Unknown's avatar

About 365 days of marriage

I started this blog in April of 2011. At the time, Bret and I were wedding photographers and it was a way to share how marriage is more about the day to day and so much more than the wedding day itself. For about 5 years, I blogged about the joys and sorrows of the Christian walk, marriage, work, family and friends. I’ve blogged every day since a few weeks after I started. In May of 2015, we photographed our last wedding. Now, I have become passionate about simplicity, particularly in marriage, Christianity, business, travel and life. For a number of reasons, we have become minimalists. I’ve found that having simplicity makes life so much deeper, refreshing and joyful. I hope that this blog will help others see the benefits of living simply.

Day 1005 – Sample Albums

I realized today I don’t have any pictures of my sample albums, so I’m going to share them now!

This is the spine of the formal album.

Here are two layouts of the formal album.

Here is the cover of the storybook album.

Here is the spine of the storybook album.

Here are two layouts of the storybook album.

Now no sample album page would be complete without a few pictures of our own storybook album. πŸ™‚

Day 1002 – Sunrise Service at Beachmont Christian Camp in Kingsville, MD

Every year, I try to make it out to the sunrise service at Beachmont Christian Camp. It’s a really awesome camp in Kingsville that offers many things, a day camp in the summer, teen nights in the summer, bible study for teens in the winter/spring, and a myriad of other awesome things. I have been involved with the camp since I was about 5 years old.

I do have a love/hate relationship with the sunrise service though….I hate that it’s cold, it’s early and I’m tired the rest of the day. But I LOVE seeing the sun rise behind the three crosses on the hill, I love seeing so many come out to hear about my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and I love seeing old friends I rarely see. I love it even more when I can look back on pictures. If you’re looking for a sunrise service next year, I highly recommend this one.

Here’s a few of the shots I took.

This year they acted out the story of Abraham and Issac.

They even had real lambs as a visual representation of the substitution Christ made for us as the ultimate sacrifice for our sins.

Every year, they have a trumpet player play The Old Rugged Cross as they act out Jesus carrying the cross up the hill.