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Family Vacation Up North (Minnesota)

By Kelley / July 16, 2013 /

After sharing family vacation photographs on that last weighty post and thinking I had rambled on and on, with plenty of space for more images when I realized at the end I didn’t have enough room (a girl can only ramble so much before running out of paragraphs on a subject she’s ready to put behind her)….I…

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Path And Purpose

By Kelley / July 12, 2013 /

This time last year, I was healthier than I have probably ever been.  I was eating right and exercising better than ever.  I was assured in my path and where I was headed.  I knew I was on the right track.  I could feel it in my bones.  For family and business.  I had a…

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Park City With My Girls

By Kelley / June 27, 2013 /

Back in January 2010, I took Karen Russell’s online course and met so many fabulous women.  I love that we formed our own facebook groups and keep in touch on a regular basis.  Smaller groups in twos and threes seem to find ways to meet up throughout each year, but more of us make a point…

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When Are We Good Enough?

By Kelley / April 17, 2013 /

This is something I have been thinking about over the past few weeks.  And not only when are we good enough, but the power of those words as we raise future generations.   Because then.   Then.   They become extremely powerful and weighty words. I’m too fat. I look so old. I have too many wrinkles. Look at my grey hair. I’m not pretty. I look…

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Just A Little Trip To Las Vegas

By Kelley / February 3, 2013 /

We were approaching what was to be the end of my in-law’s visit with us.  It was nearing three weeks and this was after a relentless begging campaign to get them to stay beyond just two weeks.  They are fabulously awesome people.  I’m not just saying that because my father-in-law helped me with tearing down…

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Tempe And Back In 48 Hours

By Kelley / November 12, 2012 /

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind on their own.  Saying goodbye to my Grandma is a daily occurrence and tears spring up when I least expect them.  When I’m suddenly struck by what she would be saying or doing if she were still here.  I have done my best to stay busy and focused…

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Good Night, Grandma

By Kelley / October 27, 2012 /

This week has been hectic.  I came back from Chicago with hundreds more images to cull and edit from a newborn session.  Doctors appointments were fulfilled and a minimum amount of groceries were brought into the household as we sporadically planned dinners between baseball games and karate belt testing.   My Grandma had another heart attack, which…

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My Wedding At The Old Mill In Fayetteville, GA

By Kelley / September 23, 2012 /

Twelve years and a couple of hours ago, I exchanged vows with my sweetheart on the dock of an Old Mill in Fayette County.  We promised to love and support each other, no matter what and that nothing but death would separate us.  This evening came exactly two years after our first date.  And our…

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Karate Atlanta – Or When I Was The Safest Photographer In Atlanta On Monday

By Kelley / June 22, 2012 /

Before the crack of dawn on Monday morning, I was on my way out to the corporate offices of Karate Atlanta to finish setting up my gear to photograph the instructors from their eleven Atlanta schools.  Here is a behind-the-scenes shot of my main shooting space in their large training room.  The room was well…

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