Kelsi & Ryan { Married }

Kelsi and Ryan were married this past beautiful Saturday, and it was an amazing, love-filled wedding. These two were so excited to be married! I'm friends with them both, and in the days before their wedding, they were writing on each others' facebook walls about how they couldn't wait to become husband and wife. I feel so honored to be a part of something so special, and I hope the photos reflect that.

A little background...I met Ryan a couple years ago at church and we became friends through working in the youth group together. He moved away for a year, and meanwhile I started working at Gingeroot. Next door to us is a bridal store called I Do Bridal and Tux (you should all go there, it's great!), which is where Kelsi works, so that's how we met. When they started dating, it was such a cool thing to know them both, and then I had the honor of attending their engagement party in March, and now they're married. Congrats Ryan and Kelsi, I couldn't be happier for you and your new life together!

Micah & Robert { Engaged }

Little Micah's all grown up! Okay, I haven't known her since she was super little, but she still doesn't seem old enough to get married. Micah and I met when we started going to NewSpring Church 5 years ago. Her extended family makes up about half of the church. :) And her brother Scott is one of Adam and my closest friends. I was honored when Micah asked me to be her wedding photographer, and so excited when she told me they are planning an outdoor wedding at their home in the country. I'm so glad she found such a great guy like Robert to marry and can't wait for the wedding!

Here's a sneak peek from our mosquito-infested engagement session yesterday evening.

Lindsey & Chris { Maternity }

So obviously, Lindsey already had her baby. But at the end of July, I took her maternity photos and she edited a couple of her favorites. I thought I'd share them with you here!

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Rob & Tamika { Proposal }

Right before I left to have Sutton, I had the pleasure of secretly photographing a proposal at Botanica. How does a 9-month pregnant lady "secretly" photograph anything, you might wonder. Not easily.

Rob came to me in May and wanted to make an album of photos to surprise his girlfriend-turned-fiance with while he was deployed in Iraq. We plotted and schemed the best way to keep everything hush hush.

I arrived at Botanica before they did, and brought Adam with me as a decoy. We posed as a couple on a date taking photos of all the beautiful flowers. Once Rob and Tamika arrived, I put on my super telephoto lens, and started following them, keeping a safe distance. I didn't know exactly how or where the proposal would take place, so we scrambled to keep them in our sights at all times. At one point, they were walking towards us and Tamika even said a friendly hello. Little did she know...

I was able to snap the photos of the actual proposal through a trellis so that Tamika still wouldn't catch on. After she said YES and they hugged and kissed, they left. We waited to see them walk out the front doors so we could leave without detection. We waited. And waited. They weren't leaving, and all of a sudden, they came back into the gardens, and Rob walked right up to me! Que MAJOR acting on Rob and my parts:

Rob: "Excuse me, miss?"
Gina, panicking: "Uh, yes?"
Rob: "We noticed you had a camera, and we just got engaged, so we wanted to know if you could take our picture?"
Tamika, acting extremely embarrassed in the background : "I'm so sorry to bother you!"
Gina: "No, no! I'd LOVE to. Congratulations, that's so exciting!!"

So we walked over to where he'd proposed and I took a couple photos. I had to act like an amateur, so I even counted 1, 2, 3 before I took the photos, haha!

Ginger helped me design an album since I was busy having a baby, and while I don't normally do this, I thought I'd post the entire album for your viewing pleasure! (And props to Ginger for her mad design skills!)

Fast forward a couple weeks...Rob tells Tamika he needs her to run an errand for him. She comes in, is handed the book, and once she finally catches on, she exclaims, "That pregnant lady works here?!" Lindsey even got a video of her reaction so we could send it to Rob in Iraq!

Belated congrats to the happy couple!!

Look at My Cute Family!

Okay, not MY family, but my family. This is my sister-in-law Jessica, her hubby Steve, and their three kiddos. Jess is the editor of a magazine that we take photos for, and since this September marks she and Steve's TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY (congrats!), we took a few quick photos for an article in the mag. Here's my favorite one.

Katie & Micah { Wedding }

What an exciting, beautiful, joy-filled day. It's really hard to describe how amazing Katie and Micah's love story and wedding were. They dated 7 years ago in college and just recently found their way back to each other, were engaged, and married on Saturday. I've never seen a bride as excited to be a wife as Katie was. Her out of control arms, wiggle dancing, and crazy facial expressions were so fun for photos.

Katie's one of those people that I have a bunch of crazy connections to. She went to high school with my hubby, and they were good friends. When I moved up to Manhattan to go to K-State, I didn't know many people, and so Katie (who was two years older) took me under her wing and helped me get involved in Christian Challenge. Our studio manager Ginger is one of Katie's best friends, and as you'll see, was a bridesmaid in the wedding. Katie is also friends with Lindsey through other mutual friends. Craziness. Knowing Katie through the years made her union with Micah just that much sweeter!

It's Ginger!!