#embracethecamera

A challenge for myself: embrace the camera. Embrace photos of myself with my family. I know that I will look back at some point and really want to kick myself for not having more photos of me with my children and husband. I know how much I absolutely cherish photos of my brother and me with our parents and I want this for my own littles.


I want them to know I used to be young.


And I smiled often when I was with them.


And I loved their daddy like crazy.


And I wasn't too insecure to get in front of my own lens.


And I didn't always wear yoga pants.


And I loved them like I've never loved anything else on this whole cotton-pickin' Earth.


The End.

the best camera

I have often heard it said that the best camera you have is the one you have with you. It's no secret how much I adore my iPhone and its no secret that I take a ton of photos and videos of my kids with it. I wouldn't have been able to snap this little moment in time with my big fancy camera.

My almost-two-year-old has decided he wants to go potty on the toilet. As the mother of two girls before him, I have zero experience potty training little people with fire hoses attached to their bodies. I realize that someday my son will be less than thrilled that I've posted this photo of him in all his splendid glory, but seriously? How could I not? Look at those little buns! Sorry, buddy. I had to do it. This will not be the last time I totally embarrass you in front of strangers. Not sorry about that. :)

seeing beauty

"I want to see beauty in the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep." ~ Ann Voskamp