My dear friend and favorite lifestyle photographer, Melinda (Wild Scout Photography) came over to our home, bright and early one morning this past fall and captured one of our simple, ordinary mornings for us. This is my favorite treasure of pictures from this year. So many little things have changed, since these were taken. Small memories that I might have forgotten are frozen in time. The messes, the smirks, the sweetness, the tears, are all still and perfect for my heart to remember.
There are more photos from our shoot to be seen on her blog HERE. Literally, every single picture she posts and every word she writes moves my soul. If you want your heart to feel alive, go visit her blog and enjoy wandering through all of her beauty.
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When I'm in the thick of ordinary, the beauty of it can be forgotten or brushed off as stressful or meaningless. Simple and calm can seem boring. Especially, if I let my eyes filter everything through the lens of comparison with the world that I think I see others living. But, like magic, when I step outside of my moments into the cherishing of them, I'm brought wonder. When I gaze at the ordinary through eyes that one day, decades down the road, will be looking back, remembering and wishing, beauty rushes in. If I love with the heart that I know will be longing for all of these things, later when age and life have found me wiser, surrounded with the kindred friendship of my adult children, I will smile more and worry less. Put into perspective, the routine and everyday is a golden treasure.
Ordinary, when cherished, can be a wonderland, my place of joy that brings with it, the simple and the rare gift of contentment.
Jess
WILD SCOUT PHOTOGRAPHY
i agree. small moments are the ones that i find i would spend time staring at the longest. you have a lovely family, Jess.
ReplyDeleteyes. yes. yes. awwwww thanks!
Deleteamazing photographs, jess! i love how real and raw and honest they are. so much beauty in real life! :)
ReplyDeletemy fav momma! xoxo she's an amazing photographer isn't she!? thanks love!
DeleteI love that black under shirt you are wearing toward the end when you are holding Cedar. It has black ties on the sides - where'd you get that?? I've been looking for something like that! :)
ReplyDeletei got it at aerie last year i think! it's a yoga/jogging/workout tank :) xoxox
Deleteoh, Jess. these are breathtaking. you have built such a dreamy and inspiring life!
ReplyDeleteyou…..thanks! xoxo ;)
DeleteOh how I love this! Reminds me of when Luke use to work from home! What a sweet time and so quickly gone now... What a blessing to have had this captured because your right it all so quickly changes!! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteps come to my house and do this!!! :)
seriously. ah! let's do it!
DeleteI NEVER post thoughts/ comments.... probably because I'm lazy. But this is awesome. Totally inspiring. Everyday life shots are so so much better than contrived set up ones. Louise
ReplyDeleteyour family is beautiful. your hair is magical, i feel like we need an entire post just on your hair!
ReplyDeleteI love all of this!! It is so beautiful and so 'real'... One of my favourite bloggers.... Loving the new layout too! - Kate, Surrey, UK.
ReplyDeleteMan these are awesome. Love the little details that were captured. Really beautiful:)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful natural shots that seem to capture your family's spirit effortlessly. Lovely.
ReplyDeletethese are amazing. I love photos from the normal everyday. real life captured is so much better than a posed shot.
ReplyDeleteOh Jess. The pure rawness of these moments is breath-taking <3
ReplyDeleteYOU move my soul! i'm so glad i found your blog. :) and can i also say that i am sooooooo inspired by seeing the familiar messiness that is part of having a beautiful family? seriously, i love that about these photos. they're REAL. thank you for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I haven't seen these pics until now. LOVE them!! Really feel like I get a good idea of how you home is. wonder when we will get to visit you.. maybe this year?
ReplyDeleteThese photos are amazing! May I ask what type of camera you have? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI was attracted to your blogname first, and after a look around I know I will be back
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This is such a beautiful series. The entire thing. I had to scroll through each of them slowly, because there is so much emotion and beauty in each image. Nowadays, it's easy for people to scroll past what they don't want to see, to cut to the chase. We want the meat, and what matters. And we want it now. But, really, the greatest beauty in life is in the details--morning giggles, the way someone's hair is naturally mussed when they first wake. It's groggy morning kisses and giggles. The sound of bare feet running on the floor. The way someone's voice sounds. And even if these aren't posed shots in front of a dramatic backdrop, they're beautiful and wonderful. They'll always exist for you to remember how good things were and are.
ReplyDeleteSo so in love with this entire post. How beautiful and raw and inspiring to see just the small every day occurrences that happen in your home. It was such a breath of fresh air to see you and your family in your natural state just hanging out and being yourselves and not posing for photos or styling every shot. Refreshing and gorgeous. What a lovely home.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this really beautiful glimpse into your life!
ReplyDeleteI love each and every one of these photos!
Oh my gosh, i just love these pictures. i love that this looks like a real home and not just a space for a photo shoot. i keep coming back to them. so good.
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