that wife family

Welcome

Hello! I’m That Wife, my partner is That Husband, our son is T1, and our daughter is T2. This is the space where I document the many changes and stages of my life. I grew up on a farm as part of a devout Mormon family, married and left BYU before finishing my bachelor’s degree in […]

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One Quick Take

Portra 800, Pentax 645 It was a happy happy scan day yesterday, the kind that helps me see how far I’ve come as a photographer. This shot is T1 with his best friend at their preschool graduation from ABC Magic Moments in Fremont, California. Want to really see how much my skills grew in a […]

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The Days After

T1 had been sleeping on the couch during his stay with Nana and Papa, but asked to sleep in the same bed as me and T2 the first night after our reunion. It’s a king-sized bed and there was more than enough room for me to have my own sleeping bubble, not touching anyone while […]

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One Quick Take

Ilford 3200, Canon EOS3, theFINDlab, freelensed. I’ve been experimenting with freelensing on film lately. 95% of my shots taken using this method go straight into the trash, but then there are another 4% that are cool and interesting and close enough that I want to see what else I can do. And then there are […]

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One Quick Take

Photo credit to Denise Andersen (Nana) for this darling shot of T1 celebrating T1 Day 2015 at the Boardwalk of Santa Cruz. He really enjoyed picking all of his meals and having access to unlimited show and spending the afternoon riding rides with his best friend. He woke up the next morning and told me […]

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