Summr Soiree 09

Thanks to all the wonderful ladies who attended our second annual Summer Soiree. We had amazing food, wine and fun conversation. Unfortunately, was too busy stuffing my face to take photos of the fabulous food. Everyone contributed 2 songs and a bottle of wine to the event. Sarah and Aaron so graciously offered up there home and made the delicious food ranging from caprese salad, gorgonzola gnocchi, artichoke dip, turkey tenderloin and more! Aaron and his brother Chris were our waiters again for the night. They brought out all of our food and served our wine and it was an amazing weather to sit outside and enjoy the company of 7 women.

Sarah sewed the cutest little monogram wine tags and purses for everyone and designed the cd covers.

I ended the night off with the lemon beehive cake I've been wanting to make for about a year that I saw in Martha Stewart. I have to say, it was quite tasty!

Thanks to everyone who made it a wonderful night!

Julia & Danny - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

I had the pleasure of traveling to Mexico in April to photograph Danny & Julia's wedding in Puerto Vallarta at the amazing Playa Fiesta Resort.  It was an incredible week full of fun and memorable moments.  


Julia's dress and shoes were both from JCrew.

The mariachi band was so much fun and played all of the processional and recessional music.

The ceremony was officiated by a close family friend.

The reception was started off by fireworks and dancing went into the wee hours on the bridge that crossed over the swimming pool!

Thank You Danny and Julia and the Wolfe and Skalman families for an amazing week in Mexico and for having such wonderful children and loving friends and family.  Thanks also for sharing your Wedding Day with Jacob's 2nd Birthday and making his day special too.

Location, Food, Flowers, Decor, Music:  Playa Fiesta Puerto Vallarta, Mexico www.playafiesta.com

Bride and Groom's Attire:  J Crew

Bridesmaids Dresses:  Anthropologie

The Great Outdoors

It is so nice that it is summer now and I've been able to enjoy the sunny days while I am "working"!  Here are two collages from a day at the Arboretum where I got to take photos of Iris who was turning 2 and Sean's photos for his 9 month session.  It was such a great day - the sky was so beautiful and I had two wonderful subjects to photograph:)

Evan the Fireman

Evan is turning 5 and is OBSESSED with anything that has to do with a fire station.  He is lucky enough to have a neighbor who happens to be a fireman for the Eden Prairie Fire Dept.  So for his birthday photos, we got to spend time at Eden Prairie Fire Station #1.  He brought his awesome costume from FAO Schwartz for the photos.  This was such a fun shoot.  I think I was as excited as he was :)  Happy 5th Birthday Evan!

Summer Hours

Just a short note to let my clients (Leann's) know that I will not be doing photo shoots on Sundays during the summer and will be reserving this day for family time. I AM still available for photos on Saturdays.

Also, I will be "on vacation" the week of June 22nd thru June 28th in an attempt to catch up on things and catch my breath! Thanks to you all for keeping me SOOOO busy! I will have new blogs coming very soon :)

Happy Summer!
Leann