Category Archives: Motherhood

I hear it all the time. I even say it all the time. It’s cliche, but it’s true. The days are long, but the years are short. If you’re a mom with young kids, the first part of that sentence is the reason why we feel ready to go to bed at night before they do.  It’s […]

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Waves.  Sudden, surging, progressing movements.  Mothering sometimes feels like an ocean to me.  We have times when things are calm and peaceful.  The kids behave the way I expect them to behave.  Things are under control.  And then often out of nowhere, something suddenly changes.  Someone is sick or hurt.  Someone used ugly words at someone else. […]

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Adventures in Childhood…my attempt to capture more photos of my kiddos just being kids in their normal clothes doing what they normally do. Mackenna is in her final week of Kindergarten.  (Sidenote: How in the world is this first monumental school year over for my big girl?!)  Playing “school” together is one of their favorite […]

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Truth: Kids can be tricky to photograph.  They are unpredictable.  I know you scheduled your session at the time your pumpkin is always happy, just after a nap and a snack.  But your sweet pumpkin will most likely decide to change their eating/napping schedule ON photo day.  Honestly.  It happens all the time.  Or…he could have […]

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One of the things in my life that brings me so much joy is just watching my children enjoy their childhood.  I know in their minds, not everything about their lives is enjoyable.  We make them clear their plates, put away their laundry and clean up their rooms.  They have to brush their teeth twice […]

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