the journal

Planning a wedding is stressful. Planning a wedding during a pandemic is even more stressful. However, Seath and Karla made it sound so effortless for their destination wedding in Cancun. All inclusive. Beautiful spot on the beach. Sounds picture perfect. During their engagement session that we doubled as a Christmas session for them in Cave […]

Modern day. Social media. Online Dating. It’s the new era of meeting people. Who would have ever thought we would meet other people from all the world, let alone marry some of them?! Janika and Chris were one of these couples. (Fun fact, so are my husband and I!) These two met on Facebook’s dating […]

The nerves that surround a wedding day are both exhilarating and scary. You are about to marry the love of your life. You spent all this money, got your hair and makeup done, bought the beautiful dress you’ve dreamt of since you were a little girl. The butterflies in your stomach are going crazy moments […]

My favorite things to learn during any couples/engagement session is how they met. I find it so fascinating to hear some of the stories and what got them to where they were. Rarely do I find couples who have been together for 5+ years or who are high school sweethearts. Kristany and Brian are one […]

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 […]

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 […]