Category Archives: Personal

Happy New Year! 2012

Happy New Year, everyone! Instead of doing a year by year resolutions list, a few years ago I put together a 30 before 30 list.  I realized over the years, I kept switching them out as I crossed out each goal, which in turn, made me feel like I accomplished nothing. This year, I merged...

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Today we’re especially thankful…

We arrived back from Haiti Sunday morning, and it was a bit of a nightmare. We were supposed to have arrived at 1AM (this was after a long layover), but after more delays getting to our gate and then discovering our car battery was dead, we didn’t get home until 4AM. It made for an...

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers from Esther JuLee Photography! “Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.” – Mildred B. Vermont

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Importance of Date Nights Part II | Thursday Thoughts

I remember blogging last October about the importance of date nights, and now that Jacob and I are almost at our 9 month mark, I can’t honestly say we’ve fought enough for our quality time together.  Date nights have taken a back seat while we were launching all these fun ideas for our photography business....

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Declutter Month | The Power of Less

I finished reading the power of less (as mentioned in a previous post), and now I’ve been narrowing down my focus by having one habit or goal per month so that 1. I’m not overwhelmed with too many things at once and 2. I can actually see myself achieve more goals when you do them one at a...

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