I have known my husband for exactly 4 and a half years today. It has been quite the journey so far! A long distance relationship, a deployment, a cross country trip, wedding photography, jumping into our own small business (almost!), growing and changing. Bret, I love you more today than yesterday. I can’t imagine my life without you!
(this is from our honeymoon. We got to visit the Gunks and do a little rock climbing.)
Today is my second wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, Bret had to work this evening. I’m alright with this because we are celebrating on Thursday evening and all day Friday! We’ll be attending a midnight showing of the last Harry Potter movie. (I am beyond excited about this!) We’ll be grabbing dinner beforehand (eating out is always a treat for us!) Friday, we get to just lounge around because we’re both off. We are really trying to discipline ourselves to take a Sabbath every week. It can be so hard! Especially while I’m still working two jobs. There’s so much to do all the time! But it is a commandment that God gives and we want to try and obey Him. I’m looking forward to resting!
So, how am I spending my anniversary evening? Well, first, I bought myself a few presents….
After I pig out, I’m going to spend the rest of the evening catching up on emails, client requests and switching the blog over to a “.com”! I’m so excited to upgrade the blog! It has been really neat to see what it’s become so far. It’s been challenging to think of something interesting to capture each day…but I feel like it’s helped me as a photographer already…to look at things differently.
I also wanted to take a minute to honor Bret. He has been an amazing husband in our two short years. He has supported me so much during this time. I would not have been able to pursue my dream of full time wedding photography if it wasn’t for him. He has helped me to love my Savior more, how to see things from different perspectives, how to be healthier, how to relax. He is the best friend I have ever had. I am so thankful the great lengths God went through to bring us together. I am so proud of how much he has grown in these two years. He has become an even better man than I thought he could be….and he’s not done growing yet! His humility knocks down my pride (which I never knew I struggled with!) Bret, thank you, for being you and loving me for me.
UPDATE!
This wonderful blog is now a .com! I am so excited! If you have us bookmarked, the old address will take you to the new address, but just in case, here’s the updated address!
Today we went to my parents’ to celebrate our anniversary (which is tomorrow). We just bought those reflectors yesterday and decided to test them out on my siblings. This first one is with the new flash diffuser.
These next bunch were taken with a gold and sometimes a silver reflector. I LOVE the gold/sunsety goodness feel behind Jo in this first one! What’s even better is that it was taken at 3! I can’t wait to play more with these reflectors! I also can’t wait to use them on brides! Ah! : )
She was a trooper, that’s a lot of light in your eye!!
Gretchen even got in on the fun!
Then Jon and I finished a Lego model that has been sitting around for AGES! I love Legos. 🙂
Six years ago today, I photographed my first wedding. Two very good friends asked me to capture their very special day. I wholeheartedly (and more than likely tearfully) said yes. Half way through editing the pictures (all 3,000 of them!) I remembering rethinking the decision. How can people do this for a living? This is so much work! But then, I finished editing, put the albums together and gave them to the couple. The feeling of accomplishment, of capturing a full day of joy and magic…the happiness in their faces as they looked at the pictures…the nice finished product…I was hooked!
As of the writing of this blog, I have photographed 26 weddings. With every click of the shutter…with every new first kiss…with every tear shed…I fall more deeply in love with this wonderful joy of a job. Even after so many weddings, so many years of photographing, I still get weepy when the wedding march starts or the groom sees the bride for the first time.
I can’t wait to see what the next six years hold in store!
~ Jennilyn
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