Even though they had never had professional photos taken together, Ryan and Taylor were so willing to embrace anything I had them do! There were multiple times when I would start to give them a prompt and Ryan would already be doing it, the confidence was epic. At one point I asked Taylor to pop […]
May is national foster care awareness month… and honestly, this is the first year I have ever noticed the foster care village. Of course, I’ve known a few families who have fostered over the years, but my overall awareness of everything related to foster care has been very minimal up until a few months ago. […]
When I first met up with Gerry and Ashley to go over their contract and talk about wedding photography, we got frozen yogurt and talked about their fur baby Archer… a few weeks later they got a second puppy and Ashely sweetly kept me up to date with all of Maverick’s milestones. Getting those puppy […]
Whenever we photograph small, family weddings, Xavier and I often feel like we become part of the family. I’m not always sure when or how it happens, but at Ben and Megan’s wedding it happened when they asked us to sign their marriage license as the witnesses! It was such an honor to get to […]
Dear Luke, Olivia, and Ella (Lukey, Liviegirl, and Sissy), I don’t know why God chose to have me become your nanny, but I know that the 253 days I spent with you changed my life. When I first stepped into the role of being your nanny, I had no idea what I was doing. I […]
Backstory: A couples months ago I posted about working out and how I’ve started to really actually enjoy it over the past year. Then July 24th rolled around and Xav decided that it was time to fulfill his long time dream of running an obstacle race (with me). The only problem was that the Michigan […]
Xav and I “officially” discovered Parks and Rec (the TV show) several Thanksgiving Days ago on our way to a family lunch… but it wasn’t until our honeymoon that we became true fans. On one of the days, we were planning to hit the road early and go to the dunes before it got too […]
Words can never describe her influence on me or the immense privilege it is to be her daughter. She is beautiful and kind, she feels deeply, thinks intelligently, loves fully, and serves endlessly. It seems prescribed to write these things on a day like today… and I wish that weren’t the case because my mom […]
As I have been sharing on Instagram, this styled Elopement was the perfect way to expel some creative energy and get hyped for this new photo season! It came together so beautifully at the last minute thanks to my amazing team of boss babes (@MaggieGallo and @ColetteHarmon). I wanted to try to pull this off […]