{Daniel and Priscilla: Part 1}

Honestly, weddings scare me. I love attending them and the whole concept (of course) but being asked to be a photographer at a wedding is a different story. It is hard! There is so much pressure and it really takes a lot of time after the wedding to get all the images to the customer. So for now I advertise that I do small intimate weddings - which is just what Daniel and Priscilla's wedding was.

I showed up at the apartment early to get some getting ready pictures. It was the most beautiful spring day. Priscilla was already glowing when I arrived. She has a ton of hair and it looked absolutely gorgeous!

Not long after I showed up, Daniel came to see his soon-to-be bride. What special moments! I love these times before a wedding when the couple gets some time together.

Then off to the church we went. The guys always seem to have it so easy.

Prisicilla's gown was breathtaking. I overheard so many people say how lovely she looked!

Priscilla had the sweetest bridesmaids. They were so helpful and cheerful even though there were some last minute situations. :)

I loved that this ceremony was showered in prayer. God was trulykept at the focus throughout the entire day.

More to come...

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~meet my new friend~

I announced the new logo today! (as seen above!) I need to thank Lee Ann Coady Design and Grace Ramon. They both worked really hard to get me to this point. I am excited for what my business has in store over the next 6 months. I love my customers and think they are the best! THANK YOU ALL!

I'm looking forward to another busy weekend of taking pictures. I will be taking a little 'break' for a couple weeks from June 18th-July 5. I will be scheduling into mid-July so let me know if you need anything before then.

Here's a picture from last month. This is my brother-in-law and my new sister-in-law at their wedding in Sedona! It was so gorgeous! Congrats you two! We need to get together more often!

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~monday, january 12~

You know those days when you feel like you've gotten a million things done and have nothing to show for it? That's today. I'm playing catch-up from not doing much over the weekend. I guess that's what I get. I did do a wedding Friday and a newborn session yesterday. Plus, tomorrow I will be fulfilling one of my photographic dreams. I know everyone wants to know but you'll just have to wait :) I know I can't even begin to wrap my mind around this one.

One from the Friday wedding...

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~a thought on weddings~

I have debated and debated in my head whether I should continue with weddings. It is a big hard job with lots of pressure but it's also a lot of fun to see it all come together. I have decided that I will continue to do small intimate weddings and start my price at $500. I know this isn't a lot but I do not have a lot of the expensive equipment yet and I do keep it pretty simple.

I just finished up editing this cd for E & C. It turned out beautifully! Thanks so much for sharing your day with me. I'm headed to the post office right now to send them off!

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~last random monday of 2008~

*Our Christmas was fantastic. I think one of the highlights this year was delivering Angel Tree gifts. I had to laugh so hard at Scott because he was JUST LIKE Santa Claus as we drove around town....HOHOHO! We also got to deliver a meal to a family that needed it. What a pleasure that was!

*Another highlight was singing in the Christmas Cantata at church. I haven't sang in a choir since high school and Scott has never sung in a choir. It was fun to get to have that time together on Thursday nights. He is ready for the Easter Concert now! I think practice starts in a couple weeks!

* We enjoyed a quiet Christmas morning with the family. Jonah got his first Pirate Lego kit and now wants to save up to get all of them (like father like son.) Simon got a Speedracer truck and car and Trinity got a kitchen set that she loves to "cook" for us all. We were also surprised to recieve some gifts from the church including several new winter outfits and new winter coats for the kids. I'm not sure who gave them but we are so thankful!

*Several families from church came over for dinner on Christmas night. It was nice to have a delicious meal with such good company. One of the men brought his ATARI over so that and Yatzee were the hits of the night. Thank you all for coming!

* We headed up to Scott's parents house the next day and spent the night. We had fun playing games and eating and playing more games and eating and opening presents. Saturday afternoon, we had to take my sister-in-law to the ER once again as she hadn't slept for several nights still dealing with Bipolar Disorder and getting her meds right. Another chapter in my saga dealing with this disorder. We decided we are going to write a book about this last month... :) Please pray for her and the rest of the family. It is so complicated!

*My middle guy turned 4 on Sunday. We celebrated Saturday evening at Nana and Papas but went to McDonalds (his favorite) for lunch after church. He asks for a hamburger and fries all the time. When I woke up Sunday morning, his little sister had hit him with her purse. He looked at me and said, "She needs a spankin'. Mom, can you get me the spanker?" I told him that he is not allowed to spank. He replied, "Mom, the Bible says that 4-year-olds are allowed to spank their sisters when they hit them with their purse." It might be an interesting year with him but I love him so much!

*I gave blood yesterday for the first time in a long time. What a great feeling that is! I got to use it as an excuse to relax the rest of the day also :)

*I have counted that I have done over 30 sessions (not including the wedding) in the last 6 weeks before Christmas! I wanted to thank you all SOOOO much. There is no way I could have blogged every session but I'm going to try to make it up to you all by doing another "1 A DAY" in January. Although it won't actually be "1 A DAY" since our 7th anniversary is on the 1st and we'll be taking a couple days off for that (I'll blog about that later...) I look back overwhelmed at what was accomplished and overjoyed that I survived...ha! I now must spend several weeks regrouping the house as it has been neglected for about a month now. Poor thing...

I will leave you with a picture of the beautiful bride from the December 20th wedding. The wedding was held at their home and was spectacular in so many ways! I can't wait to share some more.

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