Monthly Archives: July 2009

summer vacation part two: john’s wedding

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Okay, here goes vacation blog part two! Rich, Alana and I had already spent the majority of our time in Fort Lauderdale when Nick and Amber came down. It was sad, but this year the trip did not entirely coincide for us because of work schedules! We immensely enjoyed our time with my parents and...

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summer vacation part one: the week in review

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I’m not gonna lie. If you are not part of my family, this blog post may be, um, a bit long for you. The reason for a lengthy post is really just selfish: I want to be able to recall our short but sweet family times together during this season of life. We live twelve...

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wordless wednesday: pool fun!

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::sisters::

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Our sister session was originally intended to be a surprise mother’s day gift to our fabulous mom back in May…but due to rain on a few occasions, scheduling conflicts, and super duper crazy heat, we were only able to finally have our session just a couple of weeks ago. So, now I’m thinking it will...

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alana: nineteen month session!

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A couple of weeks ago, we had the priviledge of another session with the wonderful Amber Holritz. This was another tag-a-long session for a fellow photographer, Treacy Mize (from Sacramento!), to learn from Amber. Treacy was such a sweetie and we had a blast hanging out together! Here are a few of my favorites by Amber,...

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alana’s first fireworks display!

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Saturday was Alana’s second July 4th in her little lifetime, but it was the first time she’d ever seen fireworks, since she was sleeping soundly during last years’ display. We met up with family and friends and enjoyed a delicious dinner at Randy and Susan’s home and then headed off to enjoy family fun, glow...

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girls just wanna have fun…

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I kind of view my life so far as divided into four stages — based on where my family was living at the time — and as a result, the people and places I remember when I reminisce: The first stage, ages 2-8, living in Longview, Texas (I don’t have any memory of the actual...

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