These two are full of adventure and compassion for our world and the people they interact with.

This is the result of astronomical return plane ticket prices inviting us to stay a little longer & return a little later.

Meaningful photos shouldn’t live in pixel form on Facebook or hard drives. 

They packed fancy attire for their road trip to Grand Rapids but decided the comfy clothes they were wearing were more true to them – ponytail, slightly wrinkled shirts & all.

Our parents have shown us what it looks like to work at a marriage through thick & thin, to raise close-knit families & to appreciate the simple parts of doing life together… we are humbled & grateful to be their kids. 

Two thousand and sixteen was the year we moved back to the mainland U.S., the year we discovered film for personal work and a year filled with wonderful celebrations & adventures with amazing people.

Life is magic. Death is magic. And looking through these photos I’d like to add that the seasons in between it all are magic, too.

Or, another way to put it, the Christmas of Kira.

They’ve been together for ten years and are using their high school prom picture for their save-the-date invitations – does it get any better?! 

Here are two people who wear their hearts on their sleeves and have not only an earnest, tangible love for each other but for every single person present in these photos.

After we get back from a trip, we drop all our film off as fast as we can & patiently/impatiently wait for the call that says we can pick up our scans (!!!!) Then we snuggle on the couch & pop in CD after CD & get to re-live it all over again.

We’re so excited for them & hope people can take a note from these two: it’s about the marriage, not the wedding, so don’t get too caught up in what everyone else wants you to do.