This gorgeous wedding took place last July (yes, I am the worst at keeping up with my blog!)
on Deer Isle one of the prettiest spots in Maine I have ever seen. How beautiful it was doesn't compare to the relationship and love story between Emma & Sam and all the special people they invited to witness them join their lives as one on this special day.
I am just going to let the photos speak for themselves, to tell their story. ....

I wish you all happiness as you navigate through life together, God bless your marriage!

 This season of life goes so fast!
The days are long though.
We are tired,  
and life is crazy busy as it is no longer our own,
there are so many little things to be done each day.
We can easily forget that there is beauty and joy there in the everyday.
They change so quickly from babies to toddlers to mini adults. 
I love to capture life as it is, there are so many memories to be had here.
I am realizing how much I miss everyday just because I am simply busy doing life with my kids.
It blesses me to be able to help other moms capture that and see how special their family really is.
I just finished the gallery for this in-home newborn session to capture just that....
a typical summer morning while dad was working. 

April just flew by, Its still cold and were still making wood fires at night but spring is here and we are so glad to not e cooped up. Here are some photos from my attempt to take a picture everyday for my year-in-pictures project for my family.

Our sauerkraut finished fermenting and is so good! I've eaten it almost everyday since.

These two made a mini meal completely cooked with mini pans on the wood stove, used mini tea set and ate with tiny toothpicks.

Coltsfoot, my favorite spring flower because its the first to appear... while everything is still brown these pretty little yellow sunshines appear!

Baby rabbits were born this beginning of this month!
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I love to see this! Big sister helping little brother to ride his bike!

What did they catch?!!

Yikes!!

The most fun these two have had on the trampoline in a long time!

We celebrated Dada's birthday this month...

I love when the bikes come out, 

....especially loved spending some time learning how to make a panning photo of one of my favorite subjects for fun.

It was tricky!

For Easter this year we did a passover meal with our homeschool group and prepared homemade Matzah, it was so good!

And the best lamb I've ever roasted and tasted on Easter Sunday!

Our baby rabbits have grown so much since the beginning of the month.

And last but not least, Wonderful Husband built this pergola for me the end of the month so I can grow grapes.

May is now here, as spring really comes to Maine, let the planting begin.

What are your favorite spring activities?

                  The past two weeks have been rough with the exception of the first part of the week of the 20th. We had good half week of school; we started a batch of saurekraut, spent time outside, rekindled the love of chess, even did a still life art class. At that point they all began dropping like flies one at a time. There has been this 5 day fever going around, not sure if thats what you would call it but it's been consistently 5 days for each member of my family. I have served up many rounds of chicken soup these last few weeks. We are STILL going through it, with my littlest!! I am praying it passes over me, still haven't got it. We'll see.
                       So there wasn't much to take pictures of being cooped up in this house. Poor kids have to have a camera in their face all the time, let alone when they are sick. I have had to learn to become very stealthy... For instance; The art class photo (3rd one down), was me holding the camera at waste level, talking to them, acting like I'm not up to anything. I accidentally got my daughter's head stuck in the chimney of the oil lamp, but oh well. I think its bizarrely funny. 
                        I am worn out and keeping track of which days go with which number on this 365 day thing is annoying.  I've decided to change the  the way I do this, I will still do my best to take a photo every day, but instead of worrying about days, I 'm going to worry about weeks and months, maybe I'll post every 2 weeks maybe once a month we'll see. 
                       Today we went for a walk in the woods there is still over 2 feet of snow in some places, its supposed to snow tomorrow. I know that Spring is coming eventually and we will all feel better soon, hopefully sooner than later. Tomorrow we get to check on our sauerkraut to see if it is ready, I sure hope so!