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It’s day FIVE, our last day for our week long celebration of Earth Day! It’s been an amazing week! I want to thank all the wonderful moms and kiddos, who have contributed to our “do your part” Earth Day series this week! Your green ideas and thoughts have been INSPIRING!! Also, thanks to everyone who has stopped by the blog this week! I truly appreciate the support.

As a bonus, Andy from Sandbox Threads is offering a special discount code for our blog readers. The discount is for 10% off all Sandbox Thread orders by April 30th. Use code: “earthday” at checkout. Start shopping at http://sandboxthreads.com/

So, for our last post in the the series, these three AMAZING women are sharing how they’re doing their part…

Lights off
One thing we are really trying hard to do is save electricity. Everyone is becoming conscious of turning lightswitches off. Also, my workplace wastes a ton of paper – so I take home the unwanted paper and my kids use the blank to color on and my son makes paper airplanes with them too!

-Kristine (amazing mom of three)

Saving water
We have been doing alot here at school with the kids through guidance and science classes so I decided to try and take some of the kids ideas and use them at home with my three year old son. We’ve been turning off the water while tooth brushing. We also tried to walk everywhere yesterday around the neighborhood instead of using the car (when we could) and axed errands after work for an entire week. It was so nice being home and just relaxing.

-Monica (amazing mom of one and elementary school guidance counselor)

Family garden
We started our little organic garden last year. Growing our own organic vegetables was something we had always wanted to try. It has been a blast to work on and so incredibly rewarding. There is nothing better then seeing yours kids picking lettuce (or any vegetable for that matter) right out of the garden and running around the yard eating it. And they have made a point of trying everything that we plant. This year we have added corn and blueberries.

-Cory (amazing mom of three)

Wishing everyone a green weekend. We are volunteering tomorrow to plant trees–this will be our first family volunteering experience. I am excited. It’s suppose to rain though, I’m hoping it holds off until after the trees are in the ground! That way the trees get a nice drink.

xo,
Kristie

CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED! CONGRATULATIONS to Marla (#26).  Marla wrote: “New FB fan!”  Marla, I am jealous, but neither one of my six year old boys are willing to wear a dress. Ha!

I have been so excited about this giveaway all week!! To celebrate Earth Day, I have teamed up with the fabulously talented Jordon (aka J Sizzle) for an upcycled dress giveaway! The winner of this giveaway will receive the ADORABLE “Love Your Earth, Keep It Green” upcycled dress below, designed and created by Jordon of Georgia Grace.

Would I try and squeeze my left leg in this dress? YES! Would I try to convince one of my twins to wear it for one second? YES! That’s how much I adore this dress! I LOVE Jordon’s upcycle creations, I actually love all that she does, but that goes without saying!!

To view more of Jordon’s designs, you can visit her blog here: http://georgiagracedesigns.com/ . You can find Georgia Grace Designs on Etsy, here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/georgiagracedesigns and on Facebook, here: http://www.facebook.com/georgiagracedesigns?ref=ts

To enter to WIN, be sure to leave a comment below! One winner will be chosen at 8pm PST on Sunday night.

BONUS: If you are already a fan on the Kristie Serra Photography facebook fan page, you get to add an additional comment. YAY! Not a fan? Then click here: Kristie Serra Photography on Facebook to become one and then come back to the blog to add your additional comment and increases your chances of winning!

Best of luck!
Kristie

It’s day FOUR in our celebration! Happy Earth Day! It’s late, but what a fun day we’ve had!

I am thrilled to share how these four AMAZING women are doing their part…

Making a difference
I love that some of the things I do to ensure the health and safety of my kiddos also help out our momma earth. So, we eliminated all plastic in our house. Instead of refilling water bottles we got a purification system and refill our kleen kanteens. No more pastic baggies- reusable bags work great and on Etsy there are some super cute designs. Forget plastic tupperware- glass storage containers are easy to wash and last forever. I also cloth diaper our little guy which saves money too. We also try to buy organic whenever possible- less chemicals equals a happy mommy!!

Jessica (amazing mom of two)

Small changes for a big fix
One of the things we are very passionate about is eliminating as much one-use plastic from our lives as possible. We have personally seen the effect of plastic on our beaches and oceans and want to stop the cycle of over use. What have we done? We take reusable grocery bags to the store instead of using the plastic ones. If we forget, we save the plastic bags and bring them back to the store to recycle. We stopped purchasing plastic water bottles and instead use reusable containers. I send the kids to school with reusable sack bags for lunch items and buy in bulk to avoid “snack bags”. I stopped using ziploc bags or other one-use plastic for kitchen storage and instead use glass containers. Small changes which will lead to a big fix eventually.

Tara (amazing mom of four)
To view here beautiful work, click here: http://tarawhitney.com/

Family garden
Our family has been busy planting a garden in honor of Earth Day. We have chosen flowers and plants that attract beautiful butterflies and who knows maybe a humming bird will come for a visit!

Jaime (amazing mom of two)

Lessening our impact on the Earth
We are trying to be more aware of our carbon footprint and take efforts to lessen our impact on the Earth. We do the standard grocery sacks and recycling. We’ve changed out our lightbulbs to low energy bulbs. We’ve stopped buying bottled water and now use re-usable aluminum water bottles. We also pack lunches with re-useable stainless steel containers The goal there was to save money and eat healthier. Sometimes, I go days without showering which conserves water (that is the life of a mom of 3–hahahahaha). Obviously what we’ll be doing this Earth day is taking a little time to see what we can intentionally do to change our behaviors and leave a little Earth for the generations to come.

Jordon (amazing mom of three)
To view her amazing clothing designs, click here: http://georgiagracedesigns.com/ and here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/georgiagracedesigns

This has been such an amazing week. A week that I am truly passionate about! I am so thankful for the families who have shared what they are doing to make our planet a better place (there is still more to come). It’s been inspiring for me. There have been times in my life where certain causes have moved me to want to do something, but I wasn’t sure what to do. I’m sure we’ve all been there and in fact, you could be there right now. So, that’s why I set out to make this a green week and that is why I am writing this now.

I truly believe it’s the little things that can make a big difference. If we all did something little for our Earth, it would be HUGE! I’m not sure when it clicked for me, but all I know is that I have been wanting to do more and more to be a healthier family and take better care of our Earth. I really think it goes go hand in hand.

So, this is what we are doing. We are not perfect by any means, but we are passionate about doing what we can to make a difference, even if it’s a small difference. This might not be your thing and that it totally okay, but if you are looking to make a change in your life to better our planet, you might find some ideas below or in any of the “doing our part” blog posts from this week.

Recycling
We initially started recycling in Florida. The city of Tampa made it easy, we separated our recyclables into two bins, set them out on the curb once a week and off it all went. I’m passionate recycling, it brings me joy and it’s easy to do, so I recycle whenever and whatever I can. I’ve even been known to leave a party with a bag of recyclables. Hey, it’s the little things, right? Here in Washington, we visit our local recycling center once a week and usually as a family. It’s actually pretty fun–my hubby and the boys make a game out of chucking stuff in the recycling dumpsters. And there is usually a fight over who gets to throw the last thing in. By recycling at home, you help significantly lower carbon emissions associated with extracting new materials, manufacturing products and waste disposal.

A little note about recycling: If everyone in America simply separated the paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum products from the trash and tossed them into a recycling bin, we could decrease the amount of waste sent to landfills by 75 percent.

Getting there
Three out of four of us are in school. My hubby is in art school in the city and my twins are in kindergarten. I am thrilled that we live within walking distance to the boys’ school. You can find us walking or riding our bikes to and from school everyday. And, my hubby takes the bus. I was not one with the transit system before living in WA, but now the boys and I are becoming pros too. We feel good about using less gasoline.

A little note about walking to school: Only 31 percent of children who live less than one mile from school walk there. Half of all students go to school by car. If just 6 percent of those students who go by car walked, it would save 1.5 million dropoffs and pickups–and sixty thousand gallons of gasoline–a day!

Reducing plastic in our lives
We’re all using reusable water bottles. My hubby and the boys love these and I love this (I’m a glass kind of girl). We’ve also recently made a switch from plastic food containers to glass food containers in our kitchen. We have lots of these and these. We try our hardest to remember to bring our reusable shopping bags with us to the grocery store. I’ve purchased a couple favorites from Trader Joe’s and PCC, but you can purchase them anywhere or even make them yourselves! If you haven’t stopped by Reusablebags.com, you can find them here: http://www.reusablebags.com/store/shopping-bags-c-2.html and Blue Q bags make me drool, you can find them here: http://www.blueq.com/shoppers/

A little note about packing a waste-free lunch: Eliminate plastic bags, plastic utensils, disposable containers, paper nakins, and those brown paper bags. Instead use a reusable lunchbox, reusable drink containers, cloth napkins, and silverware. You could save $250 a year and as much weight in waste as the average nine-year-old!

Reusing
I think my hubby gets a gold star for this one! He can take just about anything and make it into something. If it’s broke, he can fix it! He can see the treasure in the trash–he’s good like that! The green shutter doors in the above collage were a piece of my birthday gift from last year. He made me a beautiful shutter door cabinet. It’s so special to me! All the materials he used were recycled. The shutters on the side came from an old bungalow home and the bi-fold doors he got from Habitat for Humanity, the back of the cabinet is a solid wood door, which he got for free from the Salvation Army. It’s an amazing piece of furniture! Our newest project is our dining room table that he scored for free from Craigslist. Not sure what we are doing with it just yet, but Ill be sure to share when we do! We also love vintage/antique furniture. If you are in the Tampa Bay area, my favorite store is the Blue Moon Trading Company! I would say that about fifty percent of our furniture is vintage. There just seems to be so much character and soul in those pieces and we feel good that new materials aren’t being used. We’ve scored some great finds at local thrift stores and consignment stores too. M’s converse in the above collage were purchased for $4 from a thrift store nearby. They were practically brand new. He was so excited about the upgrade to high-tops!

Wanting less
One of the things we are trying to teach our twins is to want and consume less. There was a time in our lives when they would come home with a new toy every time we went to Target. It would be their favorite toy for the moment, but by the next day it got tossed aside in the mounting pile of toys. We had to make changes, so instead of buying new toys, the boys add things to their birthday or Christmas wish list now. This brings them just as much excitement as going home with a new toy. My hubby and I are doing the same thing. Once we ask ourselves if something is “a want or a need” it makes it easier to live without that thing we had to have! I highly recommend a very short film, The Story of Stuff, at http://storyofstuff.org/. I just watched it today. It’s for kids elementary school age and up. Also, I recently read a great idea about setting up a toy swap with your children’s friends and their parents. I love the idea! Also, we make sure to turn the water off when we are brushing our teeth and lights off when we are not in the room.

Going organic
We buy organic products whenever possible. I use the Environmental Working Group’s Shoppers Guide to Pesticides, you can find it here: http://www.foodnews.org/methodology.php We also use and love Baby Girl Cleaning Products and Charlie’s Laundry Soap.

Keeping it green
Today, on Earth Day, we had a “half work and half fun” get together at a local park with our friends. We met after school, had a little picnic lunch, played a little and then went to work cleaning up the park. The kiddos were so into it, like it was a race to get the most garbage! Some even turned down cookies so they could keep cleaning up (music to a mom’s ears). They were so proud of themselves knowing that they were making a difference. We stayed for hours and hours and probably could have stayed longer. It was an awesome day! I’ve shared some images from the day below. We were cracking up at M’s find in the top right corner! Ha!

More helpful green links:

The Green Mom Review: http://thegreenmomreview.com/

The Ultimate Green Store (for everything green): http://www.theultimategreenstore.com/

Eco Mom: http://www.ecomom.com/

If you’re looking to start somewhere, try one of these simple ideas below (remember it’s not a race, try one thing and see how you feel):

• Bring your own reusable water bottle with filtered water from home every time you got to the gym.

• Switch to bathroom tissue made from 100 percent recycled paper.

• Recycle your cell phone.

• Bring your own bags to the grocery store.

• If the weather is right, consider giving the treadmill a rest and taking your walking or jogging routine outdoors.

• Get paperless bank statements.

• Turn the water off when you’re brushing your teeth.

• Buy rechargeable batteries.

• Use fewer paper napkins everywhere.

• Take a shorter shower.

• Use the same linens and towels in your hotel room throughout your stay.

• Recycle.

• Hug a tree : )

Happy Earth Day, my friends!

xo,
Kristie

It’s day THREE in our week long celebration of Earth Day! The emails keep coming (thank you, thank you, thank you) and their filled with such inspirational green ideas. I am overjoyed! Seriously, reading what other moms, families and kiddos are doing to make our planet a better place brings me so much JOY and fills me up with lots of HOPE!

To keep the celebration going, here are five AMAZING women and their kiddos doing their part…

Vegetarian living
My son, Cam, came up with the idea of creating a website about living vegetarian. It talks at a kid-level about taking care of the environment by not polluting it with animal waste, methane and antibiotic-filled run-off water from farms mass-producing livestock for meat.

-Christine (amazing mom of one)
To view Cam’s awesome website, click here: http://www.camsavegetarian.com/

Keeping our family green
I am going to have my older son and daughter make Grocery tote bags for us and for friends and family. We will attach a note to each bag that says: ”Keep those plastic bags out of the landfills. Please use these bags on your next trip to the store.”

-Antoinette (amazing mom of three)
To view this earth friendly project, click here: http://crafts.kaboose.com/canvas-grocery-tote.html

Turing trash into treasures
All year long we love to do lots of TRASH to TREASURE to art projects. We keep a huge bin of recyclables in our garage and this is where our art frequently starts— our favorite projects include a counting robot from spice tins and a bank from a latte cup. Another fun way we get our kids thinking about our planet is our annual TREASURE TRASH HUNT. We divide our family into two teams and go on a group little patrol. We have a prize for most unique trash item found and most garbage collected…

-Katherine Marie (amazing mom of four)
To view her beautiful work, click here: http://katherinemariephotography.com/

Keeping the plants and doggies green
On these warm Florida days, our elementary school requests that students bring a bottle of water to P.E. class. My kids will refill their bottles throughout the day using water from the fountain. After school they make sure that any water that is left over is used to fill the dog bowls or to water our household plants.

This keeps our plants (and doggies) green!

-Yvette (amazing mom of two)
To read more from Yvette, click here: http://www.examiner.com/x-10270-Pasco-County-Parenting-Examiner

Lights off
One easy little thing we always do around here (even our two year old son) is before we leave the house, we make sure that all the lights and t.v.’s are off. He doesn’t let me forget either! I also purchased aluminum water bottles to refill. But tomorrow, on Earth day, we are going to plant a little garden. This is perfect for my son because anything to do with dirt and the outdoors is right up his alley : )

-Dana (amazing mom of one, with one on the way)

On a side note, there is ONE day left in our first green giveaway. If you haven’t already entered for a chance to win, click here to do so: http://kristieserraphoto.com/blog/?p=2394 TWO winners will be announced Thursday at 8pm PST. Best of luck to everyone who has left a comment or two. Another super fun giveaway will be announced tomorrow! I can’t wait!!

xo,
Kristie

It’s day TWO of our celebration of Earth Day and I am thrilled to share more green ideas from my friends, clients and fellow photographers. The emails have been so inspiring–I love that everyone is pitching in to do their part to make our planet a better place!

Here are four AMAZING women doing their part…

Making a difference
I am all about recycling and I like to think what I do makes a difference! My recycling bins are overflowing every week and I love it! I have been teaching my ‘almost 2 year old’ about recycling and we practice putting our stuff in the bins. Being a mom means having a LOT of battery waste. So I now have a bag set aside for old batteries and I plan to dispose of them properly when the time comes. I’ve only got about 20 so far but it won’t take long. I just recycled 3 old cell phones last week – that’s another one people don’t think about. I send in my printer ink cartridges, use reusable grocery bags (when I remember to bring them in the store), and I try to buy personal care and home care products from environment/eco-friendly companies whenever possible.

-Summer (amazing mom of one)

Celebrating Earth Day
This year for Earth Day we are going to see DisneyNature’s movie Oceans. For each person that goes to see the movie during opening week DisneyNature along with the Nature Conservancy will help establish new marine protected areas that will contain miles of coral reefs in the Bahamas. http://disney.go.com/disneynature/oceans/

-Sarah (amazing mom of three)
To view her beautiful work, click here: http://www.blinkphotography.info/

Walking to keep Earth clean
When we walk our beloved dog, Fenway, my two daughters each get a pair of gloves and a bag and they pick up all the trash they see along our walk. They are completely disgusted about everything they find and on some days they can’t believe how quickly their bags fill up. Good news is, they would never even spit out a piece of gum because they understand how bad littering is for the earth.

-Jenn (amazing mom of two and dog-mom of one)

Getting the kids involved
In our household, we’ve started a compost bin…the kids LOVE helping out with this.

-Michele (amazing mom of three)
To view her beautiful work, click here: http://www.pinkletoesblogstalker.com/

CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS to Johanna (#23) winner of the “Love Your Mother” t-shirt from Sandbox Threads!  Johanna wrote, “Love the “doing our part” series Kristie! Smooches!” and CONGRATULATIONS to Antoinette (#9) winner of the gift set from Baby Girl Products!  Antoinette wrote, “You are awesome! I am going to see if I can get a group of kids together to pick up trash on Earth Day.  Thank you to you and Leslie for the idea : )”

Johanna and Antoinette, I will be emailing you both soon! Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who entered! Be on the look out for the next giveaway soon!

This week I have three fun giveaways, TWO today and ONE on Thursday!

Today, I am giving away one “Love Your Mother” t-shirt from Sandbox Threads! SANDBOX THREADS specializes in original toddler t-shirts, baby onesies, kids t-shirts & even cool adult t-shirts. They offer hip, yet affordable, styles. We absolutely love our Sandbox Threads tees!  They couldn’t be more comfortable! They wear great, wash great and couldn’t be any cooler!! To view their fabulous tees, click here: http://sandboxthreads.com/ and if you are on facebook (of course you are), you can find their fun fan page here: http://www.facebook.com/sandboxthreads?ref=ts .

The winner of the the “Love Your Mother” t-shirt will get to choose the size (baby, toddler, kids or adult) and color! To enter to WIN, be sure to leave a comment below! One winner will be chosen at 8pm PST on Thursday night.

The second giveaway is a gift set from Baby Girl Cleaning Products . The gift set includes one All Purpose cleaner, one Glass cleaner, one Organic Hand Soap, and one Microfiber cleaning cloth! Baby Girl Cleaning Products are free from toxins and fumes. They are made with organic ingredients. They are safe for your home and family and they are biodegradable.

I can’t say enough wonderful things about Sarapage, creator and owner of Baby Girl Products LLC, and her amazing products! I’m totally crazy about her organic cleaning products and I truly believe in what she has set out to do. All of her products were created after careful consultation with chemists and the Environmental Protection Agency to guarantee that they were both effective and environmentally responsible.

Educating people on the dangers of common household cleaning products has become her goal. To learn more about Baby Girl Products, please stop by the website: http://www.babygirlproducts.com/. Baby Girl Products can be purchased directly from the site or if you happen to be local to the Tampa Bay area, their is a “stores” link with a list of local stores that carry her amazing products. Check it out! You can also find Baby Girl Cleaning Products on facebook! Click here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47266838990&ref=ts to visit the fan page!

To enter to WIN the gift set, be sure to leave a comment below! One winner will be chosen at 8pm PST on Thursday night.

So, TWO prizes, TWO winners. You just simply need to enter one comment below to enter to WIN. Both winners will be chosen at 8pm PST on Thursday night using a random number generator (www.random.org).

BONUS: If you are already a fan on the Kristie Serra Photography facebook fan page, you get to add an additional comment. YAY! Not a fan? Then click here: Kristie Serra Photography on Facebook to become one and then come back to the blog to add your additional comment and increases your chances of winning!

Best of luck!
Kristie

This Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day–go green! To celebrate this week, I’ll be painting myself green like Kermit the Frog, just kidding, I’ll be sharing several special features on my blog! From simple steps on becoming more environmentally friendly to giveaways to personal stories of going green. To get things started, I’ve asked my friends, clients and fellow photographers to share what they are doing in their homes and communities to make our a planet a little greener. I’ve already received so many emails filled with such wonderful green ideas and I can’t wait to share them all with you! I’ll be sharing a handful of stories everyday this week, which I hope inspires you! Big or small, every little bit helps!

So, without further ado, here are four AMAZING women doing their part…

Celebrating Earth Day
I have sent out an evite to meet up at a local park and have “half work & half fun”! Half work, cleaning up the garbage at the park and half fun, playing after we clean up and share popcicles together!

-Leslie (amazing mom of three)

Leading by example
Our family has made being earth-friendly a game. We see how many things can go into the recycle bin (the kids have found a few things that I wouldn’t have guessed we could recycle!). We keep a garden and are blessed to live in a place where we can grow things year-round. We’ve done away with bottled water and instead we each have a Nalgene bottle we keep close, so we’re not using and tossing lots of plastic. We’re conservative with our water and electrical use. We’ve replaced the standard shower heads in our house with low-flow versions. We water the lawn and garden early in the morning. I LOVE hanging out my laundry and do it often. We walk when we can. We open windows at night and in the morning, and close up the house during the afternoon. We only use cloth and re-usable bags at stores (I love my Envirosax!). I cut up used paper (that is blank on the back) and keep it in a small stack by my phone for notes and lists.

We pick up trash when we see it and throw it away. We’re getting ready to put in a play area in the backyard with shredded tire tread as the ground covering.

I think it’s extremely important to teach children that the earth is a blessing; that it’s our duty to keep her clean and cared for. And, I know it’s my duty to lead by example!

-Rachel (amazing mom of three)
To view her beautiful work, click here: http://rachelclarephoto.com/

Every little bit helps
My daughter and I made some eco-friendly window and furniture cleaner using instructions we received from her Brownies troop meeting. We also wrapped books in old newspaper comics instead of regular wrapping paper for a charity function. Every little bit helps, right?? Oh — we also sent our bday invitations through e-vite instead of buying paper invitations for her classroom party.

-Michelle (amazing mom of two)

Getting the kids involved
My students will be making paper from recycled classroom paper and also planting a seed to take home. We are in the middle of a unit called We’re Going Green – it’s 4 weeks and each week we learn about a different part of the environment (land, air, water and plants/animals) and how we can make things better. For example, last week, we talked about landfills and trash. We did a ReUse It project: students brought in materials and made them into something new. The best one was a student brought in an old shoebox and some cereal boxes. She cut up the cereal boxes and used them as dividers in the shoe box and made an accessories organizer (and yes, she has a bow for each outfit she wears!) It was so cute and the kids were all so creative! We had banks, garages for toy cars, a rain gauge made from an old plastic coke bottle and even a sun tanner (an old piece of cardboard covered with a piece of “used” but clean aluminum foil!

At home, we have been much more conscious of recycling – the kids help with crushing the bottles and milk jugs, taking out the bag and helping to spot things that could be recycled! It’s cute – my youngest son LOVES to step on the milk jugs!

-Shelley (amazing mom of three and 3rd grade teacher)

Be on the look out later today for TWO GREEN GIVEAWAYS!

xo,
Kristie

I love celebrating Springtime! It’s a time of growth, in more ways than one. I just adore the sweet families I get to work with and being able to capture their kiddos growing and changing from year to year is such an honor. It was so wonderful to catch up with some of my regular clients during my recent visit to Tampa.

We had a morning of warm sunshine and a slight cool breeze and I feel so blessed to have teamed up with Katie Gagnon of the Blue Moon Trading Company for the sessions too. Katie suggested the gorgeous location and staged it with a variety of beautiful pieces from her store. I truly miss Katie and visiting Blue Moon, so if you haven’t been by her store in South Tampa yet, RUN, don’t walk! Katie also offers design services and workshops, to learn more about them, click here: http://thebluemoontradingcompany.com/studio-blue-moon/.

Moving to Seattle, I wasn’t sure what to think about the weather. Would I be wearing rain boots 24/7 and need light therapy? I had never visited Seattle prior to our move and had heard that it rains all the time, so I didn’t have much to go on. Funny enough, we’ve had more sunny days than rainy ones and yes, I am mostly in my rain boots, but that’s only because they are so cozy and warm.

I’ve traveled three times for work since our move, once to Atlanta and twice to Tampa, and all three times, it’s rained! I guess I shouldn’t let the rain intimidate me since I now live in Seattle! Ha-Ha! Lucky for me, I’ve had such wonderful and fun families to work with that are willing to go with the flow–even in the rain! This family beautiful family below had their hearts set on shooting at new park in Tampa, but Mother Nature had other plans for us. We stayed at their gorgeous home and played the morning away! And, I have to say, we got some amazing images in the process! I just wanted to share a quick little sneak peek for mom, who I know is excited for a little preview.