Susan and I met at IU when we were college sophomores. I am forever grateful for the people that come into your life that you aren't exactly seeking out but they fit perfectly into a place you didn't know you needed filling. I am also grateful for this gift of being able to capture my friends families because at this busy season of our lives it's a way we can connect even if for one hectic hour a couple times a year. Susan and Mike are raising their family in Chicago so they wanted to do a shoot in the city by the lake and we couldn't have asked for better weather. Well, in the midwest in the summer you can always ask for less humid weather but I guess it could have been worse than it was. As you scrolled through some of these photos you may have wondered why they would be included in a professional photoshoot? I like to capture your life just as it is right now. Each season of your life passes so quickly. Especially when you have small children. These moments go as quickly as everyone who has been there before warns us that they do. I want you to remember what it felt like to have your little girl rest her head on your shoulder with her binky in her mouth for comfort, what it looked like when you walked across the park hand in hand and even when your kids wouldn't stand still or happily smile at the camera despite the bribe of cookies back at the car. The happy smiling moments and all those in between are what I"m trying to capture.