January surprised us with SO MUCH snow! I feel like once it starts to melt we get dumped with so much more! And to think at the beginning of last month my kids were upset because we didn't have any! In between the snow, we've had basketball practice, make up Christmas with our family due to COVID, and in general a slower pace which feels so nice Read More

So our actual Christmas looked a little different for us this year as we spent it quarantined. It was a bummer to not see our family and do our usual Christmas traditions with them, but I'm grateful that we found out before everyone came in town, and also that our symptoms were relatively mild. It made me appreciate our past Christmas' we've Read More

This is what happens in the Fall for a photographer. Life gets busy and you need to cut out certain things for your sanity. And monthly blog updates was one of those things. Even though I wasn't documenting it here, we had a super fun Fall full of wonderful things :) Friends came to visit, we did corn mazes and visited Fall festival, and Dan and Read More

Looking at these pictures makes me realize that I need to stay up to date on my monthly posts because the Fourth of July feels SO far away as I'm staring into the start of school in the next week and a half. WHERE DOES SUMMER GO? (Insert all the sad emojis). However, if anything, looking on these photos makes me realize all the wonderful things Read More

It's hard to believe in this set of pictures is our last day of school photo! That seems like such a long time ago yet it also feels like before we know it we will be prepping for school (I know... I know). This past month we did a quick midwest tour through Wisconsin, Chicago, and Indiana and saw some sweet friends and family. Although we wish Read More

And just like that it is officially summer over here and we are so excited :) I'm sure everyone could say this was a school year for the books and it's no different here. I never thought homeschooling my kids would ever be something I would even entertain, yet here we are, finishing a whole year of homeschooling. And I'd be lying if I said I Read More

April was quite month for us! We did our first trip as a family of six on an airplane to visit our new little niece/ cousin Rosie and I am SO glad we did it. Meeting her was such a joy and getting to hike and visit Colorado and my brother and sister in law was so fun. We also enjoyed some spring cherry blossoms, getting ice cream, hanging out in Read More

Spring is officially here! And it's here early and we are 100% ready for it. The 50 degree days following the 80 degree days are a little brutal, but I'll take it over the alternative which would be no 80 degree days! We've been hiking, to the zoo, playing with bubbles, and running through the sprinkler and it's glorious. And I know by August Read More

Looking at these photos, I feel like the older I get the quicker these seasons just seem to fly by. Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean that we didn't have some days that seemed to drag on forever this winter, but the fact that we recently had some 50 degree days with sun, shows me that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. These past few Read More

It's hard to believe that Christmas is over and we are already into 2021! Most years I am VERY ready to take down the decorations and start planning goals for the new year (I can't help the Type A in me lol) but this year I was more sad to see the holiday season go. It's probably because its 2020, but we enjoyed a slower Christmas season pace Read More