Birthday Invitations

Little Ava is turning one in a couple of weeks and her mom and dad wanted to send out birthday invitations. Isn't this adorable? Jeremy does all of our design work and does a fabulous job. He is quite gifted and I love seeing what he designs for our clients. If you ever need invitations or cards...you know where to come. :) Blessings!

Hatten Family

I had the pleasure of meeting the Hatten family for the first time yesterday. They found us on the indymoms website...such a small world! A big thanks to whoever gave the referral. :) Anyway, I had a blast meeting and getting to know them...they are such a sweet family. Their little girl Lainey is absolutely adorable and sported the cutest little pigtails. It didn't take her long to warm up to me and we had a wonderful time. Rachel and Chad...I hope you enjoy this brief sampling. I can't wait to show you the rest and look forward to taking pictures of little Kendall. Blessings to you!

Slideshows!!!!

Finally... we have a system set up for slideshows on our blog. I'm so excited! Feel free to check out the slideshow I put together from Germany ! Obviously, there are many more pictures to see, but we didn't want to bore you with our obsession of taking pictures.;) Anyway, check it out and let us know what you think. Oh...if you wanted to purchase any of our Germany pictures just let us know! Talk to you soon!



GERMANY SLIDESHOW

We're Back!!!!

We are home! Thank you for all of your well wishes while we were in Germany. We had an amazing time and can't wait to go back again. We barely touched the surface of Europe...it is amazing how beautiful it is. Life is different over there...much slower, laid back...not the hustle and bustle that we can so easily get caught up in. It was a good reminder for us. We got to see the last walled city in Rotenburg, an extremely large cathedral in Strasburg, France, the remains of a castle in Heidelberg, the Newschwanstein Castle, the Alps in Garmisch and so much more. We wanted to show you a glimpse of what we saw. If you haven't been to Europe yet...it's a must! Enjoy the pictures!! I'm off to write all of you back and get some editing done :)! Blessings!!!

Germany...here we come!!!

Well, Jeremy and I are leaving for Germany tomorrow and I am not sure that reality has hit for either of us. We have always wanted to go to Europe, but thought it would be a vacation we ventured out on after the kids were out of the house...meaning a long time from now. :) However, my cousin, Ryndee, her husband and kids are stationed in Germany. Her husband is a pilot in the Air Force. They have been there for the past couple of years and their leave will be up soon. They have encouraged us to come out there from day one and life kept getting in the way. Well, last summer Jeremy and I started talking a bit more seriously about going out there. We would have a place to stay and our own family would be the ones giving the tour. Talk about saving a ton of money...and getting the chance to visit with family...we couldn't have asked for a better situation. Well...last November Ryndee sent me a family picture of them from Germany. Needless to say, we decided to go for it. I am so excited (and will be even more excited once we have landed in Germany:) and can't wait to see Ryndee and her family. Ryndee has been the sister I never had. We practically grew up together, shared many life stories, and have many more to come. We are so thankful to have this opportunity. Stay tuned for some amazing pictures. I will try and post a couple while we are there.

All of this leads me to the next thing...since we will be out of the country we will not be able to be in contact with anyone. I will be able to check email, but may not be able to respond right away. We appreciate your patience and will be available the week of April 9th...I promise to catch up. :) Thank you for understanding. Ok...I obviously need to go to bed--have a blessed week! Melody

Matthew & Kristen

First of all, I apologize for posting so many pictures this time. Jeremy and I are Germany bound (as of tomorrow) and I'm trying to get a handful of pictures posted for Matt and Kristen to choose from (they are getting married soon!!:). Second of all, we bought some new equipment at WPPI...which we are so excited about!! Yeah!!! My friend, Shelly, and I decided to try some of it out at Matt and Kristen's session so I posted more to give you an idea. Be watching for some awesome pictures! We can't wait!!

On to Matt and Kristen...they are the sweetest couple ever! We met Matt several years back at church and have truly enjoyed getting to know him over the years. He was actually one of Jeremy's top visitors several years back when he had surgery. I'll never forget when Matt went and got window reflectors to help prevent some of the glaring sun from coming into Jeremy's (already hot) room. It doesn't seem like much now, but during that time, it meant the world. He has been a true blessing to us and we are so excited that God brought Kristen into his life. They are the cutest couple and so in love. We look forward to capturing their special day and watching their love grow in the years to come. Matt and Kristen...thank you for choosing us as your photographers...it's going to be an awesome day!

WPPI 2007: Part II

WPPI was amazing! There were 8,000+ photographers there from all around the world. It is the largest conference for wedding and portrait photographers. Talk about good information...that headache came and went the entire time I was there. :) The good thing is that we have some exciting ideas, plans, all of the above... that we will be implementing in the near future. I can't wait to share!! I must say that I only took a handful of pictures and thought I would share some of them with you. I guess you could say that this photography event was not exactly one where a lot of actual photographing was taking place. :) Have a good night!