The quote usually goes: “Time flies when you’re having fun”, but every mom (ok, parent) knows the true version of this is: “Time flies when you’re a mom (parent)”. Even though it’s been ten years, it feels like just yesterday I was bringing home my first daughter. Happy 10th Birthday Emillia, today is all about…
Here in Washington our governor just extended the lockdown to May 31st, much to our dismay. My kids didn’t take the news too well (and let’s be honest, neither did we) because that cancels our birthday weekend trip for this year and they were really looking forward to it. Since we can’t yet reschedule the…
The world was already turned upside-down thanks to COVID-19. Two weeks ago, I never would have predicted that the second week of homeschooling would leave us learning Veterinary Medicine. But I’m forever thankful for that extra week at home with Zooey, our rescue who actually rescued us. Zooey and our “Accidental” rescue It was Super…
Some years are just simply crazier than others. For me, 2019 was a whirlwind of possibilities… hard choices, family fun and a wild wedding season to boot! But even as we finished out the year exhausted from the insanity 2019 brought, and simply glad to have survived it; looking back, I wouldn’t change it for…
Those photos I took back in June really stuck with me, and I couldn’t wait to complete my vision for my family wall. I loved the idea of putting individual photos of each kid up, really big on my wall. Since I was pregnant at the time, I knew I would need to take a…
Last year was really a whirlwind, and this little guy, Evan James Luis, joining us definitely made it one to remember. Jake and I had just decided we were done having kids and had started discussing the possible options for our family. But in the middle of planning our next big family Disney trip, we…
When I started focusing on weddings in 2016, I wasn’t sure there was room in my life to continue as a Sumner family photographer. Now it seems really silly since I still photograph a dozen or so families a year, and my own kids on many occasions. However, this brings me to a funny story…