Our Engagement Photos

I LOVE this first photo!! It is so boy meets girl and it makes me smile! Mitch and I had some interesting little conversations in between shots and Brooke was a sweetheart and talked us through a few.

In this next one I love that it is just totally us. Laughing and smiling because we feel like we are acting so completely ridiculous!
In the last one we're featuring today Mitch insisted that we take some pictures in 'church clothes'. Begrudgingly I took the photos in nice clothes and some of them ended up being my favorites!! (Don't tell Mitch)

For these shots Brooke took us to another abandoned house and we walked all the way around it. I am amazed at how she found these shots! All of them were taken on the grounds and we got some that look like Winter and some Summer. Looking over these with Mitch got us SO super excited for our wedding day! 3 WEEKS!!!
So we have lots of changes in the next few weeks but we are excited and ready to accept the challenge. New place, in-laws, new rules and lots of fun!! We will keep you posted as we start on these new and exciting times. 3 WEEKS!!!

Bridals

When Mitch proposed I asked him what he wanted for our wedding. He said, 'All I want is portrait of you in your dress.' Mitch hasn't seen my dress (due to tradition) but in this photo you can't see my dress so I knew I could post this for all of you!
Just to fill you in on how the shoot went. IT WAS FREEZING!!!! It was a cold day in February but the sun did manage to peak out for a few minutes. She took me to an old broken down home and we took a lot outside of it and then went in! There was a tombstone on the floor in the living room!! It was a little creepy! Then after a few pictures there we went to an old cherry orchard and took some there.
My photographer is wonderful!! Her name is Brooke Kinsey and she does an excellent job! Not only is she fun to shoot with but the work that she does is exceptional!! I am so pleased and more pictures are to come!!

Vegas Weekend!

Mitch and I went to Las Vegas a couple weeks ago. It was a much needed vacation. We turned our phones off and spent a lot of time together!! Ken took us to the strip and we walked around and saw some awesome things! We snagged a few photos and here they are:

(I LOVE this photo!!!)

Ken is showing us the airplane he is going to own someday!! ;) I can't wait to fly in it!!! Ken took us to watch the planes fly in. They come in SO close to us! At one point they were flying directly over us to land. It was awesome to watch Mitch kinda freak out a little and move out of the way of the plane flying in. It was awesome!! :)
So I made Mitch jump for this photo with me. I am a big nerd and I LOVE jumping pictures!!! Mitch is a great sport and is always up for trying new things with me.

So the point of this trip was for a coaching conference for the coaches at Syracuse High School. It was great! Mitch learned some great things for the team this year. He learned some new drills and a few new ways to execute some plays this year. (I don't really understand it all yet, but Im learning!) Also Mitch ran into an old coach. It was so great to hear him talk about it!! He was beaming about the things he remembered learning from him and he gave Mitch some great ideas! Just from all the football talk we are both super excited for this football season to watch the team play. Truth be told I LOVE watching Mitch coach, so I'm pumped. GO TITANS!!

28 DAYS!!

28 days until the big day!! We are almost completely done with all the wedding planning! The last things are our engagement photos this weekend!! We are so excited to be working with Brooke. It'll be great to have the last of our things checked off the list!

Also this weekend I get my bridals!! I am so pumped to see the photos!! I will post a few when I get them.

So we've had a busy couple of weeks and just a few more. Mitch has been super busy with school getting a business day going. The teachers in the group DOMINATED it!! And the students loved it! For this business day the teachers set up guest speakers from all different business areas and then they set up break out sessions for the students to go to. The teachers had to work really hard to get everything together but at the end of the day the students and the staff had a great time!!

Also Mitch was a part of the school pie eating contest!! (I wish I could've been there) It was 10 minutes of stuffing their faces with little banana cream pies with whipped cream on top. Mitch took 2nd! He ate 17 pies!!!!! Go team Mitch!

Also recently we went shooting black powder guns with my dad. It was SO FUN!! And Mitch had a blast!! Mitch has never been shooting before and I think he's hooked now. :) This first photo is the black powder that Mitch had spilled while loading the gun. (it wasn't just Mitch though, my dad helped a little)

This is my (trying) to look over Mitch's shoulder to see the target.

It's a lot easier to look over my dad's shoulder. :)

It was so fun! And both of these two shot great!!! I can't wait until the snow is gone and we all get to go again!! Easter Rendezvous is coming up so we will see how much Mitch loves it then. Posts soon to come!! :)