09/06/2026
Not long after I graduated, Trace Adkins released
a song called “You’re Gonna Miss This” and I remember my parents really liking it. I specifically remember leaving my sister’s once and dad singing it to my sister—deep in the trenches of parenting two toddlers—before we left.
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days
hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
As a parent myself now, boy do I get it.
And I think this family gets it too. ♥️
Four kids means there is always somebody moving, somebody laughing, somebody crying, somebody needing something, and maaaaybe someone running in the opposite direction (not that we experienced that or anything). But somewhere in all that beautiful chaos are the days you know you’ll someday wish you could step back into for just a minute and that’s the beauty of this job I love so much—documenting it.
As I listened to mom talk about how these pictures were for her, so she could someday look back and remember the days of kitty unicorn tutu dresses and “look how small they were” and sweet cheesy grins, I found myself thinking about that song, how true it is, and how these really are the good times.
