They met in the City High School marching band. In the years since those high school days, they’ve been carving out their life together, choosing each other and growing their little family by adding a miniature poodle to their family a few years ago. When deciding on a place for their engagement session, it only […]

When we had water in our basement, my best friend and her husband showed up with a a bottle of wine and a very appropriate card. I’m grateful for good people in our lives. I feel so blessed by this little community of people we can call our own. They say it takes a village […]

We are ending our sixth week of home ownership. As I was thinking about all that we’ve been through in this past month and a half (read it here and here), I am thankful that we couldn’t see the future when we signed the papers. First of all, life would be depressing and scary if […]

Consults can be scary. If we’re honest, it is like a first date…and those are downright nerve-wracking. Not that I’ve had one in, oh, 6 years (and even that wasn’t nerve-wracking because it was my best friend who ended up becoming my husband–it took us a long time to even figure out when our technical […]

One of my goals for this year was to attend a photography workshop. I’ve gone to many conventions, but there was something more personal about a workshop that I knew would be so beneficial for me. When Melissa Jill opened up her North Carolina workshop back in February, I jumped on board before I had […]

After my crazy day of traveling on Wednesday, I laid in bed that night and mumbled, “I’m so glad to be home.” “Home” the next morning (Thursday) was not as lovely. When Kevin got up, he found water in our basement…covering our entire basement floor. I feel like prior to this–when people would say their […]