Anthony and Marie's Wedding

This is the best wedding of the year for me...ok...I am a bit bias, but this bride is the most beautiful bride I have ever photographed. She is my gorgeous little sister, Marie and her husband Anthony. Marie is the sister who was meant to be in front of the camera..and i am the sister who was meant to be behind the camera...and that is totally ok with me. =)
We flew to North Carolina for their wedding...they actually eloped in July, but had a "real wedding" for the family in October. It was a great time...and I really had fun photographing my sister. The girl can work a camera...so you will see a lot of photos of just her...because she is so cute. =)
So, Marie and Anthony, I wish you both the best, and I will be praying for your new little family. You are loved and missed here in Michigan.
love...your sister, melissa =)

Mission's Trip in Costa Rica

We are so fortunate to have internet access down here!! Here is a photo while we were at church today. These sweet sweet ladies have quickly become our friends. They have opened their homes, hearts and trust to us. We are so honored to have met them, and help them out down here. We had our women's conference yesterday, and it went so well. The ladies were very receptive and asked lots of questions, and seemed very excited to take our advice and use it! God really has blessed all the efforts that were taken to allow this trip to happen. My job now is to edit the photographs I took of the families at church. The families were so excited to have a "professional photographer" take their photo...I felt so honored. =) We have only two more days here, and...wow has time flown by. I will post more photos when I can...probably when I get back home. Love to all my family...see you soon!!

Out of town...

I will be out of town/country throught the end of this month. So...I wanted to quickly post a couple photos from my sister's wedding. We had fun taking photos that day together. I wish we lived closer to each other. I miss my little nephew so much, especially right after I see him. I will post more photos from their wedding when I get back from my trip.
If anyone needs to reach me, I will be checking my email as frequently as I can...maybe two or three times while I am gone. I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the month...I am off to Costa Rica!!

Bryan and Carrie's Wedding Slideshow

Here is a great slideshow! There are so many fun photos from this wedding, that I had a hard time choosing. =) Carrie...I hope you like your photos...because I think you looked amazing on your wedding day and you were so fun to work with. =) Thank you for all the fun that day!!!!

Sneak Peak...

The wedding I did this weekend was so beautiful. Carrie just rocked the camera!!! She was so photogenic, that I could have photographed her all day long, forget getting married...just give me Carrie!! =) Here are a couple of my favorites from the day...give me a couple days and I will have their slideshow up here. Hope you two have a wonderful honeymoon in Mexico!!

Hearts and Home gang!

This weekend...I got my mommy battery recharged. Twenty seven ladies from our church drove to downtown Grand Rapids to the Hearts at Home conference. This is my third time going...and I LOVE it. It is all about moms, and of course hanging out with girlfriends...we are a crazy bunch of moms and here are some fun photos from our girl's night at the hotel. Love you girls!!! =)

Our crazy leader, Grace...do you want this blown up to a 16x20 Grace? =)heehee...she is going to hate me for putting this photo on here. =)

David and Heather

I am starting to see the end of my amazing 2008 wedding season. September was so busy for me, I honestly was dreading it when I looked at my calendar all Summer...but now that I look back. WOW!! It was busy, but so fun! I loved all weddings I did, and David and Heather ended my September on such a high note. Heather was so fun to photograph. She did ANYTHING we asked her to try. "Can you lie on this bench" SURE! "Can you climb that rock fountain...and then close your eyes?" SURE!! I loved that!! =)
I want to send a special thank you to my second shooter Emily Manning...um....I can't remember her new last name...sorry Emily. =) Here is a link to some of her work...she lives in Troy, MI. www.faithfulphotography.smugmug.com
She was a HUGE help and really fun to work with.
I am posting a couple of my favorite photos from the day and of course including their slideshow. Emily took a couple photos of me that day too, and thought I would throw that in the mix. =)
Thank you David and Heather for a WONDERFUL day...I truly enjoyed it.