the church at valley grove...

okay, so i get to northfield, meet up with
jason & stacey at the bride's home on union st.

i see that meg's sister, mo, is having a dickens
of a time backcombing her sister's hair in the
cute bathroom off the kitchen, so
i stepped in and said..."oh, that's enough!
step away from the bride!" we all laughed
and i think it was a darn good introduction
for me and meg. kudos to stacey and jason
for bringing along a photographer AND a
hairdresser! big points were made! :)

we shot a ton there at the house and then we
caravaned about 15 minutes south to the most
adorable church on a hill!

(i'll add images later as stacey & jason shoot
raw so i did as well and need to update my ACR
to identify my mark 3 camera...bla, bla, bla)

as i entered the one room church i could smell
the evergreen garland, it was simply enchanting!
it was then that i met the flower girls all
dressed in their sweet, white, bejeweled
twirly dresses and baskets of gorgeous holiday
greens with berries & bows! DAR~ling!

i pinned flowers on everyone in need and met
their 100 year old grandmother...a real charmer!

jason stationed himself in the front, stacey
in the middle and i headed to the balcony. this
made for some fabulous coverage! 3 photographers
should be an industry standard. we rocked this
wedding!

i cut out in the middle of the reception so i
could get back closer to home and attend a
dinner party at Hazeltine National Golf Club
in chaska. 16 of us all together~this was fun!

here's mike & jacqi, our hosts for the event.



gary and i (a rare shot of me in front of
the camera as gary hates it when i hand it
off to people...worry wart!)



my brother tim and his wife laurie.
they will be celebrating their 25th wedding
anniversary on april 1st this spring!!



food was amazing, as always!



and the bailey's cheese cake was a hit too!
(not sure why they brought 2 forks...oink!)



a very long but rewarding day!
i got to work with friends and play with friends.
it was perfect!

nicki will be here shortly to get her holiday
hair do gift...more fun!

vikings play monday night so no football today.
gary went to see the cohen brother's film...
no country for old men. i asked him to
save juno for us.