Journal

This past Saturday morning we had hoped to wake up to enough snow for sledding.  That hope started the night before.  On Friday night, my husband and I watched anxiously, like the native-Californians that we are, and were even messaging a neighbor in hopes of a nighttime sledding run.   It never seemed to snow […]

Today it snowed.  A lot– for us.  At one point my 8yo both excitedly and dreamily said, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”  Some stuck for a few hours, and just up 200 hundred feet or less at Covenant College, it snowed and stuck a bit more.  Enough that when my husband came home […]

Watching families grow is so much fun.  I could tell you again and again what a privilege it is to be able to watch children grow up and be entrusted with the portraits that will be part of defining their lives.  I know, a little deep, but it makes professional photography all the more special, […]

I am finally, excuse me, FINALLY, catching up on my blog.  Apparently moving across the country, adjusting to mountain living, making sure my daughters are adjusting and feeling secure and loved, and learning the ropes of being a college basketball coach’s wife takes more time than I had anticipated.  Now, all of these things are […]

Every other year I have the privilege of photographing the F. family.  I laughed when I told mom S. that I was moving to Lookout Mountain, Georgia, and she said, “Oh no, my photographer is moving away!?”  That is a term of endearment to me, “my photographer”– and I was so happy to get the […]

Sometimes you find a sweet surprise when you pause and look out the window.  Yesterday, I looked out and smiled watching my girls playing just across the street.  My youngest gracefully tip-toe leaping, flitting about, making “wings” with her arms, and imagination soaring across the expanses of the neighborhood front yards.  My oldest standing on […]