mckenna's first experience at taking family pics. (bruenings)

what a cute family.
and boy how they love that baby.
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party/no makeup/no sleep/no boys/no showers week

i love these girls. too much.
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hey, mckenna took maternity pictures (ashlee)

this baby's gonna be so. so. cute. i mean, how can you not with a name like saylor?
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mountain biking: it's a sport

FAVORITE (below)

today i greater learned that photography is not glamorous. i walked down a mountain carrying expensive equipment on trails that were not meant for walking on covered in sweat and bug bites.
oh my heck, i have such a great appreciation for mountain bike photographers now.
all for the picture, right?
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fireworks. but fun.

ok so let's be real. firework pictures are boring. they are. no matter how great of a photographer you are, your firework pictures are probably going to look the same as everyone elses.
that was a great pain to me this year.
the solution?
BOKEH.
and if you're uncomfortable with that, there's your stereotypical firework pic at the bottom.
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holidays=photoshoots

HASHTAG THE FOURTH OF JULY IS MY MOST FAVORITE HOLIDAY OF ALL TIME. and yes i'd say that during christmas.
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the fambam

guys look. i edited something!
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let's get deep

as a teenage girl, or just a girl in general, i have a hard time seeing myself as beautiful. when all i see every day are magazines and tv shows that feature flawless stars, how can i feel beautiful? so many voices are telling me that i am the farthest thing from pretty. that my nose is too big, my face has too many imperfections, and my cheeks are too round. i won't say it's easy to overlook that, because it's not. but lately i've had to remind myself that there's a lot more to looking good. that we ultimately spend entirely way too much time on ourselves. but you know what i think? beauty is overrated! forget what everyone else is thinking and be you! yes, you may think that some people are way prettier than you, but so what? what's wrong with being you? nothing, that's what, and i don't think enough people understand that. beauty can be found in confidence. beauty can be found in embracing what you love about yourself. beauty doesn't come from makeup, from photoshop, from expensive clothes. beauty comes from loving yourself.
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