It was the Saturday after Valentine’s Day, February 18th. The colored lights spilled over, under, and around the beautiful archway of the Center Street Bridge in downtown Des Moines as they strolled hand-in-hand, breathing in the brisk night air. In the very center of the bridge over the glass floor that looks directly down into […]

They’ve known each other nearly their whole lives, they said. That’s just how things work in small towns. It wasn’t until a few years ago, however, that they began to develop a relationship. With both of them being Iowa Hawkeye fans, this year they went to Iowa’s first football game of the season at Soldier […]

Just 4 months ago, I was taking the little Jacob’s newborn photos. Now he’s all big and smiley and snuggly. And his sisters? Well, I was greeted with hugs and smiles…and lots more talking than last time! The main goal of this session was to get some photos for their Christmas cards so, that being […]

She had warned me that I was going to have a tough time trying to take their photos; that I wouldn’t be able to get any of them all looking at the camera. I set out to prove her wrong. 🙂 Difficult, tough? No, you guys were just plain adorable! This young lady is stunning, […]

Now, I’m not saying that the high school marching band will lead you to your future spouse, but a saxophone is pretty sexy. And it turns out, for Abi and Harrison, the marching band did lead them to each other, tenor saxophones and all. They didn’t have many classes together, however, they were in the same speech […]

Sometimes sessions just leave me feeling so happy that I don’t feel like words can adequately describe it. This was one of those. From the get-go, everyone was so laid back and natural and the kids, well, they were the sweetest children. Tell me you don’t want to be adopted into this family. Mom & […]