I woke up on Saturday to the sound of wind battering against the windows. Thankfully, when I checked the weather, it was supposed to die down a bit by the afternoon, but it was still chilly. Carleen scoped out this location and I love the options we had, blocking as much of the wind as […]

The Gingerich family lives on a beautiful piece of land in the Kalona area where I have been lucky enough to photograph before so I knew when Bailey reached out for family photos that we could use the space surrounding their home! It was the most perfect afternoon with glorious sunshine and I love how […]

Last year when I photographed the Seward family, baby Cameron wasn’t even a blip on the radar yet. Now, just three months in, she’s the perfect final piece to this group, completing their “girl family” status solidly. I got to meet her when she was just a few weeks old, but this time, I got […]

They were getting ready to go to Italy when he sat her down and told her the proposal wasn’t going to happen on their vacation because he couldn’t get the ring done in time. “We went all week in Italy, having an amazing time and I never even thought about it because he had told […]

I actually do not know how Kailee and I first met, but I do know that somewhere along the way, I hired her to do my hair for my wedding ten plus years ago when she was still in cosmetology school and we’ve been friends ever since. (And I still to this day wouldn’t change […]

Christmas. It’s my favorite holiday of the year and it’s made even better by spending it with my large, loud, and energetic family. This year both of my sisters and their families made it back to Iowa so we crammed into Mom & Dad’s house–all 22 of us–and there wasn’t a quiet space to be […]