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We made it back to where it all began! The dorm where Mitch + Rachel both lived freshman year at Drake University in Des Moines. They were both accounting majors but not until their sophomore year did they become close friends because of their mutual friends + all the classes they had together. There was […]
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Jacob + Lauren went to the same student ministry at Iowa State, but they didn’t meet until halfway through their Junior year. They met because they were placed on the same team of 6 to go on a missions trip to China. Jacob started crushing on Lauren a couple weeks into the two month trip, […]
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Nick and Rachael are high school sweethearts, but they’ve known each other for nearly their whole lives. Their friends and family joked at their wedding about how indecisive both of them are, but that choosing each other has never been a hard decision for either one of them. After 10 years these two became husband […]
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Gary + Haley met as freshmen biology students at Notre Dame. They had a lot of classes together and ended up as lab partners in biology lab. That year they quickly became best friends, bonding over Game of Thrones and sugar-fueled late-night study sessions. While they were apart over the summer, Haley realized that she […]
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Davis + Haley both majored in Ag business at Iowa State University! One day Haley decided to sit with the smart people in class so that she could focus. Every day in accounting class from then on Davis would tell Haley a pick up line. They also discovered they went to the same church and […]
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When your relationship begins in 4th grade you’ve basically been waiting your entire life for this day! These childhood sweethearts have the sweetest love. The entire evening Jake + Kenzie had the biggest smiles on their faces because they were finally married, husband and wife. Pure joy! Jake and Kenzie planned the most perfect + […]
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Ice cream + jeep rides with the top off, that’s my kind of Iowa summer night! And it was a race between Andy + Rebecca and Iowa’s humidity to see if more ice cream would end up melted on the ground or eaten. We had so much fun! These two have known each other since […]
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When I met Mason + Mikayla last November we talked all about how they enjoyed being outdoors, going on adventures with their dogs, and they were super laid back and easy to get to know. (They even met up with me at Starbucks in sweatpants, so I knew we were a good fit!) When discussing […]
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It’s hard to put into words the beauty of Will + Jessica’s wedding day at the Madison County Winery. There were so many special moments throughout their entire day. The first look Jessica had with her grandpa and wearing her grandmother’s earrings. The letter Will still had that Jess wrote to him after their first […]
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EVEN THE SEEMINGLY ORDINARY + MUNDANE MOMENTS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND DESERVE TO BE DOCUMENTED IN AN “EVERYDAY ‘US’ FILM!” Who else grew up creating movies with their parents camcorders? Or have watched an hour long home video of your family opening presents on Christmas morning? Setting the videocamera on a tripod for a significant amount […]
