When we found out that we would be able to move to Coeur d’Alene after dental school we were over the moon! We had always planned on coming back but we thought that would still be years away. We just planned on taking the job closest to Coeur d’Alene and then moving to Coeur d’Alene...

Last week Dan had corporate training in Portland. The boys and I tagged along on the trip and made a vacation out of it. In my mind when I’m planning these trips it’s always just a good time. I always forget how difficult it is to travel with kids! Sleeping in a hotel, eating out...

After putting Jackson back to sleep this morning I could not go back to sleep. I laid in my bed thinking about the last 15 years of my life. Thinking about how 15 years ago, almost to the minute, that my life changed forever. And that from now on my Dad has been dead more...

Spring Break 2014 our family went on an amazing vacation to California. Last year I blogged about San Diego and Disneyland, but in the business of life I forgot to blog about possibly our favorite part, Manhattan Beach. We came to Manhattan Beach by luck. Dan was looking for a place by the ocean for...

I am so excited to announce the arrival of the newest member of our family. I would like to introduce you to Jackson Daniel Shaw! It is hard to believe that he is already a week old. He is such a sweet baby. It really is hard to imagine how we lived without him. He...

One of the trickiest parts about have Dan and the boys in school is that they do not have the same Spring Breaks. The University of Washington’s break is about 3 weeks before the Seattle School Districts. Last year during Dan’s spring break we took Eli out of preschool and went to California. This year...

The warm Seattle weather has been such a blessing. We have had an extremely mild winter and rainy days have been few and far between. It has been wonderful to spend so much time outside during this usually rainy time of the year. The warm weather has also brought on spring much sooner than usual....

If you have had a session in the last few months or inquired about booking a session this spring you know that I have a bit of a secret. Things have been a little more crazy around our house than usual. We’ve been going to more Doctor’s appointments than usual. Sadly I have been more...

For the last several years we have gone out and cut our own Christmas tree.  After one particularly bad year when our tree was so dead by Christmas that every time we took a present out from under the tree about 50 needles would fall off, we made the change. The little boys love the...