Have I mentioned the fact that we’re moving at the end of the month?
We fell in love with the house we are currently renting so we asked our landlord if we could buy it.
They said no. But, offered us another house they own with the same floor plan except reversed. It is just around the block from us.
So, we’re moving, which might explain my absence around here.
Here are a few of the details I love about the house we rent, including some gems in the kitchen.

Please do visit the lovely and talented photographer from Gainesville, Kristin Young, to see what she’s got cookin’ in her kitchen!

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The boys are under quarantine because they have a weird rash (hand, foot and mouth, though it has been everywhere but their hands and feet!!!). That watermelon shaped smile might be the best I can do this week! And I’m not even going to fix that spot of dried milk on his forehead just because.

Elsewhere and otherwise, a couple of new and long-awaited babies have made their appearance in the last few days. Maybe it was the supermoon?!! Either way, the news of a brand new baby always makes me happy… Congratulations are in order to the lovely and talented Erin Creekmore Norman.

Now hop on over to Gainesville photographer Kristin Young‘s for her take on happy.

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I’m drinking in every last moment of his being still a baby. His baby soft hair. His baby soft skin …

Do stop by Columbus, MS photographer Erin Norman to see her take on soft.

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The horizon tends to be obscured most places I shoot. In this case, it was obscured by a fair. No complaints here.

Hop on over to Erin Norman‘s site to see if she had any better luck spotting the horizon.

Are you on instagram? Come find me @tarawanders

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I love photo sessions with toddlers. They’re just so real. They want nothing to do with sitting and posing. They want to play. They want to explore. They want to go. They want to do.

And so we did.

No better place than to do it than somewhere with lots of boardwalks to stomp around on and flowers (albeit dried) to collect at Calico Basin outside of Red Rock.

Add Lola the Boxer to the mix as the trusty hiking partner and BFF — does it get any better?

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Please do visit Gainesville, Florida photographer Kristin Young for her take on earthy.

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I really struggled with home as a theme. I think I wanted to showcase all of the things I love about the home we currently live in — but I didn’t have the time to pull it off. So instead, here’s a recent favorite showcasing one of the most important gathering spots in our home: the dinner table.

Hop on over to San Francisco Bay Area photographer Jayme Franklin‘s for her take on home.

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Mustache March is over, hooray, and my husband’s whiskers are gone. I’m playing a wee little prank on my dear friend Boots today and we just told our kids that we gave all their toys away. Do you do any April foolin’?

Hop on over to San Francisco Bay Area photographer Jayme Franklin to see what silliness she has up her sleeve.

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I was afraid I was going to have to pull out the striped hats again until fellow photographer Tiffany and her family showed up to their shoot with their star attraction (or one of them – mama’s bump was a show stopper too) in stripes.

Please do visit Alison Crane for her take on STRIPES!

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The lollipop bribe was green. That totally counts, right?

I have a hunch San Francisco Bay Area Photographer Jayme Franklin did this week’s green theme a little more justice.

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I don’t even remember whose idea it was but somehow I got roped into running the Red Rock Canyon Half Marathon yesterday. Okay, that isn’t entirely true. The first time I drove the 13-mile loop at Red Rock I started thinking about how awesome it would be to run it. Turns out, I’m not alone in my insanity. 1000 of us did just that yesterday. (An even crazier group did that loop twice for a full-up marathon.) This was BY FAR the toughest race I’ve run in terms of terrain. The elevation is extreme in this race. The first 6 miles are intense uphill. It is mostly downhill from there except for another really big climb at mile 10. I wasn’t worried about my time. I was worried about finishing! This was the first race I actually got to run with my hubby — and we crossed the finish together. He even carried my iPhone for me part of the way until he picked up the pace without me and I missed some awesome photo opportunities. But then he stopped to pee and I caught up and reclaimed my iPhone. I was pleased with our 2:22 time. Definitely it was not my best time but it was oodles better than I’d expected. The race was well-run, the scenery was gorgeous and I got to check something off my life list.

Hop on over to Bay Area photographer Alison Crane to see her take on EXTREME.

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