If you follow me on any sort of social media platform, you probably noticed a few snaps, Instagram stories or posts around the end of April with lots of spanish moss, oaks trees and beach hair (from both Brinkley & myself). Search the hashtag #TalleyTimeOff for the recap. There were also a few bike rides mixed in there, too. Matt and I decided to take a mini-vacation to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary and also decided to take Brinkley along for the ride. This was obviously to avoid me having to say “I miss Brinkley” eighty-two times before the vacation was over but also because Saint Simons is super dog friendly. 

Well, well, well. Hey there everyone. It has been a while, right? I haven’t posted a blog in so long that the website didn’t auto-populate my username. CRAZY. But, I decided to take a little bit of a break from social media and blogging for Annie Laura Photography to enjoy the holidays and take time to unwind after a crazy and exciting year so while it may have been a while since I last posted, I was able to enjoy my first married holiday with my husband Matt and build lots of new memories with my family and friends, which was invaluable to me.

Over the past decade, my family dynamic has changed. Either through step family or through acquiring in-laws, we have slowly evolved into a different family than we were 15 years ago but in the best way. This has also changed our family vacations, causing for our small crowd of 4 to grow to a crowd of 12.

I don’t know many people that love Sunday as much as my husband, Matt. He spends most days during the week waking up at 4:30 so to sleep in until 7 on a Sunday is a luxury. Add in some quiet time in the morning spent while I’m getting ready for church and you’ve got the making of the perfect day. This Sunday, he decided to take Brinkley to the river to explore more of this city we call “home.” I tagged along and took some pictures of their adventuring.

I am very fortunate to be surrounded by a ton of creative and driven people – one of them being my sister, Kelly. She is an extremely talented designer – in fact, I actually used to be an intern at the advertising agency where she used to work and on my lunch break, I would literally just watch her work. One day, it could have been an email banner, the next it could have been an entire website re-design. And I would just sit there, completely mesmerized. So whenever it came time for me to create a logo for a photography business I’ve wanted to launch for years, I luckily didn’t have to look far.