Cory and Lorna are Married!

Here are just a few pictures from this weekend with Cory and Lorna. Mat and I had such a full weekend with him being part of the bridal party and I being the photographer. Not only did we fit in a rehearsal and dinner, bachelor and bachelorette parties we fit in a funeral. Then back up to the Springs for the now Mr. and Mrs. May's wedding! I had such a blast! Cory and Lorna are so perfect for each other. The balance that they give one another is beautiful. Here is just a taste of some pictures. I was in a black and white mood, so please, do enjoy!

Details

I love all the details that go in to weddings. Here are a few pictures from my wedding on Saturday. It was quite the event since both the bride and groom had 3 kids each. By the end of the night everone was calling them the Brady Bunch!!

Happy Birthday TO ME!

Yup you read it right. It is MY birthday, I'm the big 2-5! TWENTY FIVE FREAKING YEARS OLD. I'm handling it pretty well, I haven't completely lost it yet. I just thought I'd share some pictures of me when I was a baby though. The first pictures is of me being held by my mom. It is one of my favorite pictures of me growing up, I also love the one of my dad holding me right after I was born, but I don't have a copy of it and he's in Lamar so hint hint DAD I want a copy! The second picture is of me with my name sakes Uncle Ray and Aunt Reba. My name is Gena Rae and my Mom's name is Reba Rae, after Reba and Ray. So to keep the tradition alive Mom asked Aunt Reba her middle name and it was Genavev, shorten it up and you get Gena! The third picture is the front of the flower shop my grandparents owned at the time. They announced me to the whole town!





Also please note that these are pictures of pictures!

Good Times

I love photographing weddings. Not only do you get to preserve the memories of two peoples lives coming together as one, but you get to see people you haven't seen in years. That was the case at Danielle and Mike's wedding. Not only had I known Danielle forever, but Season and Lea, two of her bridesmaids were friends of mine in High School. It was so nice to be able to catch up with them and see how well life as treated them. Both girls were kind enough to let me sneak some pictures with their two significant others. Here are my favorites of the four of them.

Lea & Doug


Season & Jake


As requested by Danielle, I also was able to pull her Mom, Linda, and Dad, John, off to the side and get their Pictures taken also. Thank you both so much for making Danielle's and Mike's wedding so enjoyable for me! I appreciate it more than you will ever know!

Danielle & Mike are Married

In June I was able to watch one of my oldest friends get married. Not only did I have the pleasure of watching, but I had the honor of capturing it for Mike and Danielle to remember for their life. I did so good for this ceremony because I actually was able to keep the tears of joy held back until I was looking through the photos. They had an adorable Jewish ceremony held at Chautauqua in Boulder, Colorado.

Blossoming and Blooming

The past few days I have been sooo excited because several of the plants and seeds that we had planted way back in the spring are starting sprout and bloom (See this link for Kallie's Planting pictures). Last night when I went to work there was a bud, and this morning when I got home, it had bloomed! I was so excited I just had to take pictures. Here is what I came home to!




Have a great weekend!

Over a year ago....

I can't believe it was over a year ago that my closest friend, Jen graced Colorado with her presence. We are the type of friends that don't have to see each other to know exactly what is going on in one another's lives. We talk on the phone at least every other day or more! Now even though we have so much fun keeping in touch via our cell phones, we do get to enjoy or short visits together. Monday afternoon and all day yesterday Kallie, Jen and I got to spend time together. She is visiting all of Northern Colorado in three weeks or at least that's what it seems like. I missed her bachelorette party and bridal shower the weekend before last so I was beyond super stoked to get to put some time aside for ourselves. Mat was so nice as to give Jen and I monday night to ourselves we enjoyed dinner at Olive Garden and then walked around Chapel Hills Mall. We stopped in at Burlington Coat Factory and found some really cute socks because we were going to go bowling. It ended up being closed so we went out for drinks at Old Chicago with Mat, Cory, Lorna and Bill (Lorna's brother).
On Tuesday we decided to go to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo for the morning it was so nice. I think Jen enjoyed spending time with Kallie, they were so fun to watch together. I think their time on the carousel was the highlight of our morning. I hope you enjoy the pictures, as usual there are a few of Kallie freaking out because of the animals.
















In the afternoon Mr. Biggs was actually open so Mat, Kallie, Jen and I went bowling and we got to wear our socks after all. We had bought a pair for Lorna but since we didn't go the night before and Lorna was on her way to Denver we didn't get a picture of the three of our socks...Jen has one but I forgot my camera on Monday night.









I brought Jen's bridal bouquet for her to see. She'd been asking about it and I'd told her I wouldn't put pictures up until it was done, and while I haven't finished it completely, like putting the ribbon on it, the actual flower part is done. So I was very excited to show her an almost final product.





Here we are! Kallie couldn't miss the photo opt either. (Thanks Mat for taking them for me)



This was Kallie's goodbye to Auntie Jen, she gave her some eskimo kisses and then sealed it with a "kitty cat" kiss.




Jen it was so good to see you and I'm glad to have made it up to the Springs to meet you! I hope you had as much fun I as I did and I can't wait till November! I miss you already!!!!!