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Brady Playing with Leaves – December 2014 (Dallas, TX)
Each year I take photos of Brady playing in the leaves. Thankfully, we have plenty of leaves from our giant pecan trees out front and back. Last year we had to throw them at/on him and this year he was...
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December 2014 – Christmas in Dallas
We celebrated Christmas for the first time in our home in Dallas. Brian had knee surgery earlier in the month and couldn’t sit in the car for long, so visiting Houston was out. We’ve also just wanted...
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January 2015: Dallas, TX
Sweet Brady boy, time has flown by lately! I stopped writing a monthly entry about you after you officially turned two years old. I still try to do a monthly “family” event blog entry and take a least...
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Snow in Dallas: February and March 2015
We had 3 different snow “storms” in Dallas this winter during February and the beginning of March 2015. It was quite a surprise and just kept on coming! This was Brady’s second year seeing snow in our...
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Carter: 2 Year Portraits
I had the honor of photographing adorable little Carter for his 2 year portraits! His mom and I go way back. We are sorority sisters from TCU. Go ZTA! He and my son, Brady, resemble each other strongly...
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Dallas Arboretum Days // March 2015
We LOVE the Dallas Arboretum in the Spring. It’s our favorite activity, besides bike rides from our house around the lake and back! We typically visit in the morning time, but had to be out of our...
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Our March weekend trip to Katy, TX
Brady and I made a trip down to Katy for the weekend in March mostly for my photo jobs, but we happen to squeeze in some great family and friend time! My childhood friend (since 3rd grade) was actually...
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The Winkler’s Newborn Session – Houston, TX
I had the honor and privilege of traveling to Houston to photograph a dear friend’s newborn session. (See her Maternity Session here.) Gosh, if only I looked this good after I had Brady! Melissa and...
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Henry’s 2 Year Old Portraits: Dallas, TX
I’ve had the privilege of photographing this sweet little boy & his family 3 times in the past year and a half. Mackenzie has become a wonderful friend and resource as we walk through life raising...
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Barrett’s 4 Year Old Portrait Session: Dallas, TX
This year I donated a portrait session and some goodies to the UPUMC Day School Silent Auction. I was so grateful to have sweet little 4 year old Barrett in front of my camera as his momma was the...
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Fun in Dallas // April 2015
Clearly I’m way behind on blogging/sharing personal photos, but for good reason since we just made a cross-country move (to Portland, Oregon) at the end of May/beginning of June and have taken the past...
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Going Away Party – April 2015 // Dallas, TX
We were so blessed to celebrate our upcoming cross-country move to Oregon with some of our family and friends at our Dallas home back in April (before we handed it over to the new owners at the end of...
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Brady: May 2015 // Dallas, TX
There seemed to be bluebonnets blooming all around Texas (not so much Dallas), but there was this one little patch of bluebonnets that bloom in a field at the end of our (old) street where it hits...
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Dallas Zoo // April 2015
We were blessed by Brian’s little brother, Dan, to receive a family membership to the Dallas Zoo this year for Christmas. We squeezed in two visits before we moved to Portland, Oregon. They have a...
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Brady: May 2015 // Dallas, TX
There seemed to be bluebonnets blooming all around Texas (not so much Dallas), but there was this one little patch of bluebonnets that bloom in a field at the end of our (old) street where it hits...
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Farewell to Our Sweet Dallas Home
The last day we were moving out of our house at the end of May (2015) we stopped to take some self-portraits in front of our first (very beloved) home. This was the first home we bought together as a...
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Visiting Family in Katy, TX
We were grateful to spend almost a week with both sides of my family in Katy, TX in between moving out of our home in Dallas and moving across the country to Portland, Oregon at the end of May 2015. We...
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The Allen Quest to the Wild West 2015 – We Made It!
We did it! Over 2,000 miles, two vehicles (one 12 years old), a toddler, a golden retriever, and two adults…. We made it safely across the country in five days from Dallas, TX >> Houston, TX...
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Our First Month in Portland, Oregon: June 2015
Our first month living in Portland has been pretty awesome, I must say. Yes, maybe we brought the Texas heat drought with us (sorry), but the breaks of cooler weather are a nice treat! We’ve been...
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Berry Picking at Smith Berry Barn – Portland, Oregon / July 2015
Our new favorite thing to do is pick berries (or peaches) at local farms and orchards! We do this approx once a week now. We’ve been to Smith Berry Barn a couple times and these photos are from our...
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