Engaged and reunited at last

This reuniting has been in the works for a long time. Julia and Patrick met over 2 years ago. Just shortly after they met Patrick decided to serve a full time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They had fallen in love, but he knew it was what he was supposed to do, so she said she'd wait. In the middle of his mission they knew they were to be together forever, so for the last year of his mission Julia has been planning their wedding. This photo shoot was about a week after he got back and you can tell they picked up right where they left off. Matter of fact, I think it was better than where they left off. So excited for them! Here are a few of my faves from the photo shoot that day. I love this first one where they're just smiling at each other and their kissing one?! Nice!

 

 

Excuses excuses!

This summer has been so busy. I've been gone a lot so I haven't done too many shoots, but things are starting to pick up some more, which I really enjoy. For my mother-in-law's bday I took pictures of all 12 grand kids to update their picture wall. I feel like they turned out pretty good. We moved pretty fast since the oldest is 12 and the youngest was 8 months old. These are my kiddos. Love them!

This beautiful spot was just down the dirt road a little. Can't believe there are this many kiddos and how fast they are all growing!

We had a great time out there and spent some time on Seneca Lake in New York. I wish I would have had some time to go around and photograph the area, but instead I got a few from where we were.

Our drive home I had to pull over and grab a few pictures of the windmills in Wyoming. I thought they were so spectacular! Again..... wish I had had more time to photograph all the beauty around me. Maybe next time.

Before we left for our trip I was able to get a few pictures of my cute little neighbor boys. I love the one of the older brother choke holding the little brother. Makes me laugh. Probably a more true portrait of everyday life.

This past weekend I had 3 photo shoots. The first one was a family from our neighborhood 2 years ago. Amazing how much a family can grow and change in that time! It was fun working with them and their kids are beautiful! Guess it's from their good lookin' parents.

The next day I had my cute little nephew. He has the bluest eyes and the cutest smile. He was so easy to get to smile.

Later that night I had an engagement shoot. Before they got there I was sitting in front of the Salt Lake LDS temple and thought it looked so awesome, so I snapped a picture. Such an amazing building! 

I haven't had a chance to get through all of the pictures yet, but here's one that caught my eye as I ran through them. Fun couple and amazing eyes! So fun! Can't wait to get through the rest of them.

Oh to be in love...

I LOVE doing engagements and weddings. It's so fun to be around people in love. They are genuinely happy and you don't have to work very hard to get them to smile! These two were so cute. It was like below freezing but they were still smiling and seemed to be having a good time. We hit up two spots in Utah County and avoided getting the snow at either one. That was a blessing! These two were so much fun and I can tell they're going to have lots of laughs over their lifetime. I mean, who else do you know of that sent out fake engagements just a short time after knowing eachother? Good luck you two!