Rebekah & Michael

I just photographed Rebekah and Michael's wedding today (I guess technically it was yesterday) and I really wanted to give them a blog preview before I leave on my vacation.

I still need to go pack and my flight leaves in 5 hours!

The preparation part of the day is my favorite:

Michael and his guys were soooo great! I really enjoyed photographing them. Guys, if any of you read this, here's a BIG thank you for being awesome!

One of my favorite groomsmen images ever:

Love this one too! 

Can't you just tell how great they are?!

Hot bridal party:

I love it when I have something in mind and then it comes out just like I had envisioned it. And this next image is it for me. Now only if I could have the same happen when I cook.

Michael and Rebekah, congratulations!!

Mary's 90th Birthday Bash!

Last Sunday before I left for Montana I had the absolute pleasure of documenting Mary's 90th birthday celebration.

I felt honored the moment Melanie, her granddaughter, called me and asked me to be there. However, the significance of how important these memories are became even more clear that day. Right as I was getting ready to leave for the party, my sister called me to let me know my 98 year-old grandfather had passed away that morning. I was sad, but as I documented this day for them, I felt so blessed to be there and to be able to give them all these wonderful memories.

This is such a great family! They are so much fun and it's so easy to see their love for each other.

The "big bash" was at The Castle at Ashley Manor and Jessica made sure all the details were flawless:

Eli waiting for the guests to arrive:

Remember these beautiful girls? I first met this gorgeous family last November and I swear they are even more beautiful now. Here's Abbey, Annabella, Hayden, and Emily:

Noah is still the troublemaker but I love it how the other kids just totally go with it and are back there waiting for him to decide it's picture time:

With a little help from his brothers we got a nice one :)

The beautiful birthday girl:They had a really fun slideshow and it was fun to watch Mary's reactions:

There were lots of great toasts:

Melanie is gorgeous and the light here was just perfect!

This is Mary's best friend. They have been friends since they were 19 years old!

Her toast had Mary a little teary-eyed but mostly laughing:

Yep, this is when I cried. Such beautiful words:

All the great grandkids together:

Time to party:

Look who joined in:

And just a few more of the kids:

It was so great to see you all again. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of such an amazing celebration. I felt truly honored to be there.

Just a few more

I know that I just posted some pictures of my gorgeous niece, Keira yesterday but I just can't help it! She's just so darn cute. Plus I think she helped increase my blog ratings too :)

We were hoping for a photo shoot yesterday and the weather was actually really beautiful but a few other appointments got in the way.

I still got some photos of her while we were just playing at the house and I know my sister-in-law really wanted to see them. So, here they are...

Matt and Melissa, we love you guys! Happy Anniversary today :)