Baby Blue Babies

{thank you} Betsy for letting me run around on an adventure with your handsome little men!

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day! The sun was shining and it wasn't too hot :] Betsy brought Parker and Preston out to Franconia Sculpture Garden to have an adventure with me! If you haven't been to Franconia, I recommend it - it most definitely is a sight to see! It's filled with a ton of different sculptures that are built from every day things, it's crazy how cool it is. I'm not sure exactly where some of these people come up with the ideas, but as a photographer - I'm glad they do, because it's so much fun for pictures.

I came packed full of snacks, games, and camera space.

While Preston finished his nap in the car with his aunt | Betsy {mom}, Parker, and I headed off to a wall {fence} made out of trees. |sidenote| SUCH a cool background if you're looking to take some pictures :] Back on track.. we started out playing with bubbles! With Parker being only 2, he is one of the most polite little boys I've ever met, oh, did I mention that his eyes are unbelievable? Literally when I say ice blue... it doesn't even begin to describe how amazing they are! Geez, back on track, yet again. So, we were playing with bubbles and Parker got a little too close with his mouth and his face was just priceless! Still makes me smile thinking about the cute crunched face he made!!

We decided that we were going to start our journey around the garden after that, we came to what would resemble a play ground {swings, slides, tunnels}. Our only problem seemed to be that there was a music video going on! Parker didn't mind and still checked out the spot, ehh, he decided after 1 time around that we were ready for the next spot. By this time, brother Preston joined us! Man, can he crawl!! It was tough to keep up with him! When he's on a missing {just like his big brother} he gets there! Oh, again, I forgot to mention how gorgeous his eyes are - you seriously get lost in them! Unreal!!

So it was Betsy, Parker, Preston, and I - our next spot was a hanging house. At first we decided it was scary, then figured it was okay because someone put it that way. We got some great shots of mom and her boys on our garden adventure! It was time to head back through the wooden tunnel to our starting location. We were going to meet baby cousin Claire back there.

Once getting back to our {fence}, we took some posed shots of the cousins, aunties, and uncle and then since the boys were so good, they got cupcakes! The boys stripped down to their undies and the frosting was on their tongues in record time. Preston was digging in and managed to get frosting everywhere :] He had it on his legs, diaper, eye lashes, nose, you name it - it was there! Along with the frosting was dirt and grass - tooo cute for words though. Parker on the other hand was very neat about his frosting! He licked every single finger after getting some on it. Preston wanted more though, so Parker shared some with his baby brother {he's such a good sharer}. He got frosting on his nose and it was giggle city after that!

SUCH a wonderful wonderful day with some amazing people! Pretty sure that my heart melted even more at the end of the shoot when Parker gave me a hug. AH I love my job! Families like yours make my job SO rewarding, so thank you Betsy!

Country Lovin'

What an amazing day! My feet hurt, my hand stings, and it was so worth it!

Today, I was honored to take pictures at Serina and Mike's wedding; along with my bff Tressa by my side. I honestly can't even pick out what my favorite part of the day was because everything went absolutely perfect and there were so many fun surprises throughout the day :]

We started the day off with a "typical" coffee house run :] Smoothies and bagels while finishing up our last minute details and last preparations before the big day was going to begin. Once arriving to the stunning Bruentrup Heritage Farm in Maplewood, the location was set up and just breathtaking - old barns, outdoor ceremony set up, and fields surrounding everything. A picture perfect scene {in my mind}. The bride {Serina} was absolutely gorgeous, as always :] and Mike was handsome and super nervous, but hey.. who wouldn't be!

I have to say - the unveiling of the bride to her groom was such an unforgettable moment. {Thank you} Serina and Mike for allowing us to share such an intimate moment with the both of you. I had a lump in my throat the entire time and could have started bawling at any time! Good thing I didn't' because I would have been a huge mess and the ceremony didn't even start yet! The pictures went just as scheduled and the wedding party couldn't have been better to work with - such great friends you all have. I'm a huge country fan, and I LOVE that the theme was country. Cowgirl boots with the bridesmaid dresses and flower girls was awesome - SO cute! Also made for some pretty awesome pictures!

Ceremony went wonderful! Serina had the most unique ideas, and I only wished that I could have stole some of them for myself - too late on my end! From a sign that read "Here comes the Bride" to the centerpieces, and her "I'm his MRS. and I'm her MR." I just loved everything about it! The weather was perfect, the company was great, and the emotions were running high! Amazing couple that deserved a dream wedding - and it was perfection at its best!

Lots of laughs and smiles were had by all! Even my face hurts because I smiled the entire day even behind the camera :]

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that helped Tressa and I today, and to Serina and Mike for choosing us for their big day! Congratulations you two; may you have a long happy life together! PS. Sorry Mike for spilling your beer, totally forgot to get you another one - dang it!

Let's give this a shot...

Hi all :]

Not sure about this "blogging" ordeal, but I'm going to give it a try! I want to give a shoutout to all my wonderful clients that have been keeping me busy over the last few weeks to months and even back to last year! Honestly, from the bottom of my heart | I {love} to meet you all and get to know you over the time of our shoot! Not to mention watch the growth of your families, beautiful weddings, and of course witness events and memories that you cherish. I know how important every day is, so {thank you} for including me to be part of it.

I guess my way of using this blog is to describe my shoots with some pretty unbelievable people - of course my teasers will be included on here, can't miss out on those! I just feel like the amazing people that I meet deserve to get some recognition for just how awesome they are!

On a sidenote, every single shoot I do has it's memorable and super funny moments! I'll just say this.. at my last shoot {sorry Stella, you're going to hate me when you're older!} I had a little lady who was very persistant with stripping down to nothing in the water at a park! Check back for that story in a few days :] This weekend is full of fun families and a beautiful outdoor wedding! Camera in hand, I'm off to the outdoors for a fun night of "sign language" shooting! Have a wonderful night everyone!

I'll end with one of my favorite quotes..
"A good snapshot stops a moment from running away." Eudora Welty


{thanks for listening!}