We’ve had this revolting little plastic container on our kitchen counter since Christmas. I’ve written before what suckers our kids are for pets. They beg and beg. They write poems. They have dreams. They think pets are the most glorious things a kid could possess.So we bought a hamster. And although she was tragically taken…
I got to come home from Utah after Christmas and photograph these newborn twins. Now if that’s not a lucky thing to help get back into the grind of every day life then I don’t know what is. These girls live right down the street so I get to go snuggle them up whenever I…
The other day I finally got myself (and my two at-home-during-the-day kids) to the mall for some post-Christmas returns and exchanges. It wasn’t fun. The girls were doing all kinds of acrobatics on the stroller and poor Claire had hurt her knee on the trampoline the day before and kept whining that she couldn’t walk….
Little things make me smile. And sometimes (well, most of the time) I forget to write them down. Like how Lucy straightens her legs and points her toes (smooshing her totally chunky thighs together) when I lay her down to change her diaper or how Grace just has to do a little dance in front…
According to Claire it’s official. We have a full-fledged new family member. Her name is Isabel. And she is white and very furry. She’s a “real” dog we gave to Elle a few years ago for Christmas hoping to stunt her desire for a real pet and satisfy that little void in her heart she…
We jam-packed our time after Christmas. These are some of the highlights: We were able to spend time with a bunch of Dave’s family, including cousins from Utah before we left to go there ourselves. I think everyone’s favorite was ice skating. My Mother & Father-in-law put on a big ice skating party for everyone…
I’ve had a really tough time with guilt when shopping for my kids this season. Of course I want them to have a good Christmas. They are great kids. But somewhere inside me I’ve felt like there’s something seriously wrong with just going out and buying them “stuff” when there are so many kids who…
I know I’ve already said it in so many words, but this has probably been the most stressful Christmas season yet. (Hence the reason why I’m up at 5:45…don’t ask me why I’m doing my blog instead of a million other things that need to be done, but, hey, this is my journal.) And it…
Since my life revolves around photoshoots lately I figured I better post some of the pictures. I’m working on a photo blog so I’ll post the address when I finish a few more finishing touches. I’ve been scrambling to get this done since I printed the blog address on some client’s Christmas cards…there’s got to…