Warning, lots of photos from Craig and Rachel’s wedding.  First one of my faves.  Rachel had marked on my checklist that a special piece of jewlery she had was a ring that her grandmother had given her.  Well I got lucky and caught this special moment with her and her mom where the ring just happened to be showing.  I so got lucky, if I was smart I would have posed for a shot like this.

My view of Rachel and her dad….

Bob’s view (I love this shot, super creative)  These were taken at the same time.  I am positioned right in front of the guy to the right of the photo, just out of the frame.

Another shot that Bob took…

Here is Rachel with her girlfriends that she went to Saint Mary’s with.  They flew in from all over, California and Florida.

After the wedding we went to Rachel’s mom and dad’s home and her dad has a really nice garden.  I thought it was fitting to put the rings on a flower in the garden.

Oh and look at these cute gals.  They fed me some good food before we headed to the reception so I had to share a photo of them.

On our way to the reception we stopped at Deep River Park and it was beautiful.  I have never been their before.

Here is one of my favorite of all time wedding photos.  Note to other photographers: no I didn’t add the sun flare, the sun just happened to be in the perfect spot.

The super cute and smart flower girl Sadie.

The reception was at Avalon Manor in Merrillville, IN.  It is such a pretty place.

One of my favorite moments was when the Saint Mary’s group got together for a picture and left this sweet lady in charge of all the cameras…

Is that 5 cameras she is workin?

I have to say big thanks to Rachel, Craig and their families for making Bob and I feel so welcome.  The wedding ceremony was early so all stopped at Rachel’s mom and dad’s house and took a little break and relaxed and it was so nice to visit with everyone.  Her mom and dad have a wonderful garden.  I am jealous but also know I couldn’t handle the hard work involved in maintaing something that large.

Wedding Ceremony located at St. Helen’s Hebron, IN, Reception:  Avalon Manor, Merrillville, IN Photographers:  Bob and Jayme Goetz DJ: Boris from Precision Sound, Florist and Cake by Becky’s in Hebron

I love Hensler’s Nursery.  I can’t wait until after Thanksgiving to go there with the family and get our tree.  We have created a family tradition, and those are the things that kids will never forget as they grow up.

Thought I would share with everyone, something that I learned from John Hensler.  When we were out photographing his trees he stopped and showed me what a first year pine cone looked like.  It is so darn cute, I had no idea.  Here’s is a photo of one…

And I just have to share a picture of one of my favorite new products that they have for sale.  This is a snowflake made out of pine trees.  It is decorated on the other side as well so can be hung up for both sides to be displayed.  It is super cute.

I am going to pick one up when we are there next week to hang in my window.  I think they will make great gifts and to me it is Christmasy but yet something that can be left up afterwards since it is a snowflake.

Check out Hensler’s Website.

Bob shoot with me on this wedding… here is one of his pictures.

Isn’t the church amazing.  Never seen anything like it.

They have lots of really great friends and family.  Brandon and Kari you are very lucky!!

One of my faves…

They had a Hummer limo, that was super duper cool.  Although I about fell on my A$$ when I was getting out of it.  Luckily no one really seen and my ankle just hurt for alittle while and then I was fine.

Bob and I were marriend 11 years yesterday.  My favorite part of our wedding day was all the dancing…our first dance, dancing with my father, and  shaking my booty with all my family and friends.  The way it looked that may have been Kari and Brandon’s favorite part too.

Always a good bouqet toss when someone ends up on the ground.

How cool is this.  For the reception they all had their Switchflops on.

The cutest, sweetest and most fun ring bearer ever.  I just loved this little guy.  Later in the evening he put on his ring security shirt.  We had so much fun with and even sat with him and his family for the meal.

And here is me and one of my bestest buddies ever Dena.  Thanks Dena for introducing me to Kari and her mom Linda.  It is awesome that I got to shoot such a fun wedding and have made some great new friends thru you.  (my hair looks alittle crazy there, honestly it looked really good when we started the day, I love my new hair cut, trying to stop the pony tail wearing thing, since I am over 30).

Oh Boy, did we have a good time at Brandon and Kari’s wedding.  The church was amazing as you seen.   Brandon and Kari hired the best vendors.  Everything was perfect.  Their friends and family piled on the dance floor all night.  I love receptions like that.

I will post links to the vendors tomorrow.  I need to get my stuff ready for the ladies night out.  And sorry you had to wait a week for the blog post.  I typically have them up sooner but this week I was shooting non-stop so I wasn’t as quick as I usually am.

Katie, I think you are probably going to be listed in the yearbook as the craziest, most fun girl at Brownsburg HS.  You crack me up!!!  Oh and you totally owe me big time because I could have posted one of your crazy faces, but I was nice and didn’t.