Thoughts on

A Healthy Dose of Perspective

So I have been meaning to write this post for the past few weeks but as is customary in my imperfect world, I am just now getting around to it.  There are lots of things that I love about traveling.  I love seeing beautiful buildings and landscapes, learning interesting things about history, and eating as

Deliciousness

Pudding Trifle

Looking for a super easy but delicious and refreshingly light summer dessert that also looks so fancy that people who see it will think you are a Martha Stewart type goddess?  Look no further than one of our old family favorites…the pudding trifle.  I decided to make one of these bad boys for Colleen on

Photography

Maternity Session with Catrina and Craig

I was honored when my friend Catrina asked me to take some maternity pictures of her with her husband Craig after their photographer fell through.  We had a ball and I was grateful we were able to fit the session in between rain storms (seriously weather.  what is happening?)  Here are a few of my

Home

Gallery Wall Puzzle

While Colleen and I were on our trips, we both ended up buying a bunch of art.  Art is without a doubt my favorite kind of trip souvenir to have.  Colleen collected her art with the intention of creating a large gallery wall in her family room, but once she got home, she realized that

Colleen's house

Kitchen Light Fixtures

I heavily dislike most of the light fixtures in our house.  I didn’t hate them enough to change all of them immediately, but now that I had time to mull about it a little, I am ready.  The fixtures with the most disdain reside in my kitchen.  And by fixtures I might fixture.  I hate

Photography

French Riviera, French Voyage Part V

After Provence, we were pretty exhausted and were looking forward to some time of leisure on the coast.  When I first saw the water during our train ride, I almost gasped because it was so blue.  Just unreal.  We stayed in Nice for three days and took one day trip to Eze and Monaco.  And