I made a vow to myself this summer that I was not going to work on Sundays. I was going to use this time to spend with the people I love. Going into the summer seeing 27 weddings on my calendar along with about the same number of graduating seniors, I knew this was the [...]
My dad left his boat at our house for a couple of weeks and we had a blast exploring the lakes around our house on beautiful evenings before my busy senior season kicked off. This lake is my favorite. Half surrounded by beautiful lake properties while the other half was preserved with a nature park. Oh [...]
In October, Tony and I blocked off a weekend to drive up North and look at all of the beautiful fall colors that MN has to offer. The more we thought about it, the more we decided to turn it into a camping/canoe trip up to the boundary waters. My brother, Jeremy, and his girlfriend [...]
Last weekend, my family went to Chicago to follow my big brother Jeremy on his first stop of "The Seeker" tour with Cloud Cult. It was a road trip with my Dad, Mom, brother Josh and myself! We had a blast roaming the city, eating delicious deep dish pizza, and listening to good music. My parents [...]
Well-- being a photographer means that May is the beginning of my "busy season". And that means that when I take photos of our personal adventures, editing them gets put on the back burner until I am all caught up... which usually means I'll get around to it in February! So.... behold! I present you [...]
In the beginning of February, we took our second annual family trip to Lutsen! We started the tradition because my brother Jeremy's band Cloud Cult performs up there every year. I am so proud of him, they just released a new album that he is on and it is incredible. If you don't have it [...]
My heart is so full as I look at the last few posts from our experience of building this home. All of the long days, the nights we got home at 3:00am, the countless trips to lowes and menards, The midnight trips to cowboy jacks for dinner on our way home from the house, the [...]
SO much has happened since our last post! We not only have a roof, but it is shingled, the siding is nearly done, windows are in, and we started insulating this week! The countdown is officially on, as we have to be OUT of our current apartment by November 30th! We also built a chicken coop/shed!! [...]
These last couple of months have just flown by, and so has the progress on the house! We have come a long way and it's so fun to see it all evolve through the images that we snap on our iPhones every time we are out there! We started digging in late June, and at this moment they [...]
WHOOP. I am so excited to finally write this entry. Today I am happy to announce that the papers are signed and we have officially bought this beautiful 36 acre piece of land located in Corcoran Minnesota where we will be building our perfect little dreamy farmhouse!! Let's go back in time to where it [...]
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