Valentines Day Mini Sessions

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A Bunch of Randomness

So I thought I’d share a bunch of random tidbits….because I can…

• I have blogged 37 (38 w/this one) times this month already. Last year…I only blogged 82 times total. Pitiful. Glad I’m well on my way to blasting that number out of the water in 2010!
• We got a Wii for Christmas. We love it! We play it a lot! But not too much.
• This week our heat went out, our internet went out and the car was broken. All in 24 hours.
• We have had our puppy, Scooby Doo for a year this month. He was 4 months old when we got home, so technically, he is still a puppy…or a teenager..or something like that.
• We had visitors here from Minnesota over the past week. My cousins, Megan (21) and Emily (19)…we had tons of fun. When Megan graduates in May she might move here…we’re trying to talk her into bringing Emily too :)
• Last week, we went bowling with the MN visitors (and my Mom). We had a blast and it was the first time my Mom had bowled in over 20 years..she was actually good. I beat everybody in the first game. That never ever happens. My score went steadily downhill over the next 3 games.
• Anthony is out of school on Monday, so we’re taking a mini vacation to Myrtle Beach tomorrow. We’re going to stay at a resort with an indoor water park. Anthony doesn’t even know we’re going. It’s not Disney, but he’s going to be pretty surprised. I plan to have a great time..just sayin.
• I like to read trashy smut books, so after I publish this post, I’m going to go snuggle up on the couch with my new favorite down blanket and read. I might even get a cute 6 yr old boy to snuggle with me while he watches cartoons. If I’m really lucky, an 80 pound puppy will also snuggle with us. Yea, that’s pretty much a given.

Here’s some pics with regards to the above…

Anthony skateboarding on the Wii/Balance Board…he’s actually pretty good at it…

Anthony & Daddy have been playing the Legos Star Wars Game on the Wii..I thought it was funny the other night to walk in there and see both animals laying with Brian  and the 2 of them playing. (I’m trying hard to remember to take personal pics of every day life.)

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii……  The day the heat was out, Diana and Lillian were at the house (along with my cousins)…we were playing the (you guessed it) Wii all day and ordered pizza and just bummed out. Since there was no heat, everybody snuggled under blankets including Lillian and Diana…

Here’s little baby Scooby when we got him last January at 4 months old….

And here he is now….Such a big boy! I never thought I’d be an animal person but I sure love my puppy!

Since my sister is still on maternity leave, when the girls (From MN) were here, we hung out at my house a lot during the day to play Wii and I would work in my office while everybody alternating playing games and holding baby Lillian. Here’s Megan…the future RN!

And here’s one of the pics from bowling…

Finally, just a cute picture of my boy that I took tonight…isn’t he handsome? :)  That’s it! Have a great rest of the weekend…I won’t be blogging tomorrow, but might on Monday..depends on what time we get back from Myrtle Beach.

TGIF

So it’s Friday night and I’m about to fall asleep, but since I’ve done so good with blogging daily, I just had to pop on here and do a quick post. I’m almost caught up with sharing all of my 2009 sessions – yay! I should be able to wrap them up next week. In the meantime, I had such a fun session today with 2 super sweet people. Some of you may have seen this on facebook already and I will give the full story later, but a year ago tomorrow…

Flight attendant & handsome marine…meet on a flight to IRAQ! After a year together via email, phone and a 2 week R&R..they are in loooove….

Here’s a quick pic with many more to follow…

I have a shoot in the a.m. so I’m going to bed..night!

Emily and Stephen – Part 2

As mentioned in Part 1, Emily and Stephen got married in September outside in a tent…on the side of a mountain…in the rain. There really was nowhere indoor to take photos, so we got creative. The first few here are from the house where the girls got ready. Luckily on the side of their house was a covered walkway between the house and the garage, so we stayed dry and used some of the brick as a back drop. Emily was such a trooper and kept a smile on her face 99.9% of the day and didn’t let the weather spoil her special day. She looked radiant…

I hadn’t met Emily’s Mom before, but by the time we left, we were calling her Mama too. She is such a sweetheart and really made us feel like part of the family instead of just the “hired help.” Thanks, Mama Pruitt!

A few more pre-ceremony photos. We had hoped to do a lot more than we ended up doing, but that’s ok, we made it work! You can see in the back of some of the pictures, the misty weather. I think that actually adds to the pics since it was definitely not bright, sunny and dry! I love love love this next picture of Emily and her Dad. I think it’s so sweet how he was helping her keep her dress dry.

Finally, it was time to head up to the venue. It was still raining so some people had to park at the bottom and be driven up the mountain in 4 wheel drive vehicles. Luckily I was with the girls and we rode in a big ole pick up! The plan was to get married on another part of this land to the left of the tent, but with the bad weather, the ceremony was moved underneath. So many helpers made the change quickly and it was beautiful. The bridal party came down the hill, with their umbrellas..luckily everybody stayed upright :) I love the next 2 of Emily and her Dad.

Hopefully they won’t kill me for posting this one, but I just love it. I love capturing raw emotion. Their friends had just finished singing a song written just for them and they got choked up.

Yay! They’re married; seal it with a kiss!

Some of the details… Emily and Stephen had a really fun wedding party and they didn’t mind getting a little wet! Carlie and Leah bought matching umbrellas for the wedding party the day before since it was looking like it was going to keep raining, so they were perfect for pictures! If it had been nice weather, Emily and her Dad would’ve crossed this bridge to “walk down the aisle..” Everybody else would’ve come in from a different side. So I wanted to make sure to utilize the bridge in some of the pics… Emily and Stephen are so cute together… they are so in looove…but they also do lots of laughing with (and at..) each other..haha. The groomsmen came up with this one all on their own..I just hit the shutter…

  The reception was fairly short because of the weather (it was a bit chilly along w/the rain)….but they still had their first dance together…

Finally, as things were winding down, somebody brought out the bubbles… Emily and Stephen, thank you for having Brian and I document your special day! It was an absolute honor and you and your families treated us so wonderfully. I’m sure you’ll find Brian sitting out on the dock one day when it warms up, fishing. haha :) I wish you all the best!

Katie and Matt – Baby On The Way

I love my job! Have I said that lately? One of the fun things I get paid to do is attend parties and take pictures, eat yummy food and hang out with awesome people. It’s rough I tell you! I had the opportunity to do the party thang this past weekend when Carlie and Leah (pals with Emily, of Emily-and-Stephen’s-wedding-on-the-side-of-the-mountain and Katie, the mommy to be) threw a shower for Katie (and Matt). The shower was at Carlie’s step-dad’s house, right on the water. It had lots and lots of windows and a beautiful view, so even though it was only like 30 degrees, Katie & Matt braved the elements for about a 5 minute photo session outside before the guests arrived.

I bet you can’t guess how far along this mommy-to-be is, can you? Ok I’ll tell you..she’s 34 weeks….isn’t she gorgeous?? I couldn’t believe she was that far along!!

 

After the pics, we headed inside for the party. It was small and intimate and so much fun. They didn’t do traditional party games but one of the activities they had was cookie decorating – great idea!

They also had yummy food and super cute decorations! The baby’s room has a fish decor going on, so that’s why they did some decorating with the bath toys!

 If you want to see all the pictures from the shower, click here for the slideshow.

In a couple weeks, we will be getting together for a full maternity session; I can’t wait!

By the way, is anybody else shocked that I’ve posted 2 blogs this week that are from CURRENT sessions? OMG!!