Family Fall Pictures

I am so excited to share with you some recent family pictures we had taken! Our good friend Megan, recent owner of a sparkly new dSLR, agreed to take some pictures of our family while the leaves were still so pretty! We went to our local university, where both Rust and I graduated, to have [...]

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Picture Practice: In the Autumn

Oh, dear. What must Summer think? Summer knows she’s been my favorite, year after year… her bright & vivid days, warm breezes, long-lasting sun. She has so many great qualities.

But what must she think, now?– how much I have to fight my urge to declare over and over and over again–that I love Autumn! Her [...]

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Happy birthday to me!

These are some of my favorite pictures, taken a year ago on my birthday (October 29th). Last year I spent my 25th birthday hanging out at my mom’s house with my parents & my sister & of course Anna and Cousin John. Since I just so happened to be over there again for my birthday, I [...]

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Muddy Pond

Last weekend we took a quick afternoon trip to Muddy Pond, a local community that produces & sells sorghum. It was wet, rainy, and cold. Oh, and Anna for the first time in months did not take her afternoon nap so she was pretty tired (and on the way home in the car proved to us [...]

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Picture Practice: John & Anna fun

Warning: This post is pretty picture heavy because I had a lot of trouble narrowing down the pictures! They babies are just too cute and had too many funny expressions! It has been so fun to watch Anna & John become little friends. Hope you enjoy these pictures!
 
 
 
 
 

I love this picture of me and my [...]

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A Fall Feast: Part One

This past weekend we hosted a new annual tradition, A Fall Feast, in which we celebrated good food, great friends, and good old-fashioned fun. I love fall foods, and I wanted to “discover” some of my best friends’ favorite fall dishes!

So I made & sent out invitations. (Oh, how I love invitations! They are typically [...]

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September @ a Glance

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1. Summer mini. | 2. Peekaboo! | 3. Sleeping in stroller. | 4. Upside-down Annacake. | 5. Chattering constantly.
6. It’s a boy! | 7. New carseat. | 8. Tried eggs for first time — not allergic! | 9. Early morning sun. | 10. She really does cry.
11. Old Town Alexandria | 12. Swimming [...]

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Cupcakes

Do you know what these are?
 
Cupcakes I made for my sister & brother-in-law to celebrate…
that they are having…
 
 
another
BOY!
 
 
AND they have already chosen his name!
Jackson Lawrence Walker
is set to arrive sometime mid-February.
 
So exciting!
I’ll have another nephew to spoil!
 

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The Roadtrip, pt. 2

The day after the wedding, we did the touristy thing and strolled the streets of Old Town Alexandria before we headed back on the road.

Anna was fascinated by this fountain!

I just love my husband. That was the first thing that popped into my head when I looked at this picture!

My turn to pose with the [...]

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The Roadtrip, pt. 1

All buckled in her *new* carseat & ready to go!

Anna survived her first night staying in a hotel! We are waiting around while Rust loads the car. And, no, though for some reason it looks like it in this picture, I do not have on peach lipstick.

Stopping at a rest area for lunch. On our trip [...]

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