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Category Archives: Our life

Eugene Photographer: Taking Pictures of My Own Kids

I very rarely take my camera out to take pictures of our kids. Because photography is my job, and I only shoot in the most ideal lighting and composed situations, I don’t like just snapping a picture when everything isn’t ideal.  I am very thankful for the iphone. I can get away with a dark…

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Ten Years

Ten years. I always thought this anniversary would have a lot of significance, like it would be the end of the grief, but I have come to realize that this is not what grief does. Paul and I visited my Great-great Aunt Hazel when I was about 3 months along with our boys. We didn’t…

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Fear & Light

Our kids go to a great public school. I love the teachers and staff and they have had a wonderful experience. But when a day like yesterday happens, it makes me question if our children should ever leave our sight. I was on the phone with Jessica when I read about the shooting. We were…

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Oregon Wedding Photographer: Oregon Commercial Photographer: Where the Green Grass Grows

Meet Andrea. She is the very talented owner of Where the Green Grass Grows. Andrea designs custom party invitations and party decor and her beautiful designs are sold all throughout the country! And once you see her shop, you will know why! So when she designed the party decor for Lincoln’s 3rd birthday, I was…

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Nine Years

Each year for Joshua Paul and Kaleb Stephen’s birthday, I wrote a post that I make sure goes out on the day of their actual birthday, May 15th. But this year as their birthday approached, I began to look back and think out what grief milestone I had made, and I realized that I hadn’t…

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