It all started with a tough conversation in my friend Katelyn’s living room last February. I was tired, burned out, and had hit a major plateau I couldn’t seem to overcome. In short, I’d finally realized I couldn’t do it all on my own anymore. I needed HELP. But where to find that sort of help? I couldn’t fathom hiring a full-time office assistant!

And that’s when Katelyn, in her ever-loving wisdom, pointed out that I have a very capable, business-minded husband who’s been offering to help me run things for years now. Why had I never accepted that offer? I’d found out a long time ago that Matt was NOT a fan of photographing weddings with me, so I’d just assumed that meant we’d never work together at all, in any capacity.

But I was SO wrong! And after a year of handing small pieces of my business at a time to Matt, he’s proved himself one heck of a business manager. All the free educational content we put out in January for the Make 2016 Yours challenge? None of that would have happened without him- he designed the websites, uploaded the videos, coordinated the webinars, spent countless hours on the phone and over email with support folks, all of it.

So as of April 1st, Matt’s leaving his corporate job to come on as my business partner!  We’ve been praying for this for over a year, and the fact that it’s almost here is absolutely unreal- I can’t believe we’re finally going to be a husband + wife team! Pop the champagne and cue the confetti!

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He’s already been handling all of my contracts, invoices, finances, taxes and all product ordering, but once things are officially official, we’ll be stepping that up a bit more. And in addition to all of that, he’s also got a few projects he’s been dying to start work on, projects that YOU guys will be reaping the rewards of! And that’s one of the things I love the MOST- that part of the reason Matt’s so eager to join me is because he loves serving this community I hold so dear.

Matt & I are so, so grateful for all the encouragement we’ve received so far. You guys have already seen some of the fruits of our labor, and with how breathtakingly positive the results were with Matt giving just a fraction of his time to AGP, I absolutely cannot wait to see what this year holds for us. Wish us luck!

One becomes two | We’re a husband + wife team!

March 3, 2016

  1. Kathy says:

    Congrats guys! Husband and wife teams are where it’s at! Such a joy to get to work with your partner and best friend! 🙂

  2. Audrey says:

    Abby!!! Oh my gosh! This is so exciting!! I love your unique take on the husband + wife team!! Can’t wait to see what this does for your business! 🙂 🙂

  3. Urška Majer says:

    What an amazing news, Abby! Congratulations!

  4. Ally Allison says:

    Abby! I am SO, SO HAPPY for you! Congratulations to you and Matt!!! You will be an amazing team and both of your servant hearts will be SUCH a blessing to your clients!!!!! Can’t wait to squeeze you!!!!!!

  5. Bethany says:

    Congratulations! I want to wish the two of you continued success and happiness!

  6. Tyler says:

    Congratulations to you both! This is super exciting – I know this will only mean even more amazing things to come!

  7. Nicole says:

    Congratulations!! This is SO exciting! To join forces and do what you love together is such a blessing! AGP is gonna be unstoppable!

  8. Morgan Leigh says:

    Wow, this is AMAZING!!!! Congrats!!!! You two are going to do amazing things!!

  9. Rachel Word says:

    How exciting! Congratulations, Abby and Matt! I can’t wait to see how God uses you both in your business to bless the wedding and creative industry! 🙂

  10. Jean says:

    So excited and happy for you both! Go team!

  11. Jill Powers says:

    AHH!! That’s so awesome! Congratulations you two!! 🙂

  12. Erin Schrad says:

    Holy cow!!! This is so wonderful!!! Congrats, you two!!! Can’t wait to see what is on the horizon for you!

  13. Rebekah says:

    So happy for you!!

  14. Kat says:

    YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy it’s “blog official”!!!!:)

  15. Natalie says:

    YAY! CONGRATULATIONS!

  16. Congrats! That’s such exciting, happy news! Wishing you both all the best! Can’t wait to see all the amazing enhancements 🙂

  17. lindsay says:

    CONGRATULATIONS YOU TWO!!! Ahhh this is such wonderful news! You deserve it, Abby and Matt! Cheers from afar!!

  18. AHH! Congratulations!!! So excited for you and Matt!! #dreamteam

  19. Annamarie says:

    Yayy!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!! You guys are so cute and God is SO GOOD!!!

  20. Dad says:

    Go team Springmann!

  21. HOORAY!! I am so so so excited for you guys!! Such a great move and so well deserved – I can’t wait to see where this takes ya’lls business! 🙂

  22. Wynona says:

    That’s exciting! Husband is the best partner ever really! 🙂

  23. So awesome! I bet you two will have an amazing time together 🙂

  24. ashley says:

    YAY ABBY!!!!! So happy for you guys!!!! That is unbelievably exciting!!!!! YAY!!!!! <3 🙂

  25. Claire Duran says:

    Congrats Abby! That’s amazing. Praying for you two! :*

  26. Sandy Randall says:

    That’s wonderful for the both of you. Congrats.

  27. Karen Field aka Mom says:

    Awesome! I love the way you wrote about how this all came about. You two were already a great team as partners in life. This is an answer to many prayers on your father’s and my part!

  28. Natalie says:

    Congrats! That really exciting news!

  29. Rici says:

    Hey you two! I love this so much! All the best for this new adventure!!

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