Meet Erica and Jim! Okay, I have a lot to say about these two, so just buckle down.  I had never met Erica or Jim before this day.  Erica and I had talked on the phone and texted back and forth, but that was it.  […]

Meet M and J! Last week I took a little day trip up to Northern VA for these two’s engagement session.  I’ve known M since college, so it was so fun to reconnect when she and J got engaged and it is such an honor […]

Meet Jacklyn! We got connected through my cousin, who was suite mates with Jacklyn at JMU.  She’s a mama to 3 beautiful boys, wife to Joey “the ice cream man,” (they run Lolly’s Creamery and Soup Co. and even gave me some ice cream to […]

This trip was originally supposed to be in July, to celebrate our one year anniversary.  But then we moved to VA, and Alvin started his new job so we pushed it back 6 months and the timing was perfect for us to celebrate not just […]

Whew.  Pulling photos and going back through the year to make this blog post was a lot of work!  But I try to remind myself that this blog- it’s my legacy.  Years from now, this is where I can go, and my kids and grandkids […]

I feel really proud to call the gorgeous bride headlining this post my sister and I want to take a few paragraphs to share with you all some of MOH speech from Abby and Josh’s wedding day: Growing up, when we would fight and bicker […]

Meet LeeAnn and Shawn! This is such a sweet story to get to share with you all.  Shawn is a friend of ours from church and seminary in St. Louis.  Last December, we celebrated with him as he got a youth pastor job in Philadelphia […]

Meet Deanna and Donald (again!)! Remember these two?  They were on the blog just last week for the first half of their Christmas-themed engagement session: Colonial Williamsburg in the snow!  This week I’m sharing part 2- this time at Busch Garden’s Christmas Town! Turns out […]

Meet Deanna and Donald! Deanna is an old friend of mine, and it was so fun to get together and reconnect for these photos.  I don’t think either of us could have guessed back in high school when we used to ride the bus together […]

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Baumann! This wedding was so so special to be apart of.  So many old friends came together to cheer on Ben and Rachel- it was a true labor of love.  For anyone who knows Ben, you know that behind his big […]