Saturday could not have been a more perfect day for a beach wedding. Emily and Dan have to be one of the sweetest couples I have ever had the privilege to spend the day with. Their preparations were amazing. Simplicity was perfection. They rented a cottage right on the beach in Grand Haven and shared their day with immediate family.
This weekend was the final race of the year for the medical team my husband works with during race season. Saturday was a bit chilly at 57 degrees (especially for the guys who went swimming...err rescuing), but Sunday was perfect an no one needed to be in the water. Kids had a great time running with their friends and I had the opportunity to relax.
Monday night Mike and I put on a very low-key lighting workshop at a studio over in Standale (Thank you Patrick!!!). We had three lighting set-ups, a handful of models, and 16 photographers clicking away.
The picture above is Jeremiah (6mths) and myself. I was assisting this little man to help with his future modeling career. For those of you wondering what the lighting set-up is in my studio...these lights would be mine, just not my studio.
Today I cried, okay, really I bawled. Both my babies are now in school. We were all celebrating on the way there, we hugged and kissed, waved good bye, and I was the only one that cried (as I was driving out of the parking lot of course).
This last picture was only taken to put a smile on Andrea's face. Freeze the Visine and pick all the cashews out of the fudge.
Meet Zoe. She just turned ONE last week. This first picture pretty much says it all. Zoe was high-energy, fun, and entertaining. She checked out my camera numerous times to make sure I was paying attention and it was working. I may just need to hire this little gal as my new assistant.
You don't think she's messing with me do you?
Later this afternoon I had the opportunity of meeting our new Youth Pastor, Tom Holloway, and his family for their church directory portrait.
My kids instantly fell in love with their older two, and I have to admit I'm pretty sweet on that little man.
Sunday morning I had the opportunity of getting to know Chelsea and James a little better during their engagement session at Tiscornia beach in St. Joseph. They could not have picked a more fun morning to spend at the pier. A once a year photo opportunity of the TRI-State Sailing Regatta leaving the harbor was amazing. Less than a year till your big day!
During the engagement session with James and Chelsea I had told them my goal for the day was to get a picture of the "Nitemare" boat from the evening before. Wouldn't you know it! They came sailing by as we were taking pier their pictures!!! If you look to the upper right of this picture you will see the photographers on the Silver Beach side of the pier that made it into The Herald-Palladium Labor Day edition newspaper. I had to check the paper to see if we happened to make it into their picture...no luck.lol 
After I said good-bye to James and Chelsea I spent the rest of the day on the beach at Grand Mere with the kids south of St. Joe. My kids were able to see all the sailboats headed to Michigan City, IN. What a beautiful sight for such a beautiful day.
Back home in Stevensville for a couple of days during this beautiful holiday weekend. As we were wrapping up dinner Saturday evening my mother had mentioned that the sailboats were in St. Joseph for their Annual TRI-State Sailing Regatta. The trip starts in Chicago, spends the night in St. Joe and the next morning heads for Michigan City.
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