Currently..

     I've been struggling to keep up with blog posts it seems! I've been getting busy hanging out with people, doing pictures and now I will start training for my new job this week! A couple of weeks ago I finally joined the rest of the world and got a smart phone. So far I do quite like it. I don't have much time to play games on it but I enjoy the camera (and instagram!) and the ability to stay connected with people. Also, I am notorious for getting lost, and within the 10 days or however long its been, I've used the GPS multiple times to get me unlost. So my blog post for today will consist of pictures and words of what I've been up to currently...

Currently watching: Mad Men Season 5!
Currently reading: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Currently loving: This stretch of summertime freedom I've been experiencing with a little gap in my work schedule. I've gotten quite a bit of things done that I've wanted to do for a long time, like give our living room a little makeover, do a lot of cleaning and reorganizing, learning how to sew, making delicious food from fresh veggies from my grandma's garden...

Summertime sunset at the cabin.

My little nub making funny faces.

Husband.

My baby kitty who lives with my parents now.

Warm summer nights on the porch with cool candles.

Loving my niece.

My new gem. Vintage ladder that my grandpa was going to throw away at our cabin.

 Entertainment for a solitary evening.

 Beach day with my lady Cati!

 My pretty succulents.

 Looking fly for a lazy afternoon of strawberry lemonade.

Strawberry Lemonade at Good Earth.

 Tanner and his little toothless cousin at a family reunion.

Hair curlers for a wedding shower.

An Afternoon with Annabelle

     

     A few weeks ago, almost 1 week after my little niece Annabelle was born, I went over to my sister's to visit. We had lunch together and I got to hold the baby while my sister took a nap (although she was crying for much of that, amazingly it didn't wake my sister up). She's kind of a little miss fussy pants but of course we still love her anyways. I got some photos in while she was still in a good mood and they turned out pretty cute.

That picture just makes me melt.

 Yawns

And because you never see pictures of babies mid sneeze....

So peaceful.

Apparently this is a really comfortable way to sleep.

Cutest little nursery.

Ben + Courtney

     Ben is my second cousin and Courtney is his sweet wife to be come this August! Together they make a sweet, adorable and loving couple, and I get to photograph this beginning of their journey together. We did their engagement shoot at the Bible Camp that much of my family (myself included) along with Ben and Courtney have spent years and years and hours and hours playing, laughing and growing at. It's kind of one of those magical places in my life. I'm so so glad I was able to shoot there.