A Collection of Photos from My 2025 Camera Roll

Last spring, I read a book called The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff, and it ended up being the book that gave me my quote of the year: “The work of the artist is to freeze time.” As someone who loves taking pictures wherever I go, there’s almost nothing more satisfying to me than hearing the click of my own camera. There’s something so pure about capturing a good picture — the kind of picture that takes a moment in time and freezes it into a forever memory. A good picture is one you can look back upon — days, weeks, months, or years later — and be transported right back into the thick of it. Back to the laugh you shared with someone you love. Back into the sound of the waves crashing the shore at the beach. Back to the little joys that sometimes seem forgettable and the life-changing moments that made you shed a happy tear or two or three. That’s why I love taking pictures… I have all these frozen capsules I can close my eyes and jump back into. What’s not to love about that?

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October 2025 Goals

Does anyone else feel like the months of September and October always fly by way too fast? It’s like I wait all year long for my favorite ‘ber months to get here (hello fall, hello pumpkin everything), then I blink my eyes for one second and they’re more than halfway gone already. Boo! September, fast as it seemed to go by, was a busy month for us as we tried our best to balance weekend adventures and baby priorities. We had a lot going on, but I’d say it was a productive month all things considered. Let’s recap my September goals and take a look at what I want to accomplish in October.

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My Favorite Taylor Swift Lyrics

I still remember the day I clicked play on Taylor Swift’s debut single Tim McGraw. I was browsing iTunes, looking for music, when I stumbled on an unfamiliar new song I thought at first glance was released by Tim McGraw. I remember thinking to myself, “Tim McGraw wrote a song called Taylor Swift? That’s kind of a weird title.” But after hitting play, I quickly realized it wasn’t a Tim McGraw song at all, rather the debut single of up-and-coming Taylor Swift, a young teenage singer-songwriter with a diary, a guitar, and a dream to become the next big country superstar. From that very moment, I’ve been all-in on Taylor Swift — and what a privilege it’s been to grow up alongside Swift and her music for the last (almost) 20 years.

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