Update on us...

Hey everyone. Sorry, I have once again managed to get lost in the chaos of wedding season!! We are so busy it has been UNREAL. I have about twenty things I need to post on here, Matt keeps reminding me and I keep ignoring him. (That's what wives are supposed to do, right?) But he finally cornered me tonight. I realized how much I miss sharing what is going on in our crazy life. So, here is a small update on us.

Kylan said his first word!! And KEEPS saying it, for that matter..... Sunday, which just happened to be Father's day, we were sitting in church and I was holding Ky on my lap. Well, he decided he didn't want me anymore. So he reached for Matt and said, clear as day, "Daddy!" Let me tell ya, Matt has been rubbing it in ever since. Monday when Matt left Kylan kept saying his name over and over again, like he was wondering where he was. And today Kylan was playing in the office and had pulled himself up so he was standing, hanging on to the baby gate in the doorway. He could see Matt in the kitchen and kept crying "Daddy, Daddy!!" until Matt came and picked him up. It didn't take him long! But then, who could resist that?!

Senior Pictures

Senior pictures are always a fun deviation from 'the norm'. Being a senior - who can forget it?! High School in and of itself is a time of self-expression and growth - a time of figuring out who you are. What an amazing thing to be able to capture: the end of one journey and the beginning of another.

Sherese was a gorgeous graduate from Foothill High. She has the bluest eyes I have ever seen - they are literally BABY BLUE. (I swear I only re-touched them in the black and white photo!) She was a little nervous at first. Who wouldn't be? I am SO glad we decided to do her pictures outside, she was infinitely more comfortable here than she would have been in studio. We laughed and goofed around the entire time, just trying to keep things as light (and her looking as natural) as possible. It's hard to be natural when you have a camera so close it's making you cross-eyed. :) but she was a great sport. She delt with all of my tyrrany with casual hysteria (she was so scared of the camera!!), and I did whatever I could to keep her smiling! Well, as you can see, it worked. We really had a blast with her, and she swears she had just as good of a time as we did.

Kristi and Steve

Kristi and Steve were one of the coolest couples of all time. They were crazy, to say the least. Just to give you a little background information on them to explain their insanity... Kristi was one of the character's at Disney World. That sums her personality up in just a few words. They wanted their engagement pictures done of them playing on a playground. Swings, slides, monkey bars... the works. The picture they chose for their announcement was actually of them in a tree! But this one was one of my favorites. Who ever thought monkey bars could be so romantic?





They decided they wanted to go somewhere on their honeymoon that is by no means a commonplace honeymoon destination. So, when they got their 'wedding budget' from their parents they decided to trade out their beautiful catered luncheon for sloppy-joes, chips and lemonade. They used the extra money and went to Greece instead! Instead of a reception they had a party, catered by Leatherby's ice cream.  They cut their cake with a butcher knife and Kristi had Steve hold her hair as she dove face first into the cake. I have pictures of them in full wedding regalia, climbing jungle gyms, going through the monkey bars upside down and head first, doing flips on the trampoline and climbing a tree. And to top it all off, when they left their ceremony, instead of opening the car door, Kristi ran and jumped through the open window... IN HER WEDDING DRESS!!!

For their first anniversary they decided to get an album of their insanity. It is definitely one of my favorite weddings to remember!  Happy Anniversary you two. If anyone deserves it, you do.

Here is the link to view their album:
http://www.sheerelegancephotography.com/NewsomeAlbum/