we were sitting on the beach with family and friends, enjoying happy hour and yet another incredible sunset. it was our last day, actually we were flying out that night, and i was feeling like i hadn’t taken enough photographs with my real camera throughout our trip, i actually hadn’t even brought it with me […]

october definitely presented it’s challenges in my life, but if i have learned anything through it all, it’s that you can’t appreciate the highs in life without going through a few lows. something always comes out of everything. after what seemed like an impossible few weeks, kauai happened and i was so grateful. i forgot […]

Somehow I had managed to be the only person who wasn’t carrying a backpack as we started up the mountain, and even still I was having the internal battle with myself that I imagine all hikers experience once they start their incline. Why on Earth do people want to walk UP mountains… This has to […]

i can’t believe i have been here for a full week already! even though i have been to this island many times, {Kauai, Hawaii} it still takes my breath away everytime the sun shines on the mountains and the water… or even when it doesn’t shine, for that matter! we went up to the north […]

you could almost see his heart beating out of his chest. he stood there in the most magical rainforest i could have ever imagined, and waited as his beautiful girl walked towards him. she tapped him on the shoulder and he slowly turned. there didn’t need to be any words, and the love in that […]

as i sit here trying to find the words to describe jenn and casey, i am at a loss. words simply cannot portray their warm welcoming hearts and kindness. i feel so blessed to have met such wonderful people and to have shared so many memories and laughs with not only them, but also their […]