and I had the opportunity to have 2 of the Junior class members join me for today, and luckily I also had some parents that were willing to bring in munchkins for us to practice with.  This is my morning cutie, and she didn’t quite know what to do with the audience….and honestly though the big kids were crazy for not knowing all the motions to “pat – a – cake”.

It was the COLDEST day ever but this wedding party still braved it for some fun pics outside.   We ended up with some great shots and lots of smiling faces while celebrating their day.

for an adorable couple.  The sun was shining and we had warmer temps when we went out on a beautiful saturday afternoon.  I don’t think we could have asked for a better day, at least for February.   And we ended up with so many that I call my favorites, you get an extra one today. 

This family was a blast and the kids definately kept me hopping…and laughing the entire session.  I had the youngest running from me (and due to the running factor, I have no single pics of him lol), the next 2 were busy getting their groove on and posing like crazy, but at least the older 4 kids knew what to do…but we still ended up with some shots that make me at least laugh, and i”m sure their mom’s (and Grandma’s) will too.

not sure if you remember this senior girl from a few months ago when we did her outdoor session, but she recently headed this direction and we got some GREAT shots of her.  And not only is she beautiful, she is a total sweetheart as well, and I don’t think she could take a bad picture.

Had a blast with this senior, it was a little cold but it really could have been worse for February, the only bad thing was ALMOST getting stuck….standing water is not a good thing.  And then we aren’t going to talk about the cat incident either.  I also had the opportunity to work with some more dramatic lighting….I’ve been wanting to try it for awhile and I LOVE how the staircase shot turned out.

So what better way to celebrate my 16th wedding anniversary than to make my brand new wedding website LIVE!!!!  I’m sure all of you noticed the new portrait site went live last month, with new music featured by Jason Manns (and totally check out his website and let him know how much we appreciate him and his music, links on the website and up above) and I’m so excited for all of you to see the new one.  The link should work on the main page now, or to go directly visit:  www.weddingsbyclgphotography.net .  Tell me what you think and keep checking back, I’m still working on getting all my stuff on there.

I’ve taken this little guys pictures several times before, and its always so amazing to see how big they are getting.  He wasn’t so sure about his cake, until his mom gave him a FORK and then he went to town, I laughed so hard at the poor little guy. 

We also had the chance to take a few pics of one of his big sisters, she is always such a poser and makes my job SO easy.

with this couple and their bridal party, the boys were on top goof off mode, the girls were full of smiles and I think we laughed during the whole event.   And then to top off the whole evening….when I asked the grooms brothers what they did in the Navy, I ended up getting the “if we told you we would have to kill you speech” and I wasn’t quite sure if they were joking or not. LOL  

Congratulations to both the Bride and Groom, and thank you so much for letting me be part of your day!!!!!

and what a difference that 3 months make.  He was ALL smiles (and sometimes growls) and totally cracked me up.  I had a really hard time figuring out which ones to put on here, I think he had a perfect grin in each shot.