Archive for October, 2009

.lauren+kevin.

Published October 25, 2009 love 2 Comments

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lauren+kevin

i’m not going to sugar coat this post. mainly because i have had a constant smile on my face since i have been looking thru these. i have not come across one picture that doesnt scream out love.joy.excitement. i can not even wait until their wedding at the end of november. if this is any indication of what their wedding pictures will turnout. i.can.wait.unreal. lauren. i think everyone that looks at this will agree with me. YOU are photogentic and you take AWESOME pictures. you look so beautiful. and kevin, of course your a stud.

you both made my job SO easy today.

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.katie+kyle.

Published October 19, 2009 love 2 Comments

katie+kyle.

we took a stroll up and down hwy 11. i’ve driving this road endless amounts of times. but didnt realize the amounts of hidden treasures out here. this night is when i finally fell in love with fall. the crisp. clear. chilly air was perfect! after all the rain we have had i was so worried that we would have to reschedule. but we got so so lucky. katie and kyle were SO fun to shoot. they were not camera shy at all. loved to show off their sassy side and how in love they were with each other. katie and kyle, thank you. thank you for letting me spend the day with you guys and capture how in love you guys are. it was a blast! watermarkkk2

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i love how raw this picture is. how katie cant see because of the sun and how kyle is just gazing at her :)

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katie’s dad built this little hut when she and her brother were younger for them to stand under while they waited for the school bus. HOW CUTE! we were pulling into her drive way and she told me about it, we had to stop and take a picture. its so awesome!

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we were wondering around katie’s property and she was telling me how her dad collects old cars and old car parts and fixes them up and sells them. HOW AWESOME IS THIS. i was freaking out. this was seriously dream world right here. rustic cars. hot hot hot couple and crisp fall air. cha ching baby! :)

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100 cont’d

Published October 19, 2009 life Leave a Comment

so here are 12 more goals/dreams.

13. that i would win monopoly from mcdonalds. (if you only knew how close i was you would understand why i am determined. and ive done this successfully without having to purchase food. its all from cups. boom boom)

14. go to ireland, travel and learn about my heritage

15. run a half marathon. my training skills for the one that i signed up for come december seriously blows. i wont make it.

16. attend an avett brothers concert at the ryman

17. be at the world series when the cardinals win again :)

18. meet david beckham

19. become best friends with taylor swift

20. attend a jessica claire workshop

21. take a vacation from my phone and email for a whole weekend (go old school for a few days)

22. log onto www.anthropologie.com and not want everything

23. be able to afford dresses at anthropologie

24. eat dinner by myself at a restaurant.  i’ve done lunch before and it was awesome.. dinner.. a lot more intimidating.

 

and ill update later with a pic.

 

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Published October 13, 2009 life , passion 1 Comment

so this is the 100 post i have posted on my blog. if i’m being really honest its 101. because i’m still debating on how i should commemorate this special occasion in the blog world. i asked some of my friends what i should do this post about and i got three options.. 100 of my dreams/goals for my life. 100 of my deepest darkets secrets. or 100 reasons why i am the most eligable bachelorette in greenville. option 3 made me laugh really hard because that is a legit option and great advice. thank you kirby. but that wont happen. 100 of my deepest darkest secrets… not an option at all. why would i do that?? ha. too much too soon too many people. so it leaves me with 100 dreams/ goals for my life before i die. and because this might take me while i thought i would just list my first 12 for right now. mainly because i’m tired and because i can since this is my blog and that is how i roll.

1. do this for real life, for my real job. and by this i mean photography.

2. get married and have a family

3. let whatever i do in my life whether it is photography or what, that it would glorify not me but God.

4. that i will travel to a foreign country… preferably africa. thats just me throwing that out there

5. to not be afraid to live life to the fullest like my brother did

6. to love people with as much love and energy and enthusiasm as jonathan did.

7. to become legit friends with carrie underwood

8. to learn how to play the guitar (more then the ghetto version i know of “light the fire”) (my version makes my roommates cry from laughing so hard at me because its that bad)

9. to travel the world.

10. to love on kids that dont get loved on enough. in america. in my own town. in my own city.

11. to just not care and be so insecure in who i was made to be.

12. live in san diego again, at some point. or at least make it a regular vaca spot.

and because it wouldnt be appropriate for me to have a post without a pic…

this is where i my heart is, on those days where you want life to just slow down, be carefree and be grateful for the little things you have….and this is where i felt that life was just perfect. before all of this craziness started.

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.road.

Published October 13, 2009 life 1 Comment

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“county road 233, under my feet”-miranda lambert

.could.

Published October 12, 2009 life Leave a Comment

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“could it be that easier? i dont know, how many times do you set love free, before you know its supposed to be.”-steve moakler

.space.

Published October 5, 2009 life Leave a Comment

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“i want to fit in, to the perfect space, feel natural and safe in a volatile place”-avett brothers

.honor.

Published October 4, 2009 friends , i do , life 2 Comments

so this past weekend i had the biggest honor of my life so far. i got to be a groomsgirl. groomswoman. i’m not really sure what you are supposed to call a girl who is a groomsmen but i’m going to go with groomsmaid. because it sounds more girlish and awesome. this wasnt any ordinary wedding or opportunity that i had the chance to be a groomsmaid. it was for my brother jonathan’s best friend. after jonathan died john and traci sat with me in my room and over tears of disbelief and frustration and shock they told me that in no way did they want to take jonathan out of their wedding. (how awesome are they of friends) and when they figured out what they wanted to do to honor jonathan at the wedding they wanted me to be apart of it. (at that point i also took over duties of being dogmother to their amazing dogs. jonathan took so much pride in being their dogfather and the fact that they asked me to take on those duties meant so much. i’ve sucked at being a dogmother and will never be as good as jonathan at that but i know i dont suck at loving them as much as jonathan did.) so a few months down the road coop (john) told me he wanted me to stand in jonathan’s place as a groomsmaid. i can’t even tell you how pumped i was. it was the biggest honor to date. i get to stand next to my brothers best friend, who is a 3rd brother to me, as he commits to traci, a girl that i have come to adore and consider as a sister, and become husband and wife. a team. a family. who from day one loved my brother better then any other friends. who supported him in his bowling dreams, hawaiian shirt mondays or tuesdays or wednesday or everydays. who fully supported jonathan in his crazy lets have fun attitude which was every second of the day.  and two people that trusted jonathan’s heart, decisions and outlook on life. two awesome friends that even though jonathan isn’t here, they still make a point to stop by our house to give us hugs when they are in town. how could you get better friends then that? so to the new john and traci cooper. thank you. thank you for still being apart of our family and loving me to an unreal amount the past 7 months. for checking on me and sending me encouraging emails and texts. thank you for waking me up on sunday morning at 640 to go to waffle house with you guys. thank you for letting me be apart of this special day. i love you both dearly and couldnt be more excited about your marriage and lives together. i heart you both. and since a post isn’t good without pictures, here are some i snapped the weekend of the wedding.

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Published October 1, 2009 friends Leave a Comment

its october 1st. where the heck did that come from? and because sharing is the nice thing to do, this is what you need to do today. go visit these 2 blogs.

the first one.. my friend cristin is the author behind carolina cristin. she scopes the internet for great finds in the etsy world, dress world, food world, wedding world, diy world, you name it. she will find it. i love looking at her blog because i feel as if she read my mind on exactly what i need to find that day or week.

 

blog numba 2. my friend chrissy. i think her spritual gift was blogging. seriously. and humor. she is by far my funniest friend. she gives you an inside scoop of what its like working behind the desk at a hotel. to make your day better you have GOT to read her blog. blahggin from the front desk. read everything on her blog. even the about me section. it will surely brighten your day and give you useful information to apply to your daily life.

 

and because every blog needs a picture…  i miss these girls and the way they cuddled with me every morning

 

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what am i doing…

  • Rafting with my brother and his Gf today... gonna act like I'm a @goattrips Rafting guide. 22 hours ago
  • Benefit walking into jcrew today? Possibly booking a wedding boom goes the dynamite. 1 day ago
  • New business cards today. New camera Thursday. This week is looking good. 1 day ago
  • Excited about a new week and whats in store. Knoxville ill see you in 4 short days!!! 2 days ago
  • Favorite time of the year.. football season. 4 days ago

 

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