Hello! {Grand Rapids Photographer}

If I were to describe life in a nutshell at the moment it would be "insane". Joe and I sold our house a couple of months ago and we are creeping up on closing time so we are planning on moving out this weekend. These past few weeks have been focused on packing, packing, and more packing!! We are planning on moving into a rental home until our new house will be completed which hopefully will be early Summer.

Paperwork for our adoption is almost complete! We had our fingerprint appointments the other week so we are waiting on clearance from those then our big pack of papers will be on it's way to Ethiopia!!! I'm just so excited to get on that waiting list I can hardly stand it. :)

1 week left to enter to be a Senior Model for Images of Essence Photography. See THIS post for details!!

I've been busy with sessions too. Here's only a few from the other week... I'll have more to share from other sessions when I get caught up.

Do you remember seeing her newborn pictures I took about 7 months ago? You can't miss her with all that hair!!

Here's one of my favorites from a 3 month session.

Remember my friends Matt and Lindsey DeYoung? If you haven't heard already we're asking for many prayers for their family. The DeYoung family set out for Tanzania, Africa in October to become missionaries. They took their sweet daughters Kia (4) and Lola (5) with them on this great adventure. Soon after they arrived in Africa Lola became sick and was progressively getting worse. Fast forward to February 12 when after the DeYoungs mission team sent them back to the US on an impromptu flight to seek treatment for their little Lola, they found themselves at the Helen Devos Children's Hospital where on Valentines Day Lola was diagnosed with Leukemia. Because they were only expecting to stay in the US for maybe a couple of weeks, the DeYoungs left almost all of what they had over in Africa and we're asking for your help. You can read more HERE on how you can help my friends while they look to settle in on this long journey they have before them. Want to send them a card or brighten Lola's day a little? Look HERE on how you can do that. Despite the situation they've found themselves in they seek to choose joy through all of this. That's why I love Matt and Lindsey and their sweet family, always looking to the positives and not letting anything get in the way of that.