Katie Swift
This year is a very special treat- all three of our chitlins’ are high schoolers which means Homecoming dance for all! You’d think I would’ve thought to get a picture of all three of them together but by the time I got everyone dressed, ticketed and to the park for snap shots, I had little...
Summer nights are my favorite. There’s something about the warm dusk that calls me out of my cozy comforts of home and into the soft, shadowy, twilight air. It’s a type of soul soothing that can only be experienced, not explained. So when a festival promises to get me beneath the setting summer sun, I...
Last month Josh and I were blessed to take a short trip to Florida. It was our first visit to the Space Coast in almost 10 years. I have a wonderful family in Melbourne with whom a visit was waaay overdue. We met for dinner at Captain Hiram’s Resort in Sebastian and I brought my...
This Thanksgiving we had the most glorious feast with family down in Tennessee. Of course, it helps to have a Chef in the bunch but I also attribute our meal success to the fact that in this here family, we looove to eat… Jonah even tried to steal the mashed potatoes! Oh yes, and Josh...
When your sister in-law turns 40 you take her damn picture. Because everyone needs to know what 40 looks like: (like you’re preparing to go down a steep waterslide) but you’re not afraid cause you know you’re not alone… You’ve got daughters to fix your hair, sisters to snuggle (and brothers to play UB40 tracks...
Because all we need are dogs, kids, a rope and some grass to roll around in. Grateful for these summer evenings…
This summer we explored Ohio’s coastline (yes there is such a thing). We traveled up instead of down and found ourselves a beach to play in. Because all we really need is water. The sound of waves and children splashing. Rocks to stack and skip, sand to squish and a sunset to sit under…
The truth is, I don’t want to take pictures of you and your trendy family in a field somewhere. Not that there’s anything wrong with fashion and fields but it doesn’t say anything about who you are. If anything, your hip, hair blowing in the wind, gracefully gliding through tall grasses family does nothing but...
Today we celebrate 60 years of Sally. 36 years of Mom. 16 years of Nana. The years keep count but the soul can’t be measured. But it can be honored, and so it should be. This year we honored Mom with cupcakes, daisies and surprise. At a small neighborhood park in Bellbrook, Ohio balloons...
We spent our Memorial day weekend at Fort Fisher AF Recreation Area in Kure Beach, North Carolina. This was our 3rd Memorial day at Fort Fisher. It just feels right spending the holiday roasting s’mores and sporting dirty feet with a bunch of military families. (Even if the dogs drive us crazy and the...
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