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 couldn't have asked for a more lovely afternoon for taking pictures of this beautiful family!! We laughed a lot and enjoyed walking around this spot in Tinley Park where the fall colors were about the most spectacular I've ever seen![...]
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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, some of the photos below look like we traveled to old ruins in a far-off jungle, but in actuality, frisbee golf enthusiasts are playing nearby while other park visitors (and other photographers) are milling about just doing their thing on a nice Sunday afternoon. I love it! Thanks to the Prins fam[...]
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 anticipated, so the kids and I were a bit tired for a Junior Bible Quiz meet we had early Saturday out in Naperville, but we were fine. I was very proud of our JBQ team and how it did overall. I love JBQ (and Teen Bible Quiz) and am so happy my kids are involved in it at our church. So - after church yes[...]
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 other and chat as the kids played. I miss that, so I'm thankful I still get to see them each year for family photos!! Their beautiful kids are growing up so quickly...[...]
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, she wants her little boy to see them for a very specific reason:"I would like some of the photos to show my son's trach, and g-tube as well...not a lot, but some.I want him to know, years from now, what a brave little rock-star he was/is.In a couple years, if all goes well, they will both be remov[...]
What an honor to photograph my best friend and her beautiful family at a lovely spot in Joliet.
There was a girl I knew years ago who was in the youth group at Calvary Church in Naperville. I was one of the youth leaders there at the time and she was in my group. We became friends and had lots of fun talking, singing together, riding around in my jeep, and just hanging out. She actually sang at my wedding!!Courtney was one in a million, that's for sure, and it was an honor for me to have her in my group.Now, she is a mom herself with a loving husband and three beautiful kids. Her friendship was a bles[...]
I loved taking these photos of dear friends of our from church. This wonderful family simply couldn't be any cuter. Love them!
With the memory of an exciting pirate party fresh in her mind, this little cutie was all fun and giggles when her family and I met for photos in Frankfort IL. They had just celebrated her 3rd birthday and thought some family pictures would be a great way to help celebrate the occasion! 🎂 Oh, she was silly, wacky and wonderful...and it was so much fun to take photos of her as she shared cuddles from mom, dad and grandma!! [...]
I had just dropped my youngest off at his friend's house for a playdate. I was backing up to leave the area where I had parked when I suddenly heard a terrible **crunch** sound. What in the world?!?! I got out of my van and realized I had backed into a tall light pole on their property!!! How did I not see that?!? I hurried back to the house where I nervously told the family what I had done. Were they mad? Did they throw a fit about it? No...instead, they apologized for the damage to our van! What[...]