Tabula Rasa

Jace & Hazel A clean slate, tabula rasa, new beginning, fresh start….a new year!  My resolution list is long and my soul is filled with hope. What did you do to ring in the new year?  I spent the evening doing the same thing as last year.  Writing my resolutions and watching the ball drop […]

I want to share a powerful sermon,  preached by a woman my age,  about 4 months before she died. Watch it here. She says “I am dying, but so are you”.  A simple & profound truth. Photography by Bohemian Secret

I have a weakness for throw pillows, Levi may even call it an obsession. Who could resist these ruffle rose pillows from my friend Angie over at That Funky Boutique? Not I.  I call this the finishing touch for the master bed nook. That is the same thing I will call the next pillow.

I had planned to have my new pajama & nightgown line done for photos.  The truth is…I didn’t have it done and Wyatt was wearing his Knuckleheads shirt inside out and unbuttoned.  The same shirt that he wore the day before on Christmas eve.  Throughout the hustle & bustle of dinner preparations I kept telling him to fix it, […]

With only 37 of us it was a relatively quiet Christmas Eve.  We were missing 20 people this year.  My little brother with his son.  Goodness Craigy, I remember when you were this age!;) Sabra playing “Away in a Manger” One of my favorite photos of the night.  Baby Mearah sleeping peacefully in her mama’s arm while everyone […]

The kids did most of the decorating.  I just sneakily adjusted things when they weren’t looking.  A happy collection of homemade & dollar store ornaments, cheeky carolers & twinkly lights. That, combined with fresh evergreens & you can’t go wrong as far as I’m concerned.

Tamara made this exquisite dress & bonnet for Hazel when she was born.  You can read about it here.