We’ve lived in this house for going-on three years and in all those years I’ve been trying to figure out how to decorate my front entry. There’s this great wall there, but it has two vents in it, kind of limiting. A couple years ago we spruced this wall up with some paneling that we…
This January one my favorite clients, a family I have been photographing since 2007, contacted me to create a gallery from all of their sessions for their new playroom wall. I couldn’t wait to take on this project. I knew it would turn into a wall of joy because that is who they are as…
It was one crazy day, that day my first child was born. I was seventeen years old, I had no idea what I was doing. That first night at home, exhausted from my delivery, with him crying every thirty minutes, I wondered what on earth I was doing. How on earth was I going to…
Growing up in Minnesota means summers at “the Lake”. We don’t say, “We’re going to Long Lake.” or “We’ve gone to Big Sand Lake.” We all say and understand “We’ve ‘Gone to the Lake’ ” One of my favorite photos of all time is of a big red barn, in the middle of being painted….
Oh, I love blog carousel time. When you’re done reading my post, head over to Baltimore baby and child photographer, Blaire Blanks’ site and see what she was inspired by. When I learned of this month’s blog carousel theme I knew in an instant which images I wanted to share. My glorious golden images of…
This month’s Blog Carousel theme is Passion or Love or Love and Passion. It didn’t take me more than a second to think of the images for this one. My youngest, my girlie. Lydie-bug. She IS passion. She does what she does with gusto and verve and always with a smile. These photos are from…
Have your seen anything sweeter? This was a vision I had for awhile; a pretty green field, a juicy summer melon, a cool old high chair and a sweet baby girl. I couldn’t have been happier with the realization of my vision. How delicious is this? And for those of you wondering where I found such a…
When I was a girl I knew I wanted a big family. An even dozen seemed about right. When I met the love of my life, though, I had to compromise, just a bit. “Two maybe three” was his plan. I must have been in love because I married him anyway. After our third child,…
Love this song? Oh, I know! So adorable. If you want your own copy visit songwriter and parenting coach Denise Carlin’s website to read her story and then head over to CD baby to get it! ******** I love being a photographer. I love capturing families near my new home in Milwaukee and I love traveling to…
Hello again! Welcome to our second edition of a blog carousel, this fun round of photography blogs all posting on a theme. This month’s theme is Monochrome. Click over to see what the wonderful Je Neuhaus, Los Angeles children’s photographer, came up with for this one. ******** What a beautiful day it was today in…