me | best birthday card ever.

I love my birthday. Have you heard? Well, I do. And I'm crazy busy finishing up all of these family photos tonight and tomorrow night so I don't have the time (yet) to go on and on about my birthday. Or work on my 35 things list. But what I do have time for is to (1) thank all of my friends who celebrated with me this past weekend and (2) scan in the BEST BIRTHDAY CARD IN THE HISTORY OF BIRTHDAYS.

It's from my friend, Mindy.

*she clarified on the inside that she actually likes how I dress... and that makes me heart it, and her, even more.

bailey + bode

Amy and Geoff wanted a few pics with their babies... we had a quicky shoot over at Butler on one of the last tolerable days of the year. Just a few teasers...

ella + caden | freezing skittles

Meet Ella and Caden. Like any smart kids, they work for Skittles. And we learned that I work for Raisinettes. Love it.

Also, the Frazier family gets 10 bonus points for withstanding the coldest indoor photo shoot of all time. I was trying to be clever with a location but wasn't thinking that it would take 6 years to heat a big, empty house. Lesson learned.











This is what happens after too many Skittles... love.

nikki + matt | happily ever after

My friend Nikki asked me to shoot her wedding and I was thrilled. Then, I met her husband-to-be and was even more thrilled. Then I found out that I knew all of her bridesmaids... yay! I knew this was going to be fun.

And let me assure you that it was. Things I loved about Nikki's wedding:
(1) she was so calm, so relaxed and so ready to start her life with Matt
(2) her bridesmaids dresses- props to Nikki and my friend Allison, who owns Bella Bridesmaid, for orchestrating such a cool look
(3) her accessories (aka "bridemaids")
(4) party bus with a stop at the liquor store
(5) mini-pies instead of cakes
(6) Nikki dancing with her grandfather
(7) tights
(8) photo booth with props
(9) FBRT (muah, Nikki)



























This is for Bryan... and don't you worry, there's a whole trainwreck of a series of these.


Ah, love.

noelle + mark | love, cupcakes and cookies

I love Noelle. I've known her via Susan for awhile, and was thrilled when she asked me to shoot her quaint little wedding. She has such great style so I knew it would be simple and elegant. She didn't disappoint. Sweet, romantic and full of love... surrounded by their friends and family who love them. Also, I love a wedding where the menu consists of cookies, cupcakes, burgers and beer. Congratulations on happily ever after.

*Note, I was feeling a little odd tonight so I was playing around a lot in b+w. I promise that you're not going to get a whole set of b+w photos... it's just how the mood struck me when I was editing for the blog. Thanks for rolling with it :)

The bridesmaids... these gals were awesome.




















Seems odd that I photographed the whole wedding and didn't notice these two being there. Hmmmm.

claire | christmas and huskers

This is Claire. She is adorable. I wish nothing but the best for this family over the holiday season... they've been through a lot and have nothing but love for each other!










Also, she is a Nebraska Huskers fan, so it provided me the opportunity to share THIS image with my friends and family in Omaha... classic.






This is one of Claire's two bulldogs. Really? Really.


Claire and I in the ornament (fail on my part, but I like the photo).