family + adventures + the emerald city
Happy (mid to almost late) March! I know it’s been a while since I’ve done a blog post. The year started off a little crazy and then just got every crazier with the Covid-19 quarantining…
And, if you missed it over on Instagram and Facebook, we have officially announced the arrival of Baby Lower who is due at the end of September!
Continue reading “a bit of happy news!”Our family Christmas cards were sent out at the first of the month (woot!) but I also wanted to share the remainder of the photos from this year’s family photo shoot. Christmas cards and family photos are my very FAVORITE thing about the holidays. We send out many, many Christmas cards every year and receive almost as many, and it brings me SO much joy!
We had the wonderful and lovely Ashley Vos behind the camera again this year, and if you are local to Seattle, I cannot recommend her enough! The location was Volunteer Park in the Capital Hill neighborhood. It was SO cold but boy was it beautiful with all of the leaves! {Also, the girls were a little shy/grumpy/not interested when we first started, but warmed up at the end! I was a little worried about the pictures turning out, but Ashley is magic!}
And here’s a picture overload of the Lower family!
{letterboard: Letterfolk (Poet) // backpack: State (Kane) // tee: Gap Kids // leggings: Gap Kids // shoes: Cat & Jack // bow: DIY // flag: printable via June & January}
Continue reading “eloise {first day of kindergarten}”This past weekend Eloise turned FIVE and we threw her a party. When I asked her what party theme she wanted, she immediately said “Rainbows and Unicorns!” And it turns out, every other little girl’s birthday party we have gone to this year has had that same exact theme. Ha!
{The invitation from my go-to Paperless Post. Eloise got to pick it out this year completely on her own!}
Continue reading “eloise {fifth birthday party}”
{lion: jellycat via Nordstrom // dress: Hanna Andersson (old) // crown: Meri Meri}
Continue reading “eloise {five years}”
{Eloise has been wanting to wear this Minnie Mouse dress to school every single day, but since it was mine as a kid (so it’s vintage, ha!) and I don’t want it to be destroyed, I didn’t want her to wear it until a school day where I knew she wouldn’t be outside in the dirt or painting. She was absolutely delighted that I let her wear it on her very last day!}
Continue reading “eloise {last day of pre-k}”
{lion: jellycat via Nordstrom // sequin shirt: Gap Kids (old) // leggings: Cat and Jack // hair clip: Ryan and Wren}
{four & a half years} Oh man, guys, four & a half! It really feels real that Eloise is growing up. She’s just 6 months from being FIVE and registered for Kindergarten!
Continue reading “eloise {four & a half years}”Most of you are probably on our Christmas card list so you’ve seen at least a smattering of our family photos from this year. But, I ended up buying the entire gallery of photos this year since I couldn’t choose just a few, ha!, so here is a photo over-load because I also couldn’t choose which ones to share either.
We shot these at the UW Arboretum just as it was really starting to look and feel like fall, and even though it was drizzling rain, it was perfect! As we have for the past few family photoshoots, we used Ashley Vos, and I highly recommend her if you are local to Seattle!
Also, when did my girls get so grown-up?!
