Nikki and Alan

I can't wait for Nikki & Alan's wedding coming up very quickly in October!  It's going to be an awesome day and everyone knows how much I love weddings!  I get to spend an entire day with the bride and hear all about the time they dated and why she loves him so much.  It's just an amazing experience and reminds me why I love my husband.  Thank you Nikki and Alan for sharing this amazing time of your life.  Enjoy!

Faith & Brian

I just love photographing weddings.  But what I really love is being able to listen to the bride as she fills me in on the details of her wedding.  I love hearing the "steals" she got on the flowers, dress, shoes, etc.  I am so thankful for each of my wedding clients and for the opportunity to photograph their special day.  I don't always know how they met or what their future plans are but on this one day I can tell that nothing else matters more to them than each other.  Faith and Brian were no different.  They were both so excited for the day.  I absolutely loved photographing their wedding.  Here's a little preview of what's to come!  Thanks Faith & Brian!

  

Just the Three of Us...

Jackson Lee Friend decided to make his appearance about 7 weeks ago.  I've waited my whole life for this little baby and I've wanted to be a wife and a mom for as long as I can remember.  I thought it was the ultimate job and even though there are some difficult and stressful times, I've realized it is the perfect job.

Don't get me wrong, there are some major responsibilities involved in this motherhood thing.  I'm raising a child into a crazy world and I have to make sure he's prepared for anything.  I have a feeling he'll experience completely different things than what I did.  I'm ready to take on the challenge of raising a great child and can't believe we've started this adventure!

Here is our little family.  Thank you to my good friend Scott Kimrey of RSK Images for our first family photography session!  They turned out amazing!!

Kelly & Mike

Congratulations to Kelly and Mike!  I had the pleasure of photographing a great friend and previous co-worker at Benton Square in Rolla.  It was my first time there and it was such a perfect day.  I loved photographing this fall wedding.  Thank you Kelly and Mike for such a great day!!

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. McBain!

When I first book a wedding with clients it seems like forever before we do the engagement session and then it takes so long to get to the actual wedding.  But then all of a sudden I'm in a room with giggling girls and hairspray going everywhere.  We're all laughing and it is so relaxing.  I act as a bystander and just capture what I see.  I love this part of journalistic photography. It allows me to capture what I see and not just a staged bride with her bridesmaids.  That part is good too, but you just don't get that pure emotion.  

Then the real fun begins.  We start to notice we're running out of time and we start rushing around.  Still laughing, we pick it up and get the show going.  

I loved photographing Amber and Jacob at their Alley Springs wedding.  They were so much fun and their families just took me in as a part of their own.  I hope you can see what kind of a day I was having through my photography.  Thank you Amber and Jacob!  I had a blast!  

Brownie & Taylor

My third wedding was at the Lake of the Ozarks at a local winery called Casa de Loco.  It was previously a home for the clinically insane!  But what an awesome and amazing place for a summer wedding!  I was able to photograph Brownie and Taylor for their engagement session a few months ago.

I loved photographing their engagement session so I was so excited to photograph their wedding.  The winery is out in the middle of no where down a gravel road.  You have to cross a one-lane little bridge before you actually get to the winery.  It was so peaceful with trees surrounding the area and the Niangua River below the winery.  Ok, enough small talk, I know you want to see some pictures!

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Thank you Brownie & Taylor for such an amazing way to spend my Saturday!! 

Congratulations!

Wedding #2!

This time I went to Hermann to photograph Cindy and Mark.  I have never been to Hermann so it was really exciting to me.  I've heard so much about it being such a neat German town.  My husband Evan went with me and we had lunch at one of the restaurants in town.  Hermann Hill Chapel had so many neat features.  Cindy has three daughters of her own and during the reception Mark gave each of them a ring vowing to be a good dad to them.  It was the sweetest thing ever!