Things I have learned from marriage (by Xavier) Cooking requires skill and thought For the first week after we got back from our honeymoon I made most of the food aside from our daily ice cream. I thought things were going swimmingly well for the most part. We had tuna sandwiches, shredded chicken breasts with barbecue […]

Monday Mutiny: The Takeover 1.0

As a photographer, my goal is to have people feel comfortable and beautiful in front of the camera. Of course, when it comes time to choose the images to give to my clients, there are always a few that don’t quite make the final cut. Needless to say, in some cases, there are more outtakes than edits […]

Bloopers and Outtakes

I met Xavier four years ago this month. We started dating 11 months later and I think I’ve experienced all of his semester finals except the very first one. As he was studying and wrapping up this final batch of classes, I caught myself thinking about how each semester has brought changes and growth in […]

Someone Like You

Gosh darn it, sometimes I wish I could know the future. Planning is often my safety net and a checklist is my daily copilot. I love the heck out of notepads, sticky notes, push pins and magnets because they can hold my numerous lists. I always have a tiny notebook and at least three pens […]

The Waiting Game

The sky is a brilliant shade of blue and you can tell from the glare against the white buildings that the sun is out in its full glory. My kindred spirits have their window shades fully open letting the lovely light come in while the sun haters have theirs tightly closed. It’s almost like winter […]

Turn the Page

As college students who have piles of homework not a lot of spare time or money to spend on entertainment, we love cheap and random date ideas. Going to the movies isn’t really our thing (unless it’s one that we have been looking forward to for a long time) and eating at a restaurant doesn’t fit into the […]

Nearly Free Entertainment

At the beginning of March I was feeling uninspired and not sure how to get back into the photography groove so I asked Ben if he would want to do a 30 day photo challenge with me. We each came up with 15 words that were compiled into a list and then every day we […]

Photo Challenge (Xavier Edition)

We love dates. In fact, we started calling them “adventures” when we were dating based on the characters in Disney’s UP (we even had an adventure book). But to be honest, we aren’t the most adventurous people. Don’t get me wrong, we have many many quirky things we like to do and places we like to […]

Living on the Edge

  This concept has been nagging me for a few weeks now (I’ve since seen it as conviction). It’s the idea of “first place.” As a first born I have a lot of tendencies that drive me to want to do a perfect job, get all A’s, exceed everyone’s expectations (including mine) and know I did […]

Vying for First

There are times when being total and complete goofballs is inappropriate for the situation and we have to act like adults (i.e. when there is no food in the house or schoolwork is due)… but for the other times… full on silly mode is fully engaged in Brumwell Town. We joke that it is a […]

Oh Darling, Never Grow Up