I love Christmas cards. Sending and receiving them. Know why? They aren’t bills. There’s something magical about going to your mailbox and finding pretty colored, hand-addressed envelopes that don’t say “Presorted First Class Postage Paid” in the upper corner, don’t you think? But thanks to my our single-income status, I thought Christmas cards were going…
happy is what happens
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!
I think my favorite part of my house in December is the Christmas tree. And no, artificial trees just aren’t the same to me. We’re firmly Team Real when it comes to our arboreal decor. It’s a tree full of memories and love and it makes me happy to look at. If I could keep…
Joshua, Playground Protector
Joshua is kind of obsessed with super heroes. And by “kind of” obsessed, I mean super heroes hang the moon. It started with Spider-man and some books. He’d walk around the house shooting webs from his arms or pretending to be J. Jonah Jameson. Then he found Superhero Squad on Netflix. Since then, I’ve spent…
It is fall, it is fall, the leaves are falling everywhere
The world is just so much prettier with the multi-colored leaves of Fall. I wish we had colors this vibrant on the trees year round. Because of the gorgeous colors on the trees, Fall is my favorite time of year to take pictures. It seems like October and November became “learn the camera” months because…
Out takes
About a month or so ago, I made it my goal to only shoot in manual. I had virtually no idea what I was doing, but I asked questions, got answers, flipped the camera to “M” and took off. Today the weather was nice and the sky was overcast, so we hit up a local…