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Mountainside Lavender Farm – Hillsboro, Oregon – June 2018
Summer to me is about filling our time with visiting as many local farms to pick our own produce & adventure in the gorgeous Oregon outdoors. As a Texas girl living in Oregon, it’s not lost on me...
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In Home Family Portraits | Family Photographer, Portland, Oregon
There’s this adorable yellow classic victorian style home on the top of a hill with a front and back porch overlooking some of my favorite farm/rolling hills views on the edge of Tigard/ Sherwood/...
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Pumpkin Picking at Plumper Pumpkin | Portland, Oregon
It was gorgeous full sun warm weather when I took the boys up to Plumper Pumpkin to pick out a pumpkin (of course Brady chose the LARGEST one he could barely pick up). We met some friends up there and...
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Extended Fall Family Photos for the Seabold Family | NW Portland, Oregon
This family continues to hold a special place in my heart, as I’ve been photographing them since we first moved here almost 4 years ago. It started as a maternity session for Jamie, who now has two...
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Fall Family Portraits for the S Family | Beaverton, OR | Jenkins Estate
When Rattana shared the names of her two young daughters, I was intrigued as they sounded Hawaiian. They reminded me of two of my friend’s who have the Hawaiian name “Leilani” in their names. Turns...
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Christmas Tree Farm Family Portraits for the Philipps Family | Sunny Day Tree...
This sweet little girl was enthralled with her Daddy. Can’t you tell by their sweet bond in these images? Especially, where she’s using his hair as reigns. Hah! They’re about to be a family of four in...
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Fall Family Portraits for the Ray Family | Sunny Day Tree Farm | Sherwood, OR
You know when you see those families where all the kids are actually being nice to each other, respecting each other, helping each other, laughing together, listening to their parents and generally...
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Cold & Flu Season | Natural Wellness Support – My Current Favorite Products &...
It’s that time of year… when your little petri dish kids bring all the germs home & so generously share them with you. Here are some of my current favorite immune boosters and goodies we use during...
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Christmas Tree Farm Family Photos for the Carle Family | Sunny Day Tree Farm...
Look at this sweet family who gets to celebrate Christmas together for the first time this year! They’ll quickly learn that baby is more interested in the box that someone else’s gift came in rather...
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Snow Maternity Portraits for Meredith | Tigard, OR
The city of Portland basically shut down (several times) across the winter of 2016. It was a rough one for this Texas girl who only prefers to visit snow and than leave it there. Of course it happened...
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Oregon Coast Day Trip // Hug Point Beach // February 2018
This is the second year in a row that when my mom was visiting from Texas we got incredible weather at the coast IN FEBRUARY. It was a fun little day trip with just the boys, myself and my mom. I even...
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Family Tent Camping | Suttle Lake, Oregon | June 2018 – Part 1 with camping tips
Here’s part 1 of our family tent camping adventures this Summer. This blog post focuses on the time we spent at the campground/Suttle Lake before venturing off to the Metolius River before heading...
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Noah is One | Birthday Morning | July 2018 | Portland, OR
As a child, I always felt SO special on my birthday. My family always made me feel so loved and spoiled with gifts. While I’m not huge on spoiling our kids with gifts, I do try to make a huge effort to...
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Noah is One | First Birthday Party | July 4th 2018 | Portland, Oregon
Our sweet (& wild) Noah turned ONE! We threw a small-ish party on July 4th (since he was born ONE and a HALF hours after July 4th). Would it be terrible to tell him his birthday is on July 4th? Hah...
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Recap of 2018 // Merry Christmas from the Allen family
It’s cliche, but my goodness, this last year SPED by. It especially makes it go fast when you add another kid to the mix and count life in sets of 3 weeks (Brian’s work schedule). I actually...
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Noah’s First At Home Hair Cut | 15 Months Old | September 2018
I made a video of Brady’s first hair cut, so of course I had to do one of Noah’s first hair cut. Noah’s a little bit more of our “wild card” kiddo as you can see he moves his head with every single...
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Mother + Daughter Portrait Session | Spring | Portland, Oregon
There’s something so special about capturing motherhood that just makes my heart skip a beat. This was such a dreamy motherhood portrait session in one of the neatest (hidden to me) parks in NW...
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Oregon Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival | April 2018 | Woodburn, Oregon
It’s become an annual tradition that when we visit the Oregon Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival I break out my shorts for the first time since the previous Summer. For some reason it’s worked out perfectly...
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Emma | Newborn Lifestyle Portrait Session | Tigard, OR
These sisters were gifted an early Christmas present, a baby sister! Look at how beautiful these girls are with their porcelain skin, dark hair and blue eyes. Gonna be trouble for their Dad one day…...
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Coleman Family | Christmas Tree Cutting Portrait Session | Sherwood, OR
It was a very cold and wet day in the Portland area. We arrived and all I could think was “I really hope she didn’t wear nice boots.” hah! She looked STUNNING and somehow was able to get through the...
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