lAURA & MATTHEW

A new year is here.  I begin a new year of blogging our family adventures, big and small, ordinary and extraordinary.  I love the rhythm of these posts, documenting my growing family. Even if I was the only one who scrolls through them, it’s worth it. January was a slow, quiet month at home.  We […]

There’s something about snowy portraits that is just magical! Last week there was a large snowfall and everyone was excited about a snow day.  I was even more excited about the fact that Casey and Zachary’s engagement session just happened to be scheduled that day! Fresh fallen snow for an engagement session? Yes, please! Casey […]

Let’s talk about veils. A veil can complete the bridal look.  They can come in a variety of styles, lengths, colors and weights. So what exactly makes them fly? What length should you get? There can be so many questions that arise when selecting this part of your wedding look. We often joke that Matthew […]

We are kicking off our 2021 engagement sessions with a wintry Pittsburgh engagement session up on Mount Washington! This sweet couple was such a treat to work with….you can truly tell, just from being with them, how much the deeply care for each other. We met up with them on a super chilly afternoon and […]

Today we wrap up our “2020 Best Of” Series. We’ve highlighted families and engagements and today we are recapping the best of our 2020 weddings! When I look back at the 2020 wedding season, I am filled with immense gratitude. No one would have expected “pandemic weddings” to be a thing and yet each and […]

This is the second blog post in the “2020 Best Of” Series. We started with Part 1: Families, and today we are highlighting the best of our 2020 engagement sessions! We will end later this week with weddings, so stay tuned! I was grinning ear to ear putting together this post.  Each of these couples […]

2020 was the year of family time.  Time spent at home. Time growing closer as a couple, as siblings, as a family. This is the first blog post in the “2020 Best Of” Series. We are starting with families today and then we will continue with engagements and weddings! This post was so much fun […]

The last month of 2020 came and went so quickly! The schedule was so full of travel and celebrating! It was the perfect way to end a very long and strange year. The month began with snow! The children were delighted! A white blanket of snow covered our yard and the kids excitedly donned their […]

Therese and Phillip were one of the most expressively excited couples we have ever had during their Catholic Nuptial  Mass at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, MI, just outside of Detroit. They were just giddy with delight that they were FINALLY married.  After months of planning, changing plans and […]

2021 is here and we started it off doing what we love: serving a couple on their wedding day.  This was my first time in Wisconsin….the land of cheese curds (which are delicious by the way.) When we landed there was a thick blanket of snow and I was instantly excited for the wintry portraits. […]