Well, it has been a wonderful week.
Amber and Jonathan have been in town (from their home in Rapid City, South Dakota) and have just left Rich and I. They are now on their two day journey back (yes, they drove!!!), and Rich needed to go in to work for a few hours. Alas, I am a sad, sad, lonely girl.
Rather than stay home to recount the week in a blog post, I decided I would much rather come here to Panera and get a cup of coffee and some lunch to comfort myself while I type. Panera compels me sometimes. I love it here. It’s bustling during the peak hours of the day, but during the off-times it’s really peaceful. Just me and my Hazelnut Blend and a few other laptopers.
This week was Amber’s Spring Break from school at Black Hills State University, and Jonathan took leave (He’s in the Air Force) from his job for the week.
We had a fantastic time together, and it passed much too quickly. But we are so thankful for the time we had, and we are thinking that we will all (including mom, dad, and Shawnie) visit Amber and Jonathan in South Dakota for summer vacation 2007! Yay! I mean, how often does one have a chance to visit Mount Rushmore while visiting family???
On Wednesday night, we had scheduled a photo shoot for Amber and Jonathan with the incredible Matt Dunmore! We took them downtown and the men captured some HOT stuff of these two! Have I mentioned that my sister and her hubby are stunningly beautiful people? They were naturals!
Here is some of Rich’s gorgeous work!
Here is a shot that Rich grabbed of Matt in action! You can check out the photos he took of amber and jonathan here. Be sure to watch the slideshow - it’s awesome!
Then on Thursday night, we took Amber and Jonathan to the gorgeous Chickamauga Battlefield late in the day with extraordinary light! The amazing Holritz’s were with us, and we all had a blast!
Here are just a few of the images that Rich captured of the lovebirds! I LOVE what he got!
Here is the FUN Holritz family! Click here to check out their images from the session with Amber and Jonathan! They rocked the battlefield!
And here is an image that Amber (Holritz) grabbed of Rich and I. Thank you for the photo, Amber! We love it!
Here is your slideshow! Enjoy!
In addition to the photo shoots, we also spent a little down time at home. We played a fun family game, Imagine If, and we chatted about life. We watched a couple of movies and took a few pictures.
Amber and Jonathan, we love you and are so thankful for you. We can’t wait until we see you this summer! Thank you for all the memories and for finding it worthwhile to drive 20+ hours to come see us for the week!
Until next time!
YesWHOOOOOOO!
Great stuff Rich! Seriously! Thanks for letting me tag along for the first night I had a blast!
rich…you are so talented! heather joy, between you & rich and amber & jonathan, i seriously don’t know who is the better-looking couple! your family is too friggin gorgeous!! more importantly, i am sooooooo glad you got to see each other–whenever i think of you guys together, it always makes me wish i had a sister. hope you are well. lots of love…
p.s. i absolutely adore the pictures of jonathan & amber frolicking through the meadow…i had forgotten how utterly beautiful chattanooga is!
I agree, the pictures are great!! Heather I’m so glad you guys had a good time with Amber & Jonathan, I know how much you’ve been looking forward to it.
Beautiful pictures, Rich! Of course, the subject matter helped…
but I love the black frames you put around the pictures to make them stand out. You are getting good! Thanks for sharing them with us; we only wish we had been able to join you guys….
We know you had an awesome time together.
Mom and Dad
Love these! You guys are so awesome
I LOVE the color ones of them in the flowers! SO fun!
rock on!
Thank you guys so much for everything this past week. We had a really great time with you and miss you already. Rich, the pictures are fantastic. We love being able to see the result of all the fun that we had. Thank you so much for taking the time to take so fabulous pictures of us. We will cherish them forever. We can’t wait to see you this summer. Hugs and kisses!
Okay, just watched the slideshow as well and LOVED it. Adobe, you’ve really got it goin’ on in these pic’s! So do we, for that matter
We’ve never looked better! Thank you so much for doing this for us. We are so excited to have great pictures of US to hang ALL over our house so that we can look like complete narcissists’ to all of our new church friends. We are so excited to see your buisness really take off. We are proud of you bro and love you so much. Heather, thanks for being the videographer. We’ve got some really…bumpy, but memorable footage. Love you!
And the novel/3 comments in a row award goes to….ME!
You guys are awesome! Thanks so much for including us in the fun!
Love that last series on the couch!
Did you notice that the picture of our family is squished? I already look weird enough as it is… LOL!
That was me!
Hey guys,
You two look awesome!! Looks like you had a blast.
Richard the pictures are incredible.
But please, Jonathan - don’t give up you day job!!
Love you guys,
Mom and Dad E