the journal

It all started in high school. When you saw that cute boy with the brown hair and those beautiful brown eyes. Your heart beats a million miles a minute. The butterflies fluttering nonstop. Their story began and the adventures followed after. Mariah and Zach met in high school in Wisconsin where they grew up. With […]

The moment you learn you’re becoming a mother is one of the most intimate and sweetest moments. The joy. The love. The fear. The excitement. All of the emotions in one moment. It could be the hormones running through your body or just the pure bliss it brings. I remember the moment I found out […]

What is the first thing you think about when you hear the word teacher? Passionate. Kind. Selfless. Giving. These are all the words that come to mind when I think of one previous teacher that I absolutely adore. Amanda was a Spanish teacher in Oregon as well as a kindergarten teacher in Arizona for a […]

I will never get over just how tiny newborns are. It doesn’t matter if you have a newborn, or your kids are grown up. You never remember just how teeny tiny they are. Their ears. Their nose. Their feet. Their hands. So small, yet they hold such a big place in your heart. As a […]

High school is a time in everyones lives where they’re truly trying to find out who they are, where they belong, what they want to do with their lives, and who they want to spend the rest of their lives with (both romantically and not).  I come from a small town about an hour of […]

A courthouse. Fresh Flowers. A marriage certificate. Masks. Wait, what?! Why do we need masks to get married? Oh, that’s right, COVID-19. Weddings from March until just recently in August, look a tad different than they normally would at the start of the year. As a wedding and portrait photographer, I have been hit with […]