
With a birthday so close to Christmas, we have been using our favorite Christmas movies as a theme for our son’s birthday sessions the past couple of years. This year’s theme was Christmas Vacation (Clark Griswold). I can’t believe I forgot the Santa hat (it was sitting right next to us!) but it was…
Happy Thanksgiving (Eve)! Our family is excited for the traditions of the holiday, and our hearts are full as we focus on our many blessings. A quote by Judith Martin says, “Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.” As we are grateful for all we have, we also thinking of so many others who are…

Happy Halloween! The kids wanted to be classic monsters this year. For their Halloween session, we were just missing baby Frankenstein who REALLY didn’t want to wear her costume for pictures (hopefully she’s more cooperative for Trick or Treating.) Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!
They can be the best of friends one minute and not able to be in the same room with each other the next. Their personalities are so very different from each other, but as they grow and become even more of who they are, I feel humbled that God chose me to be their…
We’ve homeschooled for many years, but this is my first year homeschooling 5 of kids! Plus one more e-learning, but only for this week. It was a good start to our school year today! Hope everyone else had an awesome Back to School too!