My dad taught me how to downhill ski when I was eight years old. He was the one riding next to me the first time I stepped onto a chair lift and was the one that picked me up when I fell getting off. He taught me how to wedge my skis and hold my poles. And he...
I woke up one morning a few years ago feeling really guilty. I groggily moved through my morning routine feeling awful about throwing a childish tantrum the night before about how I couldn’t keep the house clean. It had been a LONG couple of months - Jeff had been...
In the fourth grade, my teacher asked my best friend in front of the class what her favorite kind of pizza is. Without hesitation, she proudly replied, “Airport pizza.” The room laughed and the teacher smiled. My teacher - as well as most of the kids in the class -...
She placed the Moka coffee pot on the stove and lit the flame with steel blue hands. I'm sure those hands had been making coffee like this for decades. “Keep the flame low,” she said in her thick Italian accent, speaking slowly so the American could understand....
Last week, Jeff and I trekked across the Atlanta airport from our departing gate at A11 all the way to Terminal F - the international terminal - just to have a beer on the Sky Deck. Life on the road is definitely not as glamorous as it sounds, but there are a few...
I woke up this morning with a dream hangover... Gracie the cat was licking the part of my cheek that was peeking above the covers, and the my phone alarm was buzzing itself to the edge of my nightstand. I closed my eyes, shoved my feet under Jeff's legs, and let it...
I turned 30-years-old last December, and the soul-shift was so near instant, that I had to stop and check myself. What exactly happened on December 14, 2014? I was sitting on the couch when my alarm went off at 12:05am on December 14th (this is the actual time that...
"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." -T....
I breath deeper at the HCC Ranch in Montana than I do anywhere else. My heart muscles burn when I breathe that deep and my ribcage bones tend to crack because they haven't been that stretched in a long time. I feel the air go all the way into my belly when I come...
A few happy things are coming up soon that prompted me to pull these images... next week, my parents are visiting us from Idaho, and in April, we're flying back up to Montana to visit this beautiful ranch again. In case you didn't realize this about me, I learned...
People tell us quite often that they could never work with their spouse the way that Jeff and I do. They would kill each other, they say (usually laughing). While I understand where their comments are stemming from, I feel lucky that I don’t feel the same way. Jeff...
We moved from the suburbs a year ago to our 'new-to-us' old house in our 1950's neighborhood, and I love it more than I can describe. The simple backyard, the old doors, the creaky floors, and the colorful cabinets all bring a smile to my heart. I am deeply...
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We're Jeff & Erin
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!