & beat, making & re making this video. it is like a time capsule for me. not only of Mikayla’s life but of our family’s life. the…
2016, Mikayla’s final marching band season!! for days I have been gathering photos & videos from this past marching season & I think I am finally ready to put them all together. I am only missing a few videos from early practices that I lost when my phone died on me. oh well, not going to stress about the few videos I lost because…
you know that feeling, when you know you are dreaming, the best dream & you can feel yourself beginning to wake & you don’t want to have to leave this beautiful dream. you close your eyes real tight & try to will yourself back into that time & place of your dream. yep, that one. usually those dreams I am with people that are…
little bits & huge moments in our lives. sometimes I want to write it all down, other times all I can do is just try to keep up with life. looking back now, there are so many little & big moments missing from this blog, from the record of our daily lives. this space, it holds everything I hold close in my heart &…
I know. it is august, but back in April our beautiful girl turned 17. 17!!!!! a few nights before her birthday we set out for our annual “birthday photo shoot” I don’t know if we can ever top ’16’, those balloons & those gorgeous trees but this year, I think we did pretty good too. party hats, 17, epic skies & silhouettes… we left,…
I know. its august, a whole new school year started today!! Mikayla’s senior year!! this however is her junior year prom. April 2, 2016. I have been going back to these photos every few weeks trying to get them all edited just the way I want them. but you know what. these aren’t award winning photos(ha) these are photos of our girls’ junior prom…
2015, in 7 minutes. just one week left of 2015 & I am ready to close the door & open a new one. the years keep passing. minutes flying bye. we grow, we laugh, we cry. I’m just so thankful we get to do it all together…
this trip is so much more than a vacation. this trip was an unlocking. of emotions, history, friendship, love, memories & so much more. this trip would not have been possible without Cat. without her sending me a message & saying “is this the year we are going to celebrate our Libra birthdays together??” & my immediate response was, YES. this trip meant so…
40. uhm, I never thought it would bother me. I guess im not really bothered by it, I am more just surprised by it. what does it mean? well, I guess it just means that I have been here for 40 years. I guess I am still trying to figure out if I am more Tim McGraw “wish I knew then what I know…
well, needless to say it has been a very emotional few days. so, of course, I had to make a video. hahahaha. looking back, thru the masses of photos. boxes & boxes of them, scrapbooks, mini books, flash drives, hard drives, computer files, this blog, etc…. the pictures are everywhere. I realized that what my love for photography has given me is time with…