Brian and I are fast approaching our 11 year wedding anniversary. YEAH!!!! Since we’re going to be on the road a lot with weddings and speaking, we decided to do a day trip getaway. We’ve got from 9am to midnight. 🙂 Any creative ideas for a day trip in the Northwest? We thought about taking […]

If you answered “yes” to the first question of being a photographer, and “yes” to the next question of being married, and “yes” to ANY of the questions after that… you are going to love this announcement. Jeff and Julia Woods have decided to do something gutsy in the photography industry. Instead of doing a […]

I had the pleasure of speaking to a specific group this last week. Some of you guessed the audience, 15 beautiful Mommy Bloggers! Here’s the story! Sony blew me away (again) in how they not only talked about it, but did something extreme and beautiful to reach women. Instead of doing the expected Press Junction […]

Two clues: Amazing women surround me, and lots of talk about blogging! (Carey, you can’t spill the beans! :)) I’ll try and post the answer later today if I can sneak away from my speaking sessions. In the meantime, is my “Suffering with MeRa” gang still out there! I’m out of town, errrr–traveling while trying […]

I’m probably the last one in the industry to post our WPPI 2008 photos, but I figure later is better than never. 🙂 We did a lot of talks on the trade show floor, and I totally spaced having someone take photos of all that. But we did grab around 17 🙂 from the Ladies […]

(excerpt from Mom’s Survival 101 Kit) “When I started to pay close attention to how I felt throughout the day, I realized I felt one emotion more than any other–guilt. The better I did at our business the worse I felt as a mom. The better I felt as a mom, the more behind I […]