Family Weekend
Goodness a lot has happened since my last blog post. That four month old I photographed turned one a month ago! The biggest change has of course been the global pandemic. It hit right when she turned six months, and the world turned upside down.
As a result, I lost childcare. With suddenly homeschooling a 9 year old and an 8 year old, and essentially also running a daycare toddler room and infant room, I’ve had to largely shutter the business. I hope to keep it on life support and revive it again some day, but for now, I had to make that hard decision that so many parents everywhere have had to make.
It’s been a really hard year. We are so fortunate to have one steady income, a roof, plenty of food, and family and good friends, but it’s still been hard, really hard.
We’ve started taking short cabin-in-the-woods trips to break things up. It seems to be something that appeals to the wide range of kid ages we have, and it’s relatively safe. I dusted off my camera for our last trip, and was truly stunned by the beauty of mid-Missouri. The Black River has the clearest water I’ve ever seen in my life, and the rock formations at Elephant Rocks and Johnson’s Shut Ins were spectacular. I feel naive saying this, but I just had no idea how lovely some parts of this state are. The VRBO we used had this absolutely stunning creek in the back too, which we played in every day. It was all just lovely.
Here are some of my favorite images from the weekend.
