ten. and thirty-four.

milestones marked with photos feel just a little extra special.  capturing my family in all of our stages and special times is pretty important to me [understatement].   when celebrating ten years of marriage, I knew that I wanted the amazingly talented sarah maren to capture our family once again in this time and space.

so here is our family, ten years of marriage in the books, and I don't take that milestone lightly.
and today, I'm celebrating thirty-four years of living.  I can say I'm pretty happy with those two numbers.

so when it comes to years, looking forward to thirty-four, this is the picture I have always had in my mind.  feeling beyond lucky that I get to spend enjoying ten years of marriage, and thirty-four years of living.

see other photos that sarah has taken of our family here.

a good excuse for family photos

last year we skipped family portraits, which isn't something we have done since everly was born.  and with a big anniversary coming up this year [ten years!!!!] I knew it was time to make some magical photos again with the beyond fabulous sarah maren of sarah maren photography!

here's just a preview to get us by until our anniversary in july!

let's just say this is how I feel about this one image - can't wait to share more - all in good time!

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see the rest of our portraits done by sarah maren photography here 

most days [nine years married today]

marriage is about the most days.
not the every day.
most days there isn't any other place you want to be.
most days you see perfection in the little things.
most days you see constant growth and trying.
most days you are reminded why you aren't married
to someone else you see on the street.
because most days, you look at each other with thankful eyes,
and think, geez, I'm glad that's not you.
and maybe that's just us, but that happens, most days.
most days you remember that you picked that person.
and that person picked you.
and it doesn't matter if others get it.
because most days, they are the one person who gets you.
and for the other days.
well, they don't matter, as long as you have most days.

 happy nine years of marriage to us

photo by Sarah Maren Photography

this guy...

sometimes in life you can plan as much as you want, but you never really know how things are going to work out.  when we had our daughter, we knew that daycare wasn't the path we wanted to take, so we began figuring out a different schedule.  the mr. has put his career plans on hold to stay at home with our daughter, and I couldn't be any luckier to have had this happen, because he has allowed me to grow my career these past four years more than I could have imagined.  before I feared that as a working mom, I wouldn't be as close to my daughter, but that just couldn't be any further from the truth.  and instead, everly is extremely close to her dad as well.  sometimes they push each other's buttons, but at the end of the day, she loves her daddy something fierce.

 

happy father's day daddy!

we are both pretty lucky girls to have you around.

all photos by Sarah Maren Photography