and the year grows cold.

happy october everyone!

september flew by as did all the summer months for me.  my first year back in the saddle of my photography business has been fabulous and seems like a whirlwind as it comes to a close.  we only have one event left for the year and its our biggest of all :) we are so very excited for whats to come!!

mark and i took a little personal time off this past weekend from school work and photo editing and wanted to get out for some fresh air.  our day off together turned out rainy and cold and absolutely no sunshine but we got tough and headed to our local farmers market to pick out our first ever pumpkins together.

this will be our 3rd halloween together and we have never carved pumpkins together! can you believe that?  its something we both really loved to do when we were children and i couldn't believe we hadn't started this tradition yet.  the night before we bought a small carving kit and some patterns and just needed the perfect pumpkins!!

our sweet little pumpkins will remain nestled on our front porch until we get the chance to carve them.  i'll keep you updated! in the meantime... go out and start a new season tradition too!

peace & love~

smitten.

labor day weekend we had the pleasure of photographing a wedding filled to the brim with love.  i have never quite seen a bride so in love with her groom as this one is :)  she didn't appear to have a bit of anxiety or stress all day, she just wanted to marry the man of her dreams!  it makes my heart melt.  jenny & paul are a lovely couple that invited us in for one of their biggest days together and we are grateful.

i squeezed in a small bridal session while everyone was clearing from church and heading to the reception.  who can resist gorgeous stained glass windows :)

the day was jam packed and a little behind not to mention 100 degrees out!  i'm so lucky they were good sports for going outside to take these bride & groom portraits.  

the reception was a blast and the dance floor was full the entire night! 

you can see all additional images here and here!

peace & love~

holy mother take the harm of the years away from you.

August 2011 pt. 3

this is the second year we have attended the dublin irish festival and it was fabulous yet again. how can you not have an amazing time when you are surrounded by wonderful music, friends and of course, drinks!!

it was such a "good time" that i honestly forgot i had snapped photos with my power shot instead of my iphone.  i had been wondering wth happened to all the images we took haha.  i suppose the irish in me came out full force to celebrate a beautiful hot hot day in august!!

peace & love~

our big summer birthday bash!

august 2011/summer 2011 pt. 4

several years running now my sister and i have managed to cram all the summer birthdays into one big bash and this year was no different!  we celebrated about 10 friends & family members birthdays on july 30 in my brother-in-law & sisters very own backyard.  it was a blast.  living 2 hours from home i have really learned to cherish get-to-gethers like these.

my momma & dad :)

 the gift table.

 cousins <3

 jackie & shane :)

 missy & john :)

 chuck & eric :)

live music <3

 amazing food!

 and cake of course, it is a birthday celebration!

and like every get-to-gether, mccune had to get practically naked;)

peace & love~