it begins...

Right now I'm skipping class to sit under a tree on campus in Boulder and decided that I should catch up on blogging.  Campus is busy today, everyone recovered from 4/20 and starting to get nervous about finals.  While last week we were all indoors with a snow storm outside, the snow has melted and made everything green!!!  I've been anxious for summer for weeks now and it's finally starting to appear.  

Yesterday as things were starting to get warmer and I realized that I needed to pull out my chaco flip-flops, I officially decided that Boulder in the summer is one of my favorite things.  If you've never seen it you have to come up.  Everything is so green here and there are millions of trees.  You can just walk anywhere to have a picnic or meet up with friends.  They have drive in movies up here and life just moves to be outdoors.  There is even an upper level lit class sitting around the tree next to me.  

This time of year also seems to the busiest for me.  While this time last year I was finishing up planning for my own wedding (almost been married a year!  Yay!) this year I'm in the middle of finals, going on a quick trip to California this weekend to see my best friend, and gearing up for my beautiful sister Bekah's wedding in a week and half.  But in the business I realize that even in the crazy stressful times my life hasn't gotten busier as much as it's just gotten fuller.  I'm getting a new brother-in-law and Drew and I are really just settling into our lives in Denver.  We love it here.  I've been blessed to now be completely booked with 22 weddings for the year, something i never expected and I am so enjoying all that owning a business means.  I can't wait to take a break from school and completely dedicate myself to my family and photography for the next four months.  It's going to be great.

All that to say two things: first, keep checking in as I'm creating a new blog and the switch is coming soon.  It's still going to be linked off the website but is going to be bigger and better so stay turned!  Second, check out my most recent wedding from about 6 weeks ago in Denver.  Ashley and Wyatt had a nice reception in Cherry Creek to celebrate their marriage and it was really beautiful.  I loved every minute of this wedding and I hope you enjoy it too.

PS - leave comments and let me know what you think!  It will make my day, especially since I'm in the middle of finals!

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mark & shannon...

I have to start off this post by saying that Drew & I LOVE Mark & Shannon!!  Before we moved up to Boulder/Westminster we prayed that the Lord would bring new friends and community into our lives...and he has!  We met Mark & Shannon at theMILL at Northern Hills and we get the priviledge to serve with them every Friday and cell group with them every Wednesday!!!  

Drew and Mark were immediate friends - sports lovers, poker lovers, etc.  And Shannon is the most fun and friendly girl you'll ever meet!  She dances for the Nuggets and is a very talented hair dresser!!!  We've been blessed by this awesome couple and being friends already I had an amazing time doing their engagement shoot in Denver last week.  We are counting the days with them till their wedding next summer!  

Mark & Shannon...see you guys Wednesday :)

CUTE!!

One of my favs!

Favorite of the day!!!

These two have amazing smiles!!!

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another sneak peek...

I really need to actually blog some of these...maybe tomorrow :)

Mark & Shannon's Engagement:

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zac & meagan...round #3...

Yesterday I ventured out to east Colfax, Denver (crazy!) with Zac & Meagan for their third and final engagement photo shoot.  Since exhausting my own family as models...they're are tired of posing for me...I am now working on wearing out my in-law family!  This is the third time taking out Z & M and it was awesome as always!  It's always fun to try new poses with them because they are all about a fun and crazy time and we're all super comfortable around each other.  

Anyway, we started out at the Tattered Covered Book Store...LOVE that place!  There were so many fun places to shoot we spent our whole time there and didn't even venture around anywhere else.    In return they got me a Burger King $1 Whopper and Meagan colored my hair!  

Oh ya...Meagan is a fabulous hair dresser!!  She did my hair for my wedding, she's doing my sister Bekah's hair later this month for her wedding, and she always cuts and colors Drew and I's hairs.  Check out her new blog if you're looking for a new hair dresser, especially for an upcoming wedding!  She's very reasonable and always does an amazing job!  http://www.perfectdayperfecthair.blogspot.com .

Anyway...all this to say, I love Zac & Meagan and I'm thankful to be sister-in-law to both.  I can't wait till they get married later this year!

P.S. - Please leave some comments and let me know what you think!!!  I LOVE comments!!!!

Love this below...so z&m

Trying something different...what do you think?

Favorite!!!!

My new favorite ring shot!

Zac is going to be either a lawyer or economist we think...this picture describes him so well.

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another sneak peek...

As I'm editing, I just can't help myself to share another sneak peek.  A full blog of this great Denver wedding will come next week sometime, but for now...I'm just really excited how these are turing out so far!

Also, I totally re-did our living room last week over Spring Break...pics of that to come soon too so stay tuned!

Finally, please leave comments!  Comments totally rule and always make my day when I log on and get to read your thoughts!  Please let me know what you think!

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