Spring has been here for awhile now, so I wanted to share some of it with you. I love this time of year. Everything comes out of hibernation, turns a bright brilliant shade of green. Flowers come to life. Dogwood trees start to bloom. The air smells sweet, fresh and clean, but still crisp. Our…
Newborn Photos: Baby Lily
The Ellis family had a sweet baby girl, Lily, back at the end of January. We had the wonderful opportunity and pleasure of taking photographs for them of their newborn bundle of joy just a few weeks later in February. Here is a preview at how a few turned out! I really hope they were…
Arabella Valentine Photos
My sister asked us to take photos for Valentine’s Day of my niece, Arabella. Here’s a glimpse at a few of them…
Roasted Valentine’s
No, this post will not be gruesome as the title may suggest. It will, however, feature a bevy of roasted food. Because when you’re eating healthy…sauteeing veggies in butter is NOT the way to go…sadly *sigh* Our Valentine’s Dinner Menu consisted of: Roasted Butternut Squash & Roasted Asparagus Pan-Seared Roasted Monkfish, Pan-Seared Scallops, & Toasted Garlic & Onion…
Snowy Hike on Rich Mountain Loop
In January, we decided it was time for a wintry hike in the Smokies on a weekend when the upper elevations received a nice dusting of snow. Our buddies, the Brownes, tagged along with us up the Rich Mountain Loop. The loop starts at the Cades Cove parking lot just before starting down the Cades…
Baby Judah
Our good friends, the Nichols, had their first child on January 6th. They decided to leave the gender a surprise and were gifted with a beautiful baby boy.
Oh, the silent majesty of a winter’s morn…
Name that Christmas movie… Anyway, normally on Christmas morning, we get up around 6:00 am, have about 30 minutes of “Christmas” together before we have to run off to our first family event of the day. This year, however, we managed to get the entire morning to ourselves. Oh what to do…what to do. We…
A Christmas Story
So, with Christmas comes traditions. For us, it’s Christmas Eve. Christmas day we are usually jetting off to see everybody in one day with hardly any time to ourselves, so o’er the years we’ve made Christmas Eve “ours”. This year, things were slightly different. We still curled up on the couch and watched ‘Love Actually’,…