Last week on Friday, I was lucky enough to get to go to St. John’s Prairie Heart Institute in Springfield, IL for Healthy Cells magazine to meet a couple awesome people. Nancy & Jim are awesome! They are brother-in-law & sister-in-law. This past January was Jim’s 75th birthday, and his family decided to throw him …
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4th of July
Today is an awesome day! Today is the day we celebrate the United States declaring it’s independence from Great Britain. The day we as a collective decided to fight for our freedom and separation from England. It’s something we often take for granted… How lucky we in the United States are. We have so many …
Brian & Ashley Wedding | Decatur, IL | Wedding Photography
I was nervous and excited as Ryan and I headed to Decatur on Saturday, June 18th. Excited because we were headed to Brian and Ashley’s wedding at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, and nervous… mostly due to the ominous grey rain clouds hovering in the sky, but also because it was my first time meeting the …
DIY Project: Our Kitchen (Part 1)
We have been working on many projects here in the Gagnon house. The largest of which is upgrading our kitchen. I say upgrade and not remodeling because – if we were remodeling…. We would have gutted the whole kitchen and started over. However, our budget is such that we are doing what we can to …
A Weekend on the Lake and a Couple Notes
This past Saturday, I spent 8am to 3 pm enjoying life on a pontoon boat, and it was bliss! It was my first time on a bigger boat. I’ve canoed (at girl scout camp) and paddle boated (with my dad, uncle and cousin), but I had never been on a “real” boat before. After Ryan …
Showin’ Some Love: Some Blogs I Love
I have sat here… I kid you not… for at least an hour trying to decide what to write about. I have some ideas for future posts, but they aren’t quite ready yet – most are only half-formed. So I thought I’d do another Showin’ Some Love post and focus on other blogs I love. …
Studio 7 Salon & Day Spa | Decatur, IL | Commercial Photography
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to get to pop in and take some pics of the girls at Studio 7 Salon & Day Spa while they were working. I go to the lovely Molly Hise to get my hair done regularly, and she is just amazing! So I was more than just …
Angel’s Five Year Old Pictures | Mt. Zion, IL | Children Photography
I always love taking pictures of the Freund family, so I couldn’t wait when Amber called to schedule Angel’s Five Year Old pictures. We met up at Amber’s house and she mentioned that she’d like to try out the new park in Mt. Zion that was being built. It was too far from there house …
Devereux Family Session | Decatur, IL | Fairview Park | Family Photography
I was super excited when Peggy called me about doing photos for her family. I grew up just down the street from the Devereux family. I remember playing Barbie’s with Megan and watching the Miss America Pageant with the girls. The Devereux family know how to have fun… and they are awesome at sharing that …
Goonan Maternity & Family Session | Decatur, IL | Maternity Photos
I got a call last week to see if I would be available to do maternity photos for the Goonan family again. Of course, I was thrilled to do them and so we set up a time to meet at the studio on Friday. This will be baby number three for Lane and Chris, and …