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This was our first official family portrait session since moving to Texas – we’ve been here for 2 years already! And to celebrate a milestone birthday, I wanted some special photos of my family so this fall weekend was the perfect time to plan for a family portrait session.  We hired Julia Nigro Photography (IG:@julianigrophotography) to capture some special moments of our family as we wandered around the Dallas Arboretum during their annual autumn festival. We had fun exploring the pumpkin villages and pumpkin displays this season. Although the weather in Dallas this time of year is still in the 90s, it was still fun to dress up in our Sunday best wearing fall outfits with warmer colors and textures.

 

Outfit Details | Dress: Zara (sold out), similar here |  Booties: Splendid L.A. (sold out) similar here  | On The Kids: Baron’s Pants: Cat and Jack , Shoes: See Kai Run Jonah’s Pants: Cat and Jack , Shoes: Cat and Jack | On John: Philip Lim for Target, Boots: Clarks

 

Julia was so great with making the kids feel at ease and engaging with them so she could capture those special candid moments.

Thank you Julia for capturing these special moments with our family!

 

 

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We’ve had one busy and enjoyable spring-summer season. I unplugged from the blog to enjoy summer break with my boys with the occasional IG posts, but I thought recapping our busiest seasons in our family would be fitting for the blog as we enter fall.

Here’s a run down of our favorite memories of the past spring-summer season:

  • Traveling to Disneyworld! Our first visit together as a family of FOUR to the Most Magical Place on Earth, April
  • Baptism for our son Baron, April
  • Running my first “mindful triathlon” at Wanderlust 108, May
  • Celebrating John’s and my 8th wedding anniversary, June
  • Camping trip to Deception Pass (Baby Baron’s first), June
  • 4th of July on Vashon
  • Getting a trampoline for the backyard! August (review to follow)
  • Jonah’s birthday trip at Great Wolf Lodge, September
  • Baron turning 1! October
  • The boys’ joint Fall birthday party at the Pumpkin Patch, complete with a bonfire and s’mores in the corn maze (my favorite!), October

Enter fall. Fall is my favorite time of the year to slow down, reflect, plan, and enjoy cozy moments at home and to be outdoors with nature. It’s also when kids go back to school, I start a new planner, we get back to our routines, the leaves turn and the colors outside are glorious, the days shorter, nights longer, pumpkins are everywhere, farms are in full harvest mode, I celebrate my birthday, along with numerous other fabulous October birthdays, and not to mention, fall décor and the fall fashions!

What are some of your favorite fall traditions?