Lynda & Mike

Sometimes when your least expecting love it has a way of sneaking up behind you, covering your eyes and making you shriek with shock and excitement. So it was for Lynda. As the mother of five there wasn't much time on her personal calendar to be devoted to dating. Even a night out with the girls was something that was rather unheard of. While family time is certainly a treasure. Being single, particularly during the holidays can weigh on your shoulders like a ton of bricks. In an attempt to escape her sagging shoulders Lynda joined a friend for a night at the Cardinal bar just before New Years.

As the majority of the bar goers prepared for New Years' Eve the following night Lynda and her friend found they had the dance floor much to themselves. Determined to make the most of their night on the town the ladies danced, and danced. Somewhere between the Black Eyed Peas and the classics like Queen a handsome pilot made his way to the dance floor. It didn't take long before Lynda felt the shroud of darkness cover her eyes as love snuck up behind her and filled her ears with laughter and anticipation.

Lynda & Mike it was such a pleasure working with you and your families. Your ceremony was so perfectly intimate and personal... I was honored to be a part of your celebration. I hope you had an amazing time on your trip to British Columbia!

A few of the floral details compliments of Beauty Blossoms

Lynda's eldest daughter was her maid of honor... how cool is that??

I'm not going to lie... I adore this photo. Something about the way Lynda is peeking around the corner watching. Favorite

Once away from mom's watchful eye they brought out the attitude! Okay, so maybe they had a little prompting.... :)

The colors at Olbrich Gardens that day were beautiful...

definitely a favorite.

Welcome Back!

Yes, yes, welcome back... I know you probably thought this blog was just going to sit and collect dust from here on out but believe it our not, I'm back. Obviously this summer has been difficult for me on a personal level. As a result of having to take some time off from work for family issues I decided to forgo the blog posts for a while and focus on editing only to get my sessions turned around as quickly as possible. I'm finally starting to feel like things are nearly back on track.. so consider this post my official welcome back party. And yes, in case your wondering.. I can totally throw myself a welcome back party... any excuse to party seems viable to me.

Although most of my summer wedding clients have already seen their wedding photos I'm planning to post the highlights of their day here as well. I just have to share the awesome couples that I had the pleasure of photographing this year. They are in one word 'incredible'! Not only do I work with amazing brides and grooms, I also have the delight of working with a lot of great seniors. Our first year in the studio far exceeded our expectations and we photographed THREE times the number of seniors that we did last year! So many wonderful personalities will be graduating in 2010. So until our next post, for your enjoyment here are just a few of the many stunning faces we saw this summer....