Journal

Last year I received a phone call from J. who let me in on a secret, she was 5 weeks pregnant. She approached me with the idea from something she had seen on Pinterest.  (Love that!)  I felt so completely privileged to capture her first pregnancy with her and her husband and her growing baby. […]

I’m working on the entire post, but I wanted to put this up for now.  I had so much fun with J. and I. during their maternity journey, and them trusting me to work with them and to be creative documenting it, and I can’t wait to post more soon!  

This past Saturday morning we had hoped to wake up to enough snow for sledding.  That hope started the night before.  On Friday night, my husband and I watched anxiously, like the native-Californians that we are, and were even messaging a neighbor in hopes of a nighttime sledding run.   It never seemed to snow […]

Today it snowed.  A lot– for us.  At one point my 8yo both excitedly and dreamily said, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”  Some stuck for a few hours, and just up 200 hundred feet or less at Covenant College, it snowed and stuck a bit more.  Enough that when my husband came home […]

Watching families grow is so much fun.  I could tell you again and again what a privilege it is to be able to watch children grow up and be entrusted with the portraits that will be part of defining their lives.  I know, a little deep, but it makes professional photography all the more special, […]

I am finally, excuse me, FINALLY, catching up on my blog.  Apparently moving across the country, adjusting to mountain living, making sure my daughters are adjusting and feeling secure and loved, and learning the ropes of being a college basketball coach’s wife takes more time than I had anticipated.  Now, all of these things are […]