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7-year-old: “Wait…do you have kids?” Me: “No, I don’t.” 7-year-old: “Then how do you know what Fortnite and the Floss is?” Me: “Because I know lots of cool kids like you at the school where I taught!” First of all, I did not know that Floss dance was from Fortnite, but I played it cool […]

The Hobson and Steinberg families are very special to me and Joshua because we have a unique friendship with EVERY person in their family! It helps that we live close. In 2014, we moved to the west side of Colorado Springs, just about a mile from the Hobson’s house. In 2015, they moved to the […]

I count myself very fortunate to have such wonderful and supportive friends in my life! These 4 mini sessions* are all my friends and have supported me through different stages of my photography business! Josh and I moved from Indiana to Colorado in 2012 with Michael, Riannon, Collin, and Stephanie. We’ve walked through a lot […]

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After changing her outfit and combing her hair, I asked Ed, “Is she (baby) ready for her photos?” Ed: “Oh no, I need to check with Sophie first.” Ed, to Sophie when she comes in the room: “Did I brush her hair okay?” Sophie: “No, that hairstyle looks terrible!” *giggles* Ed: “See, I knew I needed to check […]

My in-laws visited this month! All of them! Josh’s parents, his sister, her husband, and our niece and nephew came for a 5-day visit and we crammed into our little townhouse. “That’s a lot of people in a little space,” said some people. “Well, yes, that’s true, but you don’t know how the Rumples operate,” […]

Last year I put out a blog (on my old website, which is now nonexistent) exclaiming my thanks that the Rohlfs family trusted me to capture their family photos for the 3rd year in a row. Well, now I thank them for the 4th year in a row (5th overall session because I also got […]

“My family is not super happy about how far we had to drive to get here.” That’s completely understandable, coming from a family who lives in Fountain! However, THANK YOU, Brooke and family, for trusting me to drive ALL the way up to the north end of the Springs for your session. I think it was […]

Dayna and Dan came into our lives sometime around 2 years ago. Maybe? I’m not exactly sure because they’re the kind of people who just feel like they’ve always been there. They have three lovely, spirited, and unique children who they are molding into people that will be capable of contributing great and good things […]

“I’m trying to think of a polite way to ask if Mariah, her friend and I could stay with you for a few days, with the two of them separately having you do their senior pictures while we are there.” This is a message I got from Lynnay back in mid-July. It wasn’t impolite because […]