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...
We celebrated Easter the last two weekends and wow – I never remember Easter weather being so perfect! (PS – Can you tell Braelynn has a mouth full of chocolate in the above photo? Because she totally did!) We kicked it off with a trip up to North Eastern Pennsylvania, to celebrate with Derrick’s family!...
Do you have any idea how hard it is to actually hang things on the wall? I don’t know, maybe it’s super easy for you, but for me, it’s SO HARD! That commitment man! Putting holes in your wall, making sure your art is straight, hanging it in a pleasing arrangement! For perfectionists (like me)...
We kind of played a mean trick on my Mom this past weekend. But let me back-up: on Thursday was my Mom’s birthday. It was a pretty big milestone birthday, so Derrick & I invited everyone over to our house for dinner & cake on Friday night. In total we had 15 people squished around out table plus...
If you’ve been around for a while, you might remember reading a post last spring & the spring before about me entering the Shoot & Share Photo Contest for the 2nd & 3rd years in a row. Well, this year was year #4 for me entering and oh my gosh – it simply gets bigger and more...
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 […]