My First Wedding!

As some of you know, being a photographer is a dream of mine. (if not see post a while back... )

Anywho, here is a sampling of my very first wedding. Hope you like! Please comment!!

Idaho Falls!

This weekend we went to Idaho Falls for my cousin Mike's wedding. Idaho was beautiful (and ten degrees cooler than Salt Lake!) and Bekah had a blast.

We bought a little backpack/leash for her. She enjoyed the freedom as long as she couldn't see her leash behind her... She thought she had total freedom!
We went to Sportsman's Park, where the Snake River turns into falls. It was so nice outside. Then we ran into a Farmer's Market, and had a great time just walking around and trying local foods. Yum!!
Bekah got to see her Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma Beckman while we were there. Last time Bekah met Grandpa she cried the whole time. This time she was much happier!


Emily hadn't seen Bekah since Christmas. She kept saying how big she has gotten. Bekah was mostly interested in Emily's Boquet.. .
Mike and Emily have been together since they were seniors in high school, and we're excited to see them together... FINALLY! Mike waited for Emily to finish her Bachelors, and now she's going for her Masters.
Congrats guys! We love you!

Sprinklers!!

We leave our front door open on hot days to help keep a breeze going through the house. Yesterday evening Bekah sneaked out and was into the sprinkler before we could stop her. We decided it must be very refreshing, so we let her play.
Eventually we just took off her dress and let her get good and wet. Every time that sprinkler got her, she's gasp because it was so cold. Luckily the 95 degree sun warmed her right back up again before it came back.
All our neighbors thought it was pretty cute and came out to cheer her on. She just LOVED all that attention. What a ham!

Summertime

And the living sure is easy! It got to 90 on Saturday, so we got the kids wet! Alicia and Jason had a little pool party, and Bekah was only too happy to join in. She's been terrified of bath's lately, so I wasn't sure how she'd take it...
As you can see... she did just fine! Maybe bathtime just needs to be more like pool time!

My Dream

Ok, I know this is a little off topic of the "family blog" but I need to speak out somewhere, and since this is my little slice of cyberspace, this is where I'll do it.

I have a dream. I want to be a photographer.

I have taken art classes before, but never photography, and I'd love to. I've always loved to take pictures of kids, and people. I'd love to do wedding photography, I'd love to just take pictures for the rest of my life...

I am going to make this dream come true. For the first time since, well... ever, I'm going to get my head out of the clouds and DO THIS! I've already done the first step, I've got a GREAT camera. Now to take some classes, and start beefing up my portfolio.

Here is a sneak peek of my portfolio. Enjoy!