Oh, how I loved meeting these two! They came in from Chicago for a fun, packed weekend of wedding planning and photos! I met them at the Marriott and then we walked to the Iowa River Landing Wetland Park that’s right behind the hotel. I asked her what she most admires about him. She said, […]

I’m so excited to bring you some tips today regarding reception music for your Wedding Tips Wednesday. I asked Travis from Unique Events of Iowa to help me out and I love all the information he gave! (So much so that I’m breaking this into a 3-part mini series!) I think these tips will be very helpful for […]

My darling boy, Your laughter is beautiful and your smiles come so easy. You continue to be a really happy little boy. Unless you are in a new environment in which case you cry a sobbing, terrified wail. That’s been a new development this past month, the scared thing. It started the week before Easter […]

“I was on a bus in Florence. I was living there for a semester abroad, studying studio art and art history and language and being in my hands-down favorite city ever, getting a taste of everything life on my own could be at its very finest, and I was sitting on the bus realizing that […]

elcome to another installment of Wedding Tips Wednesday! (You can see last week’s post about every bride’s survival kit here.) This week we’re diving into wedding makeup! I really love makeup and it’s not just because I was a licensed esthetician at one point in my life. I think makeup is so fun. But more […]

It was during their Junior year of college at Augustana when they first met. They casually dated that year, she says, but went their separate ways at the end of the year. It didn’t take long, however, before she realized how much she missed him and just wanted to be with him. They began dating […]