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Remember these two? I thought you might! =) I am just so happy to know them and we're both thrilled to pieces that we got to capture their day.

Before I get into the wedding, I'll give you a little background. Like most of our clients, Josh and Laci were referred to us by someone else. (We have been so blessed with referrals and are very grateful for them, so THANK YOU!) That "someone else" happened to be two of our very great friends, Matt and Kelly. Josh is Matt's cousin and Matt was kind enough to send them our way! (I stole this picture from Kelly's blog!)



On a side note, because Matt and Kelly were here for the wedding, they got to stay with us at Casa Call where we played some Settlers of Catan and ate yummy donuts! =) Hooray for friend time!

Anyway, back to wedding weekend. Friday night, they of course had their rehearsal dinner but it was even more special because Josh and Matt's grandparents (Oma and Opa) were celebrating 60 years of married bliss and their family had the sweetest little reception for them. You'll see a few pictures of that below but basically, each grandkid presented Oma and Opa a figurine that represented him/her and told a story or two that made everyone laugh and/or cry. And let me tell you what... there wasn't a dry eye in the house... including mine! It was such a cool thing to be a part of.

As for the wedding, it was just as sweet as I expected. Laci was an awesome bride and managed to stay incredibly composed all day. They hung out in the biggest bridal room I've ever seen and all the girls got pampered with hair, makeup, and pizza! Meanwhile, the guys huddled around i-phones to watch the World Cup game. You can imagine the upset when we didn't win. The reception was just as great and as time went on there were TONS of people out on the dance floor having a blast! It was fun! I even caught myself bustin' a move a time or two. (Oh come on now, you can't expect me to completely hold back... working or not!!) =)

All this to say, it was a great weekend! We wish Josh and Laci all the happiness in the world. I know they'll have it! Congrats guys!

Well guys...it's been a long week. I woke up last Sunday morning and learned that my cousin, Ryan, had passed away during the night after a long battle with Pancreatic Cancer. To say we were all devastated would be an understatement. Ryan means so much to each of us!

I just got back from a few days in Minnesota for his memorial service. This is one of the hardest, if not THE hardest weeks I've ever had. Thankfully I have a great, close family that made the trip more bearable. Because of this trip we had to cancel and/or reschedule a couple photo sessions. We also took a little longer to get pictures out this week. I want to thank you all for being so great during this time. I know for a few of you this has been a big inconvenience. Thanks for understanding. We have the best clients... hands down!!

That same Sunday, we had an engagement session with the WONDERFUL Josh and Laci. I know I was probably a complete space cadet but we really did have a great time with these two. Josh and Laci are very sincere and I love that they're goofy with each other! They are just so much fun to be around. We can't wait for their June wedding!!

Enjoy!

Guys, I am just in the depths of despair. We had our very first Thanksgiving (at our house) and I didn't take one picture...NOT ONE!! We completely forgot to get the camera out. I guess we were just so busy hosting that it never crossed our minds until after the fact. For my next post, I'll at least tell you about it...there just won't be much in the way of pictures to go along with it.

You all may remember about a month ago, I spilled my guts and wrote this post right before we got our pictures taken by Josh McCullock. Well, we got the pictures back and I'm going to share a few of our favorites with you. Dac and I loved the chance to switch roles for a while and we were so happy to let Josh take the lead and do what he wanted. I think he got some great shots.



 For us, this was a break from work, and we treated it like a little date. We had a great time and couldn't be happier to have some photos to adorn our Web site and the walls of our new place. After the session, the three of us headed to Old Chicago to shoot the breeze and talk nerdy photo people shop. =) One word....awesome. Thanks again Josh!

I'm always saying how important it is to take pictures for "no reason". I really believe that you shouldn't wait for an important milestone or event (wedding, baby, holiday card season, makeover, etc..) to document your life. Sure, those are great photo opportunities also, but life is more than just a series of events. It's the time in between all those things too. In fact, life is most like LIFE when it's not surrounding those times...when you're just being you.

Today, I may be regretting this philosophy. It's time for us to step in FRONT of the camera. YIKES! You may be thinking "but Alisha, what's the big deal, you've always LOVED hamming it up in front of the camera." You'd be right. The big deal is 1) we're working with a fabulous photographer and for some reason, because we're photographers too, I feel like we really need to be on our A game as clients, and 2) because I feel... Fat.

Ah, the F word. So many times I've heard people say "I want to do pictures just as soon as I lose some more weight." Every time they say that, I come flying back with my "it's not about that, it's about documenting your life like it is RIGHT NOW speech." Today I'm eating my words, taking my own advice, and practicing what I preach. Sure, when I first scheduled this session several months ago, I wasn't nearly this overweight, but thanks to some knarly meds (that I'm now off of...YES) I've gained 25-30lbs. You have no idea how bad I wanted to cancel until "I lost the weight" but I didn't. I didn't because that would make me a mega hypocrite and because I preach the truth. =)

When it's all said an done, we will have some rockin' pictures that years from now we can look at and remember what life was like when we just bought a house, were working our tails off to make our photography dream a reality and still working full time jobs to pay for it, were kid-free, and were loving each other and life the best we knew how. There will never be a time exactly like this again and I want pictures of it just because!

SO, I'm going to suck it up and suck it in and have a blast hanging out with my husband on our photo date and talking shop with Josh. =) I'm pumped.