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DIY Living room remodel

Aug 05, 2018

A DIY Love Story Note to self: When purchasing a home, please remember that taking on an entire remodel and having three children will equal complete chaos. I wish I had written that before we started closing on our first home. Quite honestly though, our kids have been involved every step of the way and I would not have changed any of it. Well, except major flus, almost third degree burns and getting infected by a water demon parasite (ya that happened) . This ...

Journey To My Kitchen-2

Jun 26, 2018

excerpt from ch.2Have you ever been so overwhelmed by a moment that you literally have no clue what to do? This is where I was. I had a constant sinking feeling in my gut, a weight of one thousand bricks on my shoulders, and to boot a blow horn in my ear that said on repeat “you’re screwed.” Everything about this moment sucked. Everything. Scared.Shocked.Angry. No, pissed.Desperate. At one point I asked someone if a person could experience all ...

Journey To My Kitchen

Jun 25, 2018

Can I get personal with you all? Well, I am going to.I started this year off believing grander things were going to take place. 2017 was not an easy year, honestly I cannot remember the last time that the whole year was an easy year for me. 2018 though, it kicked off the most challenging season that we have gone through. In the midst of the most challenging parts God showed me how he wanted me to write about what it was that I was walking through. He even showed me ...

How To Photograph Your Dog - Puyallup Washington Pet Photography

Dec 22, 2017

How To Photograph A Dog.1. Find an adorable pooch.2. Make sure pooch is well dressed3. Have a few assistants4. Have assistant (typically dog owner) place pooch where you want to photograph5. Have assistant literally leap out of the frame6. Lather, rinse, repeat 25 times.Meet Maudie. She is the sweetest bull dog and also very excited about being photographed. I brought my daughter along to this photoshoot and she was in heaven, I am pretty sure that my daughter was an added ...

Love isn't Perfect

Dec 20, 2017

Love isn't perfect.Love isn't perfect it isn't a fairytale or a storybook, and it doesn't always come easyLove is overcoming obstacles, facing challenges fighting to be together, holding on and never letting go.It is a short word, easy to spell difficult to define and impossible to live without.Love is work, but most of all, it is realizing that every hour, every minute, every second of it was worth it because you did it together.-Unknown This wonderful family is one that God stitched ...

Christmas In the Pacific Northwest- Family photography Puyallup Washington

Dec 18, 2017

Christmas In the Pacific NorthwestI love the Pacific Northwest, Born and raised a proud Washingtonian there is no other place that I would want to live. Even when it rains 90% of the year. Okay that is an exaggeration (unless I am talking about last year bleh!) . What I love most about this time of year, it this is when the PNW (Pacific northwest) matches the season. All the fir trees outside allow me after a wind storm to collect fallen branches and make garland for my ...

Great Gift Guide For Your Guy Day TWO- Well Fed Man- Puyallup Washington Family photographer

Dec 11, 2017

DAY TWOOkay ladies, who doesn't like a man that knows his way around the kitchen and the grill? Enter my husband. He LOVES to grill and he is truly talented, so writing this blog post I think I need to keep it from him.Here is a full stocking idea for the well FED man.1. Trendy ApronThere are many times that I am trying my hardest to get a stain out of a shirt, or worse bringing it to the dry cleaners and paying someone else to get a stain out... I think an apron is handy ...

Hands and Feet - Puyallup Washington Family Photographer

Dec 10, 2017

Hands and FeetAllow me to introduce one of my favorite families. Okay, I am bias because this happens to be my bestie... This family knows what it means to love fiercely. I have learned so much by watching this woman mother. She has patience, gentleness, grace and compassion. A nurturing spirit is etched on this gals heart. She is a woman who helps shape her children, community and church. Those who know her, agree. This family opens their doors ...

Great Gift Guide For YOUR Guy Day ONE- Pacific Northwest Photographer

Dec 08, 2017

Great Gift Guide For Your Guy. Through out the next week I will be posting gift ideas for your guy. I am going to try to make this themed so that you can put together stockings that have a theme to them.Todays theme... SHARP DRESSED MAN. 1. The Tie Tamer. Ladies, I love this. Before my husband received this his ties were strung over a plastic coat hanger and un-organized. Please see the photos below, I had to take a few because that is how ...

31 Photos You Must Take In December- Puyallup Washington Family photographer

Nov 28, 2017

31 photos you must take in DecemberI am not saying that you will be lacking in your holiday cheer if you do not take these, but taking these may increase your holiday cheer! What I love about this time of year is all the magic. Having small children and getting ready for Christmas can be a bit of a challenge, am I right?! They are so excited, they look with their little hands and they are hopped up on so much sugar. However inside all the madness is pure joy and ...