Hadley and Allison…well, really it was Hadley, Allison and Gerdy…met me for this warm and wonderful session. A slight breeze kept us company as the four of us strolled through an old, pretty area in Kansas City, just off the beaten path. Gerdy was a fun little addition to our time together!

They are getting married in just a few days on a picturesque farm in Kansas. While I am very much looking forward to that day, it was a pleasure to hang out with these two quiet, but dynamic people, who share a connection that few people are lucky enough to find. Their comfortable tenderness was a sweet thing to witness. I hope you guys love your photos as much as I do!

Jake is a quiet, strong baseball player for a college team down in Texas who absolutely adores his sweetheart, Ashley! Ashley is full of radiant smiles and affection for her fiancé. They are too cute to watch!

Their wedding is coming this December and while the wedding plans are well under way, we took a couple nights during the hottest days of this summer to meet up and get some great engagement photos in the Lee’s Summit area (Downtown Lee’s Summit and the new Bass Pro)

I hope you enjoy some of the photos I was able to put together here. There are always so many to choose from that it is hard to narrow down for the blog. I hope you like my favs!

I met Ashtan (and her big sister, Amanda) a long time ago at a Fashion House shoot in Kansas City. She had never modeled and it was a lot of fun to hang out and get some great photos back then.

Surprise, surprise! Ashtan calls me up not too long ago, asking if I remembered her, to which I replied, “Of course I remember you! Big blue eyes and a sister, right?” She had looked me up and was wanting an engagement session for her and her ruggedly handsome, soon-to-be hubby, Jared. This I can do!

Well, Jared and Ashtan are going away to get married [undisclosed location, but involves a beach, but not me ] and so they wanted a killer engagement session. They dated a lot down by the Crown Center area, so I suggested maybe we could shoot at Liberty Memorial. Liberty Memorial is one of the only WWI memorials in the country. They have an amazing museum and the area is really quite amazing, set up on a hill.

They met me down there and we got to know each other pretty well. Ashtan’s mom even came down and hung out with us for a while! Yah!

I hope you love the photos and I can’t wait to see you guys in wedded bliss!