These two are cute personified. Mandee is the beautiful version of cute, and Trevor is the super manly version of cute. But together, they = fantastically cute. Trevor has the best smile, Mandee has the prettiest everything, and together they were everything that makes couples and engagements sessions and Spring days exciting.

So excited to see Allyssa and Noah’s Maternity Session featured on Grey Likes Baby! And now they have sweet Finn here. So exciting!

It’s engagement time, and I haves so many fun ones to show you! I love how beautiful this Spring has been!

Utah doesn’t have a beach, per say, but we do have a salty lake. It’s our own little random wonder. And Christine were the perfect couple to wade out into it’s smooth waters.

Christine has been my assistant on and off for years, and it has been so fun to watch her live her own love story. Christine is a photographer herself, and photo major, so Fielding had a lot of previous experience behind the camera :) Basically, I love these two and am so happy to be photographing their wedding.

Yay for stinky waters, bugs, dead birds (if you have been there, you know what I’m talking about), love, warm days, and blue skies!

You can see the full features here,

Laura and Alister, Ruffled
Meg and Trevor, Wedding Chicks
Tessa, Utah Bride Blog

What can I say? I have known Rosie for 5 years, and I have loved her from day one. Beautiful and confident, talented, kind with a strong sense of self, I have always known she is going places. And then I met Jake, and I was like, yep, these two are perfect. I loved their sweet and simple wedding. I loved that they went to DC for their honeymoon and that her bouquet was a huge bunch of baby’s breath, that their turquoise rings were purchased at a little store in Arizona, and her dress was off the rack at Dillards. These two blonde-haired adventurers are going to have a wonderful life together. I see many traveling, camping, wonderful life experiences in their future, and I’m so happy for the two of them!

Congratulations Rosie and Jake!

First things first, Lucy will only wear pink. That may or may not be obvious further on.

Easter was a big deal this year. For the first time since, well forever, I took the Saturday off. Ever since Lucy was born, I have been meaning too, and then I would forget. Now that she is old enough to enjoy holidays, I wanted to make sure to do something special with her. And so the idea of a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt was born. I joined forces with my friends Maren and Leslee, and we threw a party for the whole neighborhood. It was so much fun, and I think super successful for a first go around. We made a block party of it at Maren’s house, which she decorated beautifully, and her trees bloomed accommodatingly. We divided up the kids into age groups, hid a few special golden eggs in tricky places, blew a train whistle (why not?) and let the kids go at it. It was really so much fun, and nice to get to the know the neighborhood a little bit better.

I brought one roll of film, and unfortunately got so excited, I only took pictures of the set-up, Lucy, and her good friend Olive. But I think we probably had 60 people there. It was pretty awesome watching 30 or so kids run around like crazy, or like Lucy, cautiously picking up her eggs. Easter Egg hunting was followed by brunch, and the only boo, was to the two cars that drove through our barricades, going faster than the speed limit, knocking over garbage cans, and pulling our decorations along with them. Luckily, there weren’t any kiddies, in the street, but seriously, who does that?

And here is Lucy in pink dress #2, and our own Easter Egg hunt after church. We dyed eggs the night before, but mainly Lucy just wanted to drink the dye water. We put a Tablespoon of oil in our dye cups to get the marble effect, which, come to think of it, couldn’t have made it taste that good. I had pinned probably 20 different Easter Egg ideas, but ultimately went with the easiest and cheapest. I think they turned out pretty. Can you guess which color of egg was Lucy’s favorite?

By the way, if you are ever interested in doing your own hunt like this, this is what we did and it worked well,

-We hand delivered the invitations. Luckily, our neighborhood is small enough, and we got them out early enough that people could plan on it, but not so early they forgot about it. About 10 days before the hunt
-We had the parents bring a dozen eggs a couple days early for each kid that was participating
-We limited it to 12 and under
-Divide into age groups, so little kids don’t get overwhelmed by older ones. We did 0-1, 2-4, 5-8, 8-12
-If you don’t have a yard enough big enough (none of us did) get the permits for a block party. It’s super easy, and you just need the permission from everyone on the street affected. Check with your local City department for specifics
-We requested everyone bring a brunch item. I was afraid people were going to think we asked too much of them, but everyone came with smiles, and there was even someone doing a dutch oven casserole. Impressive.
-We came 90 minutes early to set-up and hide the eggs
-The rules were 12 eggs per kid, but we had extras (a lot people did more than a dozen eggs each), so we opened it up for a free for all after everyone got their dozen. But, we didn’t realize at the time, that there were a few kids who were running late, and there were no eggs left. Next time we will make sure all kids are there before we open it up to everyone to go crazy. And maybe also still keep them in their eggs groups, since at that point the little kids were pretty much out of luck. First timers mistake.
-Get bigger blockades, since some people by-passed the sign, and barriers. I wish I knew who you were!
-Blow horn, that would have been fun, but luckily Leslee just happened to have a train whistle!

First bridal of the season, and it doesn’t get better than this! Liz’s beautiful dress is now nicknamed the “Liz” at her bridal shop. Fitting, I think, since she wore it so beautifully. You wouldn’t really know it, but this was one windy day. WINDY! I tell you. Liz was calm and composed during the huge windstorm, and her hair was expertly prepped for the occasion, didn’t move at all :)

I think Liz looks so beautiful, and I have been loving this early, mild spring we have been having! Two lovely elements coming together!

Dress: Danielle’s bridal
Flowers: Julie Prince

Lucy likes to hold her dress up, like the wicked sisters going to the ball. This one, you know, she kills me.

Tessa’s grandmother was married in the Salt Lake County building, and what a sweet nod to family history for her granddaughter to follow in her footsteps. This was such a sweet wedding. I loved the deep blues and pinks, the long tables with flowers, and Tessa’s gorgeous, classic dress. Tessa and Brennan were high school sweethearts (how cute is that?) and I’m so excited for them as they begin the next phase of their journey!

Congratulations you two! Thank you for letting me share in your wonderful celebration!

Floral: Carolyn May, May Flowers
Dress: David’s Bridal
Videography: Davey with Pointe Digital
Venue: Salt Lake County Building
Assistant: Kim Orlandini