Tag Archives: family
February: The beginning of The Year of Love.
Giving what you have to others… creates more love, in you, for them. Falling in love is awesome! We fall in love and get married, we fall in love with newborn babies, we fall in love with new friends, we fall in love with ideas, we fall in love with new places. All of this [...]
How to Take Great Family Pictures. Free Webinar!
I’m so excited to announce… A free webinar, just for you! (and just in time for the holidays) Familyness Photos: How to Take Pictures That Tell Your Family’s Story Join me on: Dec 13, 2012 at 12:00 PM EST. Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/984431590173773312 I’ll be covering: How to get a great shot, even of your most [...]
The Child Whisperer: Only parenting book you need [And a Giveaway!]
The Child Whisperer. I am an avid parenting book purchaser. Only one other time have I felt like one book could be the only parenting book I would need (Siblings without Rivalry). The Child Whisperer should be on every person’s book shelf in the world. Yes, in the world! Most parenting books have a [...]
Vant Land’t Family.
strawberries fields. Interview about this shoot… Question: Was there a cuter little family for this shoot? Davina: No. Not possible. Question: Was everyone sweating because it looks like everyone is fresh as a daisy? Davina: Everyone was sweating. Profusely. Question: How does someone go about looking so cute as a pregnant lady? Davina: No [...]
Familyness Minute Episode 4: Mornings without Chaos
well…maybe just less chaos! There have been early mornings when, for some reason, I didn’t set my alarm and we all jump out of bed and run around like there’s just been a drug bust raid at our house. We totally look like a movie, running into each other, trying to grab a quick breakfast, [...]
Family Night Fun: Learn the Guitar
music night. You may have an instrument sitting around the house that you’ve only picked up once or twice or that you bought and have been meaning to learn to play. A guitar or ukulele are fun instruments to learn and don’t require a huge purchase. A ukulele is small and makes learning easy and [...]
Family Fun Night: Time Capsule
words…even crazy ones. Rabbits. This is the answer to any and all questions that may be posed to Emmett. Will you be staying after school today? Rabbits. What homework do you have? Rabbits. He’s 14. He has words. He uses them. They make no sense. They make me laugh. Over the last year words have [...]
Carlson Family. Part 1
and then there were three… Becoming a parent is nothing short of a little reminder that you know…well… …pretty much nothing. I went to school. College even. I graduated. I got a degree. That degree I have is supposed to mean I know something about how to raise kids. A lot of the time I [...]
A Little Twist on Christmas Countdown…
a little more love… It’s getting a little chaotic around here. Especially since being sick the first part of December. I feel like I’m way behind already. Sometimes it’s stressful. Right now, I’m sitting next to folded towels that are stacked as tall as me. My studio is a crazy mess with cameras, projects, backdrops, [...]
In Limbo-land.
my house has a personality disorder… It’s Thanksgiving and Christmas here. We’re caught in no-man’s land of the week between Thanksgiving and December 1st…except that it’s December 8th…so there’s something wrong with this picture. I got sick on Sunday. Mike got sick shortly after. Our kids aren’t sick. Not sick at all. They’ve got plenty [...]
