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Last Sunday, Patrick and I got to meet up with Lara + Brent… a cute cute couple who are Volleyball coaches at Stevenson University!

Lara and Patrick have known each other since 2004!! Lara reached out after seeing some of our recent work, and hired us for her and Brent’s engagement pictures!!

Since Volleyball is such a huge piece of their relationship, we did a volleyball inspired engagement session… and let me tell you, we had to get creative. There’s not much inspiration on pinterest for volleyball session… so it looks like we are creating it!!

Anyway, Brent + Lara were the cutest. We laughed a lot with them, had them try different poses given the parameters of lockers and volleyball nets. It was pretty fun! Here’s the summary of their engagement session. Patrick and I LOVED our time with them!

This coming September, I will be standing besides one of my friends, Brittany, when she says “I Do” to our friend, John. We are really excited for them!

This past weekend, we threw Brittany a surprise bridal shower which was awesome because even thought she was suspicious, she was still surprised.

This past Saturday, I spent 3 hours photographing a beautiful outdoor wedding for the newly wed, Atiya and Mohammed. Atiya and Mohammed are African American Muslims, a sweet and kind couple. Their wedding was unique and a cultural experience for me as I have never had the privileged of photographing a Ghanaian-Muslim wedding. I was honored to have been invited to and hired to photograph this wedding. 

Christina and Matt helped us with our November wedding. Christina was one of our day of coordinators… she picked up my bouquet, helped with all things ceremony the morning of the wedding, and came the day before to work as well. She did so much. And Matt, thanks for chainsawing all those wood pieces from your wood forest for our centerpieces… they will be great for bonfires this summer when you guys come over!

As a thank you, we wanted to bless them and give them something to have for years! They never got engagement pictures done, so we thought an anniversary shoot was fitting for these two… they are adorable and I’m pretty sure they fell in love all over again on Saturday.

We have been so excited to put up this blog post up! Jesse and Allyson just returned from an extended honeymoon, and we didn’t want them to miss the excitement surrounding the announcement of their wedding post! So we of course waited!! So here it is!

Jesse and Allyson got married on Friday, March 14th. They had a beautiful wedding and God gave them a perfect day for it. Purple and yellow bouquets, gray suits, a breeze in the air, and a partially cloudy day… a great recipe for a beautiful wedding. Allyson and her bridesmaids were beautiful and she was gorgeous. Jesse was so handsome and his guys of course complimented.

As you look through this post, you will find yourself smiling… I just know you will, we sure did.

Congrats, Jesse and Allyson and enjoy! There are so many pictures as you know and we couldn’t put all of them up!

Say hello to the new MR & MRS CIMILADORA’s!

Jesse and Allyson are our sweet November engagement post. Maggie has known Allyson and Jesse forever… like… they ran around in church as 3 years olds together… or something like that.

Anyway, these two lovebirds are getting married in the Spring and Patrick and I can’t wait to photograph their wedding!! Happy Engagement and Happy Thanksgiving!

This coming Saturday, two incredible people are getting married! John
Michael McDade is marrying Heather Marino! Patrick and I are so excited
for their wedding on Saturday!