[ Collette & Steve ]

Collette and Steve were married March 19th, 2010. They had all their events right in Temple Square ... ceremony at the SLC LDS Temple and reception at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was a gorgeous wedding!

In case you're wondering who performed their ceremony (which you're probably not, but I'll tell you anyway), it was the one and only Elder M. Russell Ballard (He's an apostle in the LDS church). You'll see a photograph of him down towards the end of the post. How cool .... !!

[ Melissa Schmidt ]

This beautiful girl is my cousin. Melissa is the reason for my trip to Austin, TX! Enjoy this beautiful portrait of her taken in San Antonio, TX at the Alamo.

[ Austin, TX ]

This past week/weekend I visited the lovely Austin, TX. I truthfully fell in love with this city! It's lakes and rivers, waterfalls, hikes, city life, restaurants, etc. It was all quite impressive. I took a small break from photography (imagine that!!) so I may not post too many more photographs from this trip. However, expect a few!

I hope you also had an adventurous weekend! I hope you did something exciting, even if it was in your own backyard.

[ Oahu, Hawaii ]

Here are some of my photographs from my recent vacation to Oahu, Hawaii during the week of May 7th - 13th. This trip was spent with my husband and his family, the Olson's. I hope you love the photographs as much as I enjoyed the trip!

Have a great weekend!

[ Beautiful ]

Here is a teaser of a recent wedding I photographed ... ooooh it turned out so beautiful!

[ Happy Birthday Dad ]

Here is a photograph of my Dad and my Mom at my wedding. My cute Dad is having his 59th Birthday today! Here are a few reasons why I love my Dad ...

- He talks to me practically every single day, multiple times. Sometimes for no reason at all other than to see how I'm doing.

- He is well educated and believes in high education and prioritizes that in our family.

- He supported me when I decided to go to art school. He is also very observant and saw that I, at a young age, loved photography and I saw the world differently.

- He loves golfing and taught me at a young age to love the sport. It was our daddy-daughter time together. In fact, he simply loves any types of dates, whether they be small trips to the gas station or outings to restaurants or errands, or trips to foreign places.

- He is kind, generous, patient, humble, intelligent, the list literally goes on forever.

- He can't cook to save his life, like me. And I love him for that.

Ok, there's a few things I adore about my Dad. Happy Birthday!

* Photograph taken by Kirsten Ellis

[ I hope ... ]

... everyone had a spectacular Memorial Day!

Every year my Hardy side of the family visits my beautiful cousin, Madeline, and my grandparents, Grant and Janell. Flowers are a big part of the day and this year my cousin, Rachel, decided to create a flower box around her sisters grave. It turned out incredibly beautiful. I think this may be a new tradition in our family ...