Giving back

We have been blessed to have the opportunity to photograph a little girl named Chloe Jean.  Chloe was born with a rare heart defect and lived until she was two years old…she was an angel and we are so thankful we had the opportunity to meet her.
Chloe inspired us to extend our services to other children diagnosed with a terminal illness.  We now offer a “Chloe Jean” session.
The Chloe Jean session is complimentary.  We also will give the parents the photo files on CD as well as a mini book of some of our favorite portraits from the session.  Because of our busy schedules we plan to offer this session to 10 children per year.  If your child has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, please contact us for more details, we would be honored to meet you.

God’s Newest Angel

This past March I was blessed to have the opportunity to meet a beautiful little girl named, Chloe, who touched my heart.  Chloe was born with a heart defect and she wasn’t expected to live much longer than her return home from the hospital.  This past November, Chloe turned two years old, this week she celebrated Christmas with her family and the next day God took her home.

I feel so honored to have had the opportunity to photograph Chloe, such a sweet little angel.  I would like to extend our services to other families with sick children.  We plan to develop a line of complimentary services offered to families with suffering children.  This service is still in it’s beginning stages but we will keep you updated with new developments.  Feel free to send anyone you may know who’d like us to photograph their children our way!

Sam

The Morden Family

What a joy it is to see this family again!  They were one of my very first “official” portrait clients three years ago when I started up my business.  Now, the business has grown immensely, we’re booked solid and the Morden’s still chose to come back to us.  I was so happy to see them again!

The boys have grown up so much!  You might not be able to tell but the two youngest little guys are actually twins!  They’re all just adorable.  Check out some fav’s!

Sadler family – West Branch Shoot

The Sadler’s are such a cute family!  This was both their family shoot and Mabry’s 9 month photo shoot…she’s grown up to be such a little pumpkin!  It was a little chilly outside but the Sadler’s braved the cold to get some sweet family shots!  Check some out!

I thought this was so funny – the boys just naturally did this at the same time!

Cadance

Sorry for my absence in posting lately! Life has been bonkers!

Michelle brought her newborn baby, Cadance, to us for her newborn photos recently…isn’t she just a doll? Check out some fav’s!

My Mother the Photographer

Ok, she’s not a photographer…but she does take my family photos for me! I set the camera up, get us all lined up (with the help of Stephen) and say “hit the button!” My mom hits that shutter over and over and gets some sweet family photos for me. This year, I have to give a little credit to my friend Lynnette, too, as she took some of our family photos during our first session. (Yes, we had two “sessions” my 2 1/2 year old was a little extra wild on our first try 🙂 So, to all you mom’s out there, if your kiddo gets a little extra excited during your session – I COMPLETELY understand! 🙂

Anyway, our family photos came out super sweet and I wanted to share them with you! Check out my fav’s!

(Most of these were taken in my hometown in Minnesota)

Yes, we totally climbed up on a train for this one! If you know me very well, you know I’ll do just about anything for a good photo!

Obermueller Family

What a cute family! Cute kids, cute couple – just cute all around! We were stuck with a pretty rainy day, otherwise I would have loved to run around outside snapping photos of this family!

But, we ended up getting creative inside, which was fun! Check out some of my favorites! (PS -Daddy Wes might have one of the coolest jobs ever – he plays in the MLB!!!)

Wagner Family

What a fun family! The Wagners were up for about any crazy idea I could come up with – including a family jumping photo! This is my first jumping family – and I love it! Check out some favorites:

We took these photos on Jessica’s 16th birthday!  Happy bday Jessica!

Jonah

Happy 6 month birthday to Jonah!  This little guy is part of our Baby’s First Year program and it is so much fun seeing how much he’s grown every three months!  This time his parents brought along his Halloween costume – he’s a monkey!  It’s seriously adorable!  Check out my favorites!

Mmmmmm…yummy monkey!

He’s such a smiley little guy!

Ours Family

Maybe it’s because their part of my family…maybe it’s because they trust my taste – but the Ours family lets me get super creative for their family shoots – and I LOVE it! We had some fun taking their photos in Iowa City – I think they could ALL be models! Check out a bunch of favorites: