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The Next Chapter for Melanie Foster Photography | Bartlesville OK Photographer I’m writing this post the day we are officially closing on our new home in Bartlesville. I’m posting it about a month later, but I can tell you one thing I thought I was sure about this time last year: I was never going […]

Summertime. Cookouts and barbecue. The lake. Fireworks. Bugspray and sunscreen. Red, white, and blue. Honoring the freedom and independence that so many have made the ultimate sacrifice for. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, I frequently listen to my Fourth of July playlist on Spotify, so it’s only natural that “God Bless America” was stuck […]

This was for sure one of my favorite Memorial Day weekends we’ve had at the lake. Getting to spend time with Jonathan is the best, but getting to see him interact with my nephews and help my dad around the dock is even better. He is so quick to jump in and help, he goes […]

I turned 27 earlier this year. When I think back on what the early part of my 20s held for me (a few stand-out memories from those years below!), there are a few things I wish I could tell myself. There were big things, like a cross-country move and back, countless breakups and frustration from […]

When I left for Bartlesville/our Colorado trip on March 12, I had NO idea that I wouldn’t be back in Norman for weeks. At the time, the effects of COVID-19 were just beginning to spiral out of control, and that Thursday was when everything started shutting down. I think we can agree that none of […]

The older I get, the more I realize that you really don’t know how you’re going to respond to things until you’re the one actually living it. As I watched my best friends get engaged and married over the last few years, my thoughts were forming about how I thought things would play out when […]