strawberry fields… forever

this was quite a day… I woke with an urge for farming! do you ever get that…? just wake and feel like digging in the dirt! stepping on rotten strawberries! swatting off flies! I love it! So me and my littlest hopped in the car and headed east! I wish my oldest could have come … Read more

as simple as fresh OJ…

sometimes there are days where I just want to be home… I just want to watch my babies grow… that’s it! I swear they grow while they are sleeping… each night I watch them sleep and wonder… how did they get so big… how can I slow things down… the only way to really slow … Read more

a little get-away…

such a fun little get-away we had… sometimes little tiny get-aways are just enough… we only went an hour away and gosh, I don’t know if I ever felt more relaxed! after a big giant busy season during the holidays and closely almost losing my mind a handful of times… enough was enough and we … Read more

my favorite part…

my most favorite part of Christmas this year… and maybe ever…was…just before bed…The Excitement!We set out milk and cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer… then put the magic key outside since we don’t have a chimney…then we sat just the four of us on our driveway under the stars and moon… we hugged … Read more

Christmas Time…

just came across these pics and had to post… I loved our Christmas time!It was magic!I love the coziness of it… it’s a nice reward after such a crazy busy season with our photog biz…We plan it right finalllllly… so we are OFF the week before Christmas!I dream of it… and when it happens… it’s … Read more

3…

oh dear… totally wrote in my last post that our little sweetie turned2.. totally meant 3!!! whoops!We are LOVING 3!!!she’s got so much spunk and her true character is blooming! so here we are waking and singing Swedish Happy Birthday to Cecilia!it’s a fun tradition… breakfast in bed, candles, singing, flowers, and presents!!!all week we … Read more

Luau Fun for a sweetie pie!

I mean seriously… had such a blast atCecilia’s 3rd Birthday Party!!!We try to keep it way different than Christmas as her birthday is on the 19th… eeeek… totally didn’t plan that one well…BUT…I am so damn glad that her birthday is when it is!I love a Christmas Baby!!!Best Present EVER!and seriously would the lady at … Read more

a little Christmas catch up… but still more to come later…

I’m pretty happy I married a Swede… for so many reasons…but gosh I love Lucia!This tradition is beautiful… I mean really… what other holiday do you get to have real fire on top of your head and SING! now our girls love these traditions just as much as I do!I love holidays I love everything … Read more