We had a surprise when we woke up Monday morning!  Snow!  And lots of it.  Holly and I hit the back yard early in the day and had a blast.  Unfortunately I started feeling sick right after we got in and ended up spending the rest of the day in bed, ugh!  Now that I am feeling better I finally had a chance to sift through the dozens of snow photos I took.  We just got a new 85mm 1.8 lens for my work camera and this was the perfect time to play around with it.

Here she is saying, “Just throw it all ready!”

Our neighbor’s dog could hear us through the fence and did not appreciate our backyard ruckus!  So I hopped up on the fence and snagged a shot of Mr. Grumpy himself.  He looks sweet here, but I guarantee you he was pissed!  Good thing I didn’t have to get to close with the new 85mm!

Cathy and Ryan can do more than get dressed up and jump. They are also fabulous models.  This was my first time shooting at Rhodes and I loved it!

Ryan takes his modeling very seriously:

After Rhodes, we headed downtown to grab a few more shots before hitting the roof of the Peabody.  Of course we couldn’t leave out the Gambler!  Isn’t he pretty?  That intense look in his eyes?  Thank the squirrels of Memphis for that one.

I’ve had this idea bouncing around in my head ever since Josh and I got started planning our wedding, over 4 years ago! I was a Knot junkie back in those days and was always looking for inspiration. One day I clicked on a link to a Save-the-Date and saw a happy couple in wedding attire jumping into a pool with the caption “We’re taking the plunge!” I loved it! So cute.

But alas, Josh and I had a hard enough time squeezing in an engagement session, and we did not have the time or resources to make it happen, so it became just another idea gathering dust in some corner of my brain. Until now! We finally had the willing participants, wardrobe, and the opportunity to make it happen! Totally worth the wait!

I’ve also got lots of great photos from Cathy and Ryan’s engagement session so stay tuned!

Update: Forgot to mention, as usual Katie and I collaborated on this one!

Just a quick post to say we’re back from our vacation away from snow and ice and general winter yuckiness!  We had a great time and I have tons of photos to sift through (they’ll get posted here someday!) but I just had to post a couple right away.

I had vacation blinders on and spent way too much to obtain this tacky vacation photo, but come on.  When you have the opportunity to get a photo with a guy in a dolphin suit, you just gotta do it, right?

(Josh thinks I need a refresher course on aquatic animals as I kept referring to this as our “shark picture.”  He also said next time maybe he will just rent a dolphin suit–it’s probably cheaper than what the gift shop charged us!)

Yayyyyy beach-side margaritas!  You can’t tell but this drink was so tall I had to take it off of the table to drink it. Josh took this one, isn’t he getting good at this?

I have lots more, but I’ll have to post the rest sometime in the future.  For now, I’m just happy to be home, sleeping in my own bed again, and snuggling with my Holly:

Haley and Matthew had a BEAUTIFUL wedding and I am so excited that I was a part of it!  I wish I had the space to share all of my favorite shots from their special day!  Some of my favs: (warning, there are a LOT!)

Katie got this one, and it is one of my favorites from the whole day!

Haley had such super-attentive bridesmaids!

OMG.  Would you LOOK at those baby elbow dimples???

It was SO hot, these girls couldn’t help but take a mini-dip in the pool!