SUMMary of my SUMMer: July '08

July was consumed by my regular day care day job and photography clients, not much time for anything else....here is a taste....

Hanah - Senior Portraits

Natalie & Tom - Wedding



Nicole & Aaron - Wedding


Christy & Mike - Wedding

SUMMary of my SUMMer: June '08

My brother got married on June 7th. On June 8th, as he was preparing to leave for his Jamaica honeymoon, he landed himself in the hospital with kidney stones. Luckily, at the end of that scare, he was able to go on the honeymoon and they had a fabu time.

We experienced horrible flooding in WI in the early part of June. All the storms and rain actually started during the reception of my brother's wedding. Our biggest tourist spot in WI, Wisconsin Dells, got hit pretty hard, as the whole lake in that area disappeared bc the dams broke. This photo was taken about a half hour from my home town, about a week after all the flooding. The water was still THIS HIGH. And no, we didn't drive thru this. ;-)

A little symbolism for my photography business...not many of my clients purchase actual prints (mainly just the PhotoCDs), so this print order was fun to put together and package...

Lola, the puppy, digging up the yard....LOL. Wow she looks so small here looking back! She is gone now, moved back in with my brother and his wife about a week ago.

And onto the million weddings!

As I said, my brother's wedding was June 7th.

And my cousin Natalie's wedding was June 14th.

And my cousin Nick's wedding was June 21st....and this series of weddings was only the beginning of my "Summer of Weddings"....

Their great cake!

Aunt Christy, Me, & Sister in Law Shannon at Cousin Nick's wedding....

Now we are to the Country USA Festival ... June 28-29th in Oshkosh, WI. We had the VIP tickets this year. Some headliners: Lonestar, Sugarland, Dierks Bently, KENNY CHESNEY, Brooks and Dunn.

Kenny Chesney's show.....
This photo was taken from way far back before it started to rain.

After coming back from Kenny's show...which had been cancelled when it started to downpour.

Result next day from all that storming: MUDDING!

And after all the Country USA excitement, I got a new toy that I had been saving for MONTHS upon MONTHS for! Canon 16-35 mm f/2.8L lens!

Another shot of the pooch:

{ Sharing Some Favorites }

That I took last time I went to Mexico...

And it seems Mexico is in the plans for next year!

Yay!!

{ Aug Blue Crew }

{ Mine ALL Mine }

Finally broke down and got a Shootsac! The designer camera bag designed by my favorite photographer, Jessica Claire. So while other my ripe age of 22 get Coach purses, I spend my money on desinger camera bags, lol! I cannot WAIT til it comes!

Ok, gotta go run to shoot a wedding now! I'll post some photos...the minute I catch up to my crazy busy {but good} life!

{ Makes My Job Easy ... }

When my subjects are so gorgeous!

A senior I shot last week.

Isn't she just beautiful?

{more soon}

Quick Update

Here are some favorites from the first two weddings I shot on July 12 and July 19.

I hope everyone is doing well!

Feel free to comment, I feel like I'm taking to myself!

{ More Pink Flowers }

Fresh From The Backyard.

{ What Summer Looks Like }

{ Blue Crew }

July 2008 Blue Crew Layouts ... used Scenic Route papers, rub ons, letter stickers, and chipboard embellishments on the first one .... and Making Memories paper and Scenic Route Embellishment on the second.