“You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes.” -Walter M. Schirra, Sr.can’t believe this handsome little man is already one! i like to think that bubbles add just a little bit of magic to a photo :) my favorite! love how you can […]

“Babies are soft. Anyone looking at them can see the tender, fragile skin and know it for the rose-leaf softness that invites a finger’s touch. But when you live with them and love them, you feel the softness going inward, the round-cheeked flesh wobbly as custard, the boneless splay of the tiny hands. Their joints […]

“A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.” ― Laura Ingalls WilderI’m pretty sure they just spent two hours talking and laughing together, and I happened to sneak in a few portraits here and there :) It was so great to catch up with one of my […]

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm […]

“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things in life which are the real ones after all.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder I love how smitten Brooks is with his baby brother! He was more than willing to love on baby Barrett :)oh be still my heart! he’s such a sweet baby!so […]