Tatum & Elle

Yesterday I have the amazing oppurtunity to shoot a couple girls from work with their cute little bellies! Tatum (Tara) is due, well next week hopefully! I think she'd like to have it now but we'll see! Elle (Lauren) is due the first day of summer in June! Elle does nails with me and Tatum is an esthetician and we call work at Penzones. We all have our fake names, mine is Andi there, so its fun to be a different person everyday I go to work. Anyways, both of these girls I admire tremendously because they're both single and doing so great! I don't know Tatum as well as I do Elle but they both are so strong and so excited about their little ones. Tatum is having a girl and Elle is having a boy. So of course I had to ask if they're going to date later one and they both said of course. They're going to have the most darling little babies. And of course you'll see them on the web in the next couple months!!

Julie & Dan

Tonight Coty & I both got to shoot Julie & Dan's engagement pictures. Since we were both home that night I thought it'd be fun for us to both go. We had a lot of fun, and their dog couldn't be more adorable. Julie and I both work at the Charles Penzone Salon together, so we've gotten to know each other a little bit over the year and half that I've been there. When I first told her I did wedding photography, she told me "I'll keep you in mind if he every pops the question" and sure enough a couple months later he did! Dan is a teacher at Licking Heights and coaches football at Johnstown Monroe High School. They are getting married this weekend at the Jefferson Country Club, and I can already tell she's getting antsy! I'll be doing her pedicure this friday, and from the looks of her toes at the engagement shoot, she needs it!! :)

On a different note, we've added some new photos to the galleries! I did a baby shoot with my good friends son Malachi Joseph Artrip! I can't wait to get them all 3 in the picture, because they're all red heads, its adorable! So be sure to check out the Portraits Gallery! Hope everyone has a wonderful week.... we're loaded up with client meetings, maternity shoots and a wedding! Too many pregnant girls at the salon isn't such a bad thing!

Jen & Shawn Kreider

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Coty & I had the pleasure of getting to do my old roomate from Word of life's wedding! Jennifer & I were joint at the hip for a while, taking hundreds of pictures every weekend and having a blast in our dorm room. Her twin sister hung out with us too, so it was great to see both of them. After Word of Life I went to Grace College and they both went to Lancaster Bible College. Jen is now a social worker and her husband Shawn owns his own landscaping business, and he's very successful! It was more than an honor to take part in her day and it was well worth the drive! We promised eachother we wouldn't go 4 years without seeing eachother again! Enjoy the video!

Ashley

The Boys

Yesterday was a busy day for us! Coty & I both worked in the morning, but from the moment we got off work we went back to work at home! I met up with 8 boys for a little photo shoot at the high school track & soccer field. Brought back some fond memories of my running days. They are planning a graduation party together next month and one of their mom's hired me to take the picture. I understood why they didn't want to take it themselves once I got them all together... worse than groomsmen!! "Are we done yet?" was the quote of the day for Jordan Snyder, whom I've known since he was in elementary school! Once I got all their names I didn't recognize them because they were all grown up. I felt a little old at that moment! Anyways, they were a load of fun.

Finally Blogging!

Hello all!! We are finally blogging!! We had our first wedding of the year in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on April 5th. Jen & Shawn's wedding was a great kick off to the year. Jen & I were roommates at Word of Life Bible Institute for a semester, and since we hadn't seen each other in years, it was a privilege to be a part of her wedding. They were such a sweet couple, and their friends and family were amazing as well. I'll get some pictures posted as soon as I can, life just seems a bit busy right now. I am still working at the Charles Penzone Grand Salon at Polaris, where I do nails, so along with client meetings, editing pictures, engagement sessions coming up... the fun is just beginning. Coty & I feel like we're not doing the normal newlywed thing, that most couples are not starting a new business while keeping our other full time jobs. At least we're having fun while doing it all right?! Anyways, I've got some maternity, engagement, and senior shoots coming up so I'll try and keep them up to date.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week. Looks like the weather is looking up... finally!