the journal

Stories frozen in frames

the journal

Ahhh! Seriously, that is how I feel! We have worked so dang hard on this project and it feels so good to finally share it. First of all, we realized dreams are expensive. Not only financially, but expensive with time. We had to remind ourselves continually that we have dreamt of this for 4 years […]

The Red Dale is officially gutted! Carpet, walls, lights, insulation, toilet…gone! Although we look plenty red neck and have a pile of insulation & a toilet in our back yard, we are well on our way to our dream trip 🙂 Here is a little tour of the trailer before we gutted it! The trailer […]

Here is proof that our jobs are the most fun and we can get little wild 🙂

We did it. We’ve dreamt of this for years and we finally did it. We blocked off time in our planners and we are really going. We have always dreamt of traveling the West Coast in a trailer, and the adventure has finally begun. We bought a nasty, smelly, old, stained trailer and we are […]

I can’t tell you how many times I ran back and forth to press the shutter! You would think we would own a remote by now, but we don’t and it is more fun to run and beat the timer! Here is a peek at a few bloopers during the process 🙂

Oh my. I will start a few years back and tell you that Darlene has had a wonderful influence on the world around her. This lovely woman leads the people around her and represents the love of God so beautifully. She is currently an art teacher and constantly reminds high school students about the truth […]

Rob LOVES old trucks. Every time we pass one he perks up and dreams of the good old days. He is reminded of his days as a lumberjack and days fixing up cars with his dad. He loves how an old beat up truck is proof of a mans hard work. He loves that most […]

Rob and I were lucky enough to spend this last week in Santa Barbara at a photography conference called UNITED. The conference was incredible and we have truly made life long friends whom we adore so much…but more on that later. When booking our trip, we decided to fly out early and enjoy a little […]

I can’t think of a better way to start the new year than celebrating someones marriage. Martin & Ali got married on January 4th in the oh so charming town of Vail. We of course woke up to a blizzard of snow, but the intensity died down and we were left with just a perfect […]

Wow. What a year it has been! Rob and I can both confidently say that 2013 was the best year yet! Here is a little peek at the behind the scenes of our day jobs. What a joy it has been working full time with my wild (and good looking) husband! Thank you, thank you, […]