When my husband was invited to interview for his current teaching position at Point Loma Nazarene University, Brandon was the one who first contacted him. Brandon’s friendly and welcoming demeanor even over the phone was enough to make my husband begin to seriously consider working at a school that we knew little about at the time, other than that they had been our competitors in college track. When the two of us flew from Tennessee to San Diego for his in-person round of interviews, it was Brandon who greeted us in the parking lot. Two nights later over a delicious steak dinner overlooking the gorgeous bay, with a smile on his face and his beautiful wife beside him, it was Brandon who unofficially offered my husband the job of his dreams…

It hasn't always been quickly, but everywhere we have lived the Lord has always blown us away with how He has provided incredible friends and meaningful community for our family. Shortly after we moved cross-country in July, the Mueller-Sagawa family became the beginning of that community for us here and we haven't stopped thanking God for them ever since! When Lauren and Joey are around…

I knew that Amy and I had attended the same high school, though we hardly knew each other then and our graduating classes were separated by a couple of years. But as I was editing her and Matt's wedding photos, I remembered an ironic detail that I had completely forgotten…

As my family prepares to move west in just a few weeks, my weekday schedule between weekend weddings has been jam packed with family sessions for so many of my beloved returning clients and friends. I am SO thankful for all of these families who have wanted to squeeze in one last session together before I relocate!

The McCartys are one of those families, although they are friends first. I first met Melissa through a mutual friend at church just months after moving here. She and I were both pregnant with our second, due just weeks apart. We got our girls (whose birthdays happen to be 2 days apart) together for my daughter's very first Tennessee playdate. And so began a friendship between our families that I have no doubt will last for our lifetime…

Are the Pumphreys a beautiful family, or what?! Getting to know this joyful bunch over the last couple of years has been such a privilege. A year and a half ago when I last did their family photos, little Micah had just joined their life after they'd all been through a long journey that had led them right to their sweet boy. This year…

I don’t always do newborn sessions but when some of our very best friends have a baby and say “come on over,” I come running!

Mike and Heather were one of the very first couples we met here 5 years ago and they have been the most steady, loyal, and dear friends to us ever since then. These are call-in-the-middle-of-the-night-when-there’s-an-emergency friends. They’re drop-everything, give-up-anything, expect-nothing-in-return friends. They are heroes to our children and like family to all five of us…