Stella’s 1st Birthday Party

This past weekend, this little cutie celebrated her first birthday!  She is the one who makes my job so easy, with those expressive eyes, beautiful smile, and delightful personality.  She participated in circle time with her family and friends, and a good time was had by all.  This group is especially fun, b/c it’s the second generation.  I’m sure we could dig up photos of her mom with these kids’ moms.  Maybe these kiddos will look back on these photos with their kids for the third generation!  Her cake smash was delicate and relatively clean, which is only fitting for such a sweet little girl.  This post is timed on the eve of her first birthday, and I wish her the happiest of days, and many more to come!

Kristy and Bill’s 15th Anniversary Vow Renewal

This lovely couple has renewed their vows every 5 years of their happy marriage.  This year was particularly special, as they celebrated 15 years on 7/15/15 – that’s a lot of 15s!  It’s been memorable for them to celebrate and mark this milestone in their family’s life.  As we were taking family portraits, Kristyn remarked that her oldest will be 18 the next time they do this!  Kristyn decided to wear color instead of white this time.  It was a great choice, and I love how the color pops in the photos, and coordinates with the rest of the family’s outfits.  This event was also my first opportunity to practice some of the lighting techniques I picked up while assisting at Ricky Stern Photography’s lighting workshop (scroll down for the last 3 photos).  I hope your wedded bliss only grows in the next 5 years until you do this again!