Happy Thanksgiving!!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!! John & I took my sisters with us to volunteer at the Mozel Sanders charity food delivery program the night before Thanksgiving and their entire set-up was AMAZING. I can’t imagine feeding 30,000 people in a day but they manage to get it all done thanks to thousands of volunteers and contributions. John was up to his eyeballs in green beans and my sisters and I bagged rolls all night. After I filled a huge box with food, I sat back and thought of the magnitude of their operation and how SO many people would have a great Thanksgiving because of what everyone was doing that evening. It’s hard to comprehend all of it actually. One guy told us that it used to take them 2 weeks to prepare all of the food and now, with the help of their volunteers, they’re able to get it all done in 2-3 days which is incredible. Huge trucks and limousines pulled up at Butler early yesterday morning to begin hauling everything out to their pick up and delivery sites. It was cool to be a part of something so incredible and we all had a great time! 🙂
Congratulations Erin & Aaron!!
We had SO much fun at their wedding…and it was gorgeous! The funniest part about the whole day was that there were five (yes, FIVE) “Erin’s” that day…the bride’s name was Erin, the groom’s name was Aaron, the groom’s future sister-in-law’s name was Erin, the reception coordinator’s name was Erin and then there was me! LOL Everytime someone said our name, we all turned around…hehehe…
Anyway, they were the cutest couple and had an absolutely perfect romantic candlelight wedding. It looked like something straight out of a bridal magazine. 🙂 Erin’s mom is a florist and she and her staff did an amazing job with the florals…Erin even carried a bouquet with candles in it! I’d never seen anyone else think to do that but they were lit as she walked down the aisle and she looked stunning.
Their reception was at the Grand Hall at Union Station (over 400 guests) and the reception staff was so nice to work with…they bent over backwards for everyone the whole night and took care of us and their guests. I highly recommend their venue!
Erin (the bride) doesn’t know this yet…well, she will when she reads the blog…LOL…but her husband and I coordinated a little surprise for her. If you look near the bottom of the collage, you’ll notice some pics from their honeymoon suite. 😀 Aaron slipped us the key at the end of the night so John & I drove over to the Hyatt to get a few shots of their suite with our “Just Married Go Away” sign. (Too cute!!) The best part was that we were running back in to get shots of them coming out for their carriage getaway right as the carriage pulled up…couldn’t have timed that one better!! 🙂
The whole night was like that though. I would set up for a shot and then the perfect moment would happen right in front of the camera. I stood behind them for a few minutes during dinner (I don’t even think they knew I was there) and I had the fisheye lense on and right as I took the shot she turned to him and they toasted their glasses…and of course, I caught it. LOVE it! 🙂
I am the luckiest photographer ever!
A week ago last Sunday I had the opportunity to shoot bridal portraits for this past weekend’s bride and she was gorgeous – inside and out. She and all of her friends and family were the nicest people we’ve ever met and really made us feel like we were a part of their family. The best part was that she LOVED anything super creative and artsy! We surprised her with a folio of pics from her bridal portrait session on her wedding day and of course, I couldn’t post these until after her wedding since she didn’t want her future hubby to see her dress. 🙂 I think bridal portraits are really making a come back and they aren’t the boring, traditional altar type of shots that were popular in the ’80’s – thank goodness!! LOL
Thanks Bobbi!!
(My husband looks so hot here…LOL) 😉
Bobbi Sheridan (photographer friend of ours) recently shot some new pics of me & John together and some family pics for our yearly Christmas cards. They look awesome!! I loved having another photog who shares the same vision as us behind the camera…although it felt strange to be in front of a camera for this photo shoot. LOL Thanks Bobbi! Ollie & Country – two spoiled dogs :)
Snuggle pictures 🙂
Even kind of looks like a reindeer! ;p
Last Sunday we had two photoshoots…one for tomorrow’s bride (bridal portraits) which I can’t release online yet since no one has seen her in her dress…although I’m dying to post them here! LOL She looked so gorgeous, I can’t wait for tomorrow!! 🙂 Anyway, the second shoot was for my aunt and her 2 rescued greyhounds that look almost alike, Ollie & Country. They are adorable and were such good sports with the reindeer antlers. LOL They are so lucky to have such a great life after racing.