Good morning from the Thomas Household, where the currently energy level is, “ALEXA, PLAY PARTY IN THE USA” followed by 360° scooter spins in the center of the living room. I love the enthusiasm, although I cannot reasonably be expected to match it at the tender time of 7:57 AM. In the words of Rick […]

As is my custom each October, everything is nuts. The epic pile-on of softball and baseball, engagement sessions, wedding weekends, homeschooling, co-op, and keeping four children alive (the amount of food consumed in this house would shock you to your very core) catches me off guard every year. Justin and I pass each other coming […]

Hello and good morning from the icy depths of January, the worst month of the year! Like most of the East Coast, we’re buried under several inches of snow, but I’m a housecat by nature and canceling everything on my schedule for the day feels nice. Although suiting up four children into snow gear feels […]

I’ve got new portraits for you today – let’s head to downtown Frederick for this gorgeous family session. But first! It’s my birthday today, but I wasn’t served breakfast in bed. No, instead my three-year-old kicked open my bedroom door at 6:00 AM shouting out, “WHERE IS THE CAKE?” I get it. I established this […]

Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery.  -Wendell Berry What an absolute joy it was to photograph Olivia and Craig’s wedding day at Dulany’s Overlook! Olivia leaned into her Italian […]

Friday! We made it! It’s was oddly cool and breezy last night and we let the kids run laps around the yard chasing fireflies (and each other) until it was decidedly beyond their bedtime. My husband, who will tell you until his dying day that autumn is the supreme season, commented that it felt like […]

Justin and I are coming up on twelve years as a married couple, which is roughly fourteen years together, which, in my life, feels like a very long time. Whenever we do the math surrounding our first date, our oldest child, or how many years in a row I’ve made Black Forest Cake for his […]

I try not to be too much of an emotional sap when it comes to my work – I have a job to do! Gotta do it well! Can’t have blurry photos because my eyes are tearing up! – but I am willing to make exceptions some of the time. Mother/son dances because, ever since […]