A ♥ that lasts forever!

You could definitely feel the love between Greg and Jenna on their wedding day! What an absolutely gorgeous couple! I can honestly say that both are genuinely beautiful on the inside and out. Jenna is truly a princess at heart and she got the fairy tale wedding of her dreams! Even down to the carriage ride as they were leaving. Which was a complete surprise to her! Oh, what fun!

My sister, Candy, from Something Blue Photography was my second shooter at this wedding. Thank you so much for coming with me Candy! You're the best!

I like you a lot

This blog post is dedicated to my good friends James and Tanya and their beautiful daughter Aletheia. :) Aletheia just turned 1 last month which of course means it's time for a photo shoot, right?! Of course!
We were also due a photo shoot because they are, to my great dismay, moving to Syracuse NY in about a month. :'( James will being going back to college for his doctorate. I am going to miss them so much! James and Tanya are not only my friends... But they are my family as well and are both very near and dear to my heart. I've already started crying now just thinking about them being gone... BUT they're not gone yet! So I plan on enjoying every second of the time I get to spend with them and Aletheia... and I might have started planning monthly trips over to NY to go visit them after they've moved. ;)

James, Tanya and Aletheia,
I love you guys so much!
James, I am going to miss your jolly Santa face and your amazing hugs... but mostly I'm going to miss you because you always laugh at my stupid jokes.
Tanya, I am going to miss your smile. I promise it would turn any one's frown upside down. You are one of the most loving and caring people I know. I'm sad we can't watch the finally of sytycd together. Maybe you should stay a month longer??
Aletheia, I'm going to miss seeing you grow and learn new things this next year. Your mom and dad had better be good about taking pictures and videos and putting them up on facebook for all of us back in Spokane.... or else! You are such a sweet little baby and I know you're going to be an amazing little girl when you grow up because you have two of the best parents in the world! (possibly hyperbole... but pretty stinkin' close)
I'll end this with a wise quote about "love".

"Love is not something that you can put chains on and throw into a lake. That's called Houdini. Love is liking someone a lot."
— Jack Handey

♥ Portland Wedding! ♥

Here's a treat for you all! Just last month I had the privilege of taking my friends wedding photos. Ryan and Emily are the happy couple. I had such an amazing time taking their pictures! The weather was absolutely perfect! And for being in Portland in the Spring... that's pretty rare. We were so lucky!

I hope you enjoy! :)

Happy Easter!

Spring! I love it! And there's so many reasons why...
For the rain. For the sunshine. For the feeling of hope after a LONG winter. For Spring cleaning and the amazing feeling one gets when its done. For the sound of birds chirping in the morning. For the first glimpses of flowers. For the smell of freshly cut grass. And most importantly... for the Chocolate!! oh wait... I can get that any season... but it tastes best in Spring :)

I'm loving this picture I took this past week. It just makes me smile everytime I look at it. :) I hope it brings you one as well!

My First Wedding!!

I am very excited to share some photos from a wedding I just shot this past Saturday! This is the first wedding I've ever shot and I was solo. I was pretty nervous about it actually... But once I got there and started taking pictures I got into my groove and it felt pretty amazing! :) The day went by very fast and I'm very please with the pictures I got.

Eric and Samantha are the happy couple! I've known Eric for around 9 years. His sister Meagan is one of my best friends. :) So having her and all her family there made everything pretty relaxing and a lot of fun! The wedding was held at a cute little church down in Garfield WA. There was actually a ton of amazing buildings and some very awesome locations in Garfield that made me wish I could have drug the whole wedding party around town and try some fun things but unfortunately we were running on a pretty tight schedule. So I guess that means I'll have to go down there again for a photo shoot some time. hehe

Here's a hand full of my favorite shots from the wedding. I hope you enjoy! :)

Matt and Brenna ♥

Ever since I met Matt and Brenna I've wanted to take their photos. I mean really... have you ever seen such a cute couple? They could both be models. Anyways... when I heard that they were engaged I wasn't going to let the opportunity of taking their pictures get away from me. ;)
They're getting married this June and my sister Candy (from Somthing Blue Photography) and I are going to be shooting their wedding. I'm so excited about it!

Congratulations to Nic and Jeana! :D

My friends Nic and Jeana are the soon to be parents of a little baby girl! They already have the name Abigail picked out. (I hope I'm spelling that right) Jeana is due the 22nd of this month. They can't wait to meet her and neither can I! Nic and Jeana are going to make the best parents ever and could they be any cuter?!

Love you guys!