Congrats to the beautiful Alyssa and her new husband, Mitch!
Here’s a small look into their day a few weeks ago…
I am sooo excited about this session. I feel like its the first time this spring that the sun and I were on the same page! Chrissy & Jake’s wedding is later this month and I can’t wait. If you can’t tell, these two are so happy and so madly in love with each other.
You can view Chrissy & Jake’s first session here.
Meet the happy Williams family. I had a great time capturing these images with Shelby, Ashley and kiddos.
Nik and I have Fridays off and it is awesome. Usually I catch up on photography, have Social Graces meetings or do things around the house. But, the weather has been beautiful lately and Nik and I have been itching to get out of town, so we decided to do a quick day trip to Kansas City a couple of Fridays ago.
First stop, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Nik had never been there before and it had been a long time since I had either. So, we went and got our “culture” on. 
The museum had this cool and modern seating area with great natural light, so I made Nik sit down so we could take a few pictures. 
After the museum, we were HUNGRY. So we headed to the plaza and grabbed something to eat. Then, we went shopping. If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you probably know that everything in my favorite stores was striped. And, if you know me in person, you know that about 80% of my closet is already striped. I am trying really hard not to add to that collection, but J.Crew, Urban Outfitters and Gap did not make it easy!
Here are some cute finds at Anthropologie.
Dreaming of adding to our new Le Crueset collection at one of the kitchen stores….
We stopped at the Coal Vines for an early dinner before heading home. We had a great view and delicious pizza.
On our way home, I begged Nik to pull over off the highway for some pictures. The light was too great to ignore and I felt like we needed updated pics anyway. 
This morning I decided to make this dish, but with a bit of an Italian twist. It was so delicious.
You can follow along Martha Stewart’s recipe (she uses bacon and doesn’t call for basil) or try my version:
Preheat oven to 375˚ and gather the following ingredients:
Eggs, basil, prosciutto, and (not shown) bread, melted butter, salt & pepper.
Butter muffin pan. Flatten a slice of bread with hands and cut down the middle. Lay both halves into muffin cup. Butter the bread. 
Add a slice of proscuitto before dropping one egg into cup. Salt & pepper. Stick tin in the oven for 20-25 minutes (egg whites should be set). 
While the dish baked, I decided to add these blueberries from Homegrown that we picked up from our morning walk (I love our neighborhood!) to strawberries. 
I also added mint. We have a plethora of mint right now from a plant my dad gave us, so I am adding mint to anything and everything I can.
As you can see, I haven’t killed the plant….yet! 
After 20 minutes, I checked on our eggs and they were finished. It was a hit with Nik, so I’ll definitely be doing this recipe again. 
Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
