MY LIFE AS MOMMA
The bulk of my every-day life is spent wrangling our four little hooligans. Motherhood has been the privilege of my life since 2015 when our oldest son was born! The good + bad go hand in hand — nothing has humbled or grown me or excited me or challenged me more than being a momma.
Our kids LOVE water, so we spend a lot of time swimming during the warm months of the year and throwing rocks during the cold months. My husband is adventurous and loves pushing them to try new things.. sometimes I close my eyes haha. But mostly I am just impressed with his vision for raising young ones, and it’s a joy to parent alongside him! We have a good time.
Each pregnancy, we waited to find out the gender. And each delivery Dave said, “It’s a boy!!” until our daughter was born at the end of 2023 (let’s just say that was a SHOCK and so thrilling). It has been so fun to watch the changes in our family, and we are so excited for the future.
Balancing work-from-home life and being a mom of 4 has plenty of challenges, but my kids are gracious with me and I love the opportunity to be with them so often! Photography is a joy to me and it’s fun to include them and adjust work things around our family needs. I usually leave my schedule more vacant during the winter so I can catch up on the back end of my business and spend extra time with the kids. During the busier months I involve them in whatever parts of work I can, take lots of breaks to do excursions with them, and make sure to spend quality time with them for a good chunk of each day!
I feel fortunate and am living out my childhood dreams in many ways. My heart is rooted in Jesus + my home, and my creative work flows out of that place of security and love.
Always ready and eager to grow, but happy and thankful to be right where I am in the meantime. Life is good.