Monday, August 31

Andrea, Kyle & Alizae make a family

Not that they weren't a family before but now Mommy & Daddy are married :)

Andrea & Kyle's wedding was just as I thought it would be - a lot of fun! I don't think the two of them could do anything less. It was also beautiful. Thanks for letting me be a part of your day!

Sorry it took a while on the sneak peek. I've had a hard time picking favorites to put on the blog. I chose about 30 that I really liked and narrowed it down to 9 to post on here. I think these show different parts of the day in a beautiful way. Enjoy :)



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Thursday, August 20

"Mommy, make me a Bride"

...said my 8 year old as we left to do her 8 year old portraits. I took her to get her hair and nails done then we headed to the Mt. Timpanogos Temple and I took some "bride" pictures of her. She was SO excited, it was adorable. And, I know I'm biased but this is one beautiful little girl :)

It was hard to pick favorites of my own child but I think these may be them....



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Monday, August 17

I got kids!

Once upon a time there were two sisters named Marcy & Carrie. Skip a few years and now there is McKay, Spencer, Carter, Leta (sorry if I spelled that wrong), Chase and Gabe.

It was great to be able to get together with Carrie and Marcy and their kids today. I met Carrie nine years ago in Lake Forest, CA. Then I moved away. When I moved again a year later I happened to move into the same area as Marcy. Then I moved - yet again - away from both sisters and all the way to Utah. In the past five years I haven't really talked to either sister but a few weeks ago I reconnected with Marcy and found out Carrie lives really near me now and that Marcy was coming to visit this week! So since I wanted some new kid photos for my portfolio we decided to get together for a photo shoot. It was so fun! I know I need to work on my kid photo skills but at least this gave me some more practice. And I do LOVE photographing children so I'll willingly take all the practice I can get.

Here is a sneak peek of their session. I am still working on the editing but I always like to pull a few before I get to work on the rest. I took individual photos of all the kids but here I only have Leta, McKay and Chase by themselves.

Marcy & Carrie: I'll have the rest of the photos done and up in your online gallery in a couple of days. I'll e-mail you the link when I'm finished.



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Sunday, August 9

Tessa & Spencer got married!

It's been fun to work with Tessa & Spencer for their engagement pictures, bridals and now their wedding. They are a cute couple who is definitely in love. Even with the chaos of a wedding day I saw them constantly smiling and just being tender with one another. I wish them the best :)

They were married yesterday in the Mount Timpanogos Temple then had their reception at the Sleepy Ridge Golf Course. Beautiful temple and beuatiful venue. I can actually see that temple from my house so it was really fun to be able to shoot photos there, following the ceremony.



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