Katie & Stephen wedding teaser

Yesterday (Saturday) I had the pleasure of assisting my talented friend Amy Aiello (Amy Aiello Photography)at the wedding of Katie Saul, who I went to high school with. Katie is two years older than I am, so she and I didn't go to school together for too long, but we did do some plays and musicals together, and one thing she would always say was that she was going to marry an Irishman someday. I believed that she would... so I was not the least bit surprised when Amy told me that Katie was getting married to an Irish lad. Apparently their paths crossed many times in Ireland while Katie was living there for a few years, but they didn't meet until katie moved back to Chicago. One night at a bar... there he was, and by her sister's account, Katie was smitten.

I'm so happy for Katie and Stephen, and I hope they have a wonderful honeymoon! I'm also totally grateful to Amy for letting me tag along and snag some great shots. Be sure to check out her site because I know she'll post some pics on her blog and they will look fab! Here's just one for now... I have so many to go through and it will be so hard to narrow them down because katie looked simply stunning... but I must! So goodnight for now, enjoy the teaser... =)

A Chilly Shoot

Today I hung out with one of my sisters-in-law, Elizabeth. She is my husband Nick's younger sister, and I love her to pieces. Actually, I have been incredibly blessed to have two sisters-in-law who are amazing and who I get along with so well and love so much. God is good!
But today, Elizabeth and I headed off into the cold-blue-yonder to do a rather cold and windy photo shoot. She was so funny... she showed up at our apartment with a suitcase full of fashion possibilities. So we stashed it all in my car and headed out to downtown West Chicago where there are some great urban-looking buildings that make for fantastic backdrops. We shot for well over an hour and Liz wasn't wearing a coat for most of it, so it was an adventure! A worth while adventure for sure. Elizabeth looked amazing, and I managed to snag some really great photos of her... not that it was hard to do with her cuteness!
We took well over a hundred, but here are just a few of my personal favorites. Enjoy!