I’m Stephanie, a wedding + lifestyle photographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Warrenton, Virginia. Whether I’m by the mountains of Colorado or Virginia, my soul feels at home, surrounded by rural living and the raw beauty of nature. I genuinely love what I do, and feel so passionate to share the enthusiasm and joy of these celebrations with you!

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June 10, 2013

Weekend Catch Up!

Time to catch you up from what went on this past weekend! I also figured that I could give you a bit of a catch up from last week as well. 🙂

My lovely boyfriend, Kyle, always knows how to make me happy! Basically … I’m crazy for him. 🙂 For my birthday, he took me to Kings Dominion where it was the absolute PERFECT weather and absolutely NO LINES! Seriously?! How awesome is that?! Not only did we get to ride every ride we wanted, but if we really LOVED the ride, we could stay on it again for another run! If you are planning to go to Kings Dominion anytime soon, do it NOW before it gets too hot! … unless you plan to go to the water park. New favorite ride? Dominator!!! Old favorite ride? Volcano of course!!!

Things I learned on my birthday…

1) Pixie has a balloon phobia?! LOL! Not even kidding … my wonderful father gave me a balloon for my birthday and every time Pixie walked into the living room, she would cautiously walk around it starring at it. My sister jokingly tapped the balloon and she TOOK off around the corner. Poor thing. I guess I will accept her phobia. 😉
2) That I can never seem to wipe off my giddy smile with this amazing guy! 😉

3) That my sister is an awesome baker! Even though someone could not wait for me to take the photo because they found the right candle too delicious to eat! Haha! Vanilla/Strawberry cupcakes with marshmallow fluff and chocolate ganache frosting … of course topped with skittles and chocolate hazelnut pirouette rolled wafer candles with a banana runt flame! Amazing!

 4) To always expect someone to be watching … LOL! We seriously DIED laughing after realizing a camera went off as soon as we were ending a laser ride! Baahaha! What a perfect moment to capture on camera! … can I say … PERFECT timing?

To say the least, it was a GREAT birthday with full of laughs and smiles! 🙂 Just the way I would want to spend it!

 Back to business … This past weekend was Dereck and Jessica’s wedding!!! Cannot wait to share their beautiful day as well as Steven and Alyssa’s wedding from last weekend! All on the blog this week!!! 🙂

Hope everyone has a wonderful start to their week!

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