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Melody and Andrew are such a fun couple and are quite famous in my old town of Pine Level, North Carolina. When I first met them we were stopped at least 3 times by someone they knew1 Now that I have gotten to know them a bit more I know why everyone likes them too. Cause they are awesome and fun. So that’s exactly how their wedding was. They got married at a cute little church in Fremont, NC the Fremont Missionary Baptist Church. Melody really enjoys church architecture and this church was just screaming her name.

I love her dress swaying in the wind. Thanks to her Uncle Randy for being on standby for me in case the dress took a drop. Luckily it stayed up!

Right before she walked down the aisle…

They walked together to the Imperial March from Star Wars… right? It was that one right Andrew? Either way, it was the bomb.

Everyone that attended the wedding!

love those heels and the black on black chucks.

Melody, You’re absolutely stunning.

Best send away ever! Paper Planes! They flew super awesomely as well.

Seriously you two are great. Thanks for being awesome your two.

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Erin and Brandon are so sweet and I couldnt be happier for them having a baby. I met up with them a few weeks ago and Erin was 36 weeks. She’s now more pregnant than I was when I had little Jack. They got pregnant only two weeks after I shot their wedding in October! So if you follow the blog a lot you might recognize them. Little Sophia is expected to make her entrance into the world at the beginning of August. Though they think it would be funny if she actually went into labor tomorrow exactly 9 months since they were wed. We met up at The Leaning Tree for their session. Their wedding reception was held there but we did all of the formals at the ceremony site so I thought it may be nice to do some photos there. It was a beautiful but hot day. Erin was a trooper in the heat.. well actually we were all troopers even Jack tagged along on this one ;) 20110705-DSC_1318 20110705-DSC_1328 20110705-DSC_1334 20110705-DSC_1337 20110705-DSC_1355 20110705-DSC_1361 20110705-DSC_1383 20110705-DSC_1393 20110705-DSC_1400 20110705-DSC_1403 20110705-DSC_1422 20110705-DSC_1423 20110705-DSC_1425 20110705-DSC_1435 20110705-DSC_1452 20110705-DSC_1461 20110705-DSC_1463 20110705-DSC_1482 20110705-DSC_1483 Yay you two! I cant wait to hear the news of Sophia’s birth!

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This little family is quite near and dear to my heart for lots of various reasons I wont get into. But one of them is that they were my first “official session ever.” I met up with the girls when they were around 3 months old (that was the earliest I could get to them due to them being so tiny) and boy was I new to photography! I learned a lot that session- one being that I need to always insist to get at least a few family shots of everyone even if its just their faces. 20090209-DSC_0614

a year and some change later I met up with them again, they had grown quite a bit but still as cute as ever. mini Today they started a new chapter in their lives and moved back home to Minnesota- like seriously they are there right now! But before they left we made sure to get in one more session. Im glad it happened. We had scheduled something the weekend before I popped out Jack and it rained then I had the kid and you know how that goes. So when I happened to find this SUPER SWEET field of flowers I suggested we try again. And what do you know the day we planned for- it rained. BAH to the weather thats what I have to say. On another note did you know that in NC it is actually illegal to go traipsing through these fields of flowers and its also illegal to pick them. Well, we have some fugitives on our hands so I’m glad you ladies got out of the state while you could. ;) 20110509-DSC_2794 May these super cute Barbie sunglasses rest in peace. We lost them in the field. 20110509-DSC_2781 20110509-DSC_2837

While Eva was playing paddycakes with her mama..

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Stella wanted to play with me :) Which is quite hard with a camera. 20110509-DSC_2848

FAVORITE! Like seriously, this is love right here. 20110509-DSC_2876 20110509-DSC_2919 20110509-DSC_2936 20110509-DSC_2944

love these hugs! 20110509-DSC_2960

the best I could get for everyone looking at me. 20110509-DSC_2976 20110509-DSC_2999

PEEKaBOO! 20110509-DSC_3043

“awe mom really? do I have to?” 20110509-DSC_3051 20110509-DSC_3061 BW-2 ps: none of the eyes in ANY of these photos were edited to look more awesome. these ladies just have A M A Z I N G eyes. 20110509-DSC_3077

I brought out two of my suitcases cause it seemed fitting that they were moving and all. Plus.. I love me some bright colored props! 20110509-DSC_3112 They dragged these silly suitcases all over that field waving “bye” the whole time! 20110509-DSC_3121 still not sure where they thought they were off to… 20110509-DSC_3136 20110509-DSC_3140

for some reason my usual favorite family photo is ALWAYS families walking away- holding hands. I love it! 20110509-DSC_3161

these next two were for mom. She said, “well we might as well get a photo of all the things that arent moving!” I agree it was much easier to photograph these two photos. Toddlers sure do know how to not pay attention and how to move all around making my job really hard. They are fun, but definitely a work out. 20110509-DSC_3238 20110509-DSC_3241 then the girls went into melt down mode. 20110509-DSC_3235 and I think this was the best photo of the two little ones I got. Still adorable even though they are miserable. 20110509-DSC_3250

Angie- I hope you know how much Neil and I love you and the girls. You’ll always have a place in our hearts AND our homes. So if you ever need anything dont hesitate to ask.

Hawaii 2012! Lets do this. :)

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20110315-DSC_6812 Neils home! He got home VERY late Tuesday night. And I am so super glad he’s back. These first few photos are from that night. I tried not to have my camera out all night and instead try and enjoy the moment rather than capture it. Especially since I had friends Autumn of Reminiscing Moments Photography and Shallyse of Shadeleaf Studios there to document the event for me. Those two ladies are AWESOME and we are so glad they were there for us. Thank you both again! 20110315-DSC_6822 20110315-DSC_6826 20110315-DSC_6828 20110315-DSC_6830 20110315-DSC_6835 20110315-DSC_6837 20110315-DSC_6839 20110315-DSC_6843 20110316-DSC_6853

This next one is my favorite from the whole night. Terry getting to see Barb’s baby belly for the first time in real life. So sweet. I am so excited for them! 20110316-DSC_6861 copy

For more from our homecoming check out Autumn’s blog about it here! She got some pretty awesome shots as well!

The next day more folks came in. They came in a bit different, they were actually flying the F-15E’s back instead of taking a heavy back. Neil was supposed to fly a jet back and decided against it incase something happened and they got stuck somewhere. He didnt want to miss little Jack’s birth and I agreed but after taking these photos I’m a bit sad he didnt fly home in a jet. Oh well, there’s always next time. I followed my friend Charlotte around for her big reunion with her fiance Colin. They are due to get married this fall and now they can REALLY start the planning! If youre a local in Raleigh you may recognize her from the news. She is a news anchor for NBC in Raleigh. 20110316-DSC_6894

Like me with my camera, its hard to break away from what you do. I loved that she was interviewing everyone. 20110316-DSC_6914

Emily is due on the same day as me (May 8th!) and she got to see her husband today too! 20110316-DSC_6921

headphones for the baby :) 20110316-DSC_6925 20110316-DSC_6934 20110316-DSC_6937

They’re here! The excitement level tripled when they did their flyby. 20110316-DSC_6941 20110316-DSC_6947 20110316-DSC_7000 20110316-DSC_7004 20110316-DSC_7013 20110316-DSC_7021

There he is! 20110316-DSC_7053

Then another eternity passed as they were shutting off the jets engines. AND then they were off! 20110316-DSC_7065 20110316-DSC_7070 20110316-DSC_7074

I love this because Charlotte is no short woman. 20110316-DSC_7088

Yay! 20110316-DSC_7111

Colin’s WSO and his cute family :) 20110316-DSC_7116 20110316-DSC_7127 20110316-DSC_7157 20110316-DSC_7160

he had to get something he left.. 20110316-DSC_7164 20110316-DSC_7182

I love his face. It was worth a shot Charlotte ;) 20110316-DSC_7194 20110316-DSC_7199 20110316-DSC_7211 20110316-DSC_7217 20110316-DSC_7223

This is one of the signs that was in the hallways. A few weeks ago we had a squadron decorating party and the kids got to have a little fun too. This was one of my favorite signs. I liked how some of the kids got all official too and some of the signs read “Welcome Home Brian!” vs. Welcome home daddy! So cute. 20110316-DSC_7233 20110316-DSC_7227

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Saturday after my baby shower I headed over to Durham, NC to get my dance on. For the past few months there have been dances and live bands at Cuban Revolution put on by a production company called Chifferobe. This week George Knott Square Trio performed. There was all kinda of awesome performances as well performed by Kristen Minsky & Kate Collins of The Cuban Revolution TropiGals. Dandy Wellington flew down from NY and he was an awesome MC. I feel like I should mention the real reason I was there as well. It was The Carolina Fascinators grand debut!! They did an awesome job and I was glad I got to see them from the start because I have a feeling they may be going places. Oh well, I feel like I just did a lot of name dropping so lets get to my favorite photos. Sound like a plan?

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Ooh!! I didnt mention Joei Reed up above but she was there featuring some of her awesome fascinators!! Check her Etsy out- she does some pretty awesome stuff. 2011022bb7-DSC_5662 20110227-DSC_5651 20110227-DSC_5670

These two got best dressed couple :) 20110227-DSC_5672 20110227-DSC_5673 Then the Fascinators did their thing! 20110227-DSC_5691 20110227-DSC_5692 20110227-DSC_5693 20110227-DSC_5714 20110227-DSC_5717 It was an awesome time :)