Pink, Red, Adorable.

As if all of the stores haven't thrown up pink and red hearted adorable-ness lately, here's some wedding fun for y'all to check out on this romantic holiday:

Nerdy love notes. You fog my spectacles. Genius.

Travel themed engagement photos are quickly becoming one of my faves.

There's something organically beautiful about ribbon streamers.

Cute little animated proposal.

How fun is inviting some flamingos to enjoy your big day?

Loving options for different stationary papers. So cute, elegant and fun!

Muppets + Proposals = Loving both this couple and their fun attitudes!

Super colorful and cute bachelorette party.

 Backdrops of sheer genius.

With all of the Will & Kate hype long gone, I still think this picture is pretty neat.

There's something about graphic designs on walls like graffiti that I just love.

A terrifying way to take the plunge into marriage.

Not sure where I am on the long vs. short wedding dress debate, but I would say 'I do' to the skirt of this dress.

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fiftyone. unseenbeauty: learningtocookviacellulardevice.
fiftytwo. unseenbeauty: organization.

fiftythree. Sad no photo day.

fiftyfour. unseenbeauty: helpfulroommate.

fiftyfive. unseenbeauty: ASClove.
fiftysix. unseenbeauty: trickbasketballshots.
fiftyseven. unseenbeauty: stoppingtosmelltheflowers.
fiftysevencontinued. unseenbeauty: God'screation.
fiftysevencontinuedagain. unseenbeauty: thepowerofketchup.

fiftyeight. unseenbeauty: bookcoverillustrations.
fiftynine. Sad no photo day.

sixty. unseenbeauty: the12thman+Bible.
sixtyone. stressful weeks.

sixtytwo. unseenbeauty: thepoweroflaughter.
sixtythree. unseenbeauty: paperstacks.
sixtyfour. unseenbeauty: favoriteverse+awesomedisplay.
sixtyfourcontinued. unseenbeauty: freedominChrist.
sixtyfive. unseenbeauty: wonderfulfriendfilledweekends.
sixtysix. unseenbeauty: comfyspots.
sixtyseven. unseenbeauty: sweetartskills.
sixtyeight. unseenbeauty: dailychoices.
sixtynine. Sad no photo day.

seventy. unseenbeauty: packing.

Internet Finds Are Intriguing

I've been looking at some blogs on my study breaks and just saving neat things to share. This may be long, but it ranges from being creative to wildly entertaining. Enjoy.

The perfect indoor igloo.

Graffiti your way to your loves' heart.

Yes! No more losing my wallet/keys/phone.

The Kea fascinates me.

Take me to this airplane hotel, please!

Hot air balloons and planes? My walls will be happy.

I'm a big fan of coffee facts.
So much a fan, I have different lists of facts.

My kitchen counter was never so jealous.

Compassion and softball. That's a beautiful game.

Reasons to not let your parents pick out your date.
(No offense Mom! I know you wouldn't do this anyway!)

Star Wars and Cereal. I love breakfast.

True character.

Now, that's a proposal!

I guess I'll stop there... :)

Stephamiah

Jeremiah and Stephanie are two of my friends that I've had the privilege of getting to know through Impact, the dorm experience and living life in general over the past two years at Texas A&M. I love hanging out with these two, which definitely didn't change on the day of their photoshoots. The first shoot was posted awhile back. These are some of my favorite shots from our second shoot we did a couple of weeks ago. Our morning ended in us sitting around Dairy Queen enjoying some ice cream and each others company. How fabulous!

Freely Loved, Freely Loving

I don't want to discuss immigration anymore after today. Forget the series that never really started. If you want to discuss immigration, one on one, I'd love to sit down with a cup of joe or facebook chat about it all. However, I just wanted to leave you with a quotation from my friend Mikey because I agree with him 110%. This was from our original discussion about immigration way back in October.

“My biggest fear is when I go before the judgment seat of Christ to have been found lacking - that I didn’t go to the least and the last, that I ignored people outside my own door that need Jesus, like illegal immigrants. We’re supposed to love the criminal. Yeah, they’re illegal immigrants, but Jesus still died for them. His grace is sufficient to cover that. Who are you or I to judge them? By feeding them you’re not offering amnesty, you’re offering love - a love that they might not love, but a love that was freely given to us and a love that we must freely give.” - Michael Ryan

Legit.

Bunnies can be quite terrifying.

I was upset earlier because my best friend, Laura, had to leave me on the phone to actually go do some work. I guess that's valid, she had called me from her job. It made me rather sad though because I was mid-story and I haven't been able to talk to her in awhile.

Then, I got an unexpected phone call from a junior high girl named Ashlee whom I love to death from back home. We proceeded to catch up on the week. She'll be coming to visit me next week! :)

This girl cracks me up! I was chowing down on some Julio's chips while I was on the phone with her and the crunch was cracking her up, which in turn cracked me up. I love how the simplest of things can make someone smile and laugh. It's such a gift from the Lord.

She told me a story of how she got scared of a bunny. This bunny chased her because she was wearing an orange hoodie. Beware of wearing orange hoodies around bunnies. They're quite ferocious and may mistake you for a carrot. I just want you to sit back and picture that in your mind right now. Just picture it. Now, picture a person dressed up in a huge carrot running down the streets with ferocious little bunnies chasing after him. This picture makes me crack up.

She just was sitting on a swing telling me that she "wishes that I could see her now as she sits in a swing with her feet up because a bunny might come and attack."

She just told me she saw a bulldog. She is not scared, however, bunnies are terrifying.

I love this girl and the fact that she can crack me up like no other.

This was written by me and was approved by Ashlee.

P.S. We decided that I really like food.

Loving Links

Tonight, I'll just be posting a bunch of links to get y'all seeing a bit of what I see on the web that I like, so enjoy the short blurb about each and hit the link in the middle to see more.

Social media engagement is changing as more and more ordinary people don't blog themselves, but rather link to other "better" blogs, aka what I am doing right now.

I wish I could nap like Jesus.

Men think they can fix anything and apparently they do so in creative ways.

I fell in love with these vintage postcards for save the dates. Maybe you will too?

Christians and bubble wrap are remarkably similar.

What's better than combining vision, photography and love?

Defeat and Hypocrisy hit home in a way that never seemed more clear.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Studying on a Friday Night

This week, I've been a horrible student. I don't even want to tell you how I finished my two papers for today, how long I had until the deadlines when I turned them in or what time I woke up to get this all done.

Actually, I will tell you what time I woke up. 4AM. That's a little on the ridiculous scale, but I got everything done and then some. So why am I studying so late at night? Shouldn't I be snuggled into my bed with a mug of hot cocoa and a good read instead of laboring away at my kitchen table while overlooking a game of Quelf.

This answer is simple. I am enjoying studying. I'm not studying for my classes, but rather for photography. Tomorrow I'll be out in the world with a lovely model, Calli, as I attempt to practice my photography skills. In preparation for this, my camera is lying by my side as I pour through the quick start guide that came with the camera as well as websites such as Ken Rockwell's that make photography a bit easier for those of us who don't really know what they're doing. I've taken notes. There might be more notes on this notecard over things like ISO, aperture and exposure than I have taken during some of my classes this semester.

One of the things I came across makes me want to rethink the photography side of my life. This is the typical day of a professional photographer:

• Before dark - wake up and get to location
• Dawn: shoot
• 8 AM: breakfast, shower, nap
• Day: scout out new locations
• Afternoon: lunch and/or dinner
• Sunset: shoot
• After dark: later dinner
• After dinner: shower and bed early to shoot at dawn

The beginning before dark is the part that gets to me. I woke up at 4AM this morning for school. I can't imagine getting up this early always for photography, granted I'd probably love it. I'd grab a cup of joe and drive in the wee hours of the morning with no one on the wide open road with me as I get to a location to watch the sun peep around the world as it causes the sky to wake up in an explosion of color. Maybe that's a good idea after all, it could be the love of my life.

Jeremiah + Stephanie = Stephamiah

Here are the engagement pictures that some of y'all have been waiting to see. Some are definitely better than others, but these are some of my favorites. Be warned though, I haven't done serious photography now for 5 years and I was using someone elses camera that I was learning to use/remembering as I went. I'm looking into investing in a camera of my own in the next few weeks. In the meantime, enjoy some of my favorites from those two days:

Hope y'all have enjoyed these photographic memories!