I LOVE surprises. But being the bloodhound that I am, I typically find out what they are beforehand. I am not the girl that will shake her presents that are under the Christmas tree, because I WANT to be surprised.

I was pretty convinced Friday night, date night, we were going to see Phantom of the Opera. A couple of my friends were going to see it and I just had a feeling that we, too, were going to the theater. I was told to be ready at 3:30 and Beau would come home from work and get me. So I got all prettied up and Beau arrived home. And of course….of course it was raining. It never fails, you get all dolled up and then it rains on your hair parade. But nothing was going to ruin my mood. I was going to go see one of my favorite shows, with my favorite guy! Beau already had a feeling I knew what was up. And I told him that I knew we were going to see Phantom. And he played along. We headed out toward Tampa, but I thought nothing of it. I just thought that was where the show was. Fun! I have never been to any of the theaters in Tampa.

We arrived and then proceeded to swim to the tasty sushi restaurant Beau had picked out. After we fattened ourselves up on some fresh fish, we headed on over to the theater. We get to the doors and Beau says, “do you know what we are here to see?’. And I reply, “duh, Phantom.” Then he smiled and said, ” No. Wicked”.

Lets just say people probably thought that he had a dancing monkey with him. I jumped up and down and squealed like, well a monkey. I was so excited. I have wanted to see Wicked forever! It did not disappoint. I love how it makes you completely rethink how everything went down in the old land of Oz. What a fantastic date night. What a fantastic show. What a fantastic husband!!

So date night usually ends up on Friday nights for us. BUT special thing about this date night, is that it has been on the calendar for 3 months! which makes me super duper excited. I LOVE, times infinity, surprises! I especially love when Beau plans date nights…in advance. Gives me something to look forward to. So, worldwideweb, I can’t wait till tomorrow! Just thought I would share my excitement with you !!!

Pants on the ground, pants on the ground…lookin like a fool with your pants on the ground.

I have to constantly tell Oona about wearing a belt. Oh well. I can only do so much.

I first met Carly at JoBeth’s (my talented hairstylist friend) bridal shower luncheon. I remember JoBeth telling me that we would get along perfectly. Yep, she was right. I sat next to her and we talked like two little school girls the whole time. She is such a true person and super funny.

Enter Ty.

When she started to tell me about him, I knew he was it. It was like hearing myself talk about Beau. This is why I do this for a living. I want to be that person that captures that feeling and puts it down on paper (or disc-whichever, you get the point).

I had so many pictures to choose from to put up here it was hard to narrow it down to just these. Carly was gorgeous, Ty was very handsome. Their families are some of the sweetest people I have ever met and truly made this wedding. We can’t wait to see how they grow as a couple. Both Beau and I are blessed to have such real people as friends.

I hope that they are getting nice and tanned on their two week cruise. Maybe they will spend $3.00/min to check the internet on the ship to check out the pictures:

Love it, this is soooo Carly:

She had to hold onto the girls, while momsie was lacing up her dress:

I mean, seriously!!! Stunning!

I pretty much did a backhand spring when I saw the bridesmaids’ shoes:

Time for her dad to see her, I was crying, so I can’t believe I got these, it was truly so touching:

Carly’s only wish, well besides Ty showing up, was for the audience to rise once she got to their aisle. We can’t believe everyone listened, it was pretty neat to watch:

Rev Glynn: Ty do you take Carly to be your wife.

Ty: Heck ya I do!

Love times 1 million this picture:

Best group portrait ever!

Yummy details. Thanks to the Yayas for making the reception so gorgeous!

Meet the conehead Dipity. She loves looking like a pink martini glass. Actually she is hating every second of wearing it and will not stop whining. Blame Daddy Dipity do da…he brought it home, not me.

Not that this is our life to a T, but it made me laugh. Beau came home the other day and told me to watch it. Hilarious! For all of you who have other halves that… well…can play video games, FOREVER! I am sure you will understand.

Coming to a photobooth near you…

Special thanks to our beautiful model, Serendipity.

Hi Ladies. Just in time for an awesome Valentine’s Day present, I am putting on another Soft Boudoir Session. If you would like to book, shoot me an email for available times.

We were introduced to Mike and Marla, through the fabulous event coordinators, Ami and Jessica, with Revitalize Weddings + Events. We knew, just from working with Ami and Jessica in the past that Mike and Marla were going to be a blast to work with. Wow, were we blown away with them. We had to reschedule them from a yucky raining day back in December to a cold “this can’t be Florida” day here in January. Although, it was the warmest day of the week.

During the session, we would give them some direction and off they would run, being super cute with each other. They were laughing in about 95% of the session. It was great! I really really love laughing pictures.

Really.

Love it!:

Marla took one for the team and changed into this cute little number:

FAV! Snagged by Beau.

The wonderful duo of Revitalize Weddings + Events. Ami and Jessica were so wonderful to come out and play during the photoshoot, they always bring a dynamic energy with them.

The following was captured by Ami with her phone. This is what Beau and I have termed the “B-squared Stack”. Whenever we need some height, up I go. He is such a trooper

Now Mike and Marla have their own…lets name it the M&M Mound.

I am late to wish all my blog readers a Happy New Year! I don’t think that I have really made any resolutions per se, I just know that I want this year to be THE YEAR! I want a lot of things, but the reality is the only thing I REALLY want is get Beau working with me 100%. That means, no more “other job” for him. I would get to see his face 24/7. Which makes me ecstatic! We are really working hard on this photography business, but more importantly we are working toward our goals and making wonderful friends along the way. We are sooooo fortunate to have the greatest clients friends! Thank you to all of our supporters out there! If it wasn’t for you I think that I would be in a fetal position in the corner right now mumbling to myself about how Rice A Roni is the San Franciso treat.

On other news, we somehow became a doggie day care this past week. We had our furry niece and nephew and a friends daughter over:

I feel like this is their first grade picture or something, so I feel the need to do this:

Back row: Karma Burridge, Serendipity Burridge, Pepper Clark, Oona Burridge
Front row: Henry Stephenson, Macee Stephenson