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Our winter picnic at Point Beach in Two Rivers

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Who goes on a picnic to the beach during Winter, Am I right?! The answer is us. Yes, we are indeed strange people. No doubt! Point Beach in Two Rivers is one of our favorite spots to visit on the weekends throughout the year. This park is covered in tall pines, boardwalks, sand dunes, beaches, […]

Voyager Park Waterfront Engagement in De Pere

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Blake and Kristy have been together for 9 months and got engaged back in October while on a trip to New York City with their families. They love staying in cooking Pinterest recipes together and love making puzzles together. Date night looks like sushi followed by a movie back home with lots of cuddles. Sounds perfect to me!

Our Halloween as Miraculous Lady Bug & Chat Noir Characters in Allouez 2017

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Halloween with the Helgeson’s. This year we dressed up as Cole’s favorite characters from The Miraculous Ladybug.

Elegant Forest Engagement in St. Louis

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We danced and ran through the tall pines and the gleaming light for Brea x Jacob’s Woodland Adventure Engagement Session. The light was buttery and their love was deep. 

Our vacation to the Porcupine Mountains Day III

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Have you been following our Vacation through the Porcupine Mountains & Copper Country? If you’d like to see our night at the beach and all the waterfall chasing we’ve done you can read more at Part I & Part II.  We headed out of the Porcupine Mountains and up along the Keweenaw Peninsula towards Copper […]

Our Porcupine Mountain Vacation Day II

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After spending the first half of the day chasing waterfalls, we set off in hopes to view the highest point of the Porkies at Summit Peak. We didn’t spend very long there before we were off in search of good food and then Troy suggested finding a beach to watch the sunset enjoying each others company while the tide came in for the evening. 

Cole flying planes with Pa Pa

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When this boy and his Pa Pa play they spend hours having a blast creating some fond memories. My Dad bought Cole some wooden planes for the Holidays last year and we found the perfect warm windy day to fly them. The simplicity of a toy holds no boundaries to the amount of fun a child can have. 

Maple tapping at Ledgeview Nature Center in Chilton

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They found a tumor called a Thymoma on his heart and it was very large and caused a strange trigger of symptoms that looked like a Disease called Good’s Syndrome. What started as a simple cough the last few years grew increasingly worse the last few months of 2016 and turned into pneumonia almost overnight. We went to the hospital thinking he was going to have a simple treatment plan and a month and a half later here we are planning his surgery at the teaching hospital Froedert, down in Milwaukee to have this tumor removed off the outside of his heart.

Our day at Bay Shore Park in the Winter

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We drive a lot on the weekends lately, this weekend we drove along Green Bay and stopped at a few parks along the way. We’ve been having cabin fever and one of our favorite parks, complete with a Pirate Ship playground fixed our Vitamin D and our restless legs. Plus I captured some funny photos of my little man and that always makes this Mama smile!

Our Elf on the Shelf is back 2016

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Each winter a magical elf named Pinky makes an appearance and causes mischief in our home. This year was the first time we noticed her more than years past. This winter she was up to no good. Swinging from the lights in the dinning room, unrolling toilet paper in our bathrooms, dumping out cotton balls, and starting a snow ball fight with Cole.

Our trip to Whispering Pines Tree Farm 2016

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When I raise the shade to see a yard full of pines covered in a blanket of fluffy white snow my eyes light up just the same as when I were little. I come to life. I become the equal age to my child and we dart out the door. Usually forgetting boots and coat…to much excitement to remember things of such little importance. We have things to do. 

Winter Engagement at Green Isle Park in Green Bay

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Erin and Casey love the outdoors and spending time together. They are hikers who enjoy camping. Catching snowboarding runs in the Winter. And like true Wisconsinites they love their Packers Football and beer. Casey is goofball and keeps Erin laugh constantly. 

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