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    Here you'll find a little glimpse of my personal life behind the lens.

    Grab a cup of coffee, get comfy, and get to know a little more about what makes me happy. You'll find a smidge of everything here, from photography to failed cooking attempts, my ventures into crafting, and plenty of stories about my family.

    Whatever your reason for stopping by, I hope you find yourself inspired to make your own corner of the world exactly what you want it to be.

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{Instagram} Friday

{Saturday morning relaxation with my most favorite-ist pair of yoga pants, a cup of Maple Sleigh coffee, and the most recent issue of Click Magazine. Oh… and don’t forget the adorable baby feet that snuck in.}

{A delicious can of oatmeal cream stout is just another brew in our Christmas beer collection. We had lots of other good beer to enjoy last week, so we’re finally getting around to drinking the last half of the collection. Yay for stouts and Belgians! What looks like a mess of a pasta bake/casserole is actually Skinnytaste’s Baked Pasta with Sausage and Spinach… and oh my goodness, it’s amazing. If you haven’t tried it yet, it needs to be on your menu soon!}

{Lucy insisted that “Cinderella” wear her dress to go to the ball. Never mind that the Cinderella dress is Lucy’s Halloween costume and it’s miles too big for June. In this moment, my mama heart exploded into a billion little pieces and melted all over the floor in a giant puddle of love. How cute are they??}

{A rough afternoon required tapping into my secret stash of Peppermint Baked Alaska. There are only three left in my freezer. You know what that means… I have to carefully ration them until Trader Joe’s brings them back next year!}

{This kiddo just kills me. She’s all girly-girl… look at the gobs of pink, the princess shoes, the magic wand, and the princess + prince charming figurines. Oy. The thought of this girl at 16 is already giving me grey hairs…}

{After June’s 9 month checkup, we headed to McDonalds for our traditional post-doctor visit treat of chicken nuggets and french fries. June finally has enough teeth to join in, and she {and Gus} loved those fries!}

{We’ve been slowly making our way through our #24beersofwoe collection, and last night we finished off #19-21, which were all Belgian or Belgian-style. These are definitely Matt’s favorites… even at half a bottle of each, the 10% hits me a little harder than I would like!}

life rearranged

 
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Danavee - January 12, 2013 - 8:55 am

I am heading to click on that recipe link!!!!!!!!!! YUM!

b @ then there was we - January 12, 2013 - 12:52 am

your littles are adorable! and that peppermint baked alaska looks amazing. have a great weekend!

b @ then there was we
http://www.thentherewaswe.blogspot.com

Nicole - January 11, 2013 - 9:58 am

Stopping by to say Hello from the InstaFriday link up. I love that first cozy picture. It’s just what I want to do with my day.
I’m a new follower on Instagram, @semperfifam, if you’d like to follow back!

Jessica - January 11, 2013 - 9:11 am

Your princesses are just too cute!
And I saw that Baked Alaska at Trader Joe’s and walked right past it. What was I thinking???

Project Life 365 {Week 1}

In December I thought a lot about how I wanted to continue my photo a day project in 2013. I knew three things: I wanted to continue a daily photo project of some type, I was losing interest in creating my own photo a day challenges, and I wanted to pick up my SLR for more than just business sessions.

I’ve already written about how I was closely watching Design Aglow’s new Project Life 365 and I was almost certain that it was going to be a good fit for me – then when the first list of prompts was released, I was sold. Looking through the complete lists they’ve created, I knew that this was going to be a mix of familiar topics and new ideas to stretch my creativity behind the lens. The project is designed to be used with iPhone photos, but that wasn’t a huge challenge for me. While I understand the great capabilities of camera phones and editing apps, my phone has become a little too comfortable for me and I really wanted to push myself to do more and more behind the lens… and not a phone screen.

The first week has gone really well for me – I’m finding myself inspired to walk around and look at things differently, I’m trying to get back in the habit of taking my camera with me {and use it} when I go out for the day, and I’m loving the results so far.

I’m sharing my photos in multiple places online; stop by and say hello!

@whitepeachphoto on Instagram

White Peach Photography on Flickr

White Peach Blog on Facebook

Take a peek at my first week – I feel like I’ve found the passion {to capture my personal life in photos} that I had lost for so long… and I’m very proud of what I’ve created so far!

#Resolution

#You_Today

#Optimistic

#Graceful

#View

#Still_Life

#Simplicity

 
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Snow Day

This is where I’m at with blogging… these photos were taken at the beginning of December, when we had our first big snowfall of the winter!

I’m not going to tell you a big long story about the day because the photos tell you pretty much everything you need to know.

But I will say this… we had an amazing time!!

 
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creole wisdom - January 7, 2013 - 2:57 pm

This is way too cute. That little teal snowsuit… how adorable :)

{Instagram} Friday

{June took her first steps last Friday morning! It was only a handful, but we were so excited! She hasn’t been terribly interested since… we figure that since she crawls so stinkin’ fast that she’s decided that there’s no point in walking anywhere just yet.}

{My sleepy little princess.}

{We’ve spent the better part of Christmas week working on our basement remodel. We had someone come in and grind down the concrete floors to smooth them out, framed, ran new electrical lines for more outlets, and insulated. We were too cheap to rent a truck, so we stuffed our tiny Jeep Patriot with 3 giant bags of insulation to get them home!}

{I love everything about June in this photo. Her chubby cheeks, that sweet smile, and of course… her awesome sunglasses! Lucy got her first bike from Uncle Brian and Auntie Kathleen for Christmas. Since it’s been bitterly cold and snowy outside we let her ride it in the half-finished basement and she had a blast!}

{If you didn’t know it already, we’re total beer geeks; so for Christmas this year we gave ourselves 24 bottles of beer that we have’t tried before. We split each bottle into two glasses to share, and I’ve been taking photos of each one for posterity. These are three of my favorites from the last week’s trials.}

{For New Year’s Eve this year we invited some of our closest friends over for a “quiet” game night in. We took the girls over to my in-law’s for the night, broke out the beer and had a great time with our Hasbro Game Night goodies + Cards Against Humanity.}

{Happy New Year!}

{One of my favorite things about late nights and lazy mornings are indulging in IHOP breakfast at noon.}

{Morning me is unimpressed with the chores that need to be done… caffeine to the rescue! And the pretty neat lens mug that Brian and Kathleen gave me for Christmas.}

{One thing that never fails is that if I try and sneak off to the bathroom to get dressed I’ll be greeted with company in a matter of seconds. This morning had June hanging on my legs while I attempted to blow dry my hair. Typical.}

{My Project Life set came via FedEx yesterday morning!! I had such a hard time trying to decide which design to choose, but I finally settled on the Amber edition. I’m so excited to fill up these gorgeous pages with my daily photos this year!}

life rearranged

 
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Mindy Curtis - January 4, 2013 - 8:41 pm

Love the picture of your sleeping princess in her tutu. TOO cute!

Jessica - January 4, 2013 - 1:19 pm

I bought my hubby a lens mug for Christmas too – love it! Your girls are totally precious. I love first steps! Cherish these years :)

angela king - January 4, 2013 - 9:21 am

happy new year!!!!!! i can’t believe she took her first steps. congrats!!!! looks like you had a great new years. :)

Emily @ Trailerhood Aristocrats - January 4, 2013 - 9:19 am

Oh my goodness…what is Project Life?!? I must check it out!

Happy New Year : )

creole wisdom - January 4, 2013 - 8:11 am

Happy Friday! All those beers looked so cool. Your basement is going to be great. Love Lucy bike riding down there, perfect Minnesota childhood moment :)

Princess Lucy

I took this little video clip a couple of days ago, as Lucy was playing dress-up before bedtime.

What resulted, was one of the cutest interactions I could have ever imagined.

My heart melted into a puddle of goo on the spot, and I still smile everytime I watch this sweet video.

Princess Lucy meets Prince Charming from Mary Woestehoff on Vimeo.

 
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Jeannette - January 25, 2013 - 5:04 am

That is the cutest thing, every Princess should have a Prince Charming!! I think she hit the nail right on the head, a little girls first Prince Charming is always her Daddy :)
I love that she is a wee bit bossy when you needed to move, my daughter was just like that (still is at 7 years old).

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