The Big Day... Part 1

So, as you have read in a few previous posts, Skip & I had the pleasure of attending Amanda & Shaune's surprise wedding.
http://dayinthelifephoto.blogspot.com/2008/08/day-in-park-biggest-blog-post-ever.html
We had a great time, and I wanted to share a few pics taken before the ceremony - I want to post so many, this will probably be in 3 parts over the next few days. So, without further ado, here are some getting ready pics...

Enter Amanda's mom, who thought that she was coming to the farm for a family BBQ (which would explain all the people and cars) - what she didn't know was that her girl was getting married that very same day. This is her wondering what the heck is going on and Amanda explaining...



Surprise number two...




Amanda's mom helping her get her necklace done up...



I really like this shot, it looks so romantic and glowy...




Some sweet light flare and the groom to be...



The men... Amanda's dad's bike - I am really not very knowledgeable about bikes, and so I do have to apologize for taking pictures on the non-pipes side of the bike...




The boys having some fun at the playground - this thing was not meant for four grown men, but at least it stayed standing, and they had fun...



This is one of the two ring shots, this one is Skip's - he didn't want to touch the rings for fear of dropping them in the tall grass, but even more than that, he didn't want ME touching the rings... I would never... intentionally. :)



Part two to come some time tomorrow, and don't worry this is just a VERY small sample of what is to come - once I have them all done, I will post a slide show of all of the pictures for those who want to see.

Amanda, Shaune & Bella

YEAH! The secret is out!
Skip & I just got home from a beautiful wedding on a farm near Oyen.
Thank you so much Amanda, Shaune & Bella for having us be a part of your special surprise wedding day. More on that later though, I wanted to share one quick shot from their engagement/family session a few weeks ago. More to come from the engagement shots tomorrow, and some from the actual wedding soon.
I just wanted to take a quick second to say thank you so much for making us feel so welcome, and congratulations!

Final Installment...

This is the final grouping that I am going to post on the blog - LOVE THEM!





This is my FAVORITE, FAVORITE, FAVORITE!



Thank you so much Cassie & Kyle for letting me be a part of your special day. I had so much fun and it was really great to get to know the Cassie that I had heard so much about.

I am working on getting the reception pics done, it will be a few more days for sure, but i'll talk to you soon! I really hope you love them as much as I do! :)

Cassie & Kyle The Ceremony

Here are just a few of my favorite ceremony shots...



















Watch for some special bride and groom shots in a few days.

Beautiful Bride!

I am going to post Cassie & Kyle's pics in a few installments over the next week or so. Here are some of the bride,her mom and her best girls getting ready for the wedding last Saturday.

This wedding was particularly special to me because even though I had never met Cassie before her and Kyle's engagement photos, I used to work with her mom at Perkins and I really felt like we were already friends. http://dayinthelifephoto.blogspot.com/2008/05/baby-its-cold-outside.html

Here are a few of my favorites from that morning;


The gorgeous princess Sarah, before we became friends...



Mom helping with the necklace...




This one is my FAVORITE! There were some really long laces on the back of the dress and we were just discussing what to do with them... Ronda (i'm pretty sure no h, right?) thought that my suggestion was pretty funny.




Cassie, you look so beautiful!




The rings...









Getting ready to leave...




I really wish that I had a camera that takes video as well, I am not sure that the ladies knew I was taking pictures from afar, but they were all singing... it was one of my favorite moments.



Ceremony pics. coming in a few days... check back - and enter the contest below!