The word "quinoa" is one of those words like "hors d'oeuvres." It took the longest time for me to put together the word I heard spoken all of the time with the word written on the page. The first time someone pointed out that "hors d'oeuvres" was spelled like it...
I never get sick. Never. The last time I got sick was two years ago when I was laid flat by strep throat. But this past week, I came down with another sore throat plus an upper chest-cough-thing, so Jeff dusted off the medicine cabinet and set me up in our “sick...
It was a plate mounded with beans and brown rice, a fried banana, a scoop of what looked like potato salad but turned out to be salt fish, two thin chicken drumsticks, and some sort of fruit that had the consistency of bread and tasted like a crumbly, half-cooked...
I'm not gonna lie - our week in St. Lucia was hot, humid, and exhausting. I haven't sweat through so many t-shirts since working maintenance at summer camp with a group of lumberjacks. Chopping down trees baby. Oh yeah. But all of the heat and long hours while...
Last week we were in St. Lucia with the production team for Do Something World, a non-profit organization that partners with local churches, businesses, and governments around the world to provide sustainable solutions to community issues. Basically, it empowers...
I wrote about my first pair of TOMS shoes a few years ago here on the blog when they were shiny and new (and the polka dots were still purple), but after a few years of taking these things around the world, they've lost just a little bit of their, um, luster. In...
I have to warn you about this recipe. When you're making it, you may randomly burst into an Italian accent with, "Dis sandwich is a-so GOU-da!" Just sayin'. My good friend Courtney sent me this recipe saying that her husband thinks it's the best lunch ever. And...
If you want to learn how to secure a date, Mr. Jeff Youngren has broken the code. It happened right after we had "made some serious eye contact" in the cafeteria. Eye contact which I was completely unaware of. At this point in the story of how we fell in love, I...
As a married woman, I need to learn the art of fast, easy, yummy dishes before the kiddos start coming - which makes my palms sweat and my stomach turn a million wrenching twists. Children. How does one feed them?? I can barely keep up with feeding just the two of...
Jeff and I are in San Francisco this week to hang out with some of our amazing couples for their engagement sessions, and being able to spend some time in one of our favorite cities reminds me just how much we love to travel. And since we do our fair share of...
Writer’s block is like taking a piece of sludge, forcing it through a drinking straw using nothing but pure willpower and your neighbor’s dull shovel, smearing it onto an empty piece of canvas and then standing up to shout through the hills that everyone should...
When it comes to eating, I always save a special bite of food for very last. I'm one of those eaters that samples everything on my plate first, and then I prioritize each sampling according to it's tastiness, mixing together the perfect forkful of food to save for...
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It’s our job to help you slow down and experience every moment of your wedding day – because we believe that it should be savored from top to bottom.
We’re Jeff & Erin Youngren, a hubby & wifey wedding photography team that believes timeless trumps trendy, life is best done together, and tears, hugs, & high fives should never be held back. We consider our couples part of our family – and we cannot wait to meet you!