Cathy + Andy | wedding

Cathy and Andy are so sweet together, and so obviously in love. We were very glad to be a part of their wedding - and very much at ease with their family and friends! They had a simple, beautiful ceremony and reception at the Garden Manor bed and breakfast in Grapevine. They saw each other before the ceremony, and had some time alone in the gardens before taking pictures. It was a beautiful day, and a beautiful event.

I rarely have such a gorgeous place to hang the dress:



Cathy's "something old" was this broach:













Andy is from Alabama, so the guys watched the game at the Hilton:







They had such a touching meeting in the gardens:







LOVE those flowers!

Such a gorgeous bride:



And we had lots of time with them to take pictures, which we don't usually get! So much fun!











I told Andy I was just taking a picture of the flower so he didn't have to smile or look at the camera, and then I looked up and saw this:



The wedding party:





Both of Cathy's parents walked her down the aisle:











The Alabama guys helped cut the groom's cake with the big "A" on top:



Can't you just hear this kid screaming "CAKE!!!"?









Congratulations Cathy & Andy! Hope you had fun on your secret honeymoon!

Summer ends, Fall begins

It's been a weird month for us! After an insanely busy summer of weddings, portraits, traveling, and other stuff going on constantly, we had an entire month without a single wedding, and only 2 portrait sessions. Crazy!

It's about to pick up again for "the new Summer" (as in: Fall is the new Summer, since Fall weddings have become so popular over the last few years), but in the meantime, I've been using some of my time to work on my sister's wedding pictures from July 2007. Luckily I wasn't the real photographer, so she hasn't been waiting over a year for her wedding pictures or anything like that, but we still took a lot of pictures, and I haven't finished working on them yet. I came across this one today and just thought I'd share - because it makes me laugh.

My littlest sister (I have 3):



Stay tuned, we'll be back to blogging regularly after this weekend's wedding - and then it'll be non-stop until November!

Jill | bridal

We used to go to the same church as Jill; on some Sundays she would play her cello, and those were the best days because the music was so beautiful. She makes a beautiful bride, and though we were unfortunately already booked for her wedding day, we were still able to take her bridal portraits. We got to go to a new, very cool location for us - the SMU campus, where Jill went to college.