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I met Kaitlin shortly after her sister Megan hired us for her October 2017 wedding. You can view Megan and Charles’ wedding here! Kaitlin and Scott hired us to photograph their holiday pictures and later asked us to photograph their wedding. 

Billy and Claire both attended Virginia Tech and had over 100 mutual friends but had never met. It was outside of the college life that Claire and Billy first met. Claire had moved to DC, reconnected with friends, and met Billy at one of the hangouts. Things evolved as they became dates for each other to alumni events and parties, and the rest is history. 

We are so excited to share this wedding because this couple is family! John is Patrick’s cousin. Jessica and I now get to be cousins by marriage. When they asked us to photograph their wedding, we were absolutely ecstatic. It’s not everyday you get to photograph your cousins wedding! And we got to be in some of the family pics haha!

More than 5 years ago, Patrick and I were kinda dating, kinda friends. At the time, I was going to a young adults ministry at a church in Cockeysville and attending church on Sunday mornings with Patrick in Perry Hall. I went to a bible study hosted by this super sweet girl named Jenna. I haven’t seen Jenna in years.

Fast forward to today, it’s been about 4years since I went to that bible study, but I got an email from a Jenna inquiring about what we do! I was so excited when we found out that Jenna and Seyi wanted to bring us alongside in their engagement journey into their marriage as their wedding photographers!! I LOVE it when we reconnect with folks through our business and then get to be cheerleaders for their wedding, and ultimately their marriage!!

We are so excited to share the wedding of the newly married Travis and Ashley Holmes!

Not only did they get married at one of Maggie’s sentimental locations (The McDonogh School), but they also had a stunning weather day, amazing bridal party, and details galore! The Belevedere Hotel was their reception venue. Wait until you see this amazing venue!

Maggie met Travis when they started teaching at McDonogh almost 5 years ago. They were both first year teachers and they both were single at the time. Almost a year ago, we got an email from an Ashley Miller, and a Travis Holmes. Maggie was ectatic, because she knew that Travis Holmes had to be the same guy she taught with right out of college. Ashley and Travis have become dear friends of ours and we loved celebrating the day with them!

Cassie and Kevin are precious and their story sweet as ever. I asked Cassie to write up a blurb about their relationship (mainly because she can tell it so much better!). My favorite line “we are blessed to have found one another and know that is was simply by God’s sweet grace that we did.”  ughh… grab me the tissues! I’m a romantic by nature and fall in love over again with my own husband weekly. Knowing two people are completely and fully vulnerable to fall in love with another is amazing, a God gift indeed. It is by the sweet grace of God that he can hand pick someone for you.

I’ve known Emily Williams back when I was in middle school and I was still a Hoffman, and she was a Meeks. Emily and I both have become wives, business owners, and friends, in that order. 🙂

Emily and her husband, Tom, have a sweet sweet family. Her little girls are precious… I’ve official been invited over by them for hot chocolate, I can’t wait! Naomi and Eliana are my new buds.

On a chilly, windy blustery day, we all ventured to downtown Baltimore for a Fells Point Photoshoot! Family style!! The girls were bundled, blankets and all, and their little guy, Xavier, was an absolute champ!

This past Sunday, individuals across three church campus’ in Maryland, made the same decision. We were given the awesome opportunity to photograph Baptism Sunday at the church we’ve been attending for the last year. I love my church. I have been going to Way of Life Community Church in Forest Hill for almost an entire year. We believe in the power of the local church and placing value upon humanity. They have three beautiful campus’, one is Middle River, one is Forest Hill, and one in Cecil County. 

For those of you who don’t know. I love crossfit.  I love it because it motivates me, structures me, pushes me, and makes my body and mind strong and capable. I hate it because some days it sucks, the work outs are mind blowing, and my body will hurt… this week, I struggled to climb steps and get dressed, but of course… I can’t wait to get back to the box.

We have been so excited to put up this blog post up! Jesse and Allyson just returned from an extended honeymoon, and we didn’t want them to miss the excitement surrounding the announcement of their wedding post! So we of course waited!! So here it is!

Jesse and Allyson got married on Friday, March 14th. They had a beautiful wedding and God gave them a perfect day for it. Purple and yellow bouquets, gray suits, a breeze in the air, and a partially cloudy day… a great recipe for a beautiful wedding. Allyson and her bridesmaids were beautiful and she was gorgeous. Jesse was so handsome and his guys of course complimented.

As you look through this post, you will find yourself smiling… I just know you will, we sure did.

Congrats, Jesse and Allyson and enjoy! There are so many pictures as you know and we couldn’t put all of them up!