Shelby and Kolby each began their wedding day in homes that mean a lot to them – Kolby and his friends got ready at his parents’ place, and Shelby and her girls did hair and makeup in the house she and Kolby now call home together. I walked into Kolby’s parents’ house to find him...
If there’s one thing I love about weddings in the midst of the pandemic, it’s the allowance of intentionality that comes along with these restrictions. It feels sort of silly to suggest that we are being given a gift of allowance as other parts of this experience are taken away from us, but it also...
Kari and Clay are each the youngest of their siblings, and they met years ago when they were both young and growing up in Central Illinois and waiting to see where life would take them. They actually met through their older siblings – Kari’s sister became good friends with Clay’s brothers while they were in...
I began Emily and Clayton’s wedding day with the guys at Downtown Golf in Springfield. The morning was easy and chill – they casually sipped coffee and bloody marys while taking turns on the golf simulator, and it felt a bit like a bunch of friends just hanging out rather than a “wedding activity” (and...
Though Haylie and I are second cousins, I hadn’t seen her since she was a young girl – she and her family live in North Dakota, which is where my mom is originally from. We made regular trips to visit family up there when we were younger, but as the years went on and life...
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