A White Christmas First Look in Evergreen, Colorado

My brother married a beauty today! After their nearly-five years of dating we are so excited to finally have Hannah Joy as a sister.  

oh guys, the way he looks at her, the tenderness in his voice, the smile in his eyes. they are a match made in heaven. ❤  when it was time for Ethan to stay and wait for Hannah Joy to arrive for the first look, he nervously asked me how to respond when he would first see her. I reassured him, just be natural.

"well.... can I please pick her up?" (melttttt)

they are MARRIED!!!! and, with gratitude, as maid of honor, sister, friend, and photographer for the first-look ..... here in this little space of love, are the images of beautiful Hannah Joy being revealed to her darling on the wedding day of their dreams. 

muah muah muah, ❤

(ps. if you missed it, photos from the rehearsal are in my personal blog space rightttt here)

 

Friday Frame : Edition 1

We just received images back from our elopement! Elizabeth did an incredible job and went above & beyond making our day sweeeeet. 

This is one of the images from our day that keeps popping into my head. 

Sooo it's STORY TIME.

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Matthias is a cowboy. Now, he'd laugh if you said that to him (he laughs when I say it), but it's true. He's a hat wearing, gun carrying, eagle who never takes his boots off. And me... Welllllll, I'm not even close. The most country I've probably ever been is jamming out to a Taylor Swift song. *que the expected remarks on how un-country Swift is* 

Well, we decided on a Tuesday we were ready to marry & we set the date for the following Sunday. (Why? Why not was our question!) As the days unfolded quickly, we tried to find little and meaningful ways to make our elopement/tiny wedding full of our us-ness. I knew what I needed to do. I needed a beautiful pair of boots to surprise him. I have never owned or worn a pair... Most of my life I've been known to wear "adventure boots" (because I have no idea what else to call them? any help, you guys? ;)) ... but cowgirl boots? HA! SO the search began... and ended very quickly.

The first store we stopped in I found the perfect pair and it took everything in me NOT TO TELL HIM. Because if you know me, you know when I'm excited I am VERY excited... like, bubbling over, a balloon about to burstttt excited. It was a hard secret to keep ;-) But the expression on his face made it entirely worth it. I mean, come on, look at his sweet laugh. 

Now I can't seem to take my boots off. The many weddings I have shot since my own I've worn these boots to. They're special. The kind of special you don't put away in a closet. The kind of special you wear until there's nothing left. Because THAT's a story. <3 

 

 

Fall Woodlands Resort & Country Club Wedding Portraits

wedding portraits from their big day!

Preston & Sunday Thigpen | Woodlands Resort & Country Club | October 2015