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heather's bridal shower • 9.22.07

My sister-in-law is getting married soon (I am so excited to be their photographer!) and my daughter Chloe and I went to a bridal shower for her a couple weeks ago. It was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures from the day:

the bride with her soon-to-be mother-in-law, who is just the sweetest lady ever. :)

mother of the bride (and my wonderful mother-in-law!)


i seriously loved this salad so much that I went back for seconds! yum!


shower game time!


jeff arrived in time to help open gifts


the little girls in the wedding are so cute. this is the groom's niece. and I'm biased about the other little girl in the wedding, who just happens to be my little Chloe. :)

chloe made a new friend ...

... and they were thrilled when Jeff's mom gave them a special gift.
Chloe doesn't look very thrilled, but she really was.

Can't wait for the wedding! :)

heather's bridal shower

Drove to Ohio on Saturday with my mom and my daughter. My cousin is getting married this June to his sweet girlfriend, Heather, and this trip was for her bridal shower. We had a good time (despite the 4 hour car trip with a whiny 4 yr. old). ;)

[ fun + games ]

[ opening gifts - the little girls helped ]

I'm so excited to photograph Heather and Brian's wedding. One of the sweetest things was when they were trying to figure out what date to get married. The original date they wanted was June 9th, but I've been booked for that date with another couple for over a year. I was disappointed thinking I wouldn't be able to be there, but they asked what dates I was still open that month and changed their date so I could be there to take their pictures. That was the HUGEST compliment to me. I'm so thankful for my family!

erinn's shower • slideshow

Click the picture for a little slideshow from Erinn's bridal shower last weekend!

The song I used for this particular show, well, it's a bit of an inside joke. We used it at the shower of a friend several years ago .... remember that, Erinn? ;)

Enjoy the show!

erinn's bridal shower

Erinn's bridal shower was this weekend here in Hastings. It was a lot of fun and so good to see everyone. Erinn and I have been friends for many years. Her sister and I were the best of friends in our church youth group, so I first knew her as "Michelle's little sister", but we have since become good friends. In the late 90's, I lived in Germany with my husband while he served in the US Army. Erinn was one of my favorite connections to home through our many many emails. I'm so very happy for her and Kevin. One of the best things about my job is that I get to use my talents to do special things like this for my friends. :)

Erinn's mom made all these great finger foods for us. Everything looked great!

It was a lot of fun! Can't wait for the wedding! :)

I don't shoot many bridal showers, but it's always fun to do something a little different. So, if anyone is having a fabulous bridal shower with great details and lots of fun planned, contact me and I'll come and capture it all! :)