(I’m writing a short series on the blog about a week in the life of The Youngrens. This is the third installment – read all about Tuesdays here and Wednesdays here.) In writing this quick series on a typical workweek for us, I’ve realized that Thursdays just may be...
For wrapping, wrapping, wrapping and baking, baking, baking! This week, Casa de Youngren was turned upside down into Casa de Santa. Kraft paper lying across tables, ribbons strewn across the floor, twine wrapped around the tree, peppermint flying every which way,...
We got an email on Wednesday from one of our amazing clients-turned-life-friends - for whom we've photographed her two daughter's weddings (Lizzy and Steph) and her 25th wedding anniversary with her hubby - with a photo attached that said: "Just noticed that all...
I don't know what we're gonna do when we have kids. They're gonna have the worst abandonment issues... October. It's our busiest time of year with weddings, travel, and speaking, so life right now is chaos. Controlled, organized, systematized, non-stop chaos....
I got this thank you note from Bryan and Crystal (of last week's STUNNING maternity session), and I laughed out loud. All of our couples know that I have a certain set of stock phrases that I use while I shoot, and I get teased about it. A lot. "So cute!"...
I’ve decided to write a short series here on the bloggy-blog called A Week in the Life of The Youngrens to give everyone a glimpse into our day-to-day world. And I’ve decided to start it with Tuesday. Why Tuesday? Well, Tuesdays are normally the day that our...
In March of 2010, Jeff and I were flying home from living in Southeast Asia for two months, and we got bumped from a flight in LA and received free round trip flights on United. I promptly used mine three months later to spend a week shopping in New York City with...
It's Jeff's 30th birthday today. A friend wrote on Jeff's Facebook wall this morning, "Thirty years ago, the legend name Jeff Youngren was born." And the world was never the same again... Jeff was the first grandchild in his family, and he was born on his...
Last Saturday, I'm hanging out with my girlfriends in San Francisco when I get this text about our blog (the top one, not the etsy one..) You, my dear readers, rock my world. I meet you face to face at baby showers, bridal showers, birthday parties, PUG meetings,...
Top ten reasons I love Scooters 1. They save a ton of gas so I feel really smart in that I’m-totally-better-than-your-ridiculous-smart-car sort of way. 2.We can zip by a hybrid-Prius at the gas station and yell “Go green, jerks!” Actually, those are the only...
This week we photographed a wedding, a portrait session, and a two day photo shoot for Exquisite Weddings Magazine. Yesterday we flew into Chicago for a beautiful wedding that's happening later today. Tomorrow we're hanging out one on one with a lovely photographer...
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...