BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY
We have been dreaming of this specific vacation for years. It’s always been in the back of our minds, but we just assumed that the cost of the plane tickets alone would be out of reach. We even looked it up once (quickly & without any research) and the numbers completely turned us away. To...
5 Things to Do at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, Pennylsvania when it Rains (and why you definitely shouldn’t leave!) So, I’m rebelling today. We were supposed to get dumped on with about 17 feet of snow today. Okay, not really 17 feet, but they were predicting 8-12 inches. In fact, across the state of Pennsylvania, businesses...
While we were on vacation last week – no wait – 2 weeks ago! MAN, time flies! Anyways, while we were on vacation at Deep Creek Lake, MD, we made the trek down to Kings Dominion. Derrick was dying to visit another amusement park and so we made it work! It was about a 3...
Last Wednesday was the first Wednesday in August & that means it was the annual Norwin Community Picnic at Idlewild Park & Soak Zone! It was such a gorgeous day & we had so much fun! Idlewild is such a great park, we did so much but still felt like we barely scratched the surface...
Braelynn loves animals, but up until this week, the list of animals she’s seen in person is very very small. She loves her books about animals, loves to see them on tv, can tell you what sounds they make, but it’s not like we live in Africa where you can walk out your back door...
Hi! I'm Kara!
Welcome to my blog!
I am a full time engagement & wedding photographer based in Irwin, PA & I love to write!
I blog about 3 main topics:
•the beautiful love stories that I capture with my camera
•our adventures visiting different amusement parks for my husband's YouTube channel
•and the every day, crazy life as a family of 4.
I'm so thankful you've found your way here!
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[…] be getting back on track! It’s only taken 2 weeks post-vacation to do so! (when we were in Texas, she wore pull-ups the whole time & got a little lazy, so when we came home & put panties […]
[…] remembers so much. She still talks about flying on an airplane with Nana to go to Texas, she points out the library every time we pass it, remembers going to the park with Daddy […]
[…] – more than ever before. We were gone just about every single weekend from April thru October. Our biggest & most notable trip was to Texas: Derrick, his Mom, Braelynn, & I flew down on our 7th wedding anniversary and spent a week in […]
[…] as I could to just reach and sign my name on the bottom of my image – amazing!! 3. And of course: our trip to Texas was a huge highlight of 2017! We flew down to visit Derrick’s Grandparents, his Aunt & […]
[…] I was cleaning off my iPad, I found the slideshow of images from our trip to Texas 2 years ago. Omigoodness, cue all the tears – Braelynn was SO TINY! We have such wonderful […]
[…] we took a quick trip out to Ohio. Derrick’s Grandma & Aunt who live in Texas (we visited them when we went to Texas 2 years ago) were in Ohio for the weekend for a Memorial Service. Since 2 1/2 hours is much closer than 22 1/2 […]