warning: completely indulgent post ahead. but really, who doesn’t need a little indulgence every once in a while? especially on a monday! i’m writing this post with my future brides in mind, but i’m also hoping others might find it interesting! after contracts have been signed and the months leading up to my bride & [...]

i’m sure everyone from far and near read about or saw the tornadoes that struck southern indiana, kentucky and georgia on friday. sitting in a bathroom hallway with my team seemed surreal and we found ourselves cracking jokes because, really, what else do you do when everything seems so uncertain? we were extremely lucky here [...]

my spring photo season in starting to ramp up and i couldn’t think of a better family to kick it off. ryder and his family have been amazing supporters of mine, something i can’t thank them enough for, and can be seen here, along with rylee’s two shoots, here and here. this was my first [...]

monday night beau was all, “i NEED to make a valentine for lilly. please help. these 2 paws are useless.” how do i say “no” to such a romantic gesture? as it reads: roses are red, violets are blue. you don’t always smell good, but i still love you.

can we take a second and talk about how great of a name that is? lorelei. ugh. love it. lorelei will be 1 year old very soon and was SUCH a load of fun. but if you know this family at all, you know that it would be impossible for their children to be anything [...]

let me tell you a secret: if shopping were a legit college degree, i’d have a doctorate. (ignore the fact that i had to look up how to, in fact, spell “doctorate“) so when browsing the other day, i stumbled upon the above dvf lace dress, in navy to boot, and i just had to [...]

welcome to the world, baby katie. how sweet is she (and her 2 big sisters)? it was so cute seeing 3 little girls so close in age; part excited, part protective. their poor dad has his work cut out for him! (i mean that in the BEST way possible.) katie was definitely a #1 fan [...]

i frequently ask my past brides/grooms for feedback on my “performance.” call it being a perfectionist, call it having low self-confidence, call it narcissistic. a pat on the back or a kick in the pants yields equal influence for me. i built my business on excellent customer service, so when i asked a past bride [...]

boy, do i have a website for you. i like to think i’m pretty well versed in “internet,” but i just discovered the healthy recipe powerhouse blog that is skinnytaste a couple weeks ago. since then i’ve made the slow cooked cuban pork (holy yum), chicken nuggets (one never grows too old for chicken nuggets, [...]

hey high school juniors, it’s time to start thinking about senior pictures! crazy, right? i know.  i’m looking for some outstanding seniors to become my “reps” for the 2012 season. what does that mean? basically, you can get your photos done for free! who doesn’t love free photos? here’s how it works: we’ll schedule your [...]