HELLO
Mom to Iris. Wife to Todd. Our little family lives at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We love it here and I love sharing little bits of our life.
I steal his socks. I leave cereal boxes open. I drop a trail of clothes and coffee cups behind me wherever I go.
He makes our bed every morning. He washes dishes after every meal. And he doesn’t even mind that all of his socks are missing.
Today, we’ve been married for nine years. It’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day, but I’m truly so grateful for him and this little life we’ve built together. I love looking back and seeing how far we’ve come together. Our house, our careers, our crazy kid.
Here are a few polaroids from our wedding, which I feel perfectly capture the hot, wonderful summer afternoon of August 11, 2007 at the Clinton House.
I’ve been laying low since Mexico.
But I’ve managed to snap a few
photos here and there.
Honestly, it’s hard to put the camera away
when Fayetteville is this pretty in fall.
There was the last Hogs home game.
A walk across town.
Across town to meet friends at a bar, of course.
I also was asked to take engagement photos for Steven & Amanda.
Not only did I have fun shooting them,
but I’m pretty sure Amanda & I could be
long lost sisters with all
that we have in common…
or at least good friends!
Here are some of my faves…
Oh, I got to meet their sweet kitty too.
And last, but not least
I took a couple quick photos
for an adorable new local lookbook
All you Northwest Arkansas girls
should join the fun & check out styleby.me!
As mentioned, Todd and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary last week. On the actual day, we exchanged gifts and ate the mexican food I had been craving for days. We went small on the gift giving, since our real present to each other is photographed a little further down, but for his gift I finally framed our wedding invitation which was designed by our amazing artist friend, Sasha Barr.
As for my present, Todd gave me photo of us on our wedding day, autographed by former President Bill Clinton himself! The stars must have aligned, because as explained in my recent blog post, Clinton visited his old house where he and Hillary were married and, of course, where Todd and I were married too. The magic about this, is that he arrived at that house (where he hadn’t been since he moved out in the 1970s) actually ON our wedding anniversary! As part of the media, Todd not only was one of the few people allowed in the small house when Clinton arrived, but he also got to talk to him about the coincidence while Clinton wrote a note on our photo. It’s our own, little unique story that we’ll surely remember forever and now it looks like I have something else to frame!
If that weren’t enough, the next day, Todd and I enjoyed our real anniversary present – a long weekend in Las Vegas!
We drank, ate, explored, gambled, swam, and slept in.
It was fabulous.
Plane ride there.
Our amazing room at Red Rock Resort.
Views from the room.
One of the many hotel bars.
Pool time.
I love a breakfast buffet.
Exploring.
Todd won.
Another hotel bar.
Where I met up with my friend Cheryl,
who I met on my Maui trip a few months back!
I joked that we only see each other
in fabulous locations.
On our last night,
Rob Thomas played a concert by the pool.
Apparently Paris Hilton was in the front row,
but I didn’t see her.
Otherwise we’d be BFFs.
Duh.
…and I might have ordered a Philly cheese steak
at midnight.
