Let me tell you a story… On Christmas morning I woke up groggy after a weekend spent in bed coughing & fighting a cold. My teenagers slept. My dog slept. My husband slept. My five-year-old danced around the Christmas tree singing, “Wake up, wake up, wake up!” I heard her thump down the stairs…
{Family} Session & the Warmest Light, Manasquan, Sea Watch Beach, NJ
I have a soft spot for sisters. Ever since my own daughter became a big sister I’ve been sensitive to the tenderness between oldest & littlest, especially with an age gap wide enough to stall squabbles. (For now, true true. haha) I’m the baby in my own family, lucky to have big sisters I can…
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{Family} Portraits, Manasquan Beach, NJ
Was it cold? Well, yes. But my in-laws from Portland, Oregon were visiting & I think the coast there is always a little chilly so we bundled up babies & hit the inlet in Manasquan, NJ for pictures of a new family. And for me, crisp air that tastes like ocean & fills my lungs with…
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The Rustarado, 2012
The Rustarado is a bad-ass little piece of machinery masterminded by my father-in-law, Craig Dolan. This is what I know: Its a 1954 Chevrolet Pick-up Truck. It is loud and built to be that way. There are “air bags” in the wheel wells that lift the body for driving purposes only. They hiss like the…