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Jennifer and Jonathan- St. Regis Monarch Beach Wedding

When I met Jonathan, I knew he was perfect for Jennifer. Not only do they balance each other well, but they also have the same brand of silliness. This is very important. You can see it in their friends (John had 37 hundred groomsmen, or something like that, and you can only get that many guys to put on plastic tux shoes if they really like you) and the fun things they’d rather do than have a traditional bachelorette party. It’s adorable and perfect, and I was so happy to see that Jen had found someone with the same excitement and zest for life.

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Elowen! Southeast Kansas Family Photography

Elowen is cute and chubby. She prefers rolling over crawling. She has three hairs, a la Homer Simpson, which you can only see through her baby fuzz in certain light. She has a touch of drama- she’s a very happy kid, she just knows exactly what she wants, and she wants to be tossed in the air, dance to Hey Soul Sister and try to get to the cats and dogs.
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Jim and Derek- Engagement Pictures and Ice Cream!

While working on Jim and Derek’s wedding, it occurred to me that their engagement pictures didn’t get posted while we were working on the website changeover. Here are the photos we took at the Burbank home and at the Griffith Park Observatory. Jim and Derek met while working on America’s Next Top Model, so the Hollywood sign seemed quite appropriate!

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Jen and John- St. Regis Monarch Beach Wedding Rehearsal

The St. Regis at Monarch Beach outside of Laguna Niguel is just a really terrible place to be married. The view stinks, the buildings are just “meh”, it’s not luxurious or romantic at all. Do you think the Google bots can pick up on sarcasm? In all honesty, I can’t think of a more gorgeous, opulent, romantic location for an afternoon wedding.
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