Category Archives: Personal

September Stroll

Four siblings playing in the fall leaves | Midland Photographer

September is a month where I start feeling like things are changing. Maybe it’e because my kids are starting school again. Or maybe it’s because it seems the weather gets its crispness in September. Perhaps it’s when I start noticing the sky becoming bluer or the shadows getting longer. But September is a month of...

Beauty in My Backyard

Freelensed leaves in beautiful backlight | Bay City, MI Photographer

We recently spent a whole lot of money on our backyard. The previous owners had a huge above-ground pool in the back, but I really didn’t feel comfortable with that since my kids are still so little. So they took it out just before leaving and left a big sand pit of death behind. My...

This Is Me

A mother and four of her children on the bed snuggling and loving each other | Saginaw Photos

This is me. This was the name of the project the Clickin Moms recently encouraged us to participate in. Wait, you don’t know what Clickin Moms is?? I came across their blog and forum several years ago, and I signed up to be a member always instantly. Once my six-month membership expired I paid for...

Rainy Day Macro

Water drop in the middle of a plant taken on a rainy day | Midland, MI photographer

Man, it’s been so rainy here lately! I haven’t checked, but I’d swear that we’ve had record-breaking amounts of rain these past two weeks. There have been so many days when our percentage for rain has been small, and then we’ll get a downpour for a solid half hour. It’s been crazy. And it’s been...

33 Years Blessed

Father and four children sitting at the table before dad blows his candles out on his birthday. Midland, Michigan Photographer

Yesterday we celebrated my husband’s birthday. Actually, the day before yesterday we celebrated it too! My husband is one spoiled guy. 😉 Two days ago I got a babysitter for the older three and took my husband and youngest child out to eat. We went to a restaurant we had never been to before. It...