Steph and Kevin....Married!

I can hardly believe it has been three weeks since Kevin and Steph's beautiful wedding. I grabbed a few pictures to edit the day after wedding, but due to some technical difficulties was delayed in getting the rest for the post edited. Sorry it is so late, I included extra pictures to make up for it.... here is your preview post! :)











I was so lucky to have my awesome friend Katie along as my second shooter. She grabbed this shot of Kevin while I was up shooting the girls.
If you remember from the engagement session, Kevin and Steph are big OSU/KState fans...and their wedding reflected that! This is also Katie's shot.







 Steph's nieces and nephews were hanging out in the bridal suite...it was so fun. Made me excited for the day my younger brothers get married and have THEIR nieces or nephews hanging out with them! :)

First looks are always one of my favorite parts of the wedding day...and luckily as the photographer you get a front row seat!


This next shot is one of my favorites. Clearly you can see the emotion between the two, but even more, I love that you can see a tiny scar under Steph's arm. This couple was in a very, very serious car accident after Thanksgiving. One that could have taken both of their lives. If anything...one that could have very much so delayed this beautiful day. But here they were less than five months later, fully healed on their wedding day. And they made sure to praise God for that healing all day. Anyways...I think being able to see that tiny scar, in a picture with so much emotion, is something kind of special.





This next three are Katie's shots!
















This next one may be my favorite shot from the entire day! :)

Kevin sometimes struggles to keep his eyes open in pictures. :)

















The next shot is Katie's...great picture of Steph and her YoungLife girls.



Pre-wedding prayer time.







Ceremony!










I love this...after the ceremony I was in changing up batteries and resting for just a bit when Steph and Kevin came into the brides room and just sat down. They explained they were doing the same thing...just taking a little rest. I got up and said I would give them a few minutes and they said "Oh no, you're fine! We just want to get off our feet for a minute." They were sitting so cute (keep in mind these next shots are completely unposed) that I asked if I could snap a couple pics while they chatted. I got this one, then said I was going to head over to the church reception. Wouldn't you know...as soon as that door closed, these two started making out. Newlyweds!



I am still in the process of working my way through all of their reception pictures (there was a TON of dancing! but here are a few we grabbed before the reception and then a couple of their first dance!













And we will wrap this post up with their first dance as husband and wife!



 Thanks for letting me photograph your wedding!!! It was such a wonderful day and I loved being a part of it!

Basketball Brother - Teddereddie

I  have made no bones about how proud I am of my siblings. I mean let's be honest...they totally rock. They rock in all aspects of life if you ask me. Well, most of the time. Hit me at the right moment and I may be able to think of SOMETHING that they don't rock at. ;)

Anyways, one of things Tedder rocks as most is basketball. When I say that, you may think I mean he is really awesome at scoring, defending, rebounding, etc. And yes....he is really awesome at those things. But when I say he rocks at basketball, I mean he literally plays the game in the BEST possible way. Tedder is such a great teammate. If he isn't on the court he is the biggest supporter on the bench. Cheering for his teammates, sending them words of encouragement, and jumping up and down at the first sign of a great play (or a really bad call. :)). What is funny, is when we were at one of Joe Henry's basketball games this past winter he said "Gosh, Joe is such a great teammate...I am working to have an attitude more like him." I sat there a little shocked because all I could think was "where do you think he learned that, Tedder?!" He spent years watching Ted be that supportive player, ecstatic when it was his turn to be on the court or make the play, but also just as supportive from the sidelines...and he emulated it. And Tedder is the same way on the court. He runs to high-five teammates, pat their backs, and encourage them after they may have made a mistake. I love that about him and am always beaming with pride when I get to watch him play for Sterling College.

And that pride was on full display when he and his teammates got to play for the KCAC championship. For those of you who don't understand or follow NAIA sports...this is a BIG deal. When they made the championship game and I relayed the information to Rob (who played NAIA baseball) he said "WOW....that is awesome...and in case you don't know...that is a BIG deal." It isn't easy to get to the championship game. And Sterling did it...and they played great. In fact, if you ask me...they HAD that game. They had already beat McPherson twice during the year and were the better team. Mac just happened to get lucky. With that being said, as always, I was beaming with pride for Tedder both during and after the game. He is the picture of a great player and teammate and I am so glad he got the chance to play for a KCAC championship during his time at Sterling....with that being said....here is to hoping they go back and win it next year! Go Warriors!




The game was televised...so fun! My parents couldn't make it because they had agreed to host the Salthawk basketball dinner that night, which originally wasn't a problem, except snow moved Tedder's game to the same night. They were so bummed, but think goodness it was televised. They had it on every TV in the house and even texted that at one point the entire Salthawk varsity basketball team was crowded into our upstairs den cheering on Sterling. I loved that!



I love it when Tedder sees me in the stands and gives me a look! Even if it is a look like this...I'm guessing he looked at me like this because I was waving my hands around like a lunatic trying to get his attention. Just wanted to flash the ILY sign before the game! :)




























So proud of you, Tedder. Can't wait to see what your senior year at Sterling brings! Love you!

Our niece...Harper Ann

We have a niece!!! Rob and I got to meet our sweet niece....our first niece....this past weekend. And what a wonderful weekend it was. I have lots of pictures on my cell phone that I wanted to post so I just emailed them to myself, but they aren't downloading. Dangit. Oh well...guess I will just have to do TWO Harper posts. :) This post will have all the ones I took on my nice camera, and the next post will have the ones from my phone.

Without further ado....our sweet, beautiful niece, Harper.





Watching Rob with Harper just melted me. He was so enamored with her. Every time anybody else would hold her, Rob would stand right next to them asking to hold her next. Pretty sure the passing Harper rotation went something like this: Rob Sr.-Robby-Ann-Robby-Charlie-Robby-Ruth-Robby-Paul-Robby-Charlie-Robby-Charlie-Robby"...ok...so maybe I got a lot of turns, too. :)







She is even cute when she cries.
 

I wish I would have spent more time editing out that sunbeam on her forehead...oh, well. Too cute not to post. :)




They're home!




We waited extra long to see them come home so we only had two minutes to take a few quick pics before we had to get on the road. And when I say two minutes...I mean TWO minutes. I think I got about twenty pictures that weren't blurry and didn't have a hand in them. Here were some of my favorites. :)





You can see a hand reaching in to tame her mohawk. There is NO taming this girl's mohawk. :) Love it.















And one last picture...I think she was saying "No more pictures, Aunt Charlie!" Sorry Harper...you have a lifetime of me taking your picture ahead of you. :)