This past weekend we hosted our very first workshop experience!! 12 photographers joined us for almost 12 hours of all things photography & business. We have SO many thank-you’s to come, but we want to start with an extra special thank you to a few people who encouraged & selflessly served us throughout this process. Without them, this workshop would not have happened!
To our husbands. THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for being there not only the day of but the days, weeks & months leading up to the day. Thank you for dreaming with us, for listening to our crazy ideas, & for loving us so well during those crazy stressful times. Mark, thank you for getting up before 6 the day of the workshop to get us coffee & breakfast. Ty, thank you for being willing to jump in & model for our posing section when we sprang the idea on you just one hour before it happened. You are just so cute (This is clearly Alex talking here 
???? ) even when your outfit isn’t the cutest. 
???? Thank you for spending the day in DSM, & coming back & forth to the studio; for doing the dishes even we didn’t communicate clear expectations. We are so very thankful to call you our husbands.
To Liz. The woman who made EVERYTHING happen without a hitch the day of the workshop. I don’t think there are words that could ever express our gratitude for you. You gave up your entire day to be our behind the scenes contact. You made our STUNNING dinner a reality, & you coordinated all vendor interactions so very smoothly. & THEN, you stayed back with us to clean & pack with the help of your selfless husband, Michael.
And Brooke, you came from Kansas City to attend our workshop, & THEN you also selflessly decided to stay back after the workshop & help clean up as well. AND you rearranged your whole car so that we could store some stuff in there. Having you three help clean up was an act that saved us hours of time and lots & lots of tears. We are so very thankful for you three & all the help you gave us with clean up. Thank you all for being such great friends.
To all of you as a whole, we are both in awe of your servant hearts. THANK YOU for being so amazing.
(And thank you Caitlyn for the majority of these images from the day!!)
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