To my clients, I am thankful for you. Thank you for trusting me with your relationships, your weddings, your children. My family and friends mean the world to me but I can never express how much fulfillment capturing your energy, laughter and love brings to my life.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy a few teaser images from Elise & Cameron’s engagement session!

I have three weddings coming up in December so we’ve been enjoying our November slow-down (aside from fall session editing) as a family. Here’s a few images from this past week at the beach!
Some of my favorite pictures of my husband and I have been taken by our 5-year-old. I think she’s after my job.

A few more quick previews from recent fall sessions! I’ve been wrapping up Christmas orders and gearing up for 3 weddings in December, so forgive my lack of blog posts lately. =)

Fall sessions are in full swing! Remember that if you’re wanting images back before Christmas, the cut off for sessions is November 22nd. Here’s just a quick peek at some recent shoots!

“He is the cheese to my macaroni.
And, I know that people are supposed to fall in love before they reproduce, but… I guess normalcy isn’t really our style.”


From our family to yours, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Fall session teasers coming up tomorrow!

I’m not a patient person. Not in the slightest.
We have a boy and a girl already so I’d LOVE to wait until the birth to find out the gender of our child. Realistically I knew if we tried that then I’d end up running into a 3D ultrasound place, at like 36 weeks, because I couldn’t wait any longer. Yeah, I’m that neurotic. We still wanted to have that special moment of surprise though. So today, at our big ultrasound, we had the tech put the gender results in an envelope to keep it secret. Then we took the envelope to a party store and asked them to put the corresponding color of balloons in a box and seal it so we couldn’t see anything. Our dear friend, Chris, met our family at the park to capture the moment where we all found out, together, who the TLC (The Littlest Crafton) would be!
Feeling their new sibling kick me:

Prying open the box:

It’s a…

BOY!!!!!!



Baby is healthy and happy! We do have a little pregnancy issue where I need to be monitored with extra ultrasounds but who is complaining? More opportunities to see our little BOY! =)

I’ll admit, I went a bit overboard on the “teaser” images from Micah & Adam’s wedding. These two put so much work into the little details of their big day and these images don’t even scratch the surface of what they created (and I haven’t even touched the reception yet). Here’s just a *ahem* few images from M & A’s wedding.
I adore Micah’s style…and laugh:


The wedding party was a fabulous mix of serious and silly…





I loved this sweet moment during the ceremony:





Love to you two!

Here’s hoping you all had a beautiful week! The gang and I just returned from roughing it in the wilderness (ummm, climate controlled cabin, that is) and enjoyed all Fall Creek Falls has to offer. No phone, computers, internet, 3G….nada…just beautiful scenery and some quality family time!
(Side note, please make sure to add us on Facebook for times when we will be out of the office or unavailable for contact.)


Vacation is made for morning meditation (and coffee) on the porch, afternoon naps and making Halloween cookies while dad jogs through the woods.


As if I didn’t have a hard enough time getting the kids to smile for a picture.

Kelly and Brandon (and their families) were so kind and gracious…I loved being involved in their wedding! I probably chatted with Kelly more often than any other bride and it made such a difference in our interaction on the big day. Smooches to you girl!
A big thank you to the awesome Brian Kaplan for 2nd shooting with me and Cedarwood, K & B’s reception venue, for being so fabulous to work with again! And I can’t forget about the rock star Amy Lynn Larwig, MUA extraordinaire, who was the glamour goddess behind the scenes.

Almost two years ago, my husband received a little Christmas present.

At 5 pounds, full of fluff and energy, this present wiggled her way into the heart of even the toughest critic. Me. Don’t get me wrong, I adore animals and have had dogs my entire life but with trying for a new child and newly installed carpet…I was NOT a huge fan of this messy intruder. Sweet, sweet face but HIGH maintenance personality.

Fast forward a year and a half, I found myself on house arrest with a sickness that I felt I could not climb out from under. I couldn’t leave the house for long periods of time, I couldn’t run around with my kids, I couldn’t even walk into the kitchen without getting sick. Day in and day out, for about 10 weeks, I was bound to the couch and depressed. This little fox-dog took vigil at my side. When I was hugging the toilet, she army crawled her way across the floor to lay quietly next to me. She would bring me her favorite toy and lay it on my chest if I looked upset. She would perch on my stomach while I read the umpteenth book of the week, asking nothing from me except an occasional scratch or kind word.

Although I have always loved my pets, I have never truly appreciated the companionship of dogs and what a joy they bring to my world. Now that I’m slowly starting to function again, this little creature will surely be spoiled within an inch of her life.
Kisses to you, Summit. Your unconditional love was such a wonderful gift at a time where I needed it most.

Hope everyone has a beautiful weekend!