pretending…

before I had children I dreamed of being a mother… I wanted children that could play make-believe.. imagine… pretend. I feel it’s a lost art… a little like letter writing (I still do letters) I feel it could be maybe one of the most important things for children is pretending, imagining, and playing OUTSIDE in … Read more

tree trimming….

so many memories made this time of year… so many traditions… so many things being passed down from our childhood to theirs… it’s truly beautiful to sit back and watch sometimes. you know… I have to share this… today I was sitting at a stop light and was so excited to run home to my … Read more

a hunt for the perfect tree!

it was so much fun finding the perfect tree… the girls really had a blast… we were the only ones at the tree lot and while Pappa and I hmmmd and hawwwed over each tree… the girlies played hide & seek (or hide & sneek as our girls call it)… tag… a little pretending to … Read more

leaves and friends … and a bunch of fun clumped into one post!~

with all the sea grape, banyan, orange, lemon, and oak leaves falling over our garden we take advantage of the mess! since our girls were babies we have totally kept them in nature… always playing outside… hiding in our ferns, climbing trees… it seems so clear to them that leaves come from trees… but why … Read more

aaaaloha!!! sweet sweet visit!

I am terribly behind on blogging… the holidays have our photography business completely swamped!!! any free time I possibly have I scoop up my little cuties and hold them oh so tight! we have been spending lots of time together as a family lately even though we have done maybe 30 shoots in the past … Read more

paper mache fun!

one of the mammas in our little circle has had this plan for a paper mache fun get together… well.. we finally did it! and what fun it was! I love how the kids don’t see much of a difference in ages… they have all grown together… they have older and younger siblings… they just … Read more

Halloween!!

weeeehhhewww I am so behind on blogging… so many things keep happening and piling on top of the days… I can’t complain though… life keeps happening and so it is…. Halloween was a bit ago and fades into a fun memory… in so many ways… holidays always have me reflecting back to my childhood and … Read more

guts!

nothing like the gooey pumpkin guts! so much fun carving pumpkins! we look forward to it every October! Isabelle was so into it this year… well every year… but this time she was really into the details… wanted a scary pumpkin this year…. they each get a pumpkin… then they decide which face Pappa should … Read more

love our town!

this little town I live in… this little town I grew up in… well… it’s not so little but still IS a small town and I love it dearly! I love all of the art support that is constantly going on… our town has so much culture and heart which to me… is fantastic! our … Read more

sweet lovely jasmine… how I love you!

this is seriously my absolute favorite smell in the world… I cannot photograph scents and that is so frustrating… because I want to share this scent with all of you… I want to bottle it up and make a perfume… make a bath oil… I just want to smell this scent every day forever… but … Read more