•.•. Jen with one N •.•.

I figured with all the change that consistantly occurs within me, that updating my profile might actually be a good use of 10 minutes. Rounding the corner on 31, I'm happily hitched to one of my most favorite people, Jake, theeeee most phenominal person you will ever, EVER know ... and 8 years later we've created two amazing little people, Cooper (4 years old) and Cohen (1.5 years old). Easily my most fantastic accomplishment, ever. Being a mom is without a doubt, the most important thing in my life... I experience days of complete and utter joy in simply watching them eat a peanut butter sandwich. I adore every square inch of them and beg God daily to keep them small.
I consistantly live by the motto to encompass yourself with people who are better than you, because I believe we are who we surround ourselves with. The rule for me, stands firm even more so with the person you chose to spend your life with. My piece of advice? Marry someone who clearly challenges you to be a better person and you can't go wrong. Somehow, I manage to stay home full-time with the boys, and work-full time as a professional photographer and designer. I live in mayhem and chaos and it's fantastic. Time management is incontestably a priority around here and multi-tasking... necessary.
I am a million things yet I don't consider myself a complicated personality. I feel things passionately. I like to think of myself as one with multiple layers. I am constantly trying to discover the best version of myself. I am stubborn and ornery yet ridiculously empathetic. I put my friends in the same category as my family and make them an enormous priority in my life. I will probably always be one who tries harder than I need to. I am my own worst critic and have slowly gotten to an extremely comfortable place in my life where I care very little, about the opinions of others. I am somewhat of a conservative person, yet own a bona fide untraditional view on a few things that have over time, defined me and have provided me an entree of absolutely extraordinary personalities to be a part of my life. I can often be found, the only girl within a swarm of my guy pals ... having a beer and playing pool, then the next day, sipping on a bottle of wine with my girlfriends, giggling for no reason whatsoever over a fantastic lunch downtown. I spend my free time outdoors, camping, boating, BBQ'ing, volleyball, traveling, documenting life with my camera and digging my hands in my own dirt. I find a lot of satisfaction in growing something from nothing. I enjoy being a business person and investment/entrepreneurial opportunities. I love all aspect of design and find myself oogling over the littlest details in just about everything. My head is full of cluttered inspiration with more creative ideas than I could ever accomplish in this life time. I eat peanut butter by the spoonful. My exhaustion usually results in spastic bouts of uncontrollable giggling. I am not a morning person. I am most comfortable in jeans and flipflops. I have a small, yet obsessive love affair with varying types of lip balm. I like expensive coffees and cheap wine, not necessarily together. I enjoy a good challenge, in many aspects of life. I almost always have my camera with me. I am inspired by those who are intense about life, who can think outside of the box, who are open to things beyond their understanding, and who can uniquely and truly put others before themselves. It's rare.
When I'm talking to you, I'm more than likely, looking for catches of light in your eyes.
"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth, without caring twopence how often it has been told before, you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it." C. S. Lewis
My three perfect reasons I wake up every morning with a gargantuan smile on my face.
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