Well, it is Wednesday and I promised a huge blog would be delivered today. I was planning on getting this bad boy ready later tonight but some of you were harassing me on Facebook and Twitter (you know who you are!) to get this posted sooner, haha.

First off, I want to remind everyone that for every comment left, I'll be donating a can to charity. Since I started this we are up to 60 cans. I know there are a ton of you who just lurk (especially all you St. Louis/St. Charles folks!) and never post a comment! You better come out of the shadows and post some blog love or (insert scary threat here)! Comments make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and they also help those in need feel nourished inside!

I won't be able to talk much about these sessions/weddings because I've got a lot of work to do. Luckily pictures are worth a thousand words ;)

So here we go, in reverse chronological order!

Yesterday I got to do my second Couture Shoot with Bailee! (I still have one 50% off session to the next person to book. After that they will go back up to $150.) We had a ton of fun and decided early on that Bailee was definitely a smiler and not a serious face kind of girl, haha. She did really great and we got some awesome pictures!

Hair and make-up was done by Casey and Maggie over at Hair M.D.!

Last weekend I got to shoot the beautiful wedding of Erica and J.J. The ceremony was supposed to be outdoors but that location was probably turned into a swampland from all the rain. It got moved to The Walkway in Mattoon and everything worked out perfectly! I had a blast with these guys. Congrats you two!

This was my favorite from the day.

The cake fight was one of epic proportions! I have about 40 shots I'd like to put on here, haha.

Handcuffed garter removal. He was under there for a long time! What really cracks me up is that it looks like his head is coming out of the side where the best man is, haha.

A touching moment with J.J. and his grandma.

I also had a really fun engagement session with Jamie and Brian in Pana last week. I love when guys show up dreading pictures and then actually admit they are having fun by the end of the session!

Two weekends ago I photographed another amazing wedding for Kelley and Pete. The First United Methodist Church and Decatur Club in Decatur are both really beautiful veunues. I'm looking forward to shooting in them again!

I didn't even realize until now that all my favorite pictures of Kelley and Pete were one's of them kissing! Bare with me... this could get a little mushy ;)

Kelley was lookin' pretty gorgeous!

This was my absolute favorite from the day! This small picture doesn't do it justice.

This is inside the reception at the Decatur Club. The chairs and tables were done up beautifully by Twin Elegance.

One of them not kissing, haha.

Earlier this month I got to photograph Heather's son Rhyatt. Heather won the auction on a free session and $250 print credit I donated to a local benefit. Congrats!

Rhyatt was a little "difficult" during the session. Luckily I have a fast shutter finger and caught the little moments where he was cooperating! I think Heather and I were both surprised with how many pictures we actually got of him smiling!

And last but not least, I had a ton of fun with the Bolinger family earlier this month! I've known them all for so long. Mary was my 8th grade english teacher (hopefully she isn't checking my grammar on here... I'm probably failing.) We had twin day in 8th grade and she was my twin. She wore one of my skateboarding t-shirts and spiked her hair up. It was pretty hilarious!

Noel and I actually worked together through the Youth Alliance Council to get the skateboard parking built here in Shelbyville. It took several years but all that hard work payed off! I got to spend one summer on it before I re-injured my ankle. I've had to retire the old skateboard since then, haha.

Ok, I'm starting to ramble. Let's get to the pictures!

Noel also played a huge role in getting the amazing pool we now have in the Shelbyville park. We got the chance to take some pictures in it before they filled it up. It was a pretty unique situation that made for some cool shots.

I actually worked out at the pool a couple of summers ago and occasionally I'd have to sit at the top of this slide and tell people to go. Those were my favorite days out there because I could just sit and listen to my iPod for hours (even though I probably wasn't supposed to :)

Well, that about does it for this enormous blog! It only took me an hour and a half to type this up. I better get back to work!

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