Katie and Logan Wedding

The day after Jen and Jason's wedding, I shot Katie and Logan's wedding in Madison, Wisconsin. They had a beautiful ceremony at a church and a very fun reception at Sweet Sophie's later that evening. But first, we took the bride, groom and bridal party all over Madison for pictures. We stopped at the capitol building, then hung out at Frida's for some drinks and then went down by the lake for some more fun photos. I loved the colors Katie picked out for their wedding. And the bridesmaid dress are killer!

It was a blast photographing everyone dancing at the reception. These people know how to have a good time ;) At one point, Logan's friends wanted him to play guitar and I got an awesome shot of him that you'll see below. It was a fun day and I'm so thrilled that Katie and Logan chose me to capture it!

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!