Taylor & Bill: Louisville Engagement

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It was hot but they still rocked it out.  Gabe and I walked/drove around downtown Louisville with Taylor and Bill for a couple hours and I am very pleased with all the fun photos we got.  Yay Louisville!  The city is growing on me.  We are in town quite a bit visiting Gabe's family and for photos shoots.  I am really liking it.  Everything but their growling cardinal mascot.  You put a cardinal and a wildcat in a room together who do you think would win?  :)

 

Yasmin & Sunny: Last Friday Night

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It was actually a few Fridays ago.  Yasmin and Sunny's wedding ceremony was the beginning of a huge celebration.  I have never been a part of a Bangladeshi wedding and was a joy to photograph.  The ceremony was a smaller version of their Sunday festivities so it was a good opportunity for me to meet everyone and get my feet wet.  Enjoy part one of their pictures!

Yasmin's look was a lot different than most of my brides and I LOVED it.

Outfit #2: Getting ready for Gaye Holud.

Guests spread turmeric paste on Yasmin and Sunny for blessings.

Sunny got most of it.

Baby Nate: My Roommate Has a Baby!

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Time.  It goes by so fast and I think it, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.  It can go by in a blink or drag on.  When I graduated college in 2006, I could not imagine the year 2011.  Surely by 2011 I would be married with kids and a dog.  I would l have traveled the world and read the Bible a couple times over.  I would have a regular gym routine and be a chef of the Julia Child variety.  I would be a screenwriter and filmmaker. I had to do it all before I had crow's feet and gray hair.  The operative word here, for me, is DO.  Maybe I could have done all of this in five years but I think I'd be really tired.  I think I will do some fun things in the next five years, but I really want to focus on my relationships more.  I'd like to have crow's feet - from laughing so much with friends and Gabe. My friends Christy and Caleb stayed with us for our college reunion.  Christy was my roommate for a year in college and we have stayed friends since.  C and C got married right after we graduated and now they have Nate.  Gabe and I never had a little baby stay with us before.  When we have kids we won't need an alarm clock anymore.