We had an early start on a foggy morning for Nathan and Rachel’s wedding last Saturday!  We met at Synergy Salon at 6:30 am.  

Then we headed to the Fellowship Reformed Church to finish getting ready, so we could start pictures at 8:00 am.
Rachel is a piano player, so she wanted some pictures with the piano in it!

Because it was raining… all day…. we didn’t get too much of a chance to take outside pictures.  We did snap these two under the awning in the front of the church!

The morning  ceremony….

After the lunch reception at Alpenrose Restaurant in Holland, we had planned to go around to some places in downtown Holland.  But, the rain led us to plan B, which was awesome!  Nathan works for Hope College, so were able to spend a few minutes at the Chapel on campus, which nicely rounded out our day!

If you want to see a few more images from the day, be sure to watch the slide show here!

It is hard to believe we had this much snow last week!  Last Tuesday we did Katie and Nate’s engagement session downtown in the snow…. there was SO much snow!  We had a ball!  We even took a hot chocolate/coffee break at a cute little coffee shop on Ionia.  Katie and Nate were great sports, because it was FREEZING out!  Thanks for a fun morning guys!

Braedon had a newborn session right before Christmas! He was much better than his older brother was for his newborn session… But, that is usually how it goes! Babies who aren’t the first born, are usually a little more laid back than babies who are the first born! Thanks for bringing Braedon to see me!

The Limaco family came for some portraits right before Christmas! Grandpa and Grandma were visiting, and Grandpa was flying home right after Christmas. So, they wanted some family portraits done!

Ben met me at Kaufman golf course for a snowy senior session! I had so much fun in the snow! The roads were a little slippery getting there, but that didn’t stop him from driving in to get his senior session done. Needless to say, we were a little wet after the outdoor session!

Thanks Ben for a fun morining!

I have an apprentice working for me named Jayne.  Jayne has been working with me every Tuesday and Friday.  She was with me when I did Abe and Cinthya’s portraits, and I found this picture she snapped of me on her memory card.  It is fun to see pictures of myself in action!  Just thought I’d share a behind the scenes picture with you!

I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone!  I hope everyone has a blessed day!

Adam came over last week for his senior session! Adam is a big bowler, so of course we had to showcase that!

We quick snuck outside for this one before it got dark!

Then we did some fun stuff with Adam’s Tuba.  Adam told me he wants to be a band teacher.  I think that is cool…. I LOVED band, and I still play my flute!

This post is dedicated to my mom… who is in AZ, and the last time I talked to her she said it was cold. (It was about 60 degrees.) For my readers who are not from around here, we are in a blizzard today! We live by the Great Lakes, and we are having a TON of lake effect snow today, along with blowing cold conditions. The combination makes for a snow day! All the area churches were canceled today… we will see if the kids have school tomorrow!

Here is my husband trying to dig out the driveway from the snow drifts! Yes, that is an official “Yupper Scooper” that he is using. You see these EVERYWHERE in the UP. (That is Michigan’s upper peninsula for those of you who don’t know what “UP” means.) We bought this when we lived up there. We wonder why they don’t sell them down here… I think it is because everyone down here has a snow blower or a John Deere tractor plow…. everyone but us that is.

Edit….. here are a few after photos. It took Vince about 3 hours to do the driveway, and this is what he looked like when he was done…

I volunteer for a wonderful organization called the Michigan Heart Gallery. They take pictures of children who are older need to be adopted, and have a huge exhibit showing of the pictures. This year I made portraits of one child who needs to be adopted, and one family that is a child’s success story.

First, this fall I did Abby’s pictures. I asked her social worker what Abby was like, and what she would want to do for her portraits. She LOVES animals. She wants to live on a farm with 50 animals she told me. So, I called my vet, and we went there for some portraits with their horse! Abby LOVED it!

Then, this week I did Justin’s family.  Justin was featured in the Heart Gallery exhibit last year, and he was adopted by a wonderful family this year!  Congratulations Justin!  God Bless you in your new family!
Three brothers….