I’m heading to Waco today with the little ladies, Sydney and Cam. It was a really impromptu trip – a business trip, if you will. We’re going to see Courtney, who now works for Magnolia (hello, dream job!), and shop around the Silos, eat at the cafes, etc. I’m so excited, and also have not done any research so have no idea what is in store for us.

It’s been a crazy rollercoaster of a week. I won’t divulge any of the personal details, but this weekend was full of peaceful family time that was much needed. We got to hang out with each other, completely uninterrupted by technology. I deleted Instagram on my phone – maybe just for a few days, but even not having it for two days has felt amazing. McKenzie was in town this weekend, and we had a long chat about it on Friday and I felt so inspired to take a break from social media. If you’ve felt like you’ve been on your phone too much lately, I totally encourage you to delete any apps taking up your time. They’ll be right there for you when you feel you’re ready!

Anyway, a few highlights from the past week include McKenzie’s visit, a family trip to Levy Park, cuteheads and Willow Crowns photos, the sweetest 1st birthday party, lots of BBG time with Monica and a evening ice cream sundae-bar visit, Milly’s 10 month photos and George’s 8 month ones, and Rodeo day at the girls’ school. Probably missing a few things here! The most exciting moment was definitely the transition of Emilia from primarily crawling to primarily walking, which I would say happened on Monday. She has been walking for awhile now, but as of Monday, it was 95% walking and 5% crawling (if not less!). I’m so glad, because the weather has been beckoning us to the driveway/front yard in the afternoons and it’s so nice for her to be able to walk and chase bubbles vs. crawling on the concrete!

I hope you have a wonderful week, as always! xo

Oof, the last few weeks have been all over the place. I love keeping up with my Week in Review posts. I used to post five times a week, in the days long before kiddos! I try to post at least once a week now, which is normally very manageable but over the last three weeks, it just hasn’t happened. Besides life just being a bit crazy, I had the added factor of my hard drive (which literally houses every file/photo that I’ve taken for the last I-don’t-know-TEN-YEARS) falling off the desk and becoming unreadable. Lots of tears and frustration and dollars spent, but it’s back and working and praise Jesus for that! I totally just write for myself, which is the best way to blog, I think. Just me, typing on my computer at 1:09am, talking to myself… sharing memories, photos, etc. that I really do reference all of the time.

Anyways, I digress (perhaps that timestamp is why). Some highlights from the past few weeks include Donuts with Dad at Isla’s school, Milly’s Christening in Galveston, a few lunch dates with good friends, lots of working out with Monica, a number of client sessions (sharing only a few below, but have photographed fundraisers, newborns, 6 month sessions, headshots, Valentine’s photos, you name it), and lots of family time (unplugged, hanging out with no technology time which is for sure the best thing ever and makes me want to time travel to 1950!). I’m sure a ton of other fun things in between, but I’ll let the photos do the talking! I’m saving some of the cute Valentine’s photos we took this weekend for a post on Wednesday (when we’re in Paris, by the way – small detail!).

Hope you are having a wonderful week so far! Thank you for reading, as always! Love y’all. xo

Happy Monday! We flew back to Houston two weeks ago, then had a weird off-week trying to get back into the swing of things, then the girls’ school was canceled (and the whole city basically shut down) for two ice days last week, so I am praying that this week we can get back into a routine. Holidays + Durango + ice days = chaos for the last 6 weeks, and I’m such a routine person. I need some order restored to my life.

To make matters a smidgen worse, my hardrive that houses every single photo I’ve taken since 2010 broke on our last day in Durango, so I have been in a funk about that. I’m working on temporary drives while trying to restore it (finally taking it to a new place tomorrow), so I haven’t been taking too many pics as a result. With that said, there are quite a few below! This weekend was so fun – we saw some of our best friends, bounced a trampoline park, ate dinner with our families, and took birthday photos for Emi.

Cheers to the start of a good week and hopefully some normalcy! Ha. 

What a glorious weekend! It was already a great week Monday through Saturday, but at 8:32pm on Sunday, December 17, it became the most amazing week ever because one of my best friends, Meredith, gave birth to a perfect angel, and less than two hours later, another best friend, Amanda, gave birth to another beautiful baby girl, Charlotte, right down the hall! Can you even believe it? I am so lucky to have been at the hospital and got to share some of the most joyful moments ever! I’m still on Cloud Nine from the whole thing!

This week in review is short because I need to catch up on everything else in life, but some highlights include visiting with another best friend, Brittany, photographing Piper’s closet/nursery (it’s the cutest and you’ll get to see soon!), spending quality family time this weekend – we ate lunch at the new Dish Society (it was delicious!), photographing Meg’s son’s birthday party (cutest theme – paint wars!), attending Isla’s Christmas party at school, and photographing Alex (twice!). Isla had a sleepover with her cousins and hasn’t stopped talking about it! So sweet.