Duke’s Birth Story

I was hot. It was hot. Sticky, sweaty, hot. The trade winds had stopped blowing just in time for my last week of pregnancy. Luckily we had AC in our condo that we decided to turn on for the sticky pregnant lady who couldn’t stop talking about how hot she was. Then we waited. Actually,…

Duke Month 1

The big kids are out of the house with dad and I just fed you to sleep. White noise is on while you lay in your crib making sporadic grunt noises and you fall into deeper sleep. Outside is the island of Kauai, although it hasn’t mattered much to us so far. We have preferred…

Our Disneyland

Daydreaming about the amazing time we had living so close to Disneyland in our Anaheim house. These are some photos from one of our last trips there before our Hawaii move. Back when Bank’s hair was curly and long and Nova always wanted to wear her shiny black shoes. Also we happened to have a…

Fairbanks 2 yrs

  I just laid you down in your crib and before I did you let me sing you your lullaby in my arms..AND for the first time ever sang along! “I love you, I love you. I sing it to the sky. I love you, I love you as you look into my eyes…”. You…

Nova 4 yrs

(all images shot on portra 400 with a canon eos3 and contax645) Today I left on a work trip to Park City. You were wanting to give me a kiss and hug every 5 minutes as I got ready. We chatted as I packed my bags and dried my hair. You showed me your owies…

Hope Springs Resort + Joshua Tree

If only we could celebrate our anniversary every month. For our 5yr we spent two nights swimming in our favorite mineral pools at Hope Springs Resort in Desert Hot Springs (near Palm Springs). Not a care in the world except soaking, sunning and making life plans. Kind of felt like we were dating again. It…

11 Months

Every morning when you wake, we bring you into me and we sleep-eat together. Sister comes in and joins the fun…which usually includes lots of climbing all over a half asleep mom who just wants 5 more mins to keep her eyes closed. Those curls! Also, sis really wants you to keep that crown on.…

10 Months

I can’t lie…your 10th month flew by. Before I knew it you were 11 months and then almost one. I knew before you and your sister were even born that I wanted to really document the best I could the thoughts and feelings and images of your first year. I knew it would be hard…

Grandma Henriksen

  My grandparents built this house and all of my mother’s childhood memories of home are here. Pine Tree Drive. My grandparents have 9 children. My grandma gave birth 9 times. One of those babies never made it home from the hospital, my Aunt April. The whole family would sit at the big family table…

Grandma Mary Lou

I constantly have a running list of things I want to photograph burning a hole in my mind. It never gets smaller. No matter how many things I finish shooting on the list, another one jumps on, making it the never ending list of ideas. For months, years really, one of the items on my…