What a year! 2017 was our first year as a family of five. It was such a joy and juggling act. It was also the year my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. The year was chuck full of personal triumphs and personal failures. ...
Conrad's new obsession: his bellybutton. He's also interested in my bellybutton, but I'm not about to document that! This 13 month old crazy kid is at such a fun age! He's entering the toddler stage but is still so much my baby. ...
I'm so excited to share some Christmas pictures! Every Christmas just seems so to feel more exciting and special as the boys are at such fun ages. Jed and Levi are full blown believers while Conrad is just taking it all in with wide...
The days after Thanksgiving leading up to Christmas seem to be packed to the brim with activity. Partying, shopping, decorating, baking, crafting, wrapping, delivering, stamping, eating, visiting... and the list goes on! There's so much...
Walking in a winter wonderland. I love this phenomenon when the fog rolls in and wraps every single branch and blade of grass in frozen ice. It's been sticking around for days now. It's beautiful! You know I had to document...
Well, an overnight hospital stay was not what I had planned for the weekend but I am feeling very grateful tonight. In another time or place I would not have my charismatic curly haired one-in-a-million five year old boy with us anymore. Levi had...
On Saturday September 23rd, we ventured up into the hills to find signs of Fall. We found Winter instead! Then on Sunday, Jed and Levi had their Primary program at church. Levi knew every word to every song and sang with a big enthusiastic...
As the days get shorter and darker, I am grateful for the twinkling lights that light up the night. After dinner yesterday, I bundled up the boys and took them over to see the Rock Creek Christmas lights. It was Christmas magic! They...
It's a new month and that means another blog circle of beautiful images! I'm so excited for the eye candy. Above is my one photo that stood out to me this month. I snuck out of the house one cold morning with my camera before Bron mowed...
^^Jed and Levi coloring in their jammies. Long live slow, cold mornings!^^ Another Thanksgiving has come and gone and I didn't take nearly enough pictures of the people we enjoy it with. I surprise myself with how much I look forward...
All Jed wants for Christmas are his 3 front teeth! I'm so proud of this kid. Just two weeks ago, he was honored as the 2nd grade student of the month at school. Last year was such a struggle, from reading, to social skills, to emotional outbursts...
During the last weekend of October, Conrad and I flew down to Arizona to visit my sister Lauren! I'd been looking forward to the trip all month long. We talk on the phone often, but my heart has been aching to give her a hug, to be there...
Another exciting and candy-filled Halloween is over and down in the books. The boys had so much fun this year. I love that Jed and Levi can pick a costume theme, actually agree on it, get super excited, and stick to it! This season,...
Some professional photographers and I have collaborated on a monthly project to shoot just one picture each month that speaks to our hearts. I hopped on board because it sounded like something I could stay excited about and not become overwhelmed! ...
As October came in and Halloween loomed on the horizon, I became a bit obsessed with creating some ghost photos. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to let my inner morbid side mesh with my need for a creative outlet through photography. ...
A post full of obligatory pictures from our pumpkin patch adventure last night! With three little kids, so many things remain undone around the house. There always seems to be so many things to do and not enough time or energy to do them. ...
Ooops! It was a accident, Mom!" Halloween is totally bringing out my morbid side. And it is so much fun! That said, I can't quit laughing at this picture cuz if it could happen in real life with these two, it probably wou...
Sunday night, Monday night, Tuesday night... every night the boys ask their dad to play catch with them in the backyard. It makes Bron beam with pride. Levi keeps telling me matter of factly, "We're into sports now, Mom!" I don't...
^^Driveway bike gang--and Conrad trying to keep up in his walker. At least it's on wheels too!^^ We spent our Thursday evening at the doctor's office with Conrad for a ruptured ear drum. Poor baby! I had no idea he was so sick. ...
The other night I went for a walk to practice freelensing on some of my favorite late summer flowers but wound up practicing on a little boy playing in the mud instead. It was a worthy and hilarious distraction from my original intent. Levi...
Bron conquered another half marathon! He half-heartedly trained and then participated in one of the nation's fastest half marathons as a good majority of it is downhill. Bron came away from the Cedar City Half Marathon with huge blisters...
^^Getting ready for kindergarten.^^ The master bathroom is a place where, surprisingly, a lot of life happens! We've explained the concept of privacy, but the boys still haven't quite wrapped their heads around the fact that I like to...
Labor Day weekend is always one of my favorites each year. We have four days amid the new school routine to celebrate summer before it fades into Fall. And we definitely took advantage this year! We made family memories that I will...
My Conrad. Classic babyhood in all its beautiful chubby glor...
As summer draws to a close and the school year begins, I've compiled more than a handful of pictures from our everyday adventures over the last few months that have slipped through the cracks that I don't want forgotten because they conjure up memories...
Yesterday was that very bittersweet day that marked the end of summer and the beginning of a brand new school year! Jed started 2nd grade and Levi is now a kindergartner. Jed has taken an interest in doing his hair and Levi couldn't wait to...
Way back in the month of June, my friend Carli from Carli and Beau Photo and Cinema agreed to meet our family out at Castle Rocks for pictures. I was sooo excited! Not only did I feel an urgency to get family pictures done with a new baby,...
^^An Idaho boy in the path of totality (a composite).^^ I was surprised. The eclipse Monday lived up to all the hype. It was an incredible experience! It exceeded all my expectations and made a lasting impression on my memory...
I don't claim to be awesome at mountain biking, but I sure enjoy it. Due to a baby who is literally attached, it's been really hard to get some time in the saddle this summer, but Bron and I made it happen a handful of times. And then I raced. Because...
