Yearly Archives: 2014


Obey: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
This free kids activity is from our son’s AWANA Cubbies “homework”. We are working with getting our 4 year old son to listen to us and obey, so this was great timing to find this activity. Not satisfied with the hand-written “OBEY” that we had initially came up with, Kevin designed this simple printable sign […]

Free Kids Activity – Obey Printable



This July, Kevin served on a missions trip to Alaska through our church, Valley Evangelical Free. Their annual trip to Alaska helps out at a Christian camp up there with construction and maintenance projects.  During the trip Kevin spends his days doing construction projects and by night, he goes fishing.  He says fishing at this time of year in […]

Alaskan Engagement Session – Des Moines Wedding Photographer



A few months ago, we went to visit our good friends, Crystal and Adam in Indianapolis.  Crystal and I had both been pregnant for the first time at the same time (our due dates were about a week apart) so Crystal and Adam became really close friends partly because we were sharing in the same […]

Liz, Zachary, Evan and Matthew’s Children’s Session – Des Moines ...


Cyclists riding bikes in along hills in Northwest Iowa
I was privileged to help out with this year’s Okoboji 200, a one-day, 200-mile bike ride from West Des Moines to Okoboji, Iowa. This monumental ride is to raise money and awareness to fight human trafficking. Despite starting the ride in the pouring rain at 5:30 in the morning, the athletes’ endurance was rewarded with a […]

Rolling Hills and Rolling Wheels






Two women talking and laughing at birthday party.
Lilly came running up to us as we stepped into the room and grabbed our son’s hand.  “Aiden, let’s go get some cake” she said.  And the two cousins were off, hand in hand, enjoying the party. Looking around the room, Grandma realized how rich her life is to celebrate this milestone birthday and to […]

Grandma’s 80th Birthday – Des Moines Family Reunion Photographer



9 Month Old Photo
These past 4 years photographing Andy’s and Sarah’s family has been so special to us. We first photographed the talkative and fun-loving Charlotte whose smile just makes everyone else around her smile. I think she will always be one of those people that puts everyone around her at ease. Then Sarah and Andy had a […]

Gemma’s First 2 Years – Des Moines Children’s Photography