Category: Mama’s Diaries

  • Livin’ the Dream

    Tonight Jim and I are going on a date to see Phantom of the Opera!?? Wooohoooo!?? Must write this quick quick so I can get ready (which means by the time you read this we will have already seen it). Couldn’t think of a blog title today and Darin’s familiar quote kept running through my […]

  • Power of Princesses

    Darin and Jodi dated about seven years in total.?? They were 12 and 13 when they got together and 19 and 20 when they married.?? Along the way there were just a couple of small bumps in the road.?? The “on a break” times were relatively few all things considered.?? One such “break” though stands […]

  • The Story Unfolds

    So Jamie tells me tonight that she was in the grocery store with Karsyn and Karsyn looks at the magazine rack and says “I KNEW they were going to get back together”.?? :)?? I have no idea which celebrity couple she was referring to but Jamie said the man standing behind them in line was […]

  • A Love Story

    Several months ago, Jodi and I were engaging in discussions about their family shoot.?? Jodi wanted something historic urbanish but she wanted to dress vintage.?? I suggested she think “Stepford Wives”.?? Our friend Stephanie sewed this 40’s style dress for her and we had a location all planned out.?? On shoot day, we arrive at […]

  • Hope and Strategy

    It’s been a week of strategizing (spell check says that isn’t a word but I think it is).?? How does one get school done when one’s house is a MESS (the kitchen actually smells and the bottom of Tori’s feet look like she has been walking on asphalt) and the to do list of important […]