The One With The Girls

When we left off, I was putting on a final coat of lip-gloss before heading out to take some pictures with my girls. We decided to simply use my mom's front yard and the back yards of various neighbors of hers. The pictures on the big rock are right in my mom's yard, that and the bush are two places we ALWAYS took pictures of special events growing up, so I had to have wedding pictures there too!







My MOH and I went to school together, we have a few great Prom pictures right in this spot, so we were trying to be all nostalgic about these photos!






And to prove that we're in back yards - walking across the neighbors lawn!












I don't know what you do with your friends when you get together - but we typically go to Caribou coffee and grab a drink, I couldn't think of anything more fun for us to do on my wedding day - so we did. It was so fun and everyone came up to me to congratulate me - it was so worth it!









I recently taught myself how to do selective color to photos - I love the way this one turned out. If you have a picture you'd like selectively colored, I will do them for you for a small fee of $5/picture!






And if you'll remember, I was sick. Pink eye and laryngitis. I had been drinking Caribou's green tea for three days straight, and all I wanted was a cooler. My mom got their first and ordered me my tea, but when I made the "I guess this will do" face they brought me a cooler too!



As we finished our drinks, we headed to the church, my MOH was singing in the ceremony and needed to meet the band she had hired...meanwhile they guys headed off to Lake Harriet for some pictures as well...

World's Cutest Three-Year-Old

The week after Adam's third birthday was also the week that Daycare did school pictures - we decided to save a few bucks and hope for the best by using his school pictures as his 3-year pictures. We figure between some of the great shots of Adam at the wedding and these, we'd have a perfect "3" picture of him - and man did we luck out!

Somehow we ended up with a little boy who decided to behave for the photographer, and a photographer who knows how to work a little boy. We couldn't be happier with his school pictures. (Although the class picture leaves a little something to be desired!)





Forgive the exceptionally happy classmates - I didn't feel comfortable posting pictures of children whose families we don't really know online .




So whose with me? Worlds Cutest Three-Year Old? I think so!

The One Where the Guys Get Ready

It's amazing how much quicker and easier it is for guys to get ready! They went out to breakfast, popped back to our apartment and got dressed before heading out for pictures. Mike said they took their time, to allow for pictures - it was a 20 minute experience!





















(I hid the scissors, not on purpose, but to get them out of the way, they made do with a box cutter)






Little did they know, as they put Mike's cufflinks in, that they;d be taking them out and putting new ones in a few minutes later!




And now they are all set to head out for pictures...

**Photo credit to Cory & Tamrah Ryan and CM-Photographics

The One Where the Girls Get Ready

We started the morning at the salon - the photographer met us about half way through, and I am so glad I had her come for this part of the day!




My fantastic bridesmaid trying to find where the linens were put.




The photographer and I made a stop to see my dad. The headstone had just been placed earlier in the week, so this was the first time I was seeing it. I am so glad to have this on film, and to have this memory.












A moment with my mom!


I climbed into my dress - it worked really well!




I had my mom and sister-in-law as the only two helping me get ready. The house was full! My bridesmaids, aunt, cousin, grandma, my mom's boyfriend, my son and random people were all there!


Seeing myself fully dressed for the first time.


Getting the veil on...


And the shoes!


A hug from my little guy. He was afraid of me and didn't want to come by me, I had to steal this moment!




One last touch up before we head out for pictures!


**Photo credit for all photos to Cory and Tamrah Ryan and CM-Photographics