“We fell really fast for each other and, I knew Emily was the one the January after we met,” Ian said. “I had met her family by then and she had met mine. We were having a great time at a party in Decorah and late in the night I think we both said we […]

Their first date was in August of 2020. “It was a warm and sunny summer day. We were in the midst of the pandemic so we had agreed to meet at Red’s because it had a patio. I remember feeling pretty nervous, but that quickly went away once I realized how I felt once we […]

They first met years ago at a student government retreat at the University of Iowa, but it wasn’t until the spring of 2020, early in a global pandemic, that they began dating. “We went on a hike at the Res. I had packed apples in case we got hungry and we stopped and sat down […]

They met in high school, freshman year. They had a lot of mutual friends and began their own friendship, which turned into dating their sophomore year. Life took them in separate ways for years and they say their first real date, now as adults, was their senior year of college. “He took me on our […]

They met in downtown Iowa City in a group of mutual friends. “To be honest I don’t think I took her one a real date for a long time after we started hanging out in the very beginning,” Kile said. But it wasn’t for lack of feelings; it was just that it kept happening that […]

I am gearing up for Maddie & Matt’s wedding in just a few more months, but absolutely loved shooting their engagement session earlier this spring! We had a relatively nice day as far as warmth goes for March in Iowa, but it was very overcast. That ended up being a huge blessing though because we […]