What better way to ring in the new year than a wedding on a seriously gorgeous day (a little cold, but hey, it’s Alberta!)

Before the ceremony, we met for formal photos at the Mayfair Golf and Country Club (which was also the site of the reception). Amazing pristine white snow everywhere!

The guys throwing some signs – West side? North west? I’m not sure about this one…

A few from the ceremony:

The ultra cute flowergirl and ringbearer!

Kristina’s smile was so genuine and infectious- you could tell exactly how thrilled she was to be getting married to Ben!

A cute moment during the speeches!

The first dance:

Kristina and Ben had a traditional Norwegian wedding cake. The number of rings that the bride and groom lift off the top of the cake indicates the number of children they’re going to have…

That’s right – 18 kids!

And the party begins – everyone was excited about the countdown to 2008!

The countdown!

New year’s kiss!

Here’s some photos from Maple-Dawn and Peter’s awesome wintery wedding on a frosty Saturday afternoon a couple of days before Christmas.

Maple Dawn’s mom and bridesmaid tying the dress:

A few from the ceremony:

It was one of those extra cold Alberta days, but Maple-Dawn and Peter are tough! It’s always awesome when a bride brings her warmest winter boots along for the photo shoot!

Outside of Rutherford House at the University with the wedding party.

And these ones are inside Rutherford House. This is such a great location for photos, especially all decorated for Christmas.

A neat reflection in one of the Christmas tree decorations at the reception site.

I love this photo of Maple-Dawn and her mom laughing.

The first dance.

And a couple of cute candids from the reception!

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year! Dallas and I spent NYE 2008 at a totally fun and unique wedding – photos to come soon! But first we’ll rewind back to 2007 with a few Christmassy family photos we took for the Edgar family.

The whole crew!

We had to take advantage of this awesome retro barber’s chair for a few super fun photos with the grandkids.

We took a few more holiday-ish photos on the staircase which was decorated for Christmas.

A really great time with a fantastic family!

Usually, as you can imagine, winters for wedding photographers in frosty Edmonton are fairly slow. This year is definitely an exception: we’re having our busiest winter season ever – we’re photographing a total of 3 weddings in January, and there are 2 weddings still to post from December, so stay tuned for more photos soon!