hello friends!  okay, first off, it looks like maybe the foto finch was getting too excited around here 🙂  from now on, i’ll be posting photo tutorials every two weeks (still on mondays) instead of every week, gives everyone a little more time to get their cameras out and work on the info 🙂  with that, let’s move on to the next installment of the foto finch series! you know…

another memory verse video clip – ethan reciting luke 12:15 “watch out!  be on your guard against all kinds of greed.”  except ethan wants you to beware of cheese instead 🙂 remember to scroll down to turn off the music on the right first.  enjoy!

next month ethan turns 3 – i’m trying not to think about it too much yet 🙁  i figured this year we could get away without throwing him a real party, but the second i started talking (quietly) about what we might do – like maybe a little family thing – big brother silas piped up and informed ethan that birthdays mean parties and parties are the best! great, thanks…

i know this is supposed to be a foto finch post, but some have mentioned that maybe one week isn’t long enough to capture and share your pictures, so i figured, maybe i’d do them every other week?  everyone okay with that?  great! so if you’re wanting to join in, take a look at the first two foto finch posts here and here.  then get your camera out, use the…

i’ve been feeling kinda bummed lately.  this is how i get.  the crazy rush of the holiday photography season finally ends, i thank the Lord for january and the break from shooting, then february comes around and i get this itch.  i gotta start shooting – someone, anyone!  my head is constantly racing with new ideas, things i want to try (the warm weather and pinterest don’t help either!)  but…

yesterday was the first day of spring.  usually, march is super snowy, but lately the temperatures have been up in the 50’s and 60’s!  i’m a big fan of the sunshine and all that the warmer weather brings – playing outside, ice cream cones, and garage sales 🙂 but i am kind of sad to say goodbye to winter.  this was the first winter where both the kids were old…