Taylor Volkens

07/08/2021

Just a girl and her favorite boys 🖤
I’m convinced I’m married to the most thoughtful person on the planet. I’m so thankful I get to spend all of my days with you, and so thankful our sweet boy will grow up with a dad as thoughtful and loving as you. love you big time, matty. 🖤

05/18/2021

Yesterday we celebrated 6 years married. I’m not sure how 6 years has gone by, but it also feels like we’ve always been together🖤. Each year has brought something different, and I’m more grateful everyday to DO the everyday, the mountain tops, the valleys, the mundane, the adventures, and everything in between with you, Matty. I love you more every single day; there’s no one else I would rather do this life with. I love you, no matter what. 🖤

Dallas also turned One Week old yesterday, so that made it even more special. Happy one week (+ one day), lil buddy. 🖤

05/13/2021

good morning from our little escape artist who always finds a way to break his hands out of his swaddle ☀️😍

02/18/2021

THE MOMENT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR 😜💙💗
The first time I ever saw the ultrasound, in my heart, I knew it was a boy—I could just feel it. But it made it that much more special when we found out, that our baby was in fact, a boy. It felt like a little gift from Jesus. Can’t wait to meet our little buddy in 12 weeks, and are already so thankful for the amount of people he is dearly loved by. 💙

09/17/2020

Thankful that it’s you and me forever. Wouldn’t want to do life and all it entails with anyone else 🖤

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07/02/2020

This morning was MAGICAL. It felt so good to be able to shoot these kinds of images again—and these two made it even better than I could have imagined! This morning was the absolute most fun. My summer mini session packages are ready for ya, and I’ll be doing them all summer long, so let’s get you all in my calendar and make some magic! 🖤✨ @ Hammock Beach

06/02/2020

05/26/2020

Happy Delivery Day to these love birds! It was such an honor and delight to capture the moments on your most special day. Thank you for trusting me with your memories. Here’s to 1000 more years of your love! 🤍

04/27/2020

I have always felt “really big feelings”, and probably always will. Whether they are negative or they are positive, they are sometimes bigger than I know how to express or sometimes handle. Today I am equally grateful for life and equally heartbroken for people who are suffering unimaginable loss from the pandemic. If you are suffering, if you are mourning, if you are weeping, or you are rejoicing, I am feeling alongside you. If you are in need of support, prayer, encouragement, someone to say “gosh that really sucks, I’m so sorry.” Or someone to say “wow I’m so glad to hear that”, I’m here to do just that. This is a time of lament for some, and a time of refreshment for others. The best we can all do is find the positive but also embrace the negative with a warm hug. I love you guys, I’m here to chat or make you cookies if you need. 🤍

04/13/2020

Happy Monday. Today’s schedule looks like getting caught up on the things I’ve gotten behind on the past month, getting back into more of a real schedule / rhythm, and trying to not eat all of our quarantine snacks... again. LOL. What is your day looking like today? Do you feel like you’ve adjusted to your new “normal” yet?

04/10/2020

I made my first ever “homemade” chocolate chip cookies today! Here are a few things I learned:
1.) cookie dough is so much sticker than I imagined it would be
2.) Don’t try to roll the cookie dough in your hands— it will NOT work out well for you or the dough
3.) if you leave the edges of the parchment paper off the side of your cookie sheet, your apartment WILL fill with smoke, and you will get in an accidental workout trying to fan away the thick smoke from your smoke alarm
4.) if you accidentally put too much flour in, you deem said cookies chocolate scones 🤣! Which is what we are doing bc whoops LOL.
Quarantine has been a decent time for me thus far. Yes, I miss my friends, and I miss going out of my house and the freedom to do whatever, but I’m thankful for the time to reflect, refresh, learn, grow, work hard, and spend time with Matt and getting to know him more. Flirting with your husband often actually looks like doing dishes just in case any of you single ladies were wondering, LOL. I am also thankfuk for the hours, days, weeks, I have invested over the years learning how to be alone with myself before this. It wasn’t easy, and it was honestly horrible some days; I was often on the verge of panic attacks or emotional breakdowns, but I am thankful. Maybe that’s how you’re feeling in this time, and I’m so sorry if you’re feeling lonely and scared and trapped. I completely understand how that feels, and I am here if you want to chat. I promise that brighter days are coming, that this will end, and you will come out of this a better, stronger version of yourself if you so choose to dig in during this time. Love you all dearly, and I’m here if you want. I’m going to go put my “scones” away now good night 🤣 @ West Palm Beach, Florida