Katie & Jim | Des Moines Wedding Photographer

How to even begin sharing about my dear friend Katie?! She and I both grew up in Indianola, and I always looked up to her as what I wanted to be like “when I grew up”. Over the past 5+ years, I remember many conversations we had about our deep desire to be married, and how to be content in our seasons of singleness. After I moved back to the Des Moines area this past August, I visited Valley Church and Katie was leading worship that week. {She is and INCREDIBLE musician and overflows with love for God and for worship!} After the music, she found her spot to sit during the message, and she nestled her head into a man’s shoulder and then he kissed her forehead! I had no idea she was in a relationship! I was SO excited to meet this man, as I knew he had to be quite the catch! After getting to know Jim,  he and Katie couldn’t possibly be a better fit. I am so honored to get to photograph their wedding in July!

Talk about a classy couple!

They can be silly!

And for the story Katie will always remember as she looks back at her engagement shoot! It was the day of their scheduled shoot, and I got a call from Jim on Katie’s phone. I knew something had to be wrong. Well, Katie had wanted to use a photo frame in a couple of their engagement photos, so that afternoon she was taking the backing and glass out of this frame, and the glass shattered and cut her little finger! After one look at it, Jim took her into the ER and she got a bunch of stitches and a tetanus shot!! How awful! All for some cool photos! So I took this shot to remember the incident: Enchanting.

Congratulations, Jim & Katie! I can’t wait to be a part of your beautiful day!