Some Holiday Funnies

Well, it is the holiday rush around here but I wanted to stop in and post some funnies-a laugh during the stress of the holidays is always welcome!

more fashion!

High Fashion!

While in California-we had a great photo shoot with four beautiful models. It was so much fun to do something different.

Benji & Hannah, Seattle, Washington

Seattle is GORGEOUS. If you have an opportunity to go-GO. So green and just so pretty-I really enjoyed going there and hope to go back again soon.

I was priviledged to shoot Benji & Hannah's wedding while I was there-such a great day-we shot alot of photos in the beautiful Japanese gardens near the church. We had fun going with Hannah to get her makeup done (you know me-had to photograph the brightly colored makeup!)
Here are some favorites of the day:







Anticipation:



some fun makeup shots:

Mike & Hillary, Chico, California, September 16

I was so excited to get to go to California in September and shoot Mike & Hillary's wedding with my bud, Bethy B from True Love Photo. Great couple and wow, Norther CA is gorgeous!! I will definitely have to post some Napa Valley shots soon-gorgeous! Here are a few of my favorite shots of the day:

My favorite:

Dave & Diana September 30, 2006

I had the pleasure of sharing Dave & Diana's special day with them a few weeks ago. What a great couple they are and what a dream to work with....Diana's mom called me a few weeks before the wedding after we had our final consult to tell me that the church they were supposed to get married in had a fire and the sanctuary had smoke damage so they could not use it! It seemed like it was not going to turn out well, but they ended up being able to get the Episcopal church across the street and everything turned out great-the church and church grounds were gorgeous and everything went like a dream. To view the slideshow: Dave & Diana

Here are a few favorites from the day:

long time, no see

WOW, I just realized how long it has been since I posted. On top of the normal crazy wedding season which does not end til mid-November, we had a few nutty things going on here at home. The second week of August, Bill was working on putting a new floor in Corey's bedroom....I had just gotten home from dropping Cass off for soccer practice at school and was sitting on the porch talking to my sister on the phone. Bill runs past me yelling "Water pipe busted". I run in the house and get about 10 ft in and step in water. Apparently what happened was, a piece under the sink broke and water was gushing out from under the sink. Trust me-in 20 minutes time-it covered most of the house except the master suite and Cass's bedroom. Amazing how far water can go. Ruined the floors-the countertops (water was shooting up AND out) and part of the cabinets. All the floors had to be ripped up-cabinets and appliances had to come out of the kitchen, the kid's bathroom had to be dismantled. TODAY they finally finished all the work-6 weeks, 6 days later. Yes, my office floors were ruined too. Luckily nothing was damaged but the floors but it sure was rough and some days-impossible to work-I had to set up a makeshift office in our bedroom. So I got SO backed up but this week, I am seeing the light of day finally!

The first week was the worst, we had the big dryer/fans set up all over and those are LOUD along with the huge dehumidifiers going to. The first few nights-Cass spent with our friends across the street and one night Corey stayed with Shane and Laura and the next two with the Kirsts. What a blessing that was on so many levels-1) they did not have a bathroom at their end of the house 2) we had no kitchen 3) Corey had no bedroom since he had no floors 4) it was too loud to sleep at that end of the house 5) it helped to not have to worry how they were while we took care of getting the mess out and the work going on the repairs.

So you can see why the blog has been a tad bit neglected. I am going to try to post some things in the next few weeks and catch up.

Introducing Ellie....

Ellie is here!!! We picked her up from Kristina last Monday the 10th and she has fit right in here at the Shaffer household. She was a little camera shy but is getting over that now. She is a sweetheart-so loveable!! Here are a few snaps from her first "session"

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a few more of Jon & Kristen

Jon & Kristen

We had such fun photographing Jon & Kristen's wedding day up in Cumberland, Kentucky-what a pretty drive it was up there into Eastern Kentucky....Jon and Kristen are a great couple who did not let a little rain and mud ruin their big day! For a slideshow of their day, please visit Simpson Wedding Slideshow

Here are a few of our favorites: