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l o v e
July 28, 2021 - Live for moments you cannot put into words.
I had an absolute blast with this fun duo for their engagement session! The...
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w i s c o n s i n . f a l l . v i b e s
November 09, 2020 - Exhibit A: Fall... in Wisconsin.
Let's do a fall photo session they said - it will be fun they said! Little did they kn...
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e v e r y t h i n g
July 31, 2020 - Nothing feels more like everything than love.
It has been a couple of years since I met this ray of sunshine of beautif...
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h a p p i n e s s . i s
December 16, 2019 - Happiness is a warm puppy. - Charles Schulz
After some unpredictable winter weather in the middle of fall, we were fina...
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a l l . a b o u t
November 18, 2019 - What if the hokey pokey is what it's all about?
I wish I could say I had something to do with these amazing smiles rela...
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r e a s o n
November 15, 2019 - Today is a day when I look out over my life & I see you there & I know there is more reason to this world than we will e...
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c a l l . i t . h o m e
November 06, 2019 - Give your heart to a wanderer who found your soul, and call it home.
These two are so cute... I was smiling so hard my...
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f o r e v e r
November 05, 2019 - Forever is composed of nows. - Emily Dickinson
Have you ever met someone and been like, "Yeah, that might be the kindes...
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t o g e t h e r . m a g i c
November 01, 2019 - Showing the world how easy magic is when you do it together. - Brian Andreas
When these two suggested the Upper Yahara...
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p l a n t . g r o w . h a r v e s t
October 29, 2019 - Plant smiles, grow laughter, harvest love.
The joyful buzz that surrounds these two wherever they go is so actually aud...
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e v e r y t h i n g
October 18, 2019 - Eventually, everything connects.
The day started out rainy and grey. However, as we all know, rain is completely necess...
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t h e . m o s t . y o u
October 15, 2019 - I think a soulmate is someone who will make you be the most 'you' you can possibly be.
This pair met through mutual fri...
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d i s c o v e r
October 11, 2019 - "When it is all finished, you will discover it was never random."
Magic doesn't even begin to describe this day - the d...
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m a r r i e d
September 27, 2019 - "Love will find a way."
It was so awesome to see my brother marry such an awesome person. I also just adored Pastor Nic...
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s u n l i g h t
September 26, 2019 - Someday, the light will shine like a sun through my skin & they will say, What have you done with your life? & though th...
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m i . a m o r
September 16, 2019 - "Suddenly all the love songs were about you."
It is pure warmth to see my brother's face light up when he looks at his...
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b e s t
August 01, 2019 - May the rest of our lives be the best of our lives.
GUYS! My beautiful friend got MARRIED! It was like being on locatio...
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5 0 0 . m i l e s
July 22, 2019 - But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door....
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w o n d e r f u l . p l a c e
July 12, 2019 - Together is a wonderful place to be.
These two are SO much fun to hang with! I met up with them at their preferred hang...
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t h i s . i s . f o r e v e r
July 03, 2019 - "Love each other, even when we hate each other. No running, ever. Nobody walks out, no matter what happens. We'll take c...
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b e g i n n i n g . o f . a n y t h i n g
May 28, 2019 - "This is the beginning of anything you want."
This lovely pair planned out such a sweet ceremony on the Capitol lawn on...
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b e g i n n i n g
April 19, 2019 - "I'll always love you like it's the beginning."
These two are SO much fun! The laughter, smiles, and joy completely sat...
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e x a c t l y
April 03, 2019 - "You are exactly where you are suppose to be."
These two are just the coolest. I started going through withdrawals afte...
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s t a r t i n g . l i n e
January 03, 2019 - "Those first moments are never where it begins. It takes time for us to come out from behind all the things we think we...
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d a n c i n g
December 03, 2018 - "I never imagined that first time I danced with you would bring me here, to this exact moment, where everything I do, ev...
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s o . m a n y
November 26, 2018 - "There are so many reasons I love you that I think we should sit here & I’ll tell you a few every day, for the rest of o...
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l i f e . f i l l e d
November 05, 2018 - "Still trying to balance a life filled with laughter & wonder & love, knowing that kind of life is going to baffle most...
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l o v e
October 18, 2018 - "Maybe this is how it always is, that we think we go into the world alone & lose ourselves there until, at last, Love ca...
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y o u
October 06, 2018 - "Constantly,
consistently,
continually,
you."
Perry Poetry
This day was so perfect in every single way. My favorite...
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s o u l s
September 20, 2018 - “And then my soul saw you and it kind of went "Oh there you are. I've been looking for you.”
Ever since this engagement...
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t h a t . m o m e n t
September 19, 2018 - "Who can say that moment when love takes the shape of this person whose fingers twine with yours?" Story People
How swe...
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r a i n . k i s s
September 16, 2018 - "Whoever has said the sun makes you happy - has never been kissed by the rain."
I can not think about this day without...
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h e a r t
September 13, 2018 - "There is my heart, and there is you and I'm not sure there is a difference." a.r. asher
Hanging with this gorgeous pai...
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w i t h i n . u s
August 19, 2018 - Sky above us,
Earth beneath us,
Fire within us.
Walking up to the wedding ceremony venue you can literally feel the w...
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s o m e t h i n g . b i g g e r
August 01, 2018 - "I can't tell you how many times each day
I wonder how to tell you
that even if I use the same words,
they mean somet...
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f o r e v e r
July 19, 2018 - "There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. & suddenly forever seems like too short a time."...
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w h o l e
July 14, 2018 - "Before this life with you, I never said thank you with my whole heart because before this life with you I never knew ho...
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b r e a t h e . y o u . i n
July 07, 2018 - "I breathe you in & there it is again, my heart saying thank you for this whole life that brought me here to you." Story...
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e v e r . k n o w n
June 22, 2018 - "You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known. And even that is an understateme...
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e v e r y . w o r d
June 11, 2018 - "He listens to her every word, even the ones that never leave her mouth."
This wedding still gives me goose bumps! Thes...
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n e v e r . r a n d o m
May 21, 2018 - "When it is all finished, you will discover it was never random."
These two lovely people are legit AWESOME SAUCE with...
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w e ' r e . h o m e
May 07, 2018 - You put your arms around me, and I'm home.
All the heart eyes for these two lovely women. From the moment I met them -...
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f i r s t . m o m e n t s
March 30, 2018 - "Those first moments are never where it begins. It takes time for us to come out from behind all the things we think we...
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l i g h t
February 19, 2018 - "I took your hand & danced under a dark moon & even now I remember looking in your eyes, knowing this is all the light w...
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n e v e r . r a n d o m
January 30, 2018 - "And when it is all finished, you will discover it was never random."
Gah! These TWO! The giggles, laughter, and consta...
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l a u g h . f o r e v e r
December 28, 2017 - "The goal is to laugh forever, with someone you take seriously."
These two met me on the very last mild day before all...
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l e a v e s . f a l l
November 08, 2017 - "Even the leaves fall for you."
From every detail within the venue to every leaf outside - this wedding was stunning. E...
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s t o p . t i m e
November 01, 2017 - "Today, for some reason,
I see how short our lives actually are
& how often I forget to look into your eyes
& stop ti...
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b e s t . d a y
October 23, 2017 - "Let this be the first of many best days of your life."
If there was an award for the different weather combinations th...
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i n . l o v e
October 16, 2017 - "I'll never finish falling in love with you."
Had so much fun exploring the iconic Madison sites with this lovely coupl...
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c h o o s e . y o u
October 06, 2017 - "And I'd choose you;
in a hundred lifetimes,
in a hundred worlds,
in any version of reality,
I'd find you and
I'd c...
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d r e a m . l i f e
September 29, 2017 - "I use to dream about the life I would live, and now I live the life of my dreams with you." - Groom
I know I wasn't th...
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n e w . w o r l d
September 20, 2017 - "Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." John Muir
These two have a presence about them that is completel...
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s h a r e . p a r a d i s e
June 22, 2016 - {Love is someone to share paradise with.}
What better place to exchange vows of marriage than paradise? Paradise Park w...
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t o g e t h e r
May 27, 2016 - {I don't know who we'll become in the days ahead, she said. I just know the quiet voice in my heart that says we will be...
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s o u l . r e c o g n i t i o n
May 26, 2016 - {Its not so much love at first sight as it is soul recognition.}
These two are just the best. They have a calm nature t...
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r e a l i z e
April 25, 2016 - {When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon...
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e x a c t l y . s o
February 19, 2016 - {There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. & suddenly forever seems like too short a time.}...
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w a y . h o m e
December 30, 2015 - {Maybe this is how it always is, that we think we go into the world alone & lose ourselves there until, at last, Love ca...
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m a g i c
December 16, 2015 - {'I don't believe in magic,' the young boy said. The old man smiled, 'You will, when you see her.'}
Such a beautiful da...
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s h i n e
November 12, 2015 - {Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.} Maya Angelou
What do you do when it pours rain on your wedding day...
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h e a r t b e a t
November 03, 2015 - {... a heart beat at their feet.}
NEW RULE: Every session must bring me a puppy to play with while we shoot. #kiddingno...
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l o n g t i m e
October 30, 2015 - {You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said, you too & we decided to know each other for a long time.} St...
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c o l o r
October 28, 2015 - {My favorite color is October.}
This couple is so sweet! We met at a downtown park for this session - and despite the w...
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g o o d & t r u e
October 27, 2015 - {They came to sit & dangle their feet off the edge of the world & after awhile they forgot everything but the good & tru...
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a r o u n d . m e
October 26, 2015 - {Your arm around me, holding me close. How do I begin to tell you that is the exact thing that makes me love the world s...
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y o u r . s i d e
October 19, 2015 - {It's by your side, I make my home.}
Ah this wedding was so special. They just get it. Far beyond the understanding of...
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m o s a i c s
October 15, 2015 - {We are each mosaics -
pieces of light,
love,
history,
stars -
glued together
with
magic
and music
and words.}...
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l o v e . t h e . u n i f i e r
October 06, 2015 - {Love is the great unifier.}
"You don't have to have a ceremony to have a marriage. And when you think about it, the wh...
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k y l e
September 11, 2015 - {It is still so new & all we see is the empty space, but that is not how it is in the landscape of the heart. There, the...
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m o o n . d a n c e
September 04, 2015 - {It's a marvelous night for a moon dance.} Van Morrison
This lovely couple planned this entire wedding while living out...
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s o m e t h i n g . b e a u t i f u l
August 25, 2015 - {This is the start of something beautiful, this is the start of something new.} Ed Sheeran
Having known this groom-to-b...
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h i s + h e r s
August 11, 2015 - {Whatever souls are made of, his and hers are the same.}
The rustic charm, and genuine character of this wedding was tr...
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m u s i c . e v e r y w h e r e
July 13, 2015 - {You don't hear it? she asked & I shook my head no & then she started to dance & suddenly there was music everywhere & i...
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f o r e v e r . l o n g
July 07, 2015 - {Alice: How long is forever? Rabbit: Sometimes it's just one second.} Alice in Wonderland
There were crazy storm clouds...
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t h e . f o r c e
July 02, 2015 - {May The Force be with you.}
These two dodged the rain clouds on their wedding day. The clouds were there. The rain was...
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t o g e t h e r
June 19, 2015 - {Together is a perfect place to be.}
I knew I loved this bride-to-be when I met her to try out some new lashes - (I act...
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d o g . l o v e
June 17, 2015 - {Some things just fill your heart without even trying.}
Couldn't have ordered up a more beautiful day with sweeter fami...
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a l l . g o o d . t h i n g s
June 16, 2015 - {All good things are wild and free.}
These two first met in the woods - so it was a sort of full circle to wander aroun...
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5 0 0
June 12, 2015 - {She use to think you only fall in love once, or maybe twice, in your whole life & then she met him & now she falls in l...
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b u t t e r f l i e s
June 10, 2015 - {Refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.} Carrie Bradshaw
It was raining lots in the hours leading to this...
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p a c k e t s . o f . l i g h t
June 08, 2015 - {These are little packets of light & you need to plant them early in the year & remember to mark where they were because...
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t r a n s f o r m e d
June 02, 2015 - {The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances, if their is any reaction, both are tra...
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2 0 1 4 . r e v i e w
December 31, 2014 - Gahhh! Emotions are running high. It wasn't just the pregnancy hormones that had me all misty eyed while putting togethe...
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c a s u a l . c h i c
November 14, 2014 - {Ready for just about anything in a casual chic sort of way.} Story People
I just want this lady to pick out all my out...
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p a r t . o f . s o m e t h i n g
November 04, 2014 - {There came point in the middle of the song when suddenly they felt every heart beat in the room & after that they never...
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b i g . p i c t u r e
October 28, 2014 - {It is always the small pieces that make the big picture.}
This day was so beautiful in so many ways. The people were f...
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o n e . t h i n g
October 27, 2014 - {There's just one thing that I got to say,
I won't let another moment slip away.}
Michael Franti & SpearHead
Had the...
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w e . p l e d g e
October 21, 2014 - {We pledge to help each other develop our hearts and minds, cultivating compassion, generosity, ethics, patience, enthus...
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a l l . t o g e h t e r
October 20, 2014 - {Together we have it all.}
Hanging with this fam for an afternoon shoot was awesome. First of all - I need this lady to...
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i n t o . t h e . m y s t i c
October 16, 2014 - {And magnificently we will flow into the mystic.} Van Morrison
These two kidnapped me and took me to Devils Lake for th...
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b e s t . l u c k
October 15, 2014 - {'cause the best luck I had was you.} Michael Franti & Spearhead
These two are incredibly fabulous. They met in France.
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f e e l s . l i k e . h o m e
October 14, 2014 - {Feels like home to me. Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong.}
Travelled up to this pair's home for their col...
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g r e a t e s t . f a n
October 14, 2014 - {I'll be the greatest fan of your life.} Edwin Mccain
Having known each of these two kind souls since forever - Monona...
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s t a r s . a l i g n e d
October 13, 2014 - {Im not a highly metaphysical man, but I know when the stars align.} Michael Franti & Spearhead
Such a beautiful couple...
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l i v i n g
October 09, 2014 - {... living pretty much happens no matter what you're doing, so it might as well be fun.} Story People
So so soooo much...
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s t a r . s h i n e
October 03, 2014 - {Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.}
When these two looked at each other - whether they were sitting next...
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s t o r y . p o e m
October 02, 2014 - {You are the poem I never knew how to write, and this life is the story I have always wanted to tell.}
So happy to fina...
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n o . w o r d s
September 24, 2014 - {The best feelings are those which have no words to describe them.}
Hard not to fall in love with their easy smiles and...
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f a i r y t a l e
September 22, 2014 - {I've been looking for you since I heard my first fairytale.}
These two are so easy going + in love. I could tell - as...
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m i l e s
September 19, 2014 - {I would walk 500 miles,
and I would walk 500 more.
Just to be the man who walk 1000 miles
to fall down at your door.
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g r o w
August 26, 2014 - {Go on adventures. Be around good energy. Connect with people. Learn new things. GROW.}
For meeting at camp so many yea...
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h e r . s m i l e
July 31, 2014 - {His forever was as simple as her smile.}
The stars definitely were aligned for these two - when their story started a...
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t i m e . s t o p p e d
July 25, 2014 - {The first time they met, time stopped & when it finally began again, they laughed with relief because it wasn't too lat...
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v e r y . b e g i n n i n g
July 08, 2014 - {My heart recognized you from the very beginning...} Story People
As I drove over to a very FOGGY Milwaukee for this sh...
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h e a d . u p
July 01, 2014 - {Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky.} Macklemore
I just want to hold this little family in my arms... like r...
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p e r f e c t . p l a c e
June 19, 2014 - {For all the thousand things we do in the world,
I love it best when we sit in the sunlight together,
smiling quietly...
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s u g a r
February 12, 2014 - {If snowflakes were kisses, I'd send you a blizzard.}
It was surely snow falling from the sky - not sugar, but these tw...
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s n o w . g l i t t e r
January 06, 2014 - {How long do you want to be loved? Is forever enough?}
They wanted snow + got it! Glittery, blurry, chilly, and beautif...
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a . m o m e n t
December 31, 2013 - I'm not trying to say a bunch of emotional things here, it's not my forte. [Though, I do love me some thoughtful quotati...
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d r e a m
December 16, 2013 - {I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can be together all the time...
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w a n d e r
December 03, 2013 - {Not all who wander are lost.}
We are neighbors! Sort of at least - east siiiiide. Right? Moving on. We played a little...
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b e g i n
November 15, 2013 - {Why wait any longer for the world to begin?}
These two put together a beautiful celebration of love - with hardly the...
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r e a l . l o v e
November 01, 2013 - {Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't. live. without. each. other. love.} Carrie Bradshaw
This girl is...
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l a f f y . t a f f y
October 25, 2013 - {When does it rain money? When there is change in the weather.} - Laffy Taffy
She is adorable, he is crazy tall. We dod...
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s u n s h i n e
October 18, 2013 - {You are more beautiful than Cinderella! You smell like pine needles, and have a face like sunshine!} BRIDESMAIDS
Sunsh...
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d r e a m s
October 11, 2013 - {Get outta my dreams. Get into my car.} Billy Ocean
He bought his first car when he was sixteen. This Ford Mustang - $4...
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w e a t h e r
October 09, 2013 - {Wherever you go, no matter the weather, always bring your own sunshine.}
I never had any doubts on how awesome this co...
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s p i r i t
October 02, 2013 - {Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.}
I can not get over how lovely these two are....
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i n v e s t . l o v e
September 03, 2013 - {Where you invest your love, you invest your life.} Mumford + Sons
This couple holds a special place in my heart. Their...
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f a l l i n g
August 27, 2013 - {Jumping clears my head - I don't think about anything else. Falling is actually calming.} This pretty couple.
They wer...
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y o u . s m i l e d
August 12, 2013 - {When I saw you, I fell in love. You smiled because you knew.}
He asked her out. She said yes. She got nervous. He wait...
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i m p o r t a n t . t h i n g s
August 06, 2013 - {She stood there, head back, laughing & it took his breath away & suddenly he remembered, their are more important thing...
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l o v e . s u m m e r
June 24, 2013 - A life without love, is like a year without Summer. - Swedish Proverb
I had way too much fun exploring the lake shore o...
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c r a z y . b e a u t i f u l
June 10, 2013 - "Hasn't started to make sense of the world yet, but thinks it's beautiful all the same." -Story People
Crazy - beautifu...
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t o g e t h e r
May 22, 2013 - "Couples who train together, stay together."
We started off this ridiculously fun shoot at their new Crossfit Gym in Mc...
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l u t h e r . l o v e
May 20, 2013 - "Today is a day when I look out over my life + I see you there + I know there is more reason to this world than we will...
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c i t y . l o v e
May 14, 2013 - {There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. & suddenly forever seems like too short a time.}...
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p u p p y + l o v e
May 07, 2013 - “Are there any more beautiful words than 'see you tomorrow?” - Jennifer Flackett
After the first few shots I took of th...
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t h e . c o l l a b o r a t i o n
May 02, 2013 - Simple Elegance Wedding and Event Planning and Claire O Design are collaborating on a very special project. In our attem...
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