Monday’s musings

I woke up to the smell of apples and cinnamon baking in the house. In truth they weren’t baking but simmering into yummy apple butter, thanks to the dedication of my dear husband! He made it his special project to finish off our apple stash from our recent trip...

fall portraits

I love taking portraits of our boys. Especially at this time of year when the weather is calling us to be outdoors, all the time! I decided to try my hand at something different  (not new by any means) for their portraits and went with this. I love their little...

Archiving

The other day I was catching up with a long time friend of mine and she said something about archiving that I thought was so thoughtful I felt I had to share. She said that she created email accounts for her two children and sends emails to them regularly. Sometimes...

Pumpkin Patch 2013 {personal}

As has become our fall tradition (this being our second year), we recently took an afternoon trip a little ways north to a genuine pumpkin patch. It was located on a farm and, with wide open spaces to run, huge blue skies and miles of country, it was a perfect place...

charleston {personal}

It’s so different when you travel anywhere with kids. Vacation is more appropriately named “trip” as it really isn’t a vacation for the parents. We loved taking our boys to see new sites, splash in the ocean, eat out and sleep in a fancy hotel,...