IRIS Pepsi Refresh Grant

Hey Everyone!

I wanted to let you know about the link on the side of my page for IRIS.

It is to vote for them to get the $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant!

It will help train volunteers across America to help families and parents during the death of their child.

I personally have close friends and family members that has had their child die either from being stillborn, SIDS, or miscarriage or even an accident later on in the child's life. Diana is right there every step of the way to help the parents with the grieving process, making memories, and helping with things like planning a funeral, etc. 

 I personally know Diana and have been to the IRIS office and she sure does a lot of work!

I really think this is a great non-profit organization, and I encourage you to take a couple of minutes, click on the link and vote. You can even do it by texting!

I remember how hard it was for me when my Dad died, and I can't even begin to imagine losing a child.

IRIS makes the whole process a lot easier.

North Shore 2010

I fell in love with this photo when looking at it later on after our vacation to the North Shore.

Does it look like that is in Minnesota? It reminded me of my trips out west when I would visit relatives in Idaho. Driving through the snake-backs and visiting places like McCall, Boise, Mt. Home, Idaho Falls & Sun Valley. This picture makes me miss it. To me it looks like something right out of a field and stream magazine-minus the fishing pole.

Ben & Amber Fjoser

Ben & Amber share an interesting wedding story. They won a wedding! And you say, they won a wedding? They did precisely that. They won a wedding through a contest put on by KOWZ radio station in Owatonna! But not just any wedding, they won a wedding on the stage of the Village of Yester Year at the 2010 Steele County Fair! They had the wedding ceremony on Friday night in Owatonna at the fair, and then had the reception for family and friends on Saturday in Mankato.

The number one thing I loved about this wedding party-was all the bridesmaids had similar, yet different dresses! I loved it! I also loved the flowers-fall colors are my favorite so those flowers spoke to my heart!

Here are a few sneak peaks at just a few quick edits I did this morning before class.

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Ben Fjoser! :)

 

Just a few more...

College starts on Monday...eek! I am photographing another wedding tomorrow, and I'm pretty excited to get some photos at the park that are shooting at.

I just thought I'd give another sneak peak of a few more of the photos from Iny & Dennis' wedding.

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Schmidtke

Here are just a sneak peak at some of the photos I took for Iny & Dennis Schmidtke.

They were married at North Morristown on July 31, 2010.

Wedding Details

Mark's sister was married in June. She asked me to take some photos of the decorations and candy table before as she put it, "the guests destroyed them." So here are just a few snap shots of her wedding decorations!

Rock Climbing

I took this photo of rock climbers on Barn Bluff in Red Wing, MN.

At 1st, I was like the angle is kind of cool, but I don't really like the photo.

Then the photo kept growing on me, the way the leaves frame the outside of the photo and the climbers.

What do you all think?