Jen and Jason Wedding

It poured so much rain the day before Jen and Jason's wedding. I was a little afraid that the weather for their outdoor ceremony would be the same. Thankfully the sun was shining beautifully all day and the weather was perfect. They held their ceremony and reception at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Milwaukee. This place is probably my new favorite venue in Wisconsin! It has a great outdoor romantic feel and its right by Lake Michigan.

Jen and Jason decided to do formals before the ceremony so they had a "first glance" photo shoot. I love how you can see a little of the lake in the background of those pictures. Their ceremony was very sweet and was in the perfect location. The ring bearer was so adorable. He was taking all kinds of pictures with his little disposable. I can tell he'll be a great photographer someday :)

They also had the cutest details for their reception. They must really, really like soup to name the tables after different kinds of soup! I was totally diggin that, since I'm a soup lover myself :) You'll notice in the pictures below that the flowers were in soup vases. So cool!

I apologize for the many photos on this post. I couldn't choose just a few :) Thanks to Jen and Jason for allowing me to capture your big day!

Previews

We made it home in Utah safely. I'm so glad we are back! I have so much to do and will only have time to post a couple previews of the weddings I did in Wisconsin. I will try to get their blogs up this weekend. I'm excited to show the rest. Both weddings were a blast!

Raw food diet week

Well folks, I have finished my raw food diet week. I'm a little late in posting my blog about it so forgive me for that!

I am thrilled that the week is over, but I do plan on going back on it as soon as I get home from WI. I'm planning on staying on the diet until I lose the weight I'd like to lose and then slowely bring back the foods I love while making sure I don't gain the weight back.

The first day on the diet wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The night before I got to pig out on anything I wanted, so I was totally craving salad and fresh fruit. The second day was really, really hard. I was constantly eating because I felt like I was never full. Since I was eating so much, my neck and jaw hurt from chewing so the second day wasn't fun for me. I did have one hissy fit on the third day, but after that the rest of the week went surprisingly well. I totally thought I'd get huge headaches from the lack of carbs but I had no headaches the whole week. After the third day I got used to being a little hungry all the time and felt like I had more energy. I noticed that I got up earlier in the morning and slept soundly at night. My husband noticed the skin on my face had a slight glow and my blemishes were much clearer. I didn't shoot any weddings that week, but the photoshoots I did do, I felt less stressed than usual and I felt like I could consentrate a lot better than before.

On my fourth day, Jonathan and I ate at Omar's Raw Cuisine in Sugarhouse. After eating all our boring food at our home, eating Omar's food was wonderful! The dessert was so tasty, I could not believe it was all raw! We are going back there very soon!





Early Friday morning we started driving towards Wisconsin with our puppies. We all know how hard it is to eat healthy while traveling. I usually start my day with a spinach smoothie and since I didn't get to while traveling, I felt like I couldn't stay on the diet. Just like most people can't function without having their coffee in the morning, I can't without my smoothie :) That night Jonathan let me have pizza and the next morning we were cursing ourselves for eating it. Never again! It's like I totally forgot how that stuff makes me feel after I eat it.

Overall, I think I did pretty good. Usually I don't last more than 2 days on any diet. What really helped is that Jonathan was on the diet with me and we completely cleared our fridge and cabinets of processed foods. I lost almost 5 pounds during the week so it makes me excited to try it again when I get home!

I'll be one busy women this weekend with a wedding on Friday, a wedding on Saturday and an engagement session on Sunday. Can't wait to blog about all three next week!

Out of town

We'll be out of town from Friday, August 29th to Wednesday, September 10th. We'll have two weddings to blog about when we get back. I will have limited phone access but will have email access most of the time. We're driving all the way to Wisconsin for Jen and Jason and Katie and Logan's weddings. It'll be nice to be with my family as well so I'm excited! All print orders and photos will be finished when I get back.

Alyssa

What a beauty! Alyssa really likes Europe, so I thought the City County Building would be perfect for her and her dramatic look. I love how they turned out! Especially her close-ups. She is a natural in front of the camera. I'm so looking forward to her wedding next month at one of my favorite venues!

Rachel

Rachel is so photogenic and could be America's next top model! I adore her dress and cannot wait for her wedding next month!

Raw food diet update

I am still surviving and I haven't cheated, thankyouverymuch. I had a little hissy fit last night with my husband, but other than that I am doing OK. One of my favorite things to eat is raw corn on the cob, guacamole dip and cabbage salad. I wont go into too much detail about my week so far since I want to save it for a blog at the end of the week, but it sure is interesting! Oh and I've lost like 2 or 3 pounds! That is one of the things that keeps me going! :)

I'm excited for a photoshoot tonight using my new baby. I've taken some test shots of my husband and I gotta say this is one amazing piece of equipment! I'll share some photos of the shoot later tonight :)

Raw Food

Starting tomorrow, I'll be going on a raw food diet for a week. So I'll only be eating raw vegetables, fruits, greens, nuts, and seeds. You ask why I decided to do this? Well, my husband, Jonathan, has been a vegetarian since he moved out to Utah about 6 years ago. For awhile he ate raw food but then went off of it. Now he is trying to eat all raw food again and I kinda thought he was a little crazy! He read the book 12 Steps to Raw Foods and I decided to read it since I was on a reading craze(I had just finished the Twilight books and was wanting anything to read).

If you're considering eating raw food, I would definitely recommend this book. The woman who wrote the book talks about her family's poor health before going on all raw food. She had arrhythmia, her husband had many health problems including chronic rheumatoid arthritis, her daughter had asthma and her son was recently diagnosed with diabetes. She was determined to find a way to make her family healthy, especially her son because she didn't want him to take insulin. She found the raw food diet and decided to try it with her family. She noticed a significant change in her families health within days!

The book also goes into how society is so dependent on processed foods and how cancer is claiming lives at an alarming rate every year because of processed foods. I used to depend on cooking all my veggies but in preparation of my week-long diet, I decided to eat my veggies raw including spinach. I ate spinach raw for weeks. One time while Jonathan and I went out to eat, I ordered a plate that had cooked spinach in it. I tried it and it was horrible only because I was used to eating it raw. Ever since I've been eating spinach raw, I've actually been craving it, which never happened before.

It's going to be one very interesting week for me since I'm so dependent on chocolate, milk and bread. I'm not looking forward to being deprived of those things, but I am excited on how I will feel while I'm on this diet(having more energy, not feeling weighed down). At the end of the week, I'll write a blog about how I feel and most likely all my hissy fits that my husband will have to put up with :)

Wish me luck!