Crayons and Coffee

Our Daily Life: Ringing in the 20's | July 2020

July was a month full of playing in the sunshine, gardening, entertaining the kids at home, and celebrating our daughter’s second birthday. A lot of these photos felt mundane when I took them. If I am being honest, I was in survival mode just trying to get through a pandemic while keeping our family happy and healthy. It was a tough time and a lot of days I felt so depleted. Looking back on these photos, I am so glad I kept clicking the shutter even when I didn’t feel like it. Despite the struggles I was feeling, I can still see the joy on my kids faces and remember the fun that we had. I can hear their little giggles and feel the sunshine. I am so grateful I did not give up on this daily photo project.

Our Daily Life: Ringing in the 20's | April 2020

April 2020.

I took a LOT of pictures last April. There were even a couple of days where I attempted one photo per hour for a “day in the life” project. Well, I couldn’t pick just one photo per day this month so here are my top 62 that I loved haha.

Editing these pictures over the past week has made me really long for Spring.. it is ALMOST here! I am starting some of the seedlings for our garden and staying busy with our garden plans. I absolutely love gardening vegetables and flowers. I am trying a few new things this year.. one of them is starting alpine strawberries from seed. I have heard they taste like candy and cannot wait to try them. These seedlings are microscopic-ly tiny (image how tiny a strawberry seed is!) and so delicate. I am praying that they thrive. I also LOVE growing flowers. We have huge orange double tulips every year and one is featured this month as one of my favorite photos. The petals and color are dreamy!

April 2020, you weren’t too bad ;)

Oh, and yes our house is a beautiful kid-filled mess.. and you know what? When I look back at these pictures, I couldn't love them more.

Our Daily Life: Ringing in the 20's | February 2020

Cups of cheerios, crayons, legos, and holding you tight.

Don’t grow up too fast, baby.

Dimpled hands holding mine and squeezing my legs when I walk through the door.

These are the days that are sometimes wished away when they are hard.. but surely it will be harder and more painful to be missing them.. when you’re grown.

So I just keep clicking and hoping it’s enough to preserve these details. Your giggles, your laughter, your smallness.

These photos are my love letters to you.