So thankful this man is willing to travel for the next 30+ hours with me to see a place so close to my heart. Getting to show him around Kenya for the next 2 weeks will be such a sweet blessing and I can’t wait. Kenya, here we come 🇰🇪✈️ 
We leave for Kenya TOMORROW and are running around today doing last minute things and trying to make sure we have the ENDLESS amount of paperwork required to travel right now but I cannot explain how excited I am to finally be in my second home after 2 long years. And this time I get to show Aaron all around the place that holds my heart. And not to mention I met this lovely bride there 👆🏼❤️ & I just love all my connections from serving in this amazing country. Keep up with our trip in my stories over the next 2 weeks!! We will be planning out dates and details for next year for taking TEAMS so keep an eye out if you want to come to Kenya with us in 2022 🤍🇰🇪 
I have dreamed of going to these Sand Dunes for YEARS until one day last year I just picked up and drove myself there. And can I just say - the pictures is NOTHING compared to the real thing. If there is somewhere on your bucket list - make it happen. Because these moments are what make life beautiful. 🤍 
I LIVE FOR THIS GOLDEN LIGHT. Anyone else, photographers out there - is this gold light not your favorite thing ever? If you know me, you probably know that the sun is one of my favorite things in the world. I guess I should’ve known it would be my favorite thing in photos as well. These babes are literally glowing but it wasn’t just from the sunshine. ✨🥰 
If life is hard right now let me just tell you one thing - the world needs your light. No matter what you are going through or how dark it feels, and I get it. I don’t feel like I have a light left at all some days. But my mom told me something the other day - “One day your light will come back. And the world needs that sunshine.” And even if it doesn’t feel like it today, keep going every day. Because one day your light will come back, and the world needs it. 
Being on instagram and posting captions is one of the hardest part of my job right now. I want to be authentic and real and share from my heart but life is hard right now. Grief is hard to walk through and I can’t always be positive and upbeat. But I think that everyone might need to hear that - social media shows the highlight reel but I have to show up even in may dark days and there are days that aren’t full of roses and unicorns. That is reality right now - I am taking it one day at a time. And guess what - that is OKAY. You don’t have to have it all together all the time. I will continue to show up even if it isn’t pretty. I will continue to be real in this little box for captions as well as post beautiful images that also fill me with joy…☀️ 
Shooting elopements are my favorite thing ever. Over the past few years my photography business went from families + seniors to weddings to destination weddings to elopements and I still love ALL of it. But elopements still have to be my favorite thing in the world. Elopements are amazing because of how intentional, emotional and intimate you can be with them. Whether it’s 30 of your closest friends and family or just the 2 of you, elopements allow you to step out of the traditional and spend intentional times with the one you love. I loveeee how much elopements put the focus back on marriage. Don’t get me wrong - I LOVE a big weddings - but I just love love love how close and connected small weddings are and how they bring people together. It allows the couple to truly focus on one another and nothing else and soak every single second in. Lastly, elopements allow you to do things a big wedding may not, like choosing a destination that is meaningful to you. I experienced this with my own wedding. We couldn’t afford to have everyone we wanted fly out to a destination for a big wedding, but when we made our wedding a smaller elopement, we had more freedom on WHERE we went and it made our day that much more special to us. Have you ever thought of eloping?! 
Planning some exciting things today and sooooo excited to be creative again and do what I love most. Adventures are ahead and I cannot wait to share them with you all. ✨ 
This day my dreams came true. My dad walked me down the aisle and married me to the most amazing, compassionate and patient man I know. Ever since I was a little girl I always dreamed of my dad walking me down the aisle. I didn’t know who I would marry so that is the moment I dreamed about over and over in my head. 3 years ago my dad was miraculously healed after being in a coma for 10 days. In the midst of my anger I am just so thankful that he got to walk me down the aisle and give me away. It truly was my dream come true. I miss him more than words but I am so thankful I got the privilege of being loved by him.