Tickle Monster :) --- Personal

Yep, this month has been crazy busy. I didn't realize that 2 family reunions would take so much out of me, and I didn't realize that I'd have so much fun that I didn't want to come back to reality. But yes I'm back to catch up with a lot of sessions. There are 2 fun weddings to blog soon, along with a bridal session, engagement session, and any other session that I realize got slipped through the cracks. Check back later this week for lots of great stuff!

Since I am still basking in the glow of spending so much time with family lately, I wanted to share a picture that I finally got of my family that I've been imagining for over a year now. I took one similar, and I wanted one of my family sooo badly. After taking some pictures of my husband's family. I decided to hand my camera over and give it a try. Thanks Teresa, my sis-in-law, for capturing this moment!

I seriously am the ultimate Tickle Monster Mom!!! . . . . . All the time!!! :)

I seriously prefer these kinds of pictures over traditional ones any day!!! . . . . but that's just me!

This picture just really captures my family! Any spare minute I have with my baby, I am chasing him around the house, wiggling my fingers, capturing him squeeling in delight, and tickling him until he can't stand it anymore! Nothing could give me any more pleasure than hearing those giggles and seeing that ear to ear grin. I've taken mental pictures of that moment many times. Those are some of my happiest times as a mom.

Thanks for letting me share! And thanks for being patient with me as I was taking time off to create some of my own memories with my family. I hope each of you are having a memorable summer and showing lots of love to those who are special in your life.

Um yeah . . . an Awesome bridal session!

And you'll just have to wait for the rest of them . . . :)

Robert & Emily's Engagements

It all began in High School . . . while hanging out with friends at a carnival. Emily saw the new guy that she'd never met, but wasn't sure how to take his sense of humor. But once she realized that he was in her drama class, and that he was a cool kid, she started to have the eye for him. However, she thought he liked a different girl, and so she stayed out of the way. When in fact, Robert had his eye on her, Emily.

What brought them finally together happened slowly, but it was wonderful. Their love for one another wasn't just some high school fling, but lasted throughout the years.

Robert's sense of humor and Emily's bubbly personality was the perfect combination for a happy fun romance. And that led them to be engaged -- to each other.

I had so much fun photographing their engagements . . .it was very adventurous! I don't think I've had so many weather conditions in one session before: shade, bright sunny day, cloudy, really really black clouds, and then rain!!! All in just over an hour! Crazy, yet fun because these two were totally up for any of my ideas. Gotta love those kinds of couples! Any ways, enjoy their pictures!

Look really close to see who's watching them in this next picture that John caught:

"And the rain came tumbling down!!"

Here's the action fun

Thanks so much for being a total blast of fun!!! Also stay tuned for a sneak peek of their awesome groomals that we did tonight . . . totally awesome!!!

Baby Hyrum

Wow I am quite behind on a couple of my posts. I'll just be posting a few pictures from the great sessions I've had lately.
This sweet newborn and his siblings are so cute, and I had so much fun getting to know their family. Here are a few of my favs:


We got some gorgeous pictures of this sweet girl. But here's one of my favs:


I like this next one probably because he reminded me of my cute little guy. Also my son has finally gotten attached to his own special blankie. It's such a cute thing, especially to see my son get excited to find his blankie :)
Here's happy little Hyrum:

Muscles!!

And one of my last favs:

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Stunning

Had to share this picture from a wedding I did this past Friday. More to come soon . . .

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July!

Rob & Blythe's Wedding

Here it is . . . finally what you've been waiting for: Rob and Blythe's beautiful wedding day! Because of the crazy rainy weather, we've been getting some beautifully partly cloudy days which makes for fabulous lighting and lush green shrubbery.

Rob and Blythe were married in the LDS Temple, and had a short small ring exchange afterwards at their reception center. Even though a few problems came up which caused their sealing to be later than planned, we still had enough time to take some beautiful shots at the temple afterwards.

I loved this next shot that John captured while they came out of the temple:





I had a little too much fun photographing these darling flower girls while waiting for the bride and groom to come out of the temple. The Mother of the Bride made all of these gorgeous dresses!

Just a moment of the little ladies looking at the pretty flowers together.

Rob's got the coolest sisters!

Here's a few fav shots from the short ring exchange:








They had their reception at the Springville Art Museum


Blythe threw the bouquet at a dear friend!




Ok, on to some of the pictures outside of the temple . . .







Loved this one of Beautiful Blythe:

And this sweet one of Rob:



Soon I'll be updating my weddings website again, and there are a few very favorite shots from this wedding that I'm saving . . .

Thanks for stopping by! Let me know what you think!

I ♥ Faces

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I have had several of my photography friends enter their pictures in the past, and it looked like fun, but I'd never entered them. But when I found out that Jasmine Star, one of my favorite wedding photographers to blog stalk, was the guest judge, I couldn't resist . . .

The theme is: Wedding Bells

This is the picture that I am entering:

There's something so special about watching the Groom's face . . . the way he looks when he sees his bride all dressed up in her wedding gown for the first time, the way he looks when she is near to him; the sincerity found in his eyes as he realizes that his bride is finally and forever his wife.

I took this picture over a year ago, but this couple's wedding was magical. Thanks for letting me find and share the simplicity and emotion of this picture found in their glowing, content faces.

So I know I promised . . .

Yep, just been one of those days . . . that wedding really is coming . . . just not today, but for sure tomorrow! But hey! I set up a blog for my awesome second shooter husband and so that you all could get to know him a little better . . . he's quite funny and witty when he wants to be . . . and cute and romantic when he wants to be too.

We will always be the package deal together . . . we don't work separately at all (at least he never photographs without me). But we thought it may be fun at least for a little bit to have a separate blog for him. I am the exclusive editor of all of his pictures, but hopefully he'll enjoy his own little blog :) He posted some of his pictures from Rob and Blythe's wedding. Head over there and leave some comment love:

http://photosbyjohnny.blogspot.com

Mine will come tomorrow . . . promise!!! Probably in the afternoon time during my child's nap. The only time I ever get anything accomplished.

Wedding Coming Up Next . . .

This wedding post is coming up on Monday. Be excited . . . !!!

A Little Vintage Baby. . .

Just photographed this sweety today . . . and let me tell you . . . she was the best sleeper I've had to date! And that's saying something since I've had some really good sleepers lately! She pretty much slept the entire 2 1/2 hours, and she's also a 2 week old! It was a really great session and I couldn't get over how cute she is! Loved this shot and also this new edit. I have a love of COLOR, vibrancy, green, etc. But I've always been intrigued by texture with a vintage look. I may start doing this a little more. Here's the vintage look:
Thought I'd add the original edited one in full color to show you the difference. . . . I honestly love both of these! Can't decide which I like better. Let me know what you think!


Any ways, thought I'd share one of my fav shots of the day!

Taking the Plunge . . .

Well you may be wondering what happened during this Engagement session . . . you'll just have to wait! But I'll just leave you with this teaser! I'll be out of town with a bunch of girls for the next couple days, so I will get back to emails, phone calls as soon as I can in a few days. Until then, enjoy this fun rain and cool weather!