Baby P

Meet baby P, he was a week old yesterday and is oh so adorable! Check out his chubby little cheeks!

Already the model--look away from the camera-be serious! ha ha!


Mom, I'm bored, let's get outta here.. ha ha!






This one makes me laugh! I don't think my jokes are that bad!




Priceless!

Baby J

Look at this little darling! He is one of my baby models, he is modeling cocoons made by Breanna Brummer. She makes excellent cocoons, they are absolutely gorgeous. Notice there's not any naked shots of baby J? Well, it's because he loves staying warm in his cocoons. Here is a link to her "Etsy site" Go check her out!

Ice and fog pictures

Here are some beautiful pictures of this messy ice storm. Many more pictures on my facebook page too.

Love is in the Air!

If you are engaged, are planning on getting engaged, or know someone who's engaged, this is for you!

Meet with me to discuss your wedding photography needs and be entered into a drawing for some great prizes. Prizes will be drawn for on March 15th. Give me a call, we'll talk wedding! Stay tuned, I'll be reveiling a few prizes as the date gets closer!

fun fun fun

I thought I'd update everyone on what's been going on here.

Holidays, holidays, holidays... We've had a great time with our families and friends in the past few weeks-Thanksgiving with family, Christmas with more family, New Years with a group of fantastic friends. I am truely blessed!

Recently we went along with a group of friends and went sledding down "Big Bertha" Here are few pictures. It was so cold but a fantastic use of an hour! The kids were exhausted!

Fun once they hit the bottom of the hill.


justyce had so much fun ! His face is priceless..


Austin doing a head first down the hill!


All 3 kids. Grace got off lucky, she just got to ride, no pulling for her!


I hope you all are having a great holiday!

Trash the Dress....

Yesterday, Ashley Milburn and I ventured into the great white to visit some photographers I know in Burlington, IA. I had visited this location a few weeks ago and decided I just HAD to do a session here, no matter how far away it was! So I asked Ashley to model for me and she was a great model, even in the frigid weather. The place we went wasn't heated just an open floor plan on the 3rd and 4th level of the building. Needless to say, we all could see our breath while talking--yeah, it was that cold! The theme for this shoot was Trash the Dress. However, I must say, you don't always have to trash it, we just didn't worry about getting it dirty. This time the dress is completely salvageable and could be worn again. It is actually a 2nd generation trash the dress, it has been used before by another photographer. It was *almost* too pretty to get dirty.

I had multiple sponsors for this shoot and I'd like to take the opportunity to thank them all. Hy-Vee Floral did the flowers. I just handed them a sack of inspiration and they put the bouquet together for me. I told them it couldn't be ordinary and it turned our absolutely spectacular! Abby Bowker from Expressions Studio did the hair, Ashley's hair was inspired by country singer, Kelli Pickler's, hair. Abby rocked the hair! Racheal Ebelsheiser did the makeup, she rocks too, I emailed her the dress pictures and flower pictures and told her to work with the colors, she had full rein to do whatever she wanted. Ashley looked stunning!

Brandi was another photographer who shot with me yesterday: "Brandi"

Here is a great picture of the flowers.

Ashley and Tom

This is Ashley and Tom, if you're a loyal blog follower, you'll recognize them because I did their engagement session recently. They are a great couple and you could tell their family was very important to them. They got married at Central Reformed Church in Oskaloosa and had their reception at Bradbury Hall. Okay, enough from me, here are some pictures.





Tom sang a beautiful song to his bride during the ceremony. How sweet!


They left the church in a limobus. Very cool!


A few ring shots..