Oh, October...one day you're freezing cold with gusty winds and flurries. And on other days...you're beautiful, warm and golden! I'm thankful that the photo session for the Modder family took place on the latter. I[...]
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Here is an old photo of me and my niece, Madisen. Look how little and adorable she is. 😍 Madisen was my parents' first grandbaby...the first daughter of my brother Daniel and my sister-in-law Heather. So...it[...]
It's always exciting to try out a new place for photos (new to me, anyway 😉). I love when places look like they're so secluded and far away from the world...while they're actually just off a busy street! To me, s[...]
What a weekend our family had! Friday night, my husband and I played shuffleboard in Chicago for the first time while our kids stayed with Nana (Shuffleboard was really fun!). We got home later than we had anticipate[...]
I always love seeing my old friends and neighbors, the Xenidis Family! When my family lived in Frankfort, our driveway was was right across the street from theirs, so we had many opportunities to just visit with each o[...]
Well, I believe this is year #3 of my taking photos of this awesome family. ♥️ The best part of it all? Though the kids have grown since I last saw them, they are just as fun and wacky as they were when I first t[...]
Well, here is my very first Senior Photo Session!! Lillian is a Senior at Bartlett High School...a softball player and a viola player who plans to study music education after high school. Now, my kids are learning vio[...]
This lovely mom scheduled her family's photo session as a little birthday present to herself (a great idea, I must say!!). But she had another really special reason she wanted these photos taken of her family...someday[...]
What an honor to photograph my best friend and her beautiful family at a lovely spot in Joliet.
A hockey player, a gymnast, and an ice skater...I've known these awesome kids for about seven years (we used to be neighbors!) and, looking at them now, I can't believe how accomplished they are at such a young age. My[...]