I know I’ve said this before, but I am downright spoiled as a wedding photographer!! My couples are the most in-love, romantic, easy-to-photograph people I know! Dave + Kendra’s wedding was beautiful – so simple, so romantic, so fun, so them!

My favorite part of their wedding day was when they saw each other before the ceremony. I have never seen hugs and kisses and smiles so big! After their first look, they exchanged letters that they had hand-written for each other. I cried. I couldn’t help it! Their body language and the looks on their faces was SO romantic – like straight out of a sappy movie romantic! I just wanted to sit down next to them and give them the biggest hug ever!

My other favorite part about Dave + Kendra’s wedding was their sense of humor. Not only were they comfortable in front of the camera, they were comfortable goofing off in front of the camera!! You know it’s going to be a good wedding for me when the bride wakes up early, can’t fall back asleep and watches The Office to kill time. And in case you’re wondering… yes, there were plenty of ‘that’s what she said’ moments throughout the day. :-)

Congrats to Dave + Kendra – may your love continue to grow stronger every day, and you live happily ever after!

Did I mention that Dave also gave Kendra a necklace? Bonus points for Dave!!

Remember how Dave + Kendra met through music and the church??

Thumbs up for being married!! :-)

Sorry, guys. I couldn’t help myself. You make such a great goofy-looking bunch! :-)

And right back to romantic – I love these next few!!

Is it just me or are “what a small world” moments just the best?! Lisa was coming to the Newman Center in Brookings as I was just about to graduate, and I met Beau several years ago at Youth Business Adventure.

Beau + Lisa met in college. They had a class together, but they didn’t meet each other until Lisa’s roommate set them up. The next day after meeting, Lisa made it a point to look great in class. Beau overslept. The next class Lisa gave up on looking good if Beau wasn’t going to show up, and was back in her sweats. Beau came in and sat next to her. He sent her a text message to ask her out for coffee after class. Sitting right next to her. (What ever happened to passing love notes in class?!) Coffee went GREAT!

Fast forward a few months…. on Halloween Lisa was getting ready to go out to eat with Beau. Her roommate had just left and called her to tell her to come down to the parking lot immediately – her car had been vandalized!! Lisa raced downstairs to see her car covered in sticky notes. And on the back of her car the sticky notes spell out “will you marry me?” and there’s Beau. With the ring. *awwwww*

I met John + Tiffany for the first time last night and I already can’t wait for their fall wedding in Wahpeton!! Tiffany is from Fairmount, so we reminisced about growing up in teeny-tiny towns and I had to explain to her all my relatives so she could take notes to bring back to her dad. :-)

John + Tiffany met a couple years ago at Tiffany’s son’s birthday party. John brought his son to the party, Tiffany’s mom gave her a little nudge, and as they say, ‘the rest is history!’ Now, in a few months these little guys are going to go from being best buds to brothers!! :-) John also has two girls who I got to hear lots of stories about (don’t worry, girls, nothing embarrassing! :-)) I can’t wait to meet the whole family in October!

I love smiley photos, but I also appreciate a rockin’ serious look and these two nailed it!! :-)

Another image worth all the mosquito bites:

Again, rockin’ the serious look:

I’m going to let you in on a super sneaky sneak peek tonight!! My FAVORITE photo from John + Tiffany’s engagement session tonight. I’m surprised you can’t see more mosquitos flying around in this photo… I’m still itching from all the bug bites I got. But correct me if I’m wrong… it was TOTALLY worth it for this shot:

p.s. I normally post sneak peeks over on my facebook page, but SOME people don’t have facebook. *ahem* :-)

I have known Emily since fifth grade and she is still the cutest. thing. ever!! She and Nathan have been together for three and a half years now and are planning their wedding for October. Last night was the first time I met Nathan and it was so much fun to watch them interact and love on each other! :-) We walked all around her grandparents’ farm taking photos, and after we were done we went inside for some dessert (grandma always has good dessert) and spent the rest of the evening catching up and reminiscing. It’s more fun now to catch up with Nathan there because then we get to hear both sides of the story. ;-)

This next photo is sooooo THEM!!

This is Emily’s old playhouse at grandma + grandpa’s! Who knew she would be getting kisses from her fiance in front of it twenty years later?! :-)

Nathan + Emily – thanks so much for making the trip down last night. I hope all is well now with your car!! If I have any trouble on my way up for the wedding, I know who to call (not Emily)!! ;-)