Birthday Dress 2025

This year we marked 15 years of our Birthday Dress tradition. Every year we are faced with challenges to get it done (weather, childcare, sickness, motivation, to name a few), and every year we wonder how long we can keep it going. This year was no exception. Travel, children, and time nearly sabotaged everything. But we got it done and I'm so glad we did.

This tradition works so well because Katie is as beautiful inside as she is out. Her spirit is felt by all who are blessed to know her, and it is an honor to call her my wife and my best friend. She works hard (often too hard) to take care of our quirkly little expat-living-remote-working-homeschooling-plant-forward-barefoot-shoe-wearing-floor-sleeping family. Our family's success lies in the determination and grace of this woman.

Birthday Dress #15 was purchased at the vintage shop The Nest in Reno, Nevada. Pictures were taken at Grandude Steve's house in Shingle Springs, California.