The Great Lakes Area Show Series – Educational Dressage, (GLASS-ED) recently hosted its annual banquet, a celebration of the year’s accomplishments in the sport of dressage. It brought together riders, trainers, volunteers, show hosts, and supporters of the organization to recognize outstanding achievements and enjoy camaraderie. In addition to the awards ceremony, the banquet provided […]

I’ve known Grace since she was pretty young. We met through our love of horses. Grace started taking lesson at the barn I boarded my horse at. I would do barn chores a couple times a week and every evening she was there riding, her dad was typically with her. He struggled to just sit […]

Sarah and Jason are high school sweethearts who turned a chance encounter in the school hallways into a love story that lasted a whole decade. Fast forward to their big day – a bash filled with love, laughter, and a lot of history. It was a gorgeous fall day. The weather literally could not be […]

I’ve met a lot of great people through horses. I’ve been riding since I was 8 so the last 30 years have been put me on many paths to find some of the best people in my life. Many I would call life long friends. Meet Chloe! I met Chloe and her family when I […]

Paige and Nick’s wedding took place on a beautiful summer day in Northern Michigan. We started our day meeting with the bride and her girls at the condo above the beautiful Kirkbride Hall venue! It was such a convenient location for the bride and her family to stay and have a place to get ready […]

Cami and Riley were married on the most beautiful June evening at sunset at Apple Blossom Chapel and Gardens. I adore this venue. Kathy and her team are always the most welcoming and professional. Her experience cannot be matched.  With Apple Blossom’s breathtaking landscapes, vibrant floral displays, and a tranquil ambiance, this enchanting garden setting […]

Cindy and Shanna are back on the blog for their big day! Just a short couple weeks after their engagement session, we celebrated their union in a beautiful wedding at Frederik Meijer Gardens. The day was unseasonably hot for early June. Cindy and Shanna originally chose this date because it’s typically a pleasant time of […]

On my contact form, I always have a box where I ask potential clients to leave some fun info about their relationship, how they met, their engagement, etc. I don’t typically get a ton of detailed responses, but then there was Jenna. She left the entire story of how she had met Ethan, why they […]

I met with Cindy and Shanna on a gorgeous spring evening in May. The weather was absolutely perfect for an engagement session and I was thrilled it would work out that way! Cindy and I had been going back and forth for months trying to figure out a date. Between the brutal winter weather, sickness […]

We all know how tough 2020 was for a lot of people. The unknown, the uncertainty, the fear. 2020 was particularly scary for me because I was carrying my first child. The cancelled appointments, the social distance – it was A LOT. Plus working with all my wonderful 2020 couples on rescheduling and rearranging, I […]