Brittany and Travis

I am excited to show you some pictures from Brittany and Travis' garden ceremony wedding a week and a half ago. The ceremony was held at Brittany's parents' acreage. It turned out to be quite a windy and hot day, but the couple along with the family wedding party were troopers! There were so many special touches that made this wedding unique and beautiful. The wedding celebration came to a close with fireworks and dancing under the stars. I hope these images give you a taste of the beauty of this day!

Brandee and Jeremy

I wanted to share some of my many favorite images from Brandee and Jeremy's wedding a couple weeks ago. They were married at the Dordt College BJ Haan Auditorium, which also happens to be where Eric and I were married 19 years ago! While I have been in that auditorium many times since then for concerts, dance recitals, etc. I had not shot a wedding in there until Brandee and Jeremy's wedding!

I just loved the bold yellow color that Brandee chose along with the gray for the dresses. The Dordt campus provided lots of great grass and trees for outside pictures, as well as a great space for pictures in the auditorium. Without much more chatter, please enjoy these images from Brandee and Jeremy's wedding!

Sarah and Kurt are married!

I have decided to have a fun contest on the blog for all the wedding couples of 2010...here's the scoop: Once I blog the wedding, if a couple's wedding blog post gets 10 or more comments from 10 family members and friends, the couple will receive a free 8x10 of their choice. If there are 15 or more comments (multiple comments from the same person are welcomed but do not count toward total,) the couple receives an 11x14 instead! So comment away!! :-)

Here are some pictures from Sarah and Kurt's wedding. A relaxed and laid back wedding party, and two dear dear families made recording this day such a pleasure. Much love for Sarah and Kurt was evident and during each part of the day. After the ceremony, the reception was beautiful and very touching speeches were given by the wedding party. Enjoy some of my favorites from the day!

Cassie and Heath

I am just about ready to take a few days off and realized that while I had put these images on facebook, they never made it onto the blog, so I will quickly update the blog with the last few weddings. Get ready!!

Cassie and Heath got married in Sioux Center at the beautiful Dordt College Campus Center. Having known Cassie's family for a long time, it was a special joy to be there as this truly wonderful couple celebrated their marriage with family and friends.

One thing that was special about this wedding was that the family and wedding party were all just outstanding. So much laughter and fun and just a great energy the entire day!






Cassie and Heath...your wedding was so much FUN! Thank you for allowing me to record it for you. God's blessings to you two!!

First wedding of 2010...

...and we could not have asked for a more beautiful day, or a more beautiful, happy couple! I wanted to take a quick moment and put some favorites on the blog before I process the rest of the images and get ready to design the album.

Brittney was just radiant!


Brittney's Grandpa built this car himself in 1937....I loved that we were able to use this family heirloom!



Brittney and Dave....I hope you have a fabulous time on your honeymoon! Your wedding was so very special and I thank you for choosing me to capture it!

Two sweet kiddos!

Named Nikolai and Larkin! Nikolai is five and Larkin is three...

I love both of their expressions here!

It was so sweet to see the love these two have for each other! Nikolai was such a good sport to play whatever game or sing whatever song Larkin wanted to! What a good big brother!

We went outside for a short while. The kids loved our dog, Scout! And the cats too. Nikolai and Larkin, I should tell you that Midnight, the cat with the big tummy has had a litter of 5 kittens. She had them Sunday, on Mother's day!


Here is Nikolai. I don't know any other Nikolais, but I do love to listen to classical music, and the local public radio station sometimes plays music by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Are you a musician, Nikolai? Those bright blue eyes are just like a beautiful symphony, I think!

This is Larkin. She smiled and bounced her way through the entire session. I am so glad you and your brother came to play Friday! Have fun at Tulip Festival....don't eat too much cotton candy!

I would like you to meet...

....my sister Sarah! Yes, she is beautiful! :-) On the inside too!

Here she is a couple of months ago with some flowers she had received from her husband Justin who is in Iraq serving in the army for a year.

Because of Justin's deployment, Sarah and the kids came from Germany (where they are stationed) to live with my parents in Sioux Center for a year, to be close to family.

To say that it has been a great joy to have a the four of them close is an understatement. They will be returning to Germany in just a little over a month, and I can't quite get used to the idea of them being so far away again. Truthfully, I am in denial about it and don't really want to think about it until I have to. The good thing of course, is that they plan to be reunited with Justin in Germany in July!

Here are some pictures I took of the kids recently.....this is Michaela...almost 3 years old.

This is Justin Jr. (JJ) who is 4.

And Levi, 1.

We worked quite a while to get a good picture of all three of them! :-)

One of JJ's highlights of coming to Iowa was to be able to play hockey like his 3 Iowa boy cousins. We definitely had to get a picture of him all decked out in his hockey gear!

We took one year old pictures of Levi. Levi is Eric and my godson!

Since I am now offering custom framing, I thought I would show a framed sample using Levi's birthday cake pictures. What a sweetie!

I love you, Justin, Sarah, JJ, KK, and Levi!!!!!