Bree Hester bio picture

  • WELCOME!

    I am so happy that you are here. Grab a cup of coffee and stay awhile.

    This is a space where I share snippets of my life and a look inside our little world. I am a mother to William, Ava, and Clay. Wife to Wes. And dog mom to Ginnie, our 1 year old pound puppy. We are a military family, and are currently living in Alexandria, Virginia.

    I am a long time photographer, and instead of shooting people, most of my subjects now come from the grocery store. I am the writer of Baked Bree, my food blog. I am also a co-editor of The Creative Mama and teaching online photography courses at The Creative E-Courses.

10.4.10

morning light.

Picture Fall – Day 4

Morning light is beautiful in my home.  But I am not a morning person.  I do not take pleasure in the morning rituals that we have.  I take pleasure in sleeping.  But I do get everyone dressed and out of the house and off to school.  I stop and get a Diet Coke then sit quietly and read blogs and catch up on what happened in the world while I was sleeping.

Filed in: picture fall
comment
October 4, 2010 - 12:47 pm

ang - love this and love that you’re doing picture fall!!

October 21, 2010 - 8:52 pm

admin - Do Picture Holiday with me!!

10.3.10

the fallen leaf.

Picture Fall – Day 1

Quintessential fall.  Hard to do around here as we are just getting a teeny tiny touch of fall.  I had to drive around and actually look for changing leaves.

But I got a few minutes with my sweetest oldest child and like always, magic happens.

Filed in: picture fall | william
comment
9.22.10

there’s no place like home.

Well, our California adventure will soon be over.  We are headed to Kansas in June.  We are really happy about this news.  Wes is going to the Army War College at Fort Leavenworth for 10 months and most likely we will be in DC after that.  It is really weird to know what the next 4 years have in store for us.  We found out 10 days before we moved that we were heading to Sacramento.  While I love an adventure, it is also comforting to be able to make plans.

We love California and we have made roots.  We love our house, we love the kid’s school.  We have friends here that have become family.   Our children have lives.  This time moving is different.  Before, we moved babies.  Now, we are moving little people with little lives.  And while I know that they will make new friends and be fine, I am still a little sad for them.

I have always felt that we are really lucky.  We have had very rich lives thanks to the Coast Guard.  Our Christmas card list is huge and I love having friends all over the world.  We have been all over the place and we treat every place that we live like we are tourists.  We go to San Francisco on a whim.  Lake Tahoe is gorgeous and always fun.  Apple Hill, Napa, LA.  I love being here.

But I also look forward to what the future holds.  I look forward to making new friends and new adventures.  As long as we are together, nothing else really matters.  I have been asked a few times if we would stay in California while Wes is in school.  I cannot imagine not being together.  We are all in it for the long haul, so off we go to Kansas.

I have heard great things about Fort Leavenworth.  Wes will be a student and from what we have heard, the schedule is great.  No duty, no deployments, after 8 years, I cannot even imagine what this will be like.  So, we will spend the rest of our time here enjoying everything that California has to offer.  And look forward to what is next for us.

Filed in: adventures | ava | military life | william
comment
September 27, 2010 - 1:47 pm

Jen @ Lita's World - May I just say what beautiful blogs you have!! The photos are amazing, so clear, so shart..just fabulous! I will definitely be a new follower.

I only started blogging this year (and am already obsessed) but also feel I have so much to learn – looking forward to your inspirations.

~ Jen

October 21, 2010 - 8:53 pm

admin - Thank you Jen! I love blogging and it had given me a richer life.

November 7, 2010 - 4:46 pm

thankful. - [...] to me and I have learned so much from you. 17.  For the adventures that we will be on this year.  Hello Kansas. 16.  When I make bread and it actually turns out the way that I want it to.  Nothing makes me [...]

April 9, 2011 - 4:01 am

Lemon and Raspberry Cupcake Recipe - [...] and Chambord mix up a few months ago and I now have a lot of Chambord in my cabinet.  We are gearing up for a move in less than 2 months and need to get rid of all of the booze in our house.   It makes me sad to [...]

April 9, 2011 - 9:20 pm

Erin - I live in DC, and you will love it (when you finally make it out).

April 14, 2011 - 9:12 pm

Bree - I am really looking forward to it. I love DC, we were there for a bit over the summer.

May 23, 2011 - 4:19 pm

Jen - WOW, these pictures are just gorgeous. Amazing!

May 26, 2011 - 12:12 am

Bree - thank you Jen. We had a lot of fun taking them.

January 17, 2012 - 12:39 pm

Lemon Raspberry Cupcakes - [...] and Chambord mix up a few months ago and I now have a lot of Chambord in my cabinet.  We are gearing up for a move in less than 2 months and need to get rid of all of the booze in our house.  It makes me sad to [...]