Adventures in California

March 6, 2014

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Too many tabs open in my brain, difficult to manage and organize time and tasks, easy to forget something I just said i need to remember, overstimulated by noises and lose focus and words really easily, difficulty following steps. All of this makes me want to shut down, and for years I have patterns of shutting down and then trying to re-boot until the system gets overloaded and runs out of RAM, which happens pretty quickly. To my surprise through some work with medical pros, I realized there is a name for all this: ADHD. I thought that is what boys in school who can’t sit still have, not women who have sat still through a lot of life and made the grades but just felt smart but scattered. Of course I didn’t need to post it for the world on instagram, but it’s made a huge difference to me to have words for it and know I’m not just crazy or broken, and it’s only by reading other women’s experiences that I realized I wasn’t alone. So ADHD turns out to be a term that is helping me get more resources and books to help me not lose my phone or beat myself up when I get stuck or overwhelmed. This photo felt perfect for the topic and is a little bit of my story.

I now welcome my latest color into the living room: olive. Or hunter green? Husband told a friend recently when she was asking about paint colors: “I’m not sure you want to ask the person who paints most of her house black” It actually isn’t called black but caviar. And Gandalf keeps his stick on our wall for storage.

One really fun thing I like about photography is that I get to shoot a lot of work for website launches, and learn about new brands. This is from a recent shoot for @shopquoin - and i cant wait to show off more of the coin jewelry and buy one when it launches. also big thanks to @_emmiwalker_ and @maggie_aldin for modeling for us! also i love this denim jacket from @livefashionable 😎

It was an extra coffee kinda Monday, in a good way. This shot was taken while my friend Matt was getting ready to get married, all dressed up and getting his coffee before ceremony time. priorities.

saying good bye and good night to summer with school starting tomorrow for kiddos. It was a good and full summer and makes me so glad that i have it documented for my kids to remember good times and childhood memories, mostly on my iphone- thanks @apple 📱📸

Such an incredible experience at #plywoodpresents and all sorts of firsts: my first market booth with @knownproject , first time giving a pitch, first time working with my mom, first time winning peoples choice award like MTV gave out in the 80s, first time meeting some amazing social entrepreneurs. and now it’s time to sleep for a few years... I didn’t win the overall pitch competition but I couldn’t pick a better couple and vision and need than @missionmightyme to win it!!!

This is me after giving my @knownproject practice pitch for the Idea Competition at Plywood Presents in T-minus 5 days. I’m giving a thumbs up but even as i type this I have a mixture of excitement and wanting to throw up and take a nap. I’m excited to talk about the importance of deeper relationships in an increasing disconnected and shallow culture , but I’m also completely terrified I’ll pee in my pants in public and not make sense. I was in a school pageant in high school and literally couldn’t answer the save the world question because i just laughed and felt like i fit better in SNL episode. @plywoodpeople is an amazing organization and so much good is happening there, so no matter what i know I will gain so much from being part of next week and hearing amazing things from others. PS- there is still time to buy tickets!!! #plywoodpresents

All the flowers from Jessica and Rob’s wedding made me want to go to @3porchfarm myself to see them at work! @moonflower_design is incredible and i’m so glad I got to shoot this awesome couple and their wedding💃💃

this summer has been full of adventures, but some times is all catches up with you and you want to sleep for a few days... or maybe that’s just me. That’s when I wish i was a bear and hibernating was normal 🐻 but it would only work if everyone hibernated too. Or at the least we Americans instituted a siesta after lunch nap time.

art + art in front of art. I knew I was the lucky one to photograph an artist and musician getting married on so many levels. Congratulations to David and Lauren!! and thanks to @gardeniafloraldesign for arranging this incredible bouquet and @georgiagraceweddings for coordinating perfection! #tohaveandtoholtzer #graduatehotels

Feeling inspired by water to paint and so so thankful to hear the news that the whole soccer team and coach was rescued from the caves in Thailand 🇹🇭 this shot was taken with an underwater cheap camera i rented and loved.

Summer reading includes this amazing magazine by @thebud.co - it’s good for the heart reading and they featured our @knownproject !!! Check out their site and use the code”summerbud” for a discount on the latest magazine edition 💃💃💃

One of those special and rare times I get to be with my parents and kids and husband by a lake, taking turns in a canoe, and eating ice cream until our 8am morning bugle plays for breakfast at Family Camp. Day one at Kanuga,even with grumbling children who are ornary and fighting, still gives me a glimpse of heaven. #campkanuga

These two making me wish I could go to Highlands every weekend:) My favorites moments are always with couples after the ceremony just enjoying each other and drinks and friends.

we had the best night seeing dear friends and enjoying mexican, so a photo of moscow mules seemed appropriate? i just liked the photo:) if i had a photo of a wall of margaritas i would have posted that. also, we are not in Moscow but it sounded better than Athens.

REAL LiFE, bad lighting, low res selfie. My recent performance as Eve at VBS was made even better when some little people really did believe I was Eve (and got celebrity photos with me to show they met Eve). the older kids thought i was Poison Ivy from DC Comics. I think I found my new calling

I borrowed a @jamieandthejones shirt from @mattietiegreen and fell in love - like i would wear this everyday and just switch the colors. And this color green is my fav 😍 it’s one thing to see ads for clothes and another to put it on and just love it. If a capsule wardrobe is really possible then i want to try it with @jamieandthejones - clearly im an official fan. (photo cred to @jamieandthejones ) #myjandjcolor

i showed up to Cannon Beach excited to see Haystack rock and all i could see was fog for miles. I had rented a car, drive the hour and half to the Oregon coast from Portland and this is what I arrived to find. It was dense and almost a looming sense of something about to happen. i almost just got back in the car to leave but felt like it was worth at least a long walk to think and see. Half way through my walk the fog lifted enough to see the rocks and the waters , but i realized how good it was for me to wait and pray and be quiet. it takes so much work to slow down and sit or stand in the fog, but there is a lot of good work that happens in us in it. this photo is a reminder to me of my need to be alone before God whatever weather i’m in and be led by a wiser and more powerful one.

We officially launched our “Flip Questions: Dinner Edition” today and are excited to come out with more editions (including a couples & weekly check in edition!!) Use the code “FLIP20” for 20% off the purchase - check out @knownproject for more info 💃💃

Highlands, NC + these 2 = dreamy wedding, even with a little rain delay. Couldn’t love this couple or this wedding more! Congrats to @lizcallaway and Cole- you two better be having an amazing trip in Thailand right now!! beautiful flowers by @eurofloral , dress by @thesentimentalistatl , venue @halfmilefarm and the amazing Debra of @perfectlypolishedeli !! #newlynorthcutt #highlandswedding