Family

African Violets were my father's mother specialty. In her home, there was a room with a large shelf. The shelves were filled with African Violets - all colors, all sizes. We were never allowed to turn on the light in that room, because she had the shelves lit just...

This morning I woke up giddy. Your actual due date is tomorrow and if you don't decide to make your arrival, they are going to usher you into this world on Friday. Your oldest brother was late, too, and he is charming - you'll see! There are so many things I already...

A few weeks ago, I shared on Instagram that we were headed to the hospital for version. The procedure was successful and we headed home after a few hours. I'll be honest - everything I read said that the procedure would be uncomfortable. Well, my experience was that...

For our wedding, we were given the cutest ice cream chairs by my aunt's mother in law. (Backing up a little - my mother's family is very close. We spent every holiday with the entire family, including in-laws. It was like I had two extra grandmothers that treated me...

When my in-laws, the out-laws, were here, my sweet father-in-law spent a day putting together the crib and baby changing table. A dear friend from church gave us a beautiful crib and my sister-in-laws gave us the changing table. What a blessing! We had just kind of...

A few weeks ago, I was at a double birthday party for some dear friends. My sweet friend, Jenet, leaned over to me and asked when my baby shower would be. I told her that I had been saying 'no' to all offers for a shower. We've been blessed with tons of hand me downs...

When Brian told me that I had to celebrate, I hesitated. I planned to photograph a wedding so that we could just pretend the day came and went without any fanfare. But my sweet family had other plans. Mom and dad flew in from Texas. My sweet sister-in-laws had a...