Backyard Beauty: My Art Form

I can't draw, paint, or sketch.

I can't sing, read music, or even kinda play a instrument.

I can't eloquently string words together or write poetry.

I can't dance Swan Lake.

But.

I can take photo's.

Photography is my art form. And I love it.

Questions.

Scott & I had a long distance relationship for the first 8 out of 9 months of our relationship. So, we spent a lot of time on the phone. We used to end almost every conversation with: "Okay, ask me a question." It was a great way to get to know each other better since we couldn't do other regular dating things like go for dinner or to the movies.

Last night, this question game popped into my head. So I said to Scott: "Okay, ask me a question."

His reply melted my heart...

"You've already said yes to the only question I've ever cared about - and in less than a month I'll ask you another, more important, one."


*swoon*

Real life love is the best.



Photo from Genevieve Renee

How To....

....be stress free while planning your wedding.

I know. It's not normal. But, for us, wedding planning has been essentially stress free. We still have 5 weeks to go - so stress might be in my near future - but I wanted to write this while it was still true!

If you know me, you would know that I am an organizational wizard plus planning extraordinaire so planning a huge celebration of love for just under 150 people? Oh, that is right up my alley. I have actually throughly enjoyed this whole process of decision making, planning, vision execution.



How did I do it stress free?

I was waaaayyyy over prepared and over organized and much before I had to be. Plus it helps that Scott and I are both very good at making decisions. We picked our date 2 days after being engaged, booked our venue less than 1 week in, and had our colours finalized by day 9. I bought my wedding file folder by week 2 - organization is key people!!

List after list was made with everything we needed to do. I love me some lists :)



Also, all of my DIY projects were finished weeks ago - and of course, they took much longer to do than I thought. Which makes me even more happy that I did them ahead of time!

Scott was actually very helpful and opinionated during this whole process - I love that he had quite a bit of input into our day.

With 5 weeks left to go, I really only have a couple more 'to do's' on my list. I know there will be things that come up; but, at least I will have time to deal with it instead of trying to squeeze it all in. Time is going to fly by and our day will be here so soon - I am so excited to see everything come together!

The biggest reason this has been so stress free though, is that Scott & I are both in this for what comes after the wedding. Our marriage. We are so excited to start this next chapter of our lives as husband and wife. And that, more than anything, is what makes this wedding planning business so much easier to handle - knowing the wedding day is only the beginning.

The Norris Family

While in Lethbridge a couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to take some photo's for a very wonderful family.



To say this little one is energetic would be an understatement. Imagine the energizer bunny, a jack russell puppy, and a hummingbird all wrapped up into the cutest package possible. So of course we had to let her get a little bit of that energy out...



If these next two sets of photo's don't depict love perfectly, I don't know what else could!













We couldn't keep Ali away from the park - so we just decided to roll with it. I am so happy that we did because I love how these turned out.















A couple of just mom & dad to end it off...