Remember these two? They got MARRIED!

So this was actually more of a reception than an actual "wedding". These lucky dogs actually had their ceremony in Aruba!!! HELLO!! I can't think of two better people to have that experience though.

We have loved every minute of working with these two. Jerry and Adrienne are such genuine, fun people that this has hardly felt like work at all! The reception was beautiful. I loved how they had it decorated. It was very much my style! =) As I looked through these pictures for the first time, I started noticing there were several of Adrienne's back - I just loved the back of her dress. It was so simple but SO classy. Perfect for a beach wedding I do believe! Ooh, ooh, and I loved her hair too!! Oh, and her shoes! =)

Adrienne and Jerry decided to do some bride/groom pictures downtown before the ceremony. It was great getting to spend some time with them and capture just the two of them together, by themselves, for a while. To me, that's when you get the best expression at a wedding. All that love and happiness just comes beaming out! If only it hadn't been so hot and sunny. We were all about melted by the end of it.

Here's just a few of our favorites from the day:



Congrats guys!!

Sorry we've been MIA for so long but WOW, what a week....or year, rather. You'll probably remember, it all started when my cousin Ryan passed away on April 10. He had been battling Pancreatic Cancer off an on for around 3 years. My cousins and I are very close so this was a hard blow. A BIG TIME hard blow. I spent a few days in Minnesota for the memorial service and when I got back... I believe it was like a day and a half later... I found out my grandpa Carl (same side of the family as Ryan) was diagnosed with stage IV Colon Cancer. Ouch. Are you kidding me? This had to be a joke!! Unfortunately, it wasn't. He had surgery to remove a large tumor from his colon but of course it had already spread. Things progressed quickly after that. He had a blood transfusion last Thursday and decided not to attempt Chemo, so on Friday, they called in Hospice. Dac and I headed down there Sunday. I am so happy I was able to see him, give him a hug, and tell him I loved him, but am devastated that it meant seeing him in his final days. He passed away just a few minutes after we left Tuesday morning. My dad and I headed back to Louisianna Wednesday morning. The grandkids planned and put together the memorial service. That was such a rough job but I think he'd be pleased. Dad and I headed home Friday after the service. To say I'm completely exhausted would be a total understatement. I don't think I've ever been so tired and so drained as I am right now. Quite frankly, I think we've just had to endure a bit too much in such a short time. Thankfully though, I know God is with us and through this he has and will continue to do great things. Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, patience, and understanding during this tough time!

Now then, on to less depressing things!! =) About a month ago, we photographed Joey and Samantha's wedding. You might remember them from this post. I loved their wedding. It was super laid back but yet very glam! Sammi was gorgeous and the decor was very reminiscent of a Tiffany's box! It doesn't get much more glam than that! The bridesmaids even got the sweetest little Tiffany's necklaces they wore for the wedding. Like I said, the wedding and reception were laid back, and so were the happy couple. Both seemed so at ease and so in love! Here are a few of our favorites from the day:



More wedding posts coming soon!

You might remember me talking about having to reschedule an engagement session several times in the past couple months. Well, that couple was Jory and Kristin. The first time is when it snowed like crazy in March. Then, it rained and poured the next time, and the time after that I had to go to Minnesota for Ryan's funeral. SO - we called it quits and decided we'd just do a family session after the big day! =) Still, even though we hadn't met these two, we'd e-mailed back and forth a ton and when we showed up that day, it was kind of like we'd been friends for years! They and their families are just as sweet and fun as can be and welcomed us right in.

The wedding was beautiful - a simple outdoor ceremony with their adorable little girl making herself right at home in front of everyone. =) Kristin was stunning, which you'll see in a minute. And the reception was, as expected, a real good time.

So enough talkin', let's get to the good stuff!

Two weeks ago Dac and I headed up to Council Grove for our first wedding of the season - Brock and Kari's. You'll probably remember Kari from her bridal pictures I posted a while back. Anyway, of course since it was our first wedding in a few months, we were just a tad on the nervous side. =) Everything went great though and it was the perfect start to the season.

Everyone looked fantastic and the ceremony was very sweet. We headed to the Grenada Theater in Emporia for the reception! What a cool venue! LOVED IT. Everyone ate, drank, danced, and Kari even got serenaded by all the men in her family! =)

Here's a few of our favorites from the day:

Well guys, our first wedding of the season was a lot of fun! The next day I had sore muscles that I didn't even know existed, so I take that as a sign of success! =) Congratulations Brock and Kari! We'll have more from their wedding up soon but for now I wanted to share a few of Kari's bridals I took a couple weeks ago.

Kari looked absolutely beautiful in her dress! I think you'll agree!