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The weather in Oklahoma over Christmas was wild. It was gorgeous on Christmas day, tornado warnings, then an ice storm two days later. The boys decided to go fishing after we were done celebrating with family – I’m so glad to have been able to capture some photos of their non-successful fishing excursion. Every year […]
The middle of December my family met in Orlando for a fun-filled, surprise vacation to DISNEY WORLD!!! The nephews had no idea, it was probably one of my top 5 moments ever, seeing their excitement when we all arrived at our hotel + at each park. I have so many fond memories from our week […]
Last Christmas, my family decided that in 2015 we would celebrate at Disney for the holidays. My nephews were finally at an age that they would both remember the trip. When my mom got ill last March, all the planning went out the door. At the end of June, my parents ended up gaining custody […]
Would you believe us if I told you the entire 3 years we lived in Nashville, we never visited Knoxville? I sure do regret not exploring more of that beautiful state. Fortunately last September, we flew into Nashville, explored our old stomping grounds, met up with my folks, rented a car + drove to Knoxville […]
Anthony was selected to present at a conference in Minneapolis last April. It happened to land on the weekend of my birthday, so we made a to-do of the weekend. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed Minneapolis. You could tell that it was one of the first weekends of really nice weather, […]
This past holiday break, my mother-in-law + I set out to get photos of the Schmidt fam on their new land. Luckily with a tripod, a remote + some running to + fro, we were able to get a family photo, even with the two dogs!! Vicki bought an album so I decided I should […]