I had planned more posts of favorites from 2009 and they still may arrive some time in the near future. That being said, don’t wait up. It has been a busy, fun, exciting, special winter so far and I have loved every moment of it. I am looking forward to wedding season ‘10 but also sad for my family time to end. We have been finishing our basement for the kids enjoyment (pictures to come) and it has taken up alot of my time. It is fun though! So how is everyone’s wonderful winter going? I hope as well as ours and that being said here are some photos of the little ones, since that is what I take photos of mostly these cold days.

Parker playing his favorite Wii game ever!

Poor baby fell off a hill!

Delilah LOVES her bears and can’t sleep without them which is awesome!

Parker’s guitar that Mike made for Christmas!

Messy boy!!

They are so cute!

Static cling!

I thought I would do a few favorites from 2010 over the next few months since I have a three month break from photography. So to start I thought I would show everyone my favorite venue for weddings and receptions. I LOVE River Birch so much that I even showed it off to my family this past weekend (little sis is looking at locations) and even in the winter it is awesome (maybe even more awesome in the winter…). So here are a few of the things I LOVE about this place. Number one, in the summer you can get married outside and of course it is SO pretty and some of you may know I also LOVE outdoor weddings. Number two, you can stay on site that night. I have been involved in several weddings and when things cool down and you break apart for the night it can be kind of a low. I love how you can all stay in the many bedrooms of the house and enjoy a breakfast together the next day. Number three, the environment is not stuffy! There aren’t a million other weddings going on, or people walking around a hotel or anything like that. I have a thing for intimate wedding venues where the night just seams magical. And this place makes it happen. Here are some shots from the night we were there last year and the gorgeousness of the surroundings. Lots of woods, stone, fire, etc. Very beautiful!

Here are a few of the outside

Where the wedding ceremonies happen.

Detail inside the lodge

From the master bedroom, there are tons of cool photo backdrops, like this rug that I loved.

I don’t usually share the group shots as much cause they aren’t my favorite, but the backdrop for these was excellent!

I love the back deck!

Inside, one of my favorite fireplaces.

There were many beautiful weddings this year and just as many awesome locations. We are blessed to work in many different cities and see new things all the time. But for this past year River Birch took the cake. As for runners up, I would have to say that the Ann Arbor farmer’s market and Indian Springs were fun and unique. I like when there is a flavor of personality in the location and it seams to make the couple more relaxed. More of my favorites to come soon!

My sis Jenny just recently got engaged and I want to say congrats to her and Kevin! We are of course in the middle of planning and its super fun. Some of you might remember that last year my baby sister was married and of course this made the wedding season much more crazy. So this year we have another wedding and of course that could possibly mean another crazy wedding season. But I am nothing but excited about it! Our brides are awesome this year, absolutly amazing and I can’t wait to work with each and every one of them! And with another wedding on the books we are officially only taking two more weddings in 2010 to close up our season! So if you are on the fence, jump off, or contact us about shooting your wedding. Hope everyone is having an amazing winter and looking forward to the warmth of spring just around the corner!

Ok, so bad news first. My email has been down for over 24 hours and not only am I going crazy but also I can’t email you back. And possibly if you did email me it just bounced back to you. So we are in the process of fixing it. You may be able to email me now even. Sorry for the inconvience and for the website and blog being down. Not fun.

Good news! If you live in the metro detroit area (or even Holland, since I found one here) you can check out Kerryn and Chris’s awesome wedidng in their new magazine! Check it out. I am especially proud of this because I had the worst flu ever during this wedding and still got it into a magazine. You can also see these two beautiful people here!

The last post for awhile. I will be out of the office for a few weeks, still answering emails though. Merry Christmas internet world. Here are a few quick favorites from a recent shoot with a cutie pie 9 month old baby girl.

I have done this little mans pics from maybe 4 years now. He is growing so fast it is crazy.

My lovely friend Becky just had a beautiful baby boy and I got a chance to visit and take a few pics. Here are some from the maternity as well.

And baby Carson!

And he finally fell asleep.

Took a few pics for my sisters lovely friends who just arrived back from Japan. They have been out there for several years and are now looking for work in the states. Here are a few faves from their mini shoot.

I have been neglecting the blog lately, I am sorry. I think after wedding season my brain went into OFF mode. I have been shooting here and there, but mostly I have been cuddling the kidos and getting ready for Christmas! So to start off the fun of catching up on blog posts I will post a few fun family shots (since this is how my time has been spent).

My cousin had a beautiful baby girl! I had the joy of spending a weekend up north with them and took a few pics of the new second cousin, once removed.   Isn’t she lovely!

Thanksgiving came and went super fast and of course now Christmas is only days away. My family is crazy fun and I am excited to spend some time with them soon!

And of course my hands have been full with the two cutest kids in the whole world. Maybe a little biased here…

So now that I have caught up on almost all my holiday shopping (and crafting this year!), I will attempt to update with a few more blog posts before Christmas! Also, just a quick note to say we are going to have a little contest/giveaway in February, so keep your ears and eyes sharp! Merry Christmas!

For those of you who keep up on the blog, my little sister was married in May. You might have noticed her 4 blog posts…. One, Two, Three, Four. I did notice that there two engagement shoots aren’t posted on the new blog though, so hopefully you aren’t too sick of the two of them…because there is more. If you notice from the shots that I am in a few of them because I was a matron of honor. And so Mike and Stacey shot the majority of the wedding and did a great job! I had a camera (I have to admit) but I tried to let go (since that is hard for me) and just enjoy myself. So we had talked about doing an after shoot just for fun and to get Becky into her dress one last time It has taken 6 months to actually find an open date but we finally got out and took a few new shots. Of course by now it is freezing in Holland and while we tried to tackle the beach, it just wasn’t possible. Here are a few faves. Love you guys, congrats on being happily married!!!