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Hi friends!  I'm Jill and I'm so glad you stopped by.

 I'm a wedding and portrait photographer based out of Chicago and Central Illinois.  Grab a coffee (or my favorite, a coke!) and take a look around this site at the beautiful people who let me tell their stories through images, as well as a little peek into our everyday life!

MARRIAGE MONDAYS | PLANNING A VACATION AS NEWLYWEDS Guest Post by: Sarah Roberts

Hi friends, Jill here!  We are almost at the end of my full leave and over the next few weeks, I will be transitioning slowly back into some work hours. I cannot wait to share a bit more about our new little man and the past 8 or so weeks, but for now, Sarah is back […]

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February 5, 2018

MARRIAGE MONDAYS | MARRIAGE AND KIDS And what it can mean together

It has been so long since a Marriage Mondays post and I am so excited to dig back into this series! As we are on the brink of adding a 3rd baby to our little family, I have been thinking a lot about kids, and having kids, and how it changes the dynamics of marriages. […]

July 31, 2017

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MARRIAGE MONDAYS : ABOUT CARS And what love's got to do with it

These Marriage Mondays posts have quickly become some of my favorite to write.  We have a lot of story and a lot we have learned from our 6 married years, and while we have our real share of struggles, we also just operate pretty darn well together, and it is very fun to share stories […]

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March 30, 2017

MARRIAGE MONDAYS: A NOTE FROM MY HUSBAND When my Michael says "yes" to guest blog!

Hi, all.  This is “my Michael” coming to you from the end of Jill’s birthday weekend.  Let me tell you something about my Jill… she is a firm believer in birthday weeks.  Or, maybe birthday months?  When we first started dating, I did my best to comply with the birthday week philosophy – birthday meals […]

March 6, 2017

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MARRIAGE MONDAYS : WHEN KIDS ARE WHAT’S NEXT A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS

This is another Marriage Monday post that also sits in between that series and my “Mamahood” series, but it is something that has really been on my heart lately.  In part because we are heavily in the 2 or 3 kids debate, which I have shared here before…and also because a lot of people we care about […]

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January 22, 2017

MARRIAGE MONDAYS: THE NEVER ENDING CHORES LIST A few lessons we have learned

This Marriage Monday post is for ALL the couples…heck, all the PEOPLE…living with anyone! Now, we tend to believe here in my house that the sharing of household duties- let’s just call the chores- is a lot easier with the person you love and are dating/married to than with roommates.  There is just an extra desire […]

December 19, 2016

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MARRIAGE MONDAYS : CHRISTMAS GIFTS An intentional approach to giving

While I try to make these posts mostly about marriage vs parenting, the truth is that once you become parents, a lot of your marriage has to do with parenting- so they do sort of go hand in hand! So this one is about both!  While Michael and I both love giving gifts, from the start of […]

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December 12, 2016

MARRIAGE MONDAYS : GREAT HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES WITH YOUR LOVE ...But they may not be what you think...

After a completely packed wedding season (and musical before that) that has kept us constantly on the move for the past 9 months, Michael and I got a completely welcomed and needed day together yesterday!  Each December, we make sure to find one day, our December Date day, to spend together doing some holiday things and making some […]

December 5, 2016

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MARRIAGE MONDAYS : 5 LESSONS WE LEARNED AT WEDDINGS IN 2016 Words, Tone, Winner, Choice, and Time

Blog post topics are something that are always in the back of my mind, and I am constantly writing and re-writing each in my head before sharing them here.  The problem is that sometimes my best versions happen at a time that I can’t write them down- and then I forget!  While I was writing […]

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November 21, 2016

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