*Brenton and Jade Wedding*

Another wedding post where I had to restrain myself from posting almost all the photos! It was a beautiful wedding with 2 AMAZING families with two incredible people joining lives.
Brenton and Jade were so fun to work with and sooo photogenic! Jade is absolutely stunning as you will see. These two had such a sweet, genuine love for one another that just radiated throughout there day.
Another fun part of the day was an amazing team of videographers (check them out!). I need to credit most of my pictures to them because of the incredible lighting they set up in the venue!
Here are some of my favorites from the day...

Jade's dress was awesome and probably weighed 20 lbs! But I'm sure she would say it was worth it because she looked angelic in it!

Like I said... Stunning.

The shot on the right was one of those that just happened. Jade was standing at the top of the staircase and I couldn't resist snapping a few of that beautiful lighting!

Brenton looked pretty dapper himself!

Here comes the first look.....

BAM! There it is... love the first look shots!

So sweet..

I loved this bush!! Huge and B-E-A-UTIFUL!

Couldn't have asked for better lighting...

Some of my favorites..

Their love story...

Like I said... the lighting... INCREDIBLE! 

The photo of Brenton on the right is my favorite Ceremony picture to date! 

So many fun reception pictures... Here are just a few of them.

Mr. and Mrs. Moore!!!

Brenton, Jade, and families,
Thank you so much for the honor of photographing your BEAUTIFUL wedding. All of you are amazing people and so loving

*Cody and Kelsey Engagements*

Let me just start off by saying Cody and Kelsey are awesome! Cody is a hilarious Texas gentleman and Kelsey is a cute, sweet Colorado girl. This shoot was a privilege for me because they both were good friends of mine in college. Cody was a great sport for the shoot! This was not his most favorite thing to do but he did awesome (as the pictures will tell). I am so excited for the wedding, but not as much as I am to see these two join there lives and grow into a family. It is truly a blessing to know them and be a part of the beginning of their journey.

This first picture needs a little explaining... Kelsey and Cody LOVE Sugarland. They were going to their concert the same day we did the photo shoot. As we were pulling onto the highway Cody spotted the Sugarland tour bus and immediately started hooting and hollering as a southern boy would while honking the horn with excitement. Well then we kept driving and saw the tour bus with the Sugarland band members on it. This lead to us following the bus while Cody hung out the window and waved with more hooting and hollering. So these pictures are for him and a memory of how close he got to the band!

Love these two..





Few of my favorites from the day

These shots are some of my favorite...

Kelsey and Cody, Thank you again for allowing me to be your photographer. Such an honor. Can't wait for the wedding day!

Portland Rescue Mission

Every first Friday of the month Mosaic Church of Portland has a team of volunteers help out at the Portland Rescue Mission to feed the homeless. Kevin and I have had the privilege to serve with this team since December. This past first Friday I took some pictures. I only took a few out of respect for the people who attend there. These pictures are not to exploit them or put a halo around those who serve, it is purely to show Jesus' love in action. I hope you feel and see the love of God through the volunteers and through the people who attend the PRM. At the mission there is a chapel before they eat and worship after. Enjoy!

Harvey Scott Craft Fair

Last Tuesday, Kevin and I got to help out our church with the Harvey Scott Craft Fair. Harvey Scott Elementary is a school with some underprivileged kids who don't get to have the same kind of holiday season like most of us get. The fair was put on so the kids could make gifts for their family while the parents in another room made t-shirts for their kids. The kids were awesome, precious, and hilarious! I hope you can see from these pictures how great a gift this fair was to the kids and what a great gift these kids are to the world!!

The event team did a great job planning and decorating for the event.. especially Brynn who put the whole event together!! Way to go Brynn. You're awesome.

Kevin and I put together the stationary table. The kids made some awesome stationary for their families!!

They made an awesome mural and tasty flavored hot chocolate!

They also made picture frames...

And they were able to get family portraits from a great photographer!!

They made jewelry and so much more..

Then they got to wrap it all up to go under the tree!! So fun.



Sooo precious.. I asked her to smile for me and almost died laughing when I saw that face! So cute!






What a great night to see little faces light up! Thanks Mosaic Church for putting this on!