a darling family.

A while back one of my best friends (and bridesmaid), Crystal and I decided to do a family photo session with her family. They've never had a professional set of photos taken of all 4 of them, and I was honored to do their first. I was so excited and happy to have one of the most darling families ever to pose for me! They made it so easy.

Meet Makayla, Joe (Eric's best man), Crystal, and Emma:

Photography is just a hobby right now. But the whole experience definitely got me thinking about doing this more often. I can't ever see calling myself a professional, but for now it's great to do for friends and family!

someday i'll have a real garden.

my project this past weekend was to finish our patio.

(please excuse the broom and shovel)

I planted 3 pots; 2 w/ impatiens (our patio is all shade) & 1 azalea plant

hung 2 impatien pots & bought a matching zinnia for the table

& planted this small garden with astilbes and my leftover impatiens

there was a half dead/diseased plant there before...

engagement pics

& it wouldn't be "us" if there wasn't a picture like this in the mix...

it was hard not to be goofy, just a little.

life is good.