Josh + Kelly's Wedding Lovefest!

Kelly & Josh recently married at The Round Barn, a beautiful Inn and barn in Waitsfield. We had a fantastic time with them and all their family and friends as everyone celebrated their marriage on one of the hottest days of the summer.

They not only planned a super wedding, but they made an entire weekend of the festivities as they put together Lovefest 2007 , an incredible outdoor party at a park in Waitsfield, where they featured The Samples! Check out the last pic, which was their invitation! These two really know how enjoy life!!

Andy found this on a car windshield...
Some pre-wedding fun with Kelly and her very best friends...
Andy is so creative with the ring shots. I love it!
Kelly was gorgeous!

One of their family friends, famous violinist Soovin Kim, played a phenomenal interlude during the ceremony.


Kelly wore this stunning family heirloom necklace...

If you think that group portraits at weddings are boring...

...think again!

Instead of cake, they had an entire wagon full of scrumptious chocolate truffles made by Lake Champlain Chocolates! Yummy!

Our new assistant! :-)

A little xoxo!
Isn't she darling?

Some serious talent on the dance floor!

The band they hired was awesome, but Josh, his brothers and friends proved they were total rock stars when they stepped in and performed a few numbers including Greenday's "A Thousand Miles."
Happily ever after...

Kelly + Josh e-session

I met up with super adorable Kelly and Josh in Burlington recently for their engagement session. We had a blast running around near Battery Park, which overlooks Lake Champlain. It was really fun getting to know them and hearing about their wedding at one of the most beautiful places to be married in Vermont, The Round Barn Farm.

They'll be tying the knot on August 3rd and Andy and I are so excited to photograph their wedding festivities!

See you two soon!
xo

Vermont's fringe benefit

The best way to cure the winter blues is to get outside and play in the snow! The bummer is, sometimes there's not enough snow and sometimes there is snow, but it's just too darned cold for this California girl. Lately, we've had plenty of snow and the sun has been smiling on us nearly every day. Perfection!!

Thanks to Andy, I've been able to snap a few photos while out and about with my handy and adorable Canon Digital Elph. Only trouble is, I can’t find the strap, so it’s nerve-wracking to take photos on a ski lift, 20 feet above ground, while the wind is blowing! Yikes!!

So, Andy and I finally got out for a ski together on a fun weekend away thanks to my photography pal Karen Pike!! I photographed her daughter Emma’s Bat Mitzvah last summer and she blew me away with a gift certificate to the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol including a fabulous dinner and breakfast AND she took the kids for the weekend! Karen and her family are THE BEST!!

Here we are at Ole’s Cross Country Ski Center in Warren on our weekend away.
We bumped into at least a dozen old friends from the Waitsfield/ Warren area of Vermont. It was a total bonus!
Our good old friends from our mountain biking days: Marilyn and her husband Adam! Click on her name to see how fabulous she is!

We arrived to pick up the kids from a block party in Karen's neighborhood and Baxter, who had never before been ice skating was playing hockey with the boys! We were so proud!!
Andy snatched up the camera when he and some friends traveled to Maine a couple weekends ago to ski in the Rangeley Lakes 50km Loppet (a.k.a. a super long cross-country ski race, through deep snow, with a broken ski pole.) The super heroes pictured from left: Karen, Mike C., Jesus, Andy, Paul, Mike R. (also an awesome photog), Audrey and Phil. Doesn't it look like an ad for L.L. Bean?
Last weekend we utilized our ski passes at Bolton Valley Resort and met up with a bunch of neighbors for some fun family skiing.
Good thing Andy has long arms or we wouldn't have all fit in the photo taken high up on the chair lift.
Summer, Mia and Patty.
Here is most of our group...
and here is the other part...