We celebrated Tess’s birthday over the weekend! We are so grateful for this little girl. She is so fiery and hilarious. Ava was just watching her yesterday and looked over at me and said, “Mom, she’s so cute.” I have to agree. If you want to reminisce with me you can see her first birthday photos here and read her birth story here.
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Halloween + Personal Post
Holidays are so much more fun with kids! We went to the pumpkin patch at Schmit’s Farm and the kids had a blast! They loved it so much, we went twice. This was the first year Tess understood trick-or-treating and she was INTO it! It was so fun to watch her. She was not afraid to get right up there and take as much candy as they would let her (which was a lot)! She pretends to be a kitty all the time, so this was the perfect costume for her. She crawls around “meowing” until you pet her haha. It’s the cutest! Ava changed her mind a million times about what… Keep Reading
Summer Reminiscing + Personal Post
I’m just finishing up some editing from earlier this summer and man I already want to do it over again! These are from the 24th of July and our Johnson family trip to Steamboat Springs.
Family Hike + Personal Post
John had to work a lot this weekend, but he took a couple short breaks to get outside with the kids and it was so nice! Ava threw a massive tantrum the entire drive to this hike … kicking, screaming, possessed-looking red face. It was BAD. John and I just had to laugh it was so ridiculous! She was screaming that she didn’t want to go to the mountain and just wanted to stay home. Of course, once we got there she loved every minute of it! Her and Tess climbed every rock, picked acorns, looked for squirrels and sniffed every flower. They didn’t want to leave. Toddlers are funny… Keep Reading
Family Films
First off, I am obviously not a videographer. So I am not posting this to show off my video skills (or lack thereof haha). I just think family videos are so important! I have so many little video clips on my phone that I NEVER did anything with and rarely went back and watched. I took an easy and affordable course from Sam Kelly about how to turn all those forgotten clips into pure magic. Seriously, this one makes me tear up a little. My kids already love watching them over and over! You can check out the course here if you are interested. Even though I have a DSLR, almost… Keep Reading
Hammocks + Summer
Sometimes I shoot personal work on film. Since all the pictures from my childhood are on film, these instantly feel like old memories to me. I love that about it. And the colors are just so perfect. I will always remember summers hanging out in the back yard after John gets home.
The simple things
Bought a bubble machine today. It was a good choice. I love summer.
Personal + Camping
We went camping over the 4th of July and it was so great and so dirty. I have never seen my kids get so dirty! They were actually pouring buckets of dirt on their own heads. Toddler heaven! I only pulled out my camera once, but I took some cute videos on my phone and I’m working on making them into a home video. I’m definitely not a pro, but it has been so fun to make something meaningful out of all the random videos on my phone. I will share when it’s finished!
Ava is 3!
My Ava girl. I can’t believe you are already three. I’m not sure how it seems to happen so quickly. Sometimes when I look at you, I can’t wrap my mind around how big you are. You are so funny, sweet, determined and as stubborn as your mamma. You bring so much joy into our family! I love watching you be such a good big sister (when you aren’t picking on her haha). When you randomly give her hugs and kisses and tell her “I love you” it melts my heart. You had to have a Batman birthday cake, but you have never even seen Batman so we aren’t sure… Keep Reading
Sisters on Valentines
These two have been sick, tired and therefore cranky for the past couple weeks. I know they don’t feel well, but some days all the whining and crying and not sleeping just pushes me until I feel like I can’t do it. They can be so hot and cold. Tackling each other and stealing toys one minute and then cuddling and giving each other kisses the next. They are so sweet at times, it feels like my heart can’t soak up any more love. These photos were taken in less than five minutes and the girls went through the whole range of emotions haha… it captures their relationship perfectly! Man… Keep Reading
