Hey friends! Thanks for coming back even though it's almost been decades since we've posted... or so it seems. December has been full of weddings, a few other portrait sessions, and of course, Christmas and all that comes along with it.

We had a great Christmas. We got to see a lot of family and we've even got to see some out of town friends - a few of which stayed with us for New Years Eve, and that was awesome too.

I normally don't get too pumped for New Years. We're hardly wild party animals and I'm wise enough to know that the so-called resolutions I've made will most likely (unfortunately) be broken in the first month.

THIS year however, I am SUPER excited for the new year! 2010 was filled to the rim with challenges and I'm holding on to hope that 2011 will be a more gentle ride. 2010, even with all the heartache, stress (plus the accompanying weight gain), and crazy schedules, also brought about a lot of blessings and I'm excited to see what blessings the new year will bring also. 

2010 was our busiest photography year to date. We worked with a slew of amazing people that were a great match for us and we truly had a blast.

We'll of course be back with more session posts from these past few weeks, along with more info about what's to come down the road. But for now, I wish you a very safe and happy new year. I realize I'm a day late so to make up for it, I'm leaving you with this!

Well almost... her birthday is just a few days away but she had a birthday party over Thanksgiving weekend while some out-of-town family was here.

It was a Little Mermaid party. Which first of all, I didn't know Arial was still popular (or popular again) but I'm glad she is!! Love me some Little Mermaid. She had some adorable cupcakes too...with edible clam shells on top!

She is one of the coolest kids I know. She is sweet, hilarious, caring, full of energy, and an awesome dancer! =) What's not to love? We love having her around and are thankful that her mom and dad let us hang out with her!

Now to the pictures: She posed herself for some of these. =) You'll also notice she got a pretty sweet present...

Guess who decided to come into the world a few days early....

If you follow me on Facebook, you probably saw that Dac and I celebrated being married 4 years on the 16th. (Obviously I'm a little late on this post.) Since I haven't blogged about it before, I thought I'd just share a couple pictures from our wedding day.

But first... a little back story. =)

Once upon a time.... ok, ok... I'll try to make it snappy. Dac and I knew each other as kids at church. I was little shy girl who always had her hair curled and wore pretty (pretty for the 90's, mind you) dresses (thanks mom!) =) Dac was the funny kid who was a bit of a pain in the butt and always got in trouble with the Sunday school teacher.

Then, after hanging out more in youth group, we became great friends and spent our summers together at the pool. We officially started "dating" in high school and we continued to date long-distance through college, until FINALLY... Dac proposed towards the end of my senior year in college. We got married in September of that same year (2006) and have been doing life together...laughing as we go...ever since.

Now to the pictures. The first one is of homecoming my freshman year. We were still "just friends" at this point and the whole getting dressed up and pinning flowers on each other while our parents stared at us was still a little awkward to say the least.

These next two are from a couple months before the wedding. Our actual engagement pictures look ridiculous thanks to a little hair-mishap Dac had, so these are the closest thing I'm willing to share today! =)

In case you're new around here, I am a 'Big' with Big Brothers/Big Sisters. A couple weeks ago, I decided to take my 'Little' on a little final-fun-day before school started. She's a 7th grader this year. Um... when did that happen!? When I was first matched with her, she was in 3rd grade!!

Anyway, I decided to take her down to Stillwater's Jumpin' Little Juke Joint, Eskimo Joe's. I introduced her to the world of the perfect plastic cups, the art of cheese fries, and of course, the ever-so-popular Joe's t-shirt. She was skeptical of its coolness to begin with but by the time we left she was SOLD! Thatta girl! =)

We had fun and today, we decided to have a quick little Joe's photo shoot just for kicks!



Good times, good times.

While I've got you here, I want to remind you we still have time-slots open for our mini-session day. We are no longer going to be doing the sessions at Island Park but we'll keep you posted on the new spot! =)