the journal

Have you ever been in the presence of a couple who you feel are absolute soul mates? That complete each other in every aspect of life? That’s how I feel genuinely about Christina and Logan. Their beautiful Tucson wedding at St. Augustine Cathedral Church and Kingan Gardens was something straight out of a fairytale. Their […]

They say rain on a wedding day is a good omen for a long lasting marriage. It was a cloudy day at the Van Loan wedding but right before the ceremony it started pouring down. Many people had umbrellas but I saw an older lady, who happened to be Chelsea’s grandmother, didn’t even have a […]

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 […]

A prayer. The silence. The serenity that washes over all that are present. A moment to take the day in and rejoice in what is to come. The voice of Jesus telling you that He has brought you the one your soul desires and will cherish for eternity. This moment was such a pure and […]

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 […]