Michelle & Roger - 15 Year Anniversary

Michelle & Roger are an awesome couple who are celebrating their 15 year wedding anniversary! To celebrate, they wanted something some intimate photos that show their crazy love for each other, all these years later. This was such a fun shoot & I'm so honored that they asked me to shoot this for them! Since they booked their session a few months back, Michelle & I have been getting to know each other via email & Facebook, so I totally felt like I was walking into an old friends house when I arrived! Thank you both so much for being so sweet! It was SO nice to meet you both!

Let me say yet AGAIN how crazy it is that my couples are so darn gorgeous. Seriously. I'm so lucky.

I LOVE how Roger looks at his beautiful bride after 15 years.....

*WARNING!* The following photos are STEAMY! Totally tasteful and chosen very carefully for this blog, but always like to toss the warning out there! If you're uncomfortable with skin and sensuality, then don't scroll down :)

A few photos of Michelle alone..... I'd like to point out that she is 35 & has THREE kids! Are you kidding me, Michelle?! Really.... this just isn't fair! :)

Michelle has the most beautiful smile & laugh.... I love this shot that totally shows her personality.

Michelle & Roger were my last shoot while I was in Tulsa & right after I was done at their home, I got on the road for my 12 hour drive home. They sent me on my way with a huge package of chocolate covered coffee beans from my one of my favorite coffee shops, Rocket Brothers.... Thank you SO much guys! Those things got me home & helped me get through editing all of these sessions! :) I also shared them with my movers on Sunday and they got the job done fast! Ha ha!

The "Y" Family

Last summer I shot Tim & Chrissy's maternity photos while I was in Tulsa, and this trip back to Oklahoma I got to meet baby Isaiah! He is SO adorable!! I'm telling you, this trip was not good for my existing baby fever :)

Tim & Chrissy wanted an urban feel to their family photos, which of course I love.... We did a little shooting in their home & then headed downtown. I love this entire session... so hard to pick my favorites! I had so much fun with them during their maternity shoot & they didn't disappoint this time either! Thank you SO much guys! I had a blast with you.... again!

A few from their home first.... I love love LOVE the feel of these....

Downtown!

I'm constantly on the lookout for things like you're about to see & am STOKED that we found not one but TWO perfect ones during this shoot!

Daryl & Donna - Just Because

Tonight's blog is coming to you from Hayden (my husband) because my brain is just too darn tired to do it alone. Friday I had a super fun engagement session, Saturday an amazing wedding, and then Sunday we moved! All great things, but my brain has had about all it can handle, so Hayden has chosen the shots for tonight's blog :) I always have a hard time picking a few "favorites" for blog posts, so I'm glad he could help!

Donna & Daryl's daughter, Sarah, is a good friend of mine and through her I've grown to know the rest of the family. Donna emailed me a few months back about setting up a shoot for her & Daryl while I was in Tulsa. She said she just didn't have many photos of the two of them, and well... it was just time! I think it's SO cool that they decided to do a shoot like this just for THEM and just BECAUSE! One of my most favorite things to shoot is engagement sessions, and I treated this shoot just like one... and they were as adorable in love as any engaged couples I've shot!

The first few were taken at their beautiful home. When I arrived, they had an Over the Rhine song cranked up! Donna said she fell in love with OtR from the music on my website & bought three of their albums on iTunes... Woot! Way to put a girl in shooting-mood! :)

Next we headed down to Daryl's office & did a little shooting around. Daryl also flies planes and the hanger was calling my name, so in there we went....

*Note* One of my favorite things about this session is how PERSONALIZED it is for this awesome couple..... Each place we shot & each thing we did had significance behind it other than just a super cool photo (which hey, those are okay too :) - Couples: When I talk about finding unique locations for engagement sessions that really represent who YOU are as a couple & the things YOU enjoy doing, this is a perfect example! :)

Gary & Ashlee - (Mini) Engagement Session

This post is a special one for me.... Gary and my husband, Hayden, grew up together and have been very close for alot of years. He was actually the best man in our wedding. I can remember during our rehearsal the night before our wedding seeing a teary-eyed Gary... I remember him saying how happy he was that Hayden had "done well" and found what he was looking for in a woman.... I remember Gary saying that he wanted the same for himself.

Enter Ashlee.

Since we now live so far from Gary, we don't get to see him much. There was a point in time when he practically lived in our house (or so it felt) and I referred to him as my "son"... Mainly due to fixing him lots of meals and then cleaning up the Doritos crumbs from under my couch that he left behind (you knew I'd mention it, Gary!). Since those days many years ago, we've moved across the country & therefore, this was my first time to meet Ashlee!

I have to say, I was pretty nervous! A little bit of a motherly-instinct came out in me & I wanted to be sure that this was a good match for him. Ashlee passed all of my tests with flying colors... She has the best demeanor, she's so sweet, and is beautiful inside & out. Not only did I meet Ashlee, but also had the chance to sit down with her parents & they're equally as wonderful. I am so so SO happy for the new life these two will share together and SO happy to have another girl to sit and listen to Hayden & Gary's crazy childhood stories with me :)

Gary.... you've done well.

A few of my favorites from our "mini-session" (fit in at the last minute with only a little time...)

The G Family

Another Tulsa photoshoot comin' your way!

Kelly is a photographer herself, so as usual when other photographers ask me to do a shoot for them, I feel *extra* special. :) Remember yesterdays post with the beautiful little girl?! Well, prepare yourself for some more baby fever.... because Jackson is SWEET!

We weren't quite sure if this shoot would happen (again, because of the crazy rain during my trip to Oklahoma), but the rain stopped JUST long enough for us to shoot! It was grey & cloudy, but we'll take that over a flood any day! :) Here's a few of my fave's:

Isn't Kelly so gorgeous?! (PS, she's expecting baby #2! Congrats guys!!)

I LOVE this next shot of Kelly's parents..... It totally captures their personalities....

SUCH a sweet family! You know those people who just ooze kindness & a genuine care for others? That's them. :)

Adelaide - 4 Months

WARNING: If you have baby fever, back away from your computer now! :) This post will only make this feeling worse!

Adelaide is such a perfect little girl. She's so sweet, has the most "chilled" demeanor, and is absolutely beautiful. Her parents are so lucky to have her, and she's so lucky to have such cool parents!

Rachel & Ben are Adelaide's parents, and that makes this shoot even more fun for me. They were my first ever engagement shoot and one of the first weddings that I shot alone. Follow that with their maternity photos, and now, their little girl's pics. How cool is that?! I feel SO special when a family refers to me as "their" photographer, and I love that I get to document this family as they change & grow!

I was in Tulsa, Oklahoma last week visiting family, friends & doing photoshoots! Unfortunately, Tulsa's weather was MISERABLE during my time their.... It rained every.single.day. Every day. Almost all day. Some major roads were closed due to flooding and you could have used a boat in my inlaw's front & back yards... It was nuts. We had hoped to do Adelaide's shoot outside in her grandma's beautiful flower garden, but mother nature had other plans. Inside we went!

On to Adelaide.... I'm serious about this baby fever thing.... She's adorable!

Here's a sneak peek!