Category Archives: personal

Goodbye again

It’s time for me to be sappy, I’ve felt it coming on a lot lately and I’m sure this wont be the last of it with so many changes happening this Fall.  Today I’m talking about my oldest child though, my first, my daughter, my sidekick.  We definitely have lived up to the typical “love/hate”...

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number four [northern virginia child photographer]

I promised myself that this summer I would take each of my five kids out for a session, ALONE.   Kennedy had her 4 year old pictures (that I LOVE) taken by my friend Rashmi Pappu, but I wanted to capture each of my kids in the setting summer sun and update my walls around my...

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one of us

“Someday, the light will shine like a sun through my skin & they will say, What have you done with your life? & though there are many moments I think I will remember, in the end, I will be proud to say, I was one of us.” ~Brian Andreas
My “us”, May ‘09 :

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my man

Due to my spa weekend, a canceled wedding that I was “second shooting”, a newborn baby not quite ready for his session, and a holiday, I’ve had TWO entire weekends off from sessions, wa hoo!! Not that I don’t love you, wonderful clients, I just really really love sleeping in and doing other weekend stuff.
So...

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Catch up

QUICK blog post! I’m back from Cancun and working hard to catch up on editing and orders!  Oh my what a wonderful time we had.  So much time with my husband, lazying by the pool, amazing food, lots of fruity drinks, paradise!  We also got to spend time with my brother and his wife, which...

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Cancuuuunn! :)

My husband and I are headed to Cancun in 36 hours.  Sans kids.  This evokes many contradictory feelings in me, ranging from pure elation to panic/worry.  We have never been away from our kids this long, especially together!  I was gone for 5 nights in February, but they were with their daddy so I didn’t...

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Local moms with talent!

Check out these local moms and consider giving them your business (instead of those big chains!) They are all very talented!
Ciao Bambino- Jeniene makes “custom party decor for all occasions” and I’m blown away by the cuteness! Her stuff looks great in her Etsy shop, but also check out her client photos on her facebook...

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Filling our bodies with junk!

About a year ago my husband and I stopped buying foods with DYES, High Fructose Corn Syrup, and most things with Partially Hydrogenated oils.  We had a learning period where we had to read tons of labels, but now we have our regular items that we know are ok to buy.  That was our first...

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THANK YOU to my photographer friends!

Today I went out to run some errands and I was reflecting on the last year and my business (I think I was thinking about taxes (UGH) which led me to this lol).  Anyway, I was thinking about what a huge year of growth this was for my business, it’s HARD to run a business!!...

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And they leave me again

Today was the first day of school in our county.  It seems like most schools went back a week or 2 ago, but we got to enjoy some extra summer.  3 weeks ago, I was thinking “What am I going to do with them for 3 more weeks?  We’ve done everything on our summer list...

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in memory of Fletcher

I sit here tonight with a heavy heart, remembering Fletcher.   A year ago today, my friend’s baby boy passed away.  When he was born last March, we were all so happy that he survived, that my friend survived too (she almost didn’t), we celebrated with blind optimism that all would be okay.  I’ve never witnessed...

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