I know it’s been a while since I posted an actual update on our baby journey. I know that for some – our journey has ended. Some see our decision to walk away from IVF as our choosing to give up on having children, which is not the case. Some people even made me feel …
Four Years After the Fire…
Last Saturday, October 10 was officially the four year anniversary of the Great Kirksville Fire of 2011. In spite of the passage of time, I still remember it all very clearly. It was 4:00 am. Ryan and I were asleep in bed. I woke up a little to what I thought was someone in our …
Baylee Phillips Senior Photography | LSA Decatur
This is a bittersweet moment for me you guys. This beautiful young lady… I’ve known her for the past four years. Her mom is the secretary at LSA grade school. Jayme came up to me my first year working for LSA and told me “My daughter is a freshman here and she informed me that …
Story Conference in Nashville | Part 2
Friday you got to hear the beginnings of my trip down to Nashville for Story, a creative conference. So today I’m breaking down what Day 2 looked like for us! We stayed in a hotel a little drive from Cross Point church, so we got up bright and early, packed up our bags and headed …
Story Conference in Nashville | Part 1
So if you follow me on Facebook, you may have noticed I was out of town on September 30th through October 2nd for a conference. The conference I attended was called Story and it was in Nashville, Tennessee at Crosspoint Church. I had never heard of Story before, but when my church asked me to …
Harrison’s 6 Month Session | Sullivan, IL
I’m so excited to share this little munchkin with all of you today! It seems like simultaneously forever ago and just a few days ago that I was taking little mister Harrison’s newborn portraits, and here we are doing his 6 month old session! I adore this family! I feel so very blessed that I …
St. Teresa High School Fall Sports | Decatur, IL
With the school year in full swing – it’s time to share St. Teresa’s Fall Sport Portraits. For those who don’t know, during the fall season we have golf, cross country, football, boys soccer, and girls volleyball. So we photographed all of these teams for the fall sports portraits. For the sports portraits, I always …
New Fine Art Series: Sorrow
As you know – in recent months I’ve been exploring a new area of photography – Fine Art Photography. I think for years I discredited my own creativity. When you go to art school, you are surrounded with incredibly talented people and it can become easy to compare yourself to those around you and feel …
Saint Teresa 2015 Homecoming | Decatur, IL
I’m sure you guys have been waiting for it since I posted Friday’s activities earlier this week. Well today is the day! I’m sharing our peek at St. Teresa High School’s Homecoming Dance. This was my first year photographing homecoming for St. Teresa so I wasn’t fully sure what to expect. I knew where to …
St. Teresa Homecoming Assembly and Football Game
This past week was Saint Teresa High School’s Homecoming week. Along with all the fun they had their annual Pep Assembly on Friday afternoon before the football game that evening. They students got to have a spirit dress day and participate in a bunch of fun activities. Each class had students compete to earn points …