I made these Earring Frames for my sisters and sisters-in-law for Christmas, but held off on posting the “how-to” until now…because I STILL haven’t given my sister Katie her present. I didn’t want to give away what it was. But, I’ve waited long enough. I’ll finally be seeing her soon, and if she sees this [...]

Tim and I drove out to Arizona for a cousin’s wedding this past week. On our way (okay, so it was really out of our way), we made a stop in Sedona for some mountain biking. We planned to camp in the bed of our truck the night we arrived, then head out to the [...]

I’ve been keeping up with the blog i heart faces for a while now, but I have yet to enter one of their photo challenges. This week’s theme is “Best Face Photo,” and I thought of this adorable picture of happy Daphne:

I made tutus for the little girls for Christmas this year: black and red for Daphne, yellow and teal for Lily, and two shades of purple for Leanna. I’m still waiting on pictures of Leanna since she couldn’t be with the rest of us at Christmas, but here are the other two! Lily, Barbie, and Heather: While [...]

For Christmas, I made Carter a Knight in Shining Armor costume, which he said makes him Prince Edmond.  He just happened to have the movie Prince Caspian playing in the background while he opened it, which seemed appropriate. The lion on the front is a copy of the Finnish national emblem, but Carter was excited that [...]

Tim and I bought a gingerbread house kit the year we got married…which was 3 years ago. It had been in various kitchen cabinets until we finally pulled it out this year! Two perfectionist creative people working on the same gingerbread house at the same time? It actually worked out very well… : ) Here are [...]

…for family Christmas pictures! I recently took some pictures for a few of my coworkers and their families. These nurses clean up pretty nice, don’t you think? First was Karen and 9 of her family members at Heritage park: Remember Randi and Andy from their maternity shots? Here they are with their adorable little boy, Brooks: The Christmas [...]

We didn’t get to spend much time in Eureka, but we tried to make the best of what we had. Mindy suggested that we drive down the “Avenue of the Giants” on our way back, and I’m glad we followed her suggestion! The “Avenue of the Giants”  is a portion of old Hwy 101 in Humboldt [...]

Tim and I stole Carter and Lily from their parents and took them to visit their baby cousin, Leanna way up north. They’re all pretty goofy and very cute. Leanna wasn’t so sure about these “big kids” and their shenanigans in her crib… …but, she soon joined in the fun. Carter may be one of the craziest boys [...]

Do you remember Brandon and Stefanie’s maternity pictures at Laguna Beach?  Brody is about 1 month old now, and he is so cute! This week, Katie and Joey joined me to take a few pictures of him.  Brody was so good with the three of us and a bunch of lights in his face. : ) [...]