You may remember seeing Travis and Anna’s Yorktown engagement session on the blog last month and now, here they are, MARRIED! Saturday was the perfect day! The weather stayed beautiful all day, despite all the talk of rain and wind. We did get lots of wind off of the water but, when you see their portraits, you will know why we were very thankful for it (hint: her flowy dress)!

Anna met with me back in December to first discuss her wedding day. She was still brainstorming a lot of ideas so I remember us talking about many different things that could look great or might work with her vision. Seeing it all come together was like a dream! All that she had talked about and hoped for just came to life in the best way possible!!

I was so excited to meet Ashley & Jake! Meeting new clients, especially right after they become new parents, is so fun because they have just entered in to a WHOLE new world!! I am so lucky to also be a mommy so I feel very fortunate to be able to relate to them on so many levels. Whether that is the lack of sleep or the nursing struggles….it could be the fact that putting on makeup feels like a miracle…or even that walking around is insanely painful! But also, the feeling you get seeing the life you helped create. Looking at this beautiful little human sleeping, while sitting in the nursery you worked so hard to put together. At every session, I can see in the parents eyes how overwhelmed they are with LOVE for their child and I feel so fortunate to capture it.

I am so excited to share this wedding with all of you! I feel like I have been counting down to this day for SO long!! I met Danielle last June for our initial meeting to talk about her dreams for her wedding day. Dani & Angie (Sean’s sister) were speaking straight to my heart. Everything they said, I loved! Danielle knew from day one that she wanted everything outside, lots of florals, and just wanted the day to be fun & carefree. She accomplished all of that! She and Sean had the perfect day! The weather was gorgeous, the people were so fun, and everything they had done (and yes, I mean THEY because this was truly a DIY wedding) was perfect! But, what I love most about their wedding was the love that went in to it.

These past couple of weeks have been so busy around here! Between newborns sessions, family sessions, engagements sessions, and weddings….I did not keep up with blogging all of them! I do not guarantee to blog every single session because sometimes there just is not enough time. However, I definitely want to do my best!

Saturday kicked off spring wedding season and we had the perfect wedding to do just that! Justin & Maggie are seriously (no joke) two of the most genuine, kind, and authentic people I have ever met. They are who they are and everyone around them loves them for it. They were meant for each other and you know it within minutes of meeting them! I met them last summer for the first time and was immediately excited to get to know them more. We all live in the same county, which is actually quite large but feels VERY small town! If you live in Prince George, you know what I mean. It may be a large place but everyone knows everyone, and if they don’t, they are still connected in some way. Maggie & Justin have SO many friends and family that love them and support them, and…good grief..it truly showed on Saturday! Talk about the water works (I am included in that!).

Camden was greeted by a lot of people who just could not wait to meet him! Brittany and Josh have so many amazing family members and friends who are ready to love and spoil this beautiful baby boy. I truly love seeing people welcome new baby’s into their lives, especially when it is their first child. I wanted to cry just seeing Brittany hold little Camden!! We talked so much about how excited and emotional she was about meeting him! I couldn’t wait to get over to their house to meet him for myself!

I am so excited to be sharing this family session with all of you! From the moment I started messaging with Jaclyn, I knew I was going to just love taking their pictures!! I love to photograph such sweet families, and it makes it 50x better when they are just as excited as me!

I had TWO engagement sessions this past weekend, which really made my heart happy! I love getting to see my brides and meet their grooms! This engagement session was extra special because I had not even met Gigi yet! We were so excited to finally meet in person, after talking through emails for months. I knew I would love her just from our emails and because she has booked the sweetest wedding planner – Jamie with Jamie Lynn Signature Weddings. Jamie & I have been friends for a couple years now so when she contacted me about one of her brides, I knew this would be a great match up! Jamie knows me and knows my work, also she & Gigi have been friends FOREVER, so I was fully confident that she knew what she was doing by putting us together (this sounds like we were being set up on a blind date! Ha! Sorry Mick!).

Anna and Travis grew up in the same hometown. They went to school together and started dating back in high school when Anna was a sophomore and Travis was a junior. These two have been through ring dance, prom, homecomings, then stayed together through all of those college years and now, here they are! More in love and just as taken with each other! The sweetness Travis has around Anna, and the giggles she gets when talking to him, definitely showed us they are legit crazy for one other!

Today, I am going to talk about some tips for planning your family session! There is actually a lot that goes into this and I am probably not hitting on all of it! When you start involving children in picture sessions, things get tricky. Let’s just be honest. You have to be prepared for E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!! Am I right, mamas? Most likely, on the day of the session, the mom has 100 things running through her mind and she is grabbing/doing 50 things just while walking out the door. She is lucky if she remembered to put all of her makeup on or grabbed the right shoes. I am so impressed when families show up with 3 or 4 kids and just have it all together! More power to you because I am struggling to get places with just the TWO that I have!