after a long rainy run & afternoon of shopping, sitting down on the couch was a welcome rest. i grabbed my laptop, put on the 7th season of Gilmore Girls, and continued my search for the perfect ...
i’ve known my friend josh for ten years now. we went to high school together & became closer friends after graduation when i moved churches. i adore his whole family: four wonderful kids, t...
when i am emotionally/mentally “done” my first reaction is to get alone. as an introvert, it’s how i recharge and therefore can be a very positive thing. on the flip side, sometimes...
it hasn’t been an easy week for me. after nine years, we had to make the decision to put my dog taylor to sleep. she had two torn both her ACLs, one in february and the second last friday. the ...
sarah & nick met in ontario while attending medical school. in her first year, sarah ran a photography auction, to which nick submitted some photos. they met up in person to confirm some details ...
every year, i accept a limited number of family portrait sessions — usually for families i’ve known for a long time! lance and shara and their kids are one of those families i regularly m...
catherine and erik knew of one another — as sometimes friends of friends do — but until 2009, didn’t know one another personally. the first official meeting came a few years later, ...
nicole & dan met online four years ago; they enjoyed the company of one another, dated for a few months and found the timing wasn’t right. they parted ways and started to move on — un...
one of my most beauuuutiful friends is expecting a baby. a baby boy. kelsey and jason are five months pregnant and i am absolutely crazy excited for them. the first time i photographed kelsey + jason...
ulrike & craig’s first date was over six years ago — a cup of coffee and a rollerblading adventure was the plan. ulrike ambitiously decided to rollerblade to the coffee shop [why not,...
carly & doug’s very first email to me about their august 25, 2012 backyard wedding included the following three facts — “we met in high school, we are nineteen years old and we ...
a blog reader once described me as having a zest for self improvement. i’ve never forgotten that — and it makes me giggle. it’s very true. i was home alone for two weeks [longest ti...
and so it begins. april 27: the first wedding of my 2012 summer season. [technically, i had roxy + diegos january wedding in australia, but it was "our" winter.] amanda + james were married [...
natalie and ron met in grade 10 on a school field trip. natalie’s father is a high school teacher [natalie also has a teaching degree!] & ron was a student in his class. natalie was homesch...
spring is here in vancouver and that means longer days, slighter warmer temperatures and the occasional appearance of a fiery ball in the sky. life feels fresh. the season of life i am in right now f...
God has given me a heart of generosity; i see every dollar as a gift from God. when i give, i believe it will be returned. when challenged to apply the same sowing/reaping principle to my time, a big...
it was the very last semester of karen & spencer’s undergraduate degrees at UBC. spencer was completing an english literature degree and karen was an english/history major herself. after fo...
matthew & marlena are getting married in three short weeks at the beautiful milner chapel, with a reception at the fort langley golf course. their wedding day will be only for close friends and f...
five o’ clock, glass of lemon water, open laptop at the kitchen table. yellow, orange & red peppers being roasted in the oven, quinoa on the stove, spinach on the counter ready to sauté. di...
after high school, peter studied at the university of emily carr and through his classes, became friends with a girl named jeanette. jeanette & peter found out they went to the same church, but p...
good morning! happy thursday! happy thursday because in a few hours i’ll be flying to sunny phoenix, arizona for a five-day family vacation with my parents and these two. also happy thursday, b...
marisa & anson have always been “near” one another. they grew up in neighbourhoods only a few minutes apart and attended the same high school but in different grad years! in 2002, the...
emma and aaron first met at a beach volleyball training camp on canada day weekend, five years ago. they both noticed one another from afar — but as aaron tells the story, emma was one of the g...
it was august 2009 when sandi & david first met. the “boys” were having their traditional monthly hangout and two girls [friends of friends] decided to crash the boys night. ;) one of...
rachelle and peter met on a blind date, four years ago. peter received rachelle’s phone number from a mutual friend, gave her a call and asked if she’d like to meet for coffee sometime. t...
yesterday afternoon, april 3, 2012, around the sixteenth hour, sam called his girlfriend [and my very best friend] leanne. “hi leanne. today is a big day.” she replied, “oh is that ...
although i often take it easy in february/march claiming “hey, this is my [so-called] summer break,” taking it easy in my life doesn’t usually classify dragging myself out of bed, w...
one of my favourite hymns, come thou fount, there is a lyric that reads: let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee. my wandering [moving aimlessly about] heart. prone to wander...
i am coming to you this morning with another stuff + things i love post. please bear with the randomness — and perhaps, embrace it. 1. misikko hair straightener. this is not a fashion/beauty bl...
this morning, i am overwhelmed with the goodness of God. sometimes i feel silly writing statements like that, because really? write something you haven’t written before, Jamie. oops, sorry. can...
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