I met Erin years ago at the day care center at my gym. She was the friendly face brave enough to work in a room full cranky toddlers and babies. My best friend and I hired her several times to watch our kids together so we could go on BFF dates. I remember hearing that Erin had a boyfriend. Later on, […]
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Lauren is the daughter of our good friends. She’s obviously beautiful. And ripped. That girl is dedicated to her Crossfit and it shows. She is strong and fierce and determined and lovely – in all ways. Lauren loves Jesus and His light shines through her, pouring brightness and joy and hope and fun onto everyone she meets. She is wise beyond […]
Mary Kay and I met because we both went to Haiti on a missions trip in 2011. The friendships that formed out of that trip have been life changing. Mary Kay is one of my Haiti “Sistas.” Mary Kay is brimming over with godly wisdom and she spills joy and laughter everywhere she goes. She is generous and kind. Thoughtful. […]
The Choi family wanted their family photo session to be in a lavender field, reminiscent of their recent trip to France. The Oregon lavender blossomed quickly this year so we had a hard time finding a field that hadn’t been harvested yet. Thankfully Mountainside Lavender had an unharvested field and they let us come early one morning to take some […]
Friday, October 4th, 2013, will go down as the craziest day of my life to date. If it could go wrong it did. I was headed to the beach to meet some girlfriends for the weekend. Before I connected with them I planned to hike to the summit of Neahkahnie Mountain – just me and God for some one-on-one time. […]
Feedback like this keeps me excited about having such a great job. Thank you Lynne! “The thought of getting my 4 yr old, 3 yr old, and 2 yr old to sit for a professional picture is a source of anxiety for me! What will the photographer think of us?! My children never look at the camera on […]
Yesterday I told the first part of this story. Find it here. I wrote in my journal, “I’m praying about launching Jodi Stilp Photography. It feels good – and scary – to dream. To say it out loud: I want to be a photographer. What does that look like? How do I shoot portraits? Is it feasible? […]
My friend Allison Vesterfelt wrote a book that was recently published. Titled Packing Light – thoughts on living life with less baggage, the book tells Ally’s story of quitting her job, selling everything she owned, and going on a fifty state road trip with a friend because she wanted to learn to live life with less baggage. Ally is a […]
