Where it all began.....

I so love doing couples shoots! Engagements are always fun because it's new love. That completely lost in each other, nothing else in the world matters kind of love. It's exciting. It's fun constantly learning new things about one another. It's a head to toe tingley kind of love.

My favorite though is mature love. Love that has endured through hard times. Love that transforms the instant you see the miracle of that wonderful bundle of joy that God has lent to you. Love that has been constant through thousands of diapers and nights of no sleep. Love that fights through infertility and the loss of people that we love. Love that has watched as their children marry and move out and as their grandchildren come to visit.

It took me many years to understand that it's okay if we don't feel like we're head over heels in love with our partner every single day. Marriage is about a commitment. It's about paying bills and dealing with issues, and getting up again tomorrow and doing it all over again. It's about not giving up and doing everything in your power to make it work. It's about respecting one another's feelings and overlooking their quirks. It's about a strong love that has lasted through many years. We all still have those new love kind of days where it's tingley again. It's the days though that I can look at my husband and know without a shadow of a doubt that we're in this for the long haul. That we can get each other through anything that comes our way. For me, it's all about that feeling of looking at someone and knowing that wherever you are, as long as you have them.........you're home.

Here's a few pictures from a recent couples session. We had a nice evening and had the park all to ourselves. Thank you Shannon and Dee Dee, for helping me take a step back in this crazy holiday portrait season to think about the important things in life. I get so many wonderful emails from customers about how thankful they are to have these images to always help them to remember. What they don't realize is, dealing with each and every one of them with their own unique personalities and perspectives helps me to grow as a person each day and "I" am so thankful for that.