A Little about me to start off.....

My niece Kenley Blake (above)

(Left to Right top) Adam, Ava, Luke,Sawyer, Dena, Emma
(Left to Right bottom) Parker, Faith, Clara, Steve, Brooke, and Kenley

My name is Faith Stephenson, known by most as Faith Mangum.  I was born and raised in Fuquay-Varina, NC, where I grew up with my amazing mom, June Mangum, my dad, Steve Mangum, and my two sisters April and Brooke.  In high school my parents got divorced, my dad remarried to my step mom Dena who has three children L.T, Luke, and Emma who are now my step brothers and sisters.  Three years ago my Dad and step mom had twin girls Ava, and Clara and then a little boy last year named Sawyer who are my three half siblings.  So all together I have eight siblings now!  In April of 2011 I married my best friend, a guy I had been dating since March of 2005 Adam, then in May of 2011 my first niece was born to my sister Brooke, Kenley Blake Mangum is her name she is amazing!  This past August Adam & I were blessed with the best gift in the world our first son, Parker Riley Stephenson.  It’s pretty crazy at times, we can’t even go out to eat at a restaurant much anymore with just our immediate family because there are so many of us, but I love every second of it and we are so blessed to have such a huge and loving family!  And we can’t wait to see what 2013 brings our family….

My mom, and Parker

I am a daughter, sister, wife, christian, photographer, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and best of all a mom!  I stay at home with Parker during the week and do photography during the week as well from home, I love what I do and wouldn’t trade it for the world!

Adam, Me, & Parker


I have really enjoyed following other mother’s, and photographers blogs, as well as people who do things to save money, so my husband, Adam, challenged me to start my own blog because he laughs at the extent of the things I do to try to save our household money and ways I am challenging myself to keep a clean and tidy household with a 4 month old but he says its interesting, so here goes nothing…….