There really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist  until you love a child. ~Anne Lamott   I am naturally an extrovert. I love being around people. I’m a talker. I am comfortable in most new situations, so you would think that reaching out to new people and meeting new people for photo […]

I met Sarah and Blake just a few years ago, right after they were married. I was able to visit many times with Sarah and get to know her better. One day I was talking to my brother Ryan and he asked me how I knew Sarah, he had seen that we were friends on […]

These are my friend Marie’s cute kids. We took family pictures too, but just like me she’s saving those for her Christmas Cards. {I’ll add them later} I am so happy she moved to Illinois a year ago so that I could be friends with her, and her family. EDITED: This is my FAVORITE family […]

Oh baby, look at this sweet little family and their gorgeous parents!! Could these be any more perfect? These little ones were a bit of a challenge {aren’t they all?} but I am always so excited when I know mom and dad are feeling like it’s SO much work…{and it is, believe me, I KNOW […]

For Labor Day weekend I went to Minnesota to visit one of my best friends, Meagan. She had a new baby 7 weeks ago and I HAD to go and see her. We pretty much stayed in the house and played dress up with the baby most of the weekend. We ventured out of the […]

This little {almost} 4 year old has a birthday coming up next week. We did a fun little birthday mini-shoot with him last week. I LOVE these big number balloons, so I wanted to get some pictures with them….unfortunately if you are from the Chicago area you know how windy it ALWAYS is, so we […]

I was J’s Youth Conference Mom 4 years ago and I can’t believe how much he’s grown up in the last 4 years. I can’t believe he’s a Senior in High School already….it’s SO crazy to me how fast these kids grow up and become adults!! We had a great time at Cantigny Park and […]

I was so excited when this family contacted me to take their family pictures. Their oldest son left for his LDS Mission this morning and I was so happy that I got to capture their family before he left. We decided to meet at their house and I was so happy we had planned to […]