Watson Adventures

June Edition A Crazy Idea Last year, a few neighbors had a crazy idea: “What if we built a float for the Wheaton 4th of July Parade?” What followed was far more fun than any of us expected. Sure, there was a float. There were t-shirts, decorations, candy, and enough group texts to keep everyone’s […]

May Edition Last month, I picked up The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker, and it completely shifted how I think about spending time with the people I love. One of the biggest takeaways? Gathering well doesn’t begin when people arrive… it begins the moment they’re invited. From […]

April Edition As I gear up for wedding season, I’m reevaluating the rhythms and systems in my life. I love what I do and I want to KEEP loving it years from now. As I think about this, I keep coming back to something my coach told me in high school. My senior year, I […]

  April 27, 2023: Grandma’s 88th Birthday The Drive As I drove up to WI I said a quick prayer to the Lord, “Lord, please help her to have a good day today.” While I was excited to see Grandma, her memory had been getting worse over the last year and I really hoped that […]

  First of all, I’m so pumped you have a friend or loved one starting to get into photography! There is nothing else like it and I hope this is just the start of an epic adventure for them. 🙂 I’m celebrating this new adventure with you! After 8 years in business, I’ve tried a […]

  Our Hope More than a photographer. That’s what I want to be. That’s what we want to be. Blake and I are huge fans of marriage and we’re huge fans of you! That’s why we share. Not that we have all the answers, but in hope is that something we’ve learned over 7 years […]