Jeni and Adam's New Years Eve Wedding

Jeni told me months ago that she always wanted a New Years Eve wedding. Adam gave her, that wish. And what a great day it turned out to be. The sky was bright blue, the air was crisp and it wasn't below zero!

Their ceremony was held at Mount Olivet Church in Minneapolis. It is a gorgeous church filled with all of these little areas that are picture perfect. It was perfect for Jeni and Adam.

The ceremony was held at 4pm so the sun was setting and small glow was shining through the stained glass windows.

The reception can only be summed up as a true New Years Eve party! It was held at the Medina Country Club and the room was definitely filled lots of happy guests that were there to celebrate!

5...4...3...2....1! Happy New Year!!!!!!

Happy Holidays!

The holiday season is upon us. It is my favorite time of year because everything seems so magical and people everywhere show how wonderful they are to each other.

I wish you a very wonderful holiday season. May you have days filled with laughter and love.

I will be away from the office until January 5th celebrating.

Happy Holidays!

Gato Family

The Gato family invited me to their house in hopes that their oldest daughter would be relaxed and enjoy the portrait session. So when I arrived I just played with her for a while. She showed me the "Ho Ho Ho" and pointed to the Elf that was sitting on top of the shelf. She told me some stories and even showed me how to play with a few toys. Eventually, she helped me take a few pictures and loved playing with my lens puffer (helps clean dust out of the lens area on my camera). By the time the backdrop and light was setup, she was raring to go! She was so energetic...I loved it!

I think that this one is so precious. I softened the image up a bit so that it became even more angelic.

And the love that started it all.

Primus-Louallen Family

I love how all of the kids showed up in their PJs for their session. It was a 10am session so it really did make sense. They looked all warm and toasty.

I baked a batch of Schwan's monster cookies for the occasion because I wanted to use them in the session, but it kinda escaped my mind so they never made it into the images. The good news is that the kids were able to take all of the cookies home with them.


This is the newest little addition to the family. She was born on November 14, 2008 and was already so strong. She kept lifting her head up and moving all around.It took me about 15 tries to get this picture because she decided that she didn't want to lay still. She kept wiggling every time I was about to take the picture. The other kids thought that was hilarious. I thought so too.

The Hansen-Hanson Family

I like to joke with these two that they should hyphenate their name to be Hansen-son to make it easy for everyone. So far, the haven't run with the idea.

Aaron, Dannah and Oscar came over to have their holiday card taken. They live about 1.5 blocks away from me so it was a really long car ride for them. We had fun dressing up poor Oscar in various hats and giggling at how cute he looked. I think that Aaron felt a little left out because he started making silly faces at the camera. From there on out, it was non-stop laughs.