John & Irene-12.30.07

Love knows no age! I just photographed my great uncle's wedding and he just turned 81 a few days ago. It was a beautiful, simple ceremony in his home with 35 family members present. There will be a bigger reception to follow this spring when he and his new wife come back from their home in Florida. I am usually doing weddings that involve young couples who are faint with love. I realized something doing this one...it doesn't look much different when you're older. Irene was still an anxious, radiant bride and John was still a smiling, handsome groom. When we were doing some formal shots afterwards, I didn't know if it was alright to ask them to kiss, so I was a little shy about it, but one of their children said, "Hey, why don't you two kiss!" Irene said, "Well, we'll kiss as much as you'd like us to!" It was an honor to be snapping pictures at this wedding. John and Irene, may you experience many years of happiness and great friendship together. I love you both.

Christmas

Eric and I enjoyed the Christmas holiday with our families. We have a little niece, Tirza who is almost two and a little nephew, Clayton who is almost 18 months old. They are very busy and so fun to interact with. It's hilarious to listen to them talking and sounding out words. Tirza affectionately called me Aunt Porchina which started me laughing like crazy. How cute! Clayton was excited about opening so many presents. He is learning sign language and communicates very well without using any words. He LOVES Gideon too. The time together with our families always goes so fast and now it's back to our routine, which includes two upcoming weddings for me this weekend. Here are a few pictures from our Christmas.

Lapp/Lum Family-December 19th

Darryl and Kelley are good friends of ours and wanted some family portraits for Christmas. They surprised Kelly's family with an entire Lapp family photo shoot as a gift. Their daughter, Jorden did very well. Getting your pictures taken is hard work for a little squirt! The Lums were actually my first wedding that I shot a year and a half ago. Wow, how things have changed since then both for them and for myself. Darryl and Kel, it was great to interact with your family last night. You are such a perfect pair and your love for each other keeps getting stronger. Enjoy these shots and have a Merry Christmas. Love you both!