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A Snowy Day

The last two times it snowed we ‘missed it’.  Everyone had pictures of their kids playing in the snow on Facebook and I just didn’t get us outside.  We were sick.  We had gotten this horrible illness that lasted for weeks.  We were literally all sick for Christmas. Anyhow…. I got us out into the… Continue reading A Snowy Day

Photography

Photo Challenge

THE SIDE-BY-SIDE SERIES At the beginning of 2017, I vowed to get my personal pictures in check.  I spend so much time editing other people’s  photos and my own continually get pushed to the back burner.  Don’t get me wrong, I edit tons of pictures of my children.  But it is probably only one fifth… Continue reading Photo Challenge

Crochet

Hailey Hat

I have recently decided that I am going to name the hats that I have made if they were not already named by someone in a free pattern.  Previously I was naming hats based on color and style.  In the end I had hats with very long names that were confusing. This cute little hat… Continue reading Hailey Hat

Photography

My List of Go-To Shops For Costumes and Props 

We have always enjoyed dressing up. My husband and I have been cosplaying for years, even before having kids or starting a photography business. Halloween planning starts in July and it involves lots of online research so that we can get our costumes just right. When my oldest son, Xander, was born we joked that… Continue reading My List of Go-To Shops For Costumes and Props 

Life

New Year’s Resolutions

So how are your resolutions going? Mine?  Well they are going pretty good.  I am actually quite proud of what I have accomplished this year so far.  So ,what were my resolutions?  I actually had two sets of goals for this year, business and personal.  Business?!  I know that wouldn’t be surprising to some people,… Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions

Parenting · Photography

Are You a Paparazzi Mom?

I grew up with a paparazzi mom.  I am the oldest of four daughters and my mother continually captured and documented EVERYTHING we did. She literally filmed what felt like every single moment of our lives, and let me tell you, it wasn’t easy to be a paparazzi mom in the late 80s and early… Continue reading Are You a Paparazzi Mom?

Crochet

Lucy’s Hat

I was fortunate enough to be shown at the Pelham Art Center for the Craft Marketplace: An Exhibition and Sale of the Handmade.  I never in my wildest dreams would have imagined that I would be an artist being shown in an art exhibit.  Let this be a lesson to us all – your life… Continue reading Lucy’s Hat

Welcome

The Beginning

Amy Rios -Tracy and I met in 2000 in Freshman year at SUNY New Paltz.  Ironically we were both born in Texas and lived our whole lives in New York.  She was raised in Ronkonkoma and I was raised in Pelham. We met at cheerleading.  I only managed to be a cheerleader for one semester… Continue reading The Beginning