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October is here!  And there are some darn fine people getting married this month 🙂  This weekend we are kicking things off with a wedding double header as Jessica and Elias tie the knot on Friday.  A few months ago we met up at Northmoreland Park for some sunset engagement photos and they brought along their dog, Lexy. Fate totally brought these two together.  It was a super hot day on a work trip in 2008 and Elias had a few hours to kill – he and his boss asked a random stranger in a Wendy’s if there were any pools close by where they could cool off and got directions to a pool down the road that turned out to be for members only.  After explaining their situation to the owner, he let them in for the day and you guessed it – there was the woman he would…

I feel like an old lady writing this – but quite a few years back, I shot Chris’ high school senior pictures.  In fact, I did senior pictures for Chris, his sister Kayla, and their brother Nick!  One of the greatest honors of my job is being a story teller for people’s families.  When people come back again and again at every milestone, I’m thrilled to be a silent part of their story.  This will be the second wedding I’ve had the privilege to document for the McClelland family.  (Kayla has a one year anniversary coming up! 🙂 Skyler had a crush on Chris since the 7th grade, but the first time they “officially” met wasn’t until 9th grade geometry class.  Chris noticed her doodling a set of balloons in her notebook and struck up a conversation.  They dated for two years in high school, but as life often does…