I've had a lot of fun posting stuff on Steemit in the past few years, but I recently lost inspiration and didn't care much to post much this past year. Once I finally felt like it again, my husband

In our free time, we can commonly be found exploring around our local area in the Missouri Ozarks. A few weeks ago, @kayla.denise and I decided to venture a little further with five...yes five kids, to

Holy smokes! I took a little break from Steemit, and it appears that it has been 5 months since my last post. However, I have hit the point that I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with: BURNOUT. Well....

We are incredibly fortunate to live within minutes of one of the most pristine and scenic rivers in the state of Missouri. We take every chance we can get to go out and enjoy it! Springtime is officially

I play in a band that’s usually a little loud, crude, and rude. But this past weekend, we volunteered some of our time to go play at a state-wide gathering for the Girl Scouts. We didn’t have much time

I said goodbye to my sweet boy Diego, aka “Woobie”, at 9:20 yesterday morning. It was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make. I was overwhelmed with guilt and grief but Diego knew it was time

After several bleak and dreary weeks, the sun finally decided to make an appearance this weekend! Although it was windy and a bit chilly today, we drove down to the river to soak up some sunshine and get

A couple weeks ago, my brother @mikeyatez asked me if I wanted to go check out the icicles down by one of our local caves. I told him that @jasonrussell and I had just gone not even a week before, but

This was from a senior portrait session that Jason and I shot for Abbey last fall at a gorgeous local attraction called "Alley Spring". It's a very popular historic and scenic location and we

For this week's nature theme, I thought I would share a couple shots from our friend Kail's maternity shoot. These were taken on our friends' property out in the middle of an ancient river bed. It's so

It's been a while since I've dug up a photo for the weekly #portraitcontest, so here is a shot of our good friend @sallyswitchblade taken in the garage at our old house. Today is the last day for close-ups,

Last week I shared some photos from a winter hike where @jasonrussell and I went to search for some icicles. That was intended to be our only stop, but we had about 3 hours of daylight left and there is

Well... Jason cleaned out our desk the other night and found a few ;) I guess I have a fresh supply of guitar picks for this week! I love how the “credit card pick” still stayed in the stash, somehow.

On Saturday, we finally got a decent amount of snow here in our little part of Missouri! It wasn't much, but it was more than the usual mushy, gross stuff that we've been getting the past few years. I

I know that this week’s #openmic is coming to a close, and I might have even missed the train. But I haven’t picked up my acoustic in a long time and I thought I would do that tonight. I used to play this

Since 2009, January has been kind of a tough month for our little group of friends and family. We lost two of our very good friends...two days in a row in January 2009. Ten years ago...an entire decade....

Winter is undoubtedly my least favorite season here in Missouri. It's dark when I go to work. It's dark when I get home. I'm not a fan. However, there is still always something beautiful to be seen in

We drive past this place pretty often and I want to take pictures every time we go by!!! This evening, I actually had a camera in my hand and we were able to make a stop! I don't get to spend much time

I’ve lived in this area for most of my life and I’ve spent a lot of time exploring outdoors around here. I mean... a lot ! On Tuesday, my friends and I were lucky to see something out in our beloved Missouri

So, I am incredibly "technologically challenged". My daughter and I were scrolling through my photos on my iPhone and found out that it generates videos based on dates. (New news to me) Apparently,