Happy birthday, my darling girl. It seems impossible. My teeny, tiny 6 pound infant is overflowing with personality and feelings and laughter and jokes and imagination. You are shy and feisty and silly and sweet. You are so excited to be five years old and even more excited that you get to go to kindergarten […]

It turns out that even with having the busiest wedding season of my career, I still managed to double my goal. Or, at least, nearly double it. (I am currently reading my 96th book of the year and I have no doubt I’ll hit 100 before the ball drops on NYE.) Last year I found […]

Ali was a bridesmaid in a wedding I photographed last year and she reached out to me a couple of weeks ago to see if there was any chance I’d have time to do a family photo session while she and her family were in Iowa over Thanksgiving. Between their schedule and mine, there was […]

I never saw what the wind chill was last Friday, but the temperature hit around 19°F and the wind was bitter on top of that. Annie definitely wanted outdoor photos and had done all the prep work for it, including getting rechargeable hand warmers (that conveniently were hidden in the pockets of her gown), fur […]

The last time I got to photograph the Bloomfield family, they were a bit smaller in number, and it is always so fun to see how time change and the kids keep growing. I first met this group at Elisabeth and Seth’s wedding. We had a bit of a last minute rescheduling since the weather […]

The last time I got to photograph the Penick family was when Colby was still on the inside; just weeks from her birth. It has been so much fun seeing Cortney and Christian grow their family!! I’ve been with them since their engagement! They got married in 2016 and then I got to photograph them […]