Hello, my name is Kyla Jo.

I am a full time photographer, creator, gardener, wife, and momma of 2 (2 years old and 1 year old/15 months apart). I have had type 1 Diabetes for 22 years and currently use a T-slim pump and Dexcom to monitor my blood sugar.

I hope to share my gardening in the urban side yard, mom life, my furry pets, our home, pregnancies, my motherhood journey, my struggles and successes of living with Type 1 Diabetes, along with all the little things in life.

I have two daughters Lilly and Rory. They keep me pretty busy when I am not photographing/editing/creating/gardening. They hang out at the studio with me while I am cleaning up and setting up for sessions, and make great test subjects for photo ideas. Lilly helps me in the garden and we love watching Cake, Pie, and Baby our goldfish in the pond I dug. Lilly helps me create my sensory bins for my little Etsy shop that I have and she loves playing with them in her sensory table. I have always wanted to be a mommy and they are more perfect than I could have imagined! (That does not mean we don’t have our rough days like every other parent/kid relationship.)

Okay, I have to share a little bit about my fur babies: I have an 11 year old Border Collie/Australian Shepherd mix (Kip), and we just recently lost our 7.5 year old Alaskan Malamute (Carbon), we have an 18 pound Maine Coon Cat (Mugsy), & a 1.5 eared cat (Lil Dipper) and now of recent have 3 goldfish (Cake, Pie, & Baby), 5 snails, and a tadpole in our garden pond.

I hope you can find inspiration and connection within my blog. Feel free to leave a comment or follow me on social media! I have a personal Instagram where I share my life, gardening, pets, and home and 3 business Instagrams where I share my photography work, photobooth business, and sensory mix shop all mixed with a little bit of my personal life.