Beth and Don.

A few weeks ago Beth and Don were married in a beautiful ceremony at the Northeast Wedding Chapel. I've been editing their photos and I realized that today, the Fourth of July was the anniversary of the day her proposed! What a perfect day to share their story :)

Beth and Don had gorgeous invitations, rings and flowers. The wedding planner and florist was Tami Winn of Tami Winn Events and leFleur Couture. We love working with Tami. She's amazing.

Beth had her hair and makeup done at Shelton's Salon in Fort Worth.

Her gorgeous dress and shoes. The buckles on her shoes had rhinestones on them :) Love that!

Her new stepdaughter and her sister help her get into her dress.

I love seeing the pride on her mother's face as she watches her two daughters get ready for the wedding.

A little detail of her dress, veil and rings.

I love this moment when Beth and her father were alone in the bride's room just before the wedding. They had a little private dance. So sweet.

The flower girl was adorable! She made sure every person sitting on the aisle had a flower.

The moment!

Sand ceremony.

Ahh...I love weddings! The rose petals, the rings, the kiss. There is nothing better.

The gorgeous girls.

The awesome guys.

The wedding party.

Some alone time.

More gorgeous flowers by leFleur Couture. The reception decorations were amazing.

I love the way he's looking at her during their first dance.

All smiles.

Cake. You know I love it and they had The Cake Guys. Yum-O! And gorgeous. Look at all that detail.

Beth danced with her dad.

And Don danced with his daughter.

Dancing with grandpa. Such a sweet moment.

Party time!

Don't Stop Believin'. I love Sam and Jeremiah. We photographed their wedding just over a year ago :)

They had a fun photo booth too from Texas Photo Booth Company. 

I even jumped in the booth for a photo with Scott who helped me out shooting the wedding.

We had so much fun photographing your wedding. I hope you love your photos!

Isaac - Fort Worth Baby Portraits

Today I got to hang out with Isaac in my new studio. He's a cutie! 

 Love that smile. Isn't he adorable?

 He's got great eyes and a perfect little pout too!

My new studio is so awesome. I love that I have lots of backgrounds to give you lots of options for an indoor...and much cooler photo, session this summer. Can you believe how hot it's been lately? We just finished painting the floor, and the metal wall is in and looks fantastic. The brick wall has been cleaned and coated so there are no more crazy reflections. Want to schedule a session? I'm running a What you Want Wednesday special where you book your session on Wednesday in July and it's only $150. Bring what you want, who you want, choose the background you want and we will make some beautiful photos! Email me to book for July 6th or 20th now.

Jordi's Fort Worth Bat Mitzvah

Last night I got to spend the evening with a fabulous group of kids celebrating Jordi's Bat Mitzvah. She's awesome and so are her parents who planned a pretty amazing party at Temple Beth El in Fort Worth. Here are the highlights.

I'll start with the cake and the fantastic lighting. The room was glowing pink, purple and blue all night long. How cool is that? And the cake? Ahh...mazing. There were several different layers. you know I had a piece. It was peanut butter with chocolate icing. Yum!

Jordi's grand entrance and welcoming her friends to the party.

Running down the line of her friends.

There was a hula hop competition.

Flip books made by WOW vip events. Everyone loved making these!

 And DJ Patrick "P-Love" Alston and the dancers kept the kids dancing all night.

The Soulja Boy.

Don't Stop Believin'

They were all having a great time all night.

Then there were the snowball dances. I love these. If you don't know what a snowball dance is the bat mitzvah chooses someone to dance with and they dance for a minute or so until the DJ calls "snowball" then they each have to pick a new partner. The new couple dances for a minute or so and the DJ calls "snowball" again and all the kids have to find a new partner and the process "snowballs" until all the kids are slow dancing. It's fun. Don;t you love the kids faces in the background here :) Boys on one side, girls on the other. So fun!

Snowball!

Snowball!

SNOWBALL!

We love Jordi!

Mom, her sisters and grandma dancing and practicing The Hora.

Dad, grandma and brother were all dancing too.

So the music wasn't quite ready when it was time to do The Hora so the family put Jordi in the center and started circling around her to a different song. That was cool.

The Hora! I love her expression. She's having a great time.

Mazel Tov Jordi! I hope you love all your photos.

Nancy and Roy, 50 years.

Last week I had the pleasure of spending the evening with Nancy and Roy and their closest friends and family as they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. What a wonderful couple with amazing stories. Their maid of honor and best man from their wedding were at the party to help tell the story of their wedding day. It was sweet, romantic and inspiring.

The tables were set under the trees.

Each table was set with china from one member of the family. Beautiful.

 Dinner was cooked on a chuckwagon.

 I love these two photos.

 Their daughters are both so awesome. I love these nice sweet moments.

 They had the original cake topper from their wedding cake on top of their 50th anniversary cake :)

 Such a wonderful couple.

Congratulations on 50 years!