One Week

The other day the boys had some friends over, and while I was making some lunch, they were playing on our old rotary phone. That thing sucks all kids in, it's like an ancient piece of history, a bit of an unknown. Picking up and hearing a dial tone, turning the numbers around and around, with the prospect of someone talking to you on the other end. Well then they started joking about calling 911, so I was shuffling plates, jabbering on about how we don't make those kinds of jokes because it's actually a serious thing. Then a few minutes later, one sad face asked me over, to talk to the person on the phone. The 911 dispatcher. She explained it sounded like an altercation, I explained it was five boys playing on the old phone. She explained a trooper may want to come out, but it was up to his discretion. Thirty minutes later, halfway through my shower, the trooper did come. That, combined with many other mishaps on our Monday, was our entertaining entrance to spring break. Now it's Friday, and we're all looking around, wondering how our week slipped so quickly from our grasp. Kind of like childhood, as I look through these newborn photos, wondering how my babies slipped from my grasp, into big kids. Life's funny that way. Pulling us along on a bittersweet roller coaster.

You May Also Like:

Saturday Morning, 11/52

Saturday. n the seventh day of the week; before Sunday.

Morning. n 1. The first or early part of the day, lasting from midnight to noon or from sunrise to noon. 2. The dawn. 3. The first or early part; the beginning: the morning of a new nation.

This year, alongside an incredible group of photographers, we are documenting our Saturday mornings.

Follow along here.

Saturday Morning, 10/52

Saturday. n the seventh day of the week; before Sunday.

Morning. n 1. The first or early part of the day, lasting from midnight to noon or from sunrise to noon. 2. The dawn. 3. The first or early part; the beginning: the morning of a new nation.

This year, alongside an incredible group of photographers, we are documenting our Saturday mornings.

Follow along here.

Logan and Halley

Turning the calendar to March felt somewhat victorious. Like it was an award, stating "congratulations, you've made it out of the throws of winter." Except this year we haven't really had a winter, just a lot of brown, with a side of gray. & in Alaska, winter is never over in March, but I like the idea that it could be spring. It has me motivated and crossing things off my to-do list, like tackling that bright pink sticky note, shouting at me "BLOG, a lot!" because I haven't really blogged client work in months, work like this wedding that is one of my most favorites. Not just because I'm staring at images of 90 degree weather and crystal blue skies, and being reminded of burning my feet on hot sand, but also because of the bride and groom. You know when you read a really good book, or watch that really emotional part in a movie, and tears are streaming down your face, and your thinking "oh my gosh, why am I crying? stop crying!" but you don't, because you can't because you're so emotionally moved? That's what this wedding was. It was over the top, from the heart, mad love. 

Happy four months Logan and Halley! 

wedding planner: Oh Hello Events
wedding venue: Postcard Inn, St. Pete's Beach
hair & make-up: Collective Creations
floral's: 2Birds Events
music: Grant Hamon, Craig Hamon
stationary: Kate Paulson
rentals: Ever After Vintage Rentals
photography: Breanna Peterson Photography