Archived Stories: Us In Real Life

chinese doughnuts and going the extra mile

Chinese Doughnuts, and a Little Extra

Whenever we get food at our favorite local Chinese restaurant, they keep throwing a little something extra in for free. Just as a way of saying thanks. Then I got to thinking, we should treat our clients this way. When you think you’ve reached expectations, go a little bit further and … Read more

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Chocolate for Lovers

Chocolate and Valentine’s Day – so synonymous and oh-so-good! It’s an understatement to say I’m a chocoholic, and every year around Valentine’s finds me in the kitchen making these bite-sized melt-in-your-mouth truffles … Read more

katniss everdeen the hunger games

The Hunger Games, sdrawkcab gniklat, and the Giants

In the beginning of the year, I made a new goal/resolution to read three new books I haven’t read before each month. Lofty? Maybe. But I did meet that in January, as I tore through The Hunger Games trilogy. Oh … Read more

vintage hershey's chocolate

Human Dogs, and Gallon Coffee Mugs

Have you ever seen things that just make you go ‘huh’? This past weekend on our trip to Virginia for our awesome engagement session with David & Kaitlyn, we saw these things that made us chuckle … Read more

blogblues

Sometimes, I’m a Horrible Blogger

My goal is to blog frequently .. that usually being five days a week. Somedays, my mind is just blank and I can’t think of anything to blog about – like today. Here it is, noontime, and I’m just now writing … Read more

small office makeover

The Office Makeover: 2.0

You remember how we posted a while back about our first office makeover? Yeah, it was actually 2010 *cringe* .. that’s how long it’s been since we did a big reorganization of our office / workspace. It was getting pretty bad again y’all … Read more

our christmas photos, brent & anna live view studios

All I Want for Christmas, Is You

I don’t want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need. You, baby. Read more

the nightmare before christmas

The Nightmare before Christmas

Last night we put up a post on Facebook asking 1. why did Brent look so upset, and 2. why was our Christmas tree in the front yard? With apologies to Tim Burton, ours was a little creepier than anything that happened in Christmas Town … Read more

brent & anna first dance

First Dance: When You Say You Love Me

We swirled around together, pretty much oblivious to everyone else that was there. All I could do was stare into the eyes of my new wife, and realize that this day had actually happened – and we were now married. Read more