Carie & Andy - September 12, 2009

Last night was Carie & Andy wedding and it was beautiful.  I wish all my brides, grooms, wedding party, families were this great!  For the first time in my 4 years of doing weddinga - everyone was ON TIME, DRESSED, and IN THE CHURCH to start pictures!  It was awesome!  Carie, Andy and their families are the sweetest peaople - it was truly an honor to share in their special day, it's events like these that make me love my job - it doesn't seem like work when it's fun and entertaining. 

Here is a sneak peak:  thanks Jeff Johansen (my 2nd shooter) for getting these processed and posted so I could spend today (My Wedding Anniversary) with my wonderful husband.

Jeff getting his cake and eating it too!

The Wedding Pary

The beautiful flower girl.

Andy searching for the garter.

The wedding party's reacting when I said, "okay, you are ALL done!"

Flip flops and flowers - doesn't get any better.

The girls giving the groom a lift!

The bride getting ready to throw the bouquet.

Jeannie & Todd September 5, 2009 Part II

I just couldn't wait to get into these pictures! I knew they were going to be awesome!

The two pictures just melt my heart! The two boys are the grooms sons, and the bride hugged and kissed them both at the conslusion of the ceremony! It was priceless and you can just feel the happiness between them all.

The bride and her father dancing.

The beautiful Bride

Such a gorgeous setting for a wedding! Just beautiful!

Stolen moments after the ceremony between the bride and groom.

The bride and her attendants.

The Groom and Best man prior to the wedding. Not sure what is up with the hat.

Worth the wait - the groom seeing his bride for the first time.

What a unique setup - In the Round! not a bad seat! It was really awesome!

Again - could this setting be any more beautiful?! Amazing!

Jeannie & Todd September 5, 2009

Finally! I can post these! We did a secret "Bridal Shoot" with Jeannie about three weeks ago. These pictures were for a special book that Jeannie gave to Todd as a gift tonight. So, just in case Todd went out to my site, I couldn't post these, but now I can!! Yea! It was so awesome to see Todd's reaction to the book - Thank you Jeannie for allowing me to be there to capture it. The wedding today - ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! Great day, wonderful people - Jeannie and Todd are just the best and sweetest couple - their love for each other just radiates! I am downloading the wedding pictures now - I bet there are about 2000 that I will have to sort threw - can't wait to see them. This was a gorgeous outdoor location and the options were endless! Will post more later when I get threw some! But for now here is the beautiful bride...

Sweet Baby Lia

I got to meet Baby Lia today! Such a pretty little girl! How precious. She was baptized today and we took some quick shots of her in her dress and with her mommy & daddy. Will post more later, but just had to get a few up - isn't she just precious?!



For being off her schedule and all the stuff she had to do today, she really was a good baby - got fussy a few times, but mommy and daddy soothed her back to smiles.

andn grandpa or grandma were there there to help - I think she was eyeing grandpa in this picture.

Just beginning to process will have more to post later :)

Ray Family 2009 - Cubs fans? Ya think?

Jeremy & Maddie

Outdoor Fun

Abbie was loving life in front of the camera on Sunday! There aren't many pictures where she isn't smiling, because she wouldn't stop smiling! Not a bad thing, but most 12 year old kids I have to beg to smile. Not Abbie! She was a lot of fun.

Noah - 3 months already!

Quick look at Noah's 3 month pictures - I can't believe how fast he is growing! Here are a few straight outta the camera. Hope to have them edited and posted over the weekend.