Second Shot My First Wedding. February 14, 2011

So first off…Happy Valentine’s Day!

This is definitely one of my favorite holidays of the year. While ‘love’ should be celebrated everyday, it’s a day with an excuse to celebrate it even more. And since I adore all things hearts, cuteness & love (yes, I’m a big cheeseball romantic & will admit it) – how could I not love Valentine’s Day? :)

And to go along with this love-ly day, are the pictures from Ansley & Ryan’s wedding day! It was so exciting to second shoot my very first wedding, with the Churchill’s. Jolie & JP are such a fun couple – after the wedding we went out for some dessert at the Cheesecake Factory & my hubby joined us, and we had some great (and sometimes hilarious) conversations, mostly about marriage, babies (Jolie is six months pregnant!) & nanny-ing. I’m so looking forward to working with them again!

The marriage of Ansley & Ryan, was AMAZING. So glad it was my first wedding, it was such a good first experience! It reminded me in a way of my own wedding, which made me so so happy :)

The ceremony & reception were at the Lauderdale Yacht Club. It was a beautiful ceremony outside, especially since it was around sunset! We joined them earlier for the getting-ready of the guys & gals, and Ansley’s bridesmaids were very helpful! It was also good to have some of the groomsmen around to help Ryan relax & laugh during pictures. It wasn’t till near the end of the day that I found out that the wedding pair had met at Palm Beach Atlantic University – were I also studied for a year, 2009-2010. Turns out we had some friends in common :)

After the ceremony, we took some photos of the couple. Ryan & Ansley were easy & fun to take photos of…hmm, because they were so very in love! <3

 

Ansley made such a gorgeous bride:

All the gals:

The guys:

The Ceremony.

Yes that’s right – the Pastor is using an iPad to do the ceremony! how cool!

The kiss!

Did I mention how in love they were? :)

Some details:

What a gorgeous couple!

Thanks Ansley & Ryan for letting me be a part of your big day! And also a big thank-you to the Churchill’s :)

To everyone else: Enjoy the rest of your love-filled day <3

Thankful Thursday II February 10, 2011

So today, I’m grateful for my husband :)

I spent a good chunk of my day making his Valentine’s Day & 6-month anniversary gift. It made me even more grateful for him.

I also spent a while looking for a certain something that I thought I had somewhere in the house, to add to the gift. While I didn’t find it, I found (in a box with a million other things in it as well) a pile of small notes & letters written to me by friends, some even from several years ago. And it made me grateful for all the friends I have – especially the ones that I don’t see often, because they live in Canada or far away. From all my experiences (camp, Outtatown, youth group, etc.) I’ve made many amazing friends, & wish I was better at keeping in contact more often with them…or that they would come visit me! ;)

So here’s my apologies to these friends. And my letting them know that I am grateful for them! And, I really would love it if they were able to come & visit!! <3

Cathee & Elizabeth. February 8, 2011

So it was a crazy weekend…I second shot my first two weddings! And was quite exhausted after, of course :)

But it was sooooo exciting, and I got to work with some amazing, wonderful photographers – the Churchill’s & Lara Rios!

So since then I’ve been trying to do some catching-up. From last weekend, at the workshop with Alex, after we shot the Kidd family, we also shot cute lil’ Elizabeth & her beautiful mom, Cathee! We found this neat shop street, for a perfect setting. Elizabeth was being such a goof for a while..nothing but cheesy smiles or angry faces, on purpose. But we managed to get her to have some fun and get some real laughter & smiles going :)

Elizabeth & her lunchbox:

What a cutie!

Feel the love <3

My favorite!

Some fun :)

Some cute mother-daughter time.

One more, with some extra LOVE:

February + family sneak peek. February 2, 2011

February is one of my favorites months. How could it not be? Valentine’s Day & my birthday, within ten days of each other?Pretty sweet! But then again our anniversary isn’t till september, so that’s a big gap, & Christmas is over ten months away. I guess there’s pro’s & con’s to everything. ;) Not that waiting for holidays is what we should look forward to in life. It really isn’t. Except, for the holiday where we join Jesus in Heaven one day. Other than that, there’s much more in and to life than holidays. Like living your life with and for Jesus :)

So I’ve been slacking on a new post. Not on purpose, it’s just that it’s been a crazy, roller-coaster ride, past few days, that I’ve only been able to survive thanks to having Jesus by my side!

And now I am finally updating my blog :)

 

The workshop – was AMAZING! Alex was so awesome, I had an incredible day with her. We went out for some Chipotle for lunch, then met up with a couple families for some photoshooting! I was a bit nervous, but we had a lot of fun & ended up with some great pictures. Here is a sneak peek of the Kidd family:

And here is a sneak peek of goofy lil’ Elizabeth & her beautiful mom, Cathee:

More to come in the next day or so :)