elisabeth, andy (her hubby) and i all went to college together at trinity international university near chicago, IL. andy was a super cool guy with mad baseball skills that fell in love with my incredibly beautiful friend, elisabeth. everyone needs an “elisabeth” as a friend….. she is sweet, energetic, barrels of fun, compassionate and loyal. we got to know each other while playing soccer together in college and though we have not done the best job of keeping in touch as much as we’d both like….. there is still SOOO much LOVE between us!!!!

*fast forward………. when we were planning our trip to vegas for WPPI with our good friends, ben + laura harrison of harrison studio, i received an email from our AZ friends, andy + elisabeth asking if there would be any way we could do a session with their family while in vegas. harrisons quickly came up with the idea that we could just go to AZ first and stay at laura’s parents’ place in mesa, then head to vegas after that! BRILLIANT!!!! and a HUGE shoutout to connie + terry for having us!!! laura’s mom is one of the best hosts EVER!!!

so we headed to AZ and had such an awesome and relaxing time hanging out…… exactly what we needed! while there, we did a session with the magnificent milich family and a couple other sessions, as well. the milich family gave us full permission to shoot wherever our hearts desired, so off ben and i went to scout. check out this uber cool building from an old racetrack. and what?!!! that’s right, the gate was OPEN!!! we love open gates. we were also able to shoot at this super fantastic little shop in cave creek, AZ…… their back yard was a photographer’s playground! thanks so much to the owners for letting us invade their fabulous store for a bit.

we just can’t tell you how much we love andy + elisabeth and their 3 incredible kids… noah, macie and kate!!!! so wish we lived closer to each other….. thanks for the privilege of spending some time with you…. miss you already!!! xoxoxo

now for some faves….. ENJOY these rockstars!!