Stacia! Max! What a COUPLE! What a love story! Stacia is my cousin, we grew up together, we’ve traveled Europe together (on our trip, she turned 18 and I turned 21! Our birthdays are days apart!!), and Marty and Stacia both went to Bradley University (they overlapped by a year)! While she is younger than […]

Besides two quick trips to California, I’ve spent very little time on the West coast, and zero in the Pacific Northwest… so when my sister Ali and I found out that a Portland church we love was hosting an amazing conference, and the weekend happened to be wide open for both of us… we jumped! […]

Oh, Lori and Poitier! WHAT A WEDDING! And what a couple! Lori and P met playing basketball with friends, and their casual friendship slowly grew into a deep love for each other. When I walked into Lori’s hotel room this Friday, I was greeted by a kind, welcoming, hilarious group of bridesmaids — the atmosphere […]

I’ve mentioned this before, but I have a really big extended family, and I love it so much! My mom came from a family with six kids, and I have a ton of cousins! We all grew up together — sleepovers, road trips, VBS, holiday parties, summer BBQ’s. Now that we’re adults, we’re more spread […]

Hooray for December weddings!! This was such a special wedding for us, because Caitlin is one of my younger sister’s dearest friends! It was such a privilege to get to know Caitlin and Max and their families and friends on their wedding day! They got married two days before Christmas — and while it wasn’t […]

Marty and I have never had a real live Christmas tree in our house. As a kid, my family used to go to the local garden store (Franks!) and pick out [what felt like] a ginormous tree… they’d wrap it in plastic netting for us… we’d strap it to the top of our conversion van […]

Danielle and Sean met in Wrigleyville, eighteen months ago… and two months ago, Sean proposed in Wrigleyville… at Wrigley Field… ON THE FIELD! (I am SO IMPRESSED!) These two love the Cubs (obviously), and the Hawks (their dog is named Stanley, of course!). As soon as we started hanging out, taking pictures, I knew that […]

Diana and Daniel’s wedding was absolutely beautiful, and definitely a memorable one for us! Their wedding took place at St. Stan’s in West Town — a gorgeous, historic, cavernous Catholic church. Diana’s wedding gown was one-of-a-kind, and while I say this about all of our couples (and truly mean it, because we are blessed with […]

What a fun wedding!! Laura and I used to work together years ago, and I’ve always loved her sweet, determined, lovely spirit! She is just a beautiful soul. In the weeks before the wedding, we met for Thai food, and I got to meet Chris — her perfect match in every way! Over slippery noodles […]

Back in May, when our Chicago weather still hadn’t made up it’s mind about whether or not it wanted to be warm, I met Lori and Portier in Rogers Park, early on a Saturday morning. Lori and Portier have such a fun story — they met playing basketball together, so we found a lakeside court […]