I am not a trendy person by any means. I pride myself on not understanding current slang (recently had to Google what “tea” meant because it kept popping up). But I am totally down with a few things, like naked cakes, grazing tables, and 30th birthday smash cakes. I don’t think we take time to […]

I love the little surprises that happen because of photography. During the fall a photo popped up from my college days thanks to Facebook Memories. I’m sitting on a friend; my hair looks wet from rainy weather and we both have face paint on—we were volunteering with our Tri Beta club at a local plant […]

Oh the fun of portrait sessions in Texas Februaries–on Wednesday it was lovely and in the 80s, but of course on Saturday when we had scheduled their session it was a high of 43 with chances of rain. Shockingly, no one was jazzed about doing a portrait session then. So when the weather warmed up […]

There was a lot of love at this wedding. Also a lot of “I’ve looked at the radar” greetings. And a lot of crying. So much crying–but it was all happy tears and everyone had waterproof mascara so no worries. I could not have asked for a better bride and groom than Mackinsey and Matt. […]

When Rachel contacted me about doing a smash cake session for her 30th birthday, all I thought was, “yes, yes, absolutely yes.” I knew this would be one of those sessions where I could just show up and have a blast. And you guys, she did not disappoint. Seriously, we don’t deserve her.   Rachel, […]

  I have been meaning to get this recipe written down for ages, its one of those I threw together since nothing on Pinterest really fit the bill of what I was looking for. So while it’s still chilly, make some soup to warm up.     Chicken Tortilla Soup 1-2 chicken breasts 3 cans […]