Lily Bell is 4

June 12, 2021
Lily has been waiting like CRAZY for her 4th Birthday! She wanted to have her pictures taken and so we used this dress her Nana and Auntie picked up at a yard sale. It's a size 8 lol. Way too big, but we made it work;b. We decided to spend time in Gma and Gpa's magical garden. I call it the spider garden from the wild sidewalks gpa had put in for g...
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Frenchies

March 12, 2021  •  Leave a Comment
I finally met Anna & Tyson's sweet little babies! A puppy bubble bath was requested by Anna. Last Saturday I picked up this vintage wash tub from Main Street Antiques in Marshalltown. Last minute I grabbed these adorbs handmade washcloths that I'd gotten last year from SaS & CO. We shot in front of a vintage sink with the door propped open for a li...
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2021 LIFESTYLE PHOTO CHALLENGE

January 01, 2021  •  Leave a Comment
Hello 2021! We will be having a photo challenge this year! See the checklist below. The checklist is mostly made up of everyday life and are meant to be meaningful to your life, this year. Share your submissions by using #SD21photochallenge. We can share our photos and encourage others. As we end the challenge, we can reflect upon the images and v...
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2020... A WILD year

December 13, 2020
2020… It’s been a WILD year! Start of a business, being essential workers during the Covid 19 Pandemic, being parents in a Covid 19 pandemic, being caregivers, A Derecho, Virtual Learning, Lost our oldest dog Tyson this spring but gained a new little pup, Chadwick this winter. It’s a little overwhelming recalling this years events but we've held e...
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Lily Bell is Three

July 12, 2020
July, 12th 2020: Our youngest turned Three today. She wanted to pick some flowers for her "Birthday Party." Her brother helped quite a bit. We started a Pollinators garden this spring and have some wildflowers in our sad looking garden. It's enough to being us joy and for her to find new flowers every week. Some one woke up bright and early remembe...
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Snowy April Morning

April 17, 2020
We woke up to WHITE this morning. Hendric played outside instead of starting his school work. A late start Friday. Lily wanted to follow but since we already had her winter gear put away....I may have bribed her with my phone. She enjoyed looking out the back door though. Our rainbow is still on the back door. I can't wait until things are better s...
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Easter 2020

April 12, 2020
It was a different type of Easter this year but we tried to make the best of it. We've had heavy hearts and have been thinking a lot about our loving cousin who passed away so suddenly. This morning we prepped the best Easter Dinner that we could and felt good to be able to send out some carefully prepared LOVING TO-GO meals to our local grandparen...
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A Stunning Surprise

April 08, 2020  •  Leave a Comment
I won something! I was surprised to see this post last week and giddy to see these two beauties outside my front door this morning, As were the kids. The pretty pink was ordered for my grandma. I can't wait to drop it off on her front porch later on. I have several places where this looks great in our house but I think it'll stay nestled in my tiny...
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Field Trip to the Courthouse

March 31, 2020  •  Leave a Comment
We planned a trip uptown to watch the New Dome go up to its rightful spot, on top of the Marshalltown Courthouse. I was a bit nervous of the possibility of large crowds so we went early and found a great parking spot. We had planned on staying inside the car but found that we were easily able to navigate our way a little closer while maintaining go...
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Sharing this sign!

March 22, 2020  •  Leave a Comment
Hi, I seen a couple of Irma's gorgeous signs when I documented Baby Violet's First Birthday Cake Smash. I was very impressed by them so reached out to her just after my niece was born. I could tell right away that Irma was a kind person and I had no doubt that she would do her best to make it perfect. She had it to me so quickly and it looks great...
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