2009/2010 Booking

I must say, this year is going to be fabulous! We are blessed with tons of amazing couples that have chosen us to be their wedding photographers, and we couldn't be more thankful for the business. We just booked a wedding in November and I think we're only going to book one or two more weddings that month. If you don't know this already, we hold our family at the highest priority. Our marriage, family and friends are so important to us so we try to keep some time open to spending it with those loved ones. Not that we don't LOVE shooting weddings, but our feet and hearts need a breather from time to time. So any Friday in November is still available and the 7th, 14th & 21st! December of last year was an unexpected big month for us. We booked a couple weddings last minute but had a blast shooting them. This year we have 2 weddings already booked but we're still able to book one more! We've kept the 26th open for ourselves to go home to Indiana to be with Coty's family. I've said this before but when you get married you merge the families together, so when you pick which home you'll be at for the holidays you have to try very hard to please the Mothers! Since we had spent 2 years at my house (here in Ohio) because of weddings being days after, we decided to give Coty's mom the choice of when she'd want us at her house. She could choose Christmas eve and we leave Christmas afternoon or we come Christmas afternoon and stay for a couple days. She chose to have us come for dinner on Christmas so we've reserved the 26th just for Indiana! I love what I do, and so does Coty, but our families get a little irritated that we have to plan things SO FAR in advance. But what else am I to do when I get emails for a wedding almost a year in a half in advance? Try planning a baby?! That'll be pretty hilarious to "plan" a baby when the time comes. I say this "you plan and God laughs" because no matter what its His plan not ours!

Anyways, so after we book those couple dates we'll be totally booked for 2009. I still can't believe how fast the year books up. As for 2010 we've been getting tons of emails and we're excited to start booking. So if you're engaged and you think you have time, don't hesitate to call or book a meeting to lock in the prices right now. There is no time like the present to get the big vendors booked and finished so you can focus on the fun little details that make your wedding your own! For fresh and fun ideas check outTheKnot.com. I lived on The Knot when I was engaged. I changed the entire look of my centerpieces a month before my wedding because of something incredible that I saw on the knot. Okay, Okay, I'll stop rambling on. I can't get started on planning because I won't stop! Hope everyone enjoys this amazing day God has given us. Love you all!

Ashley*