In October, I was fortunate to travel to Portland, OR to hang out with the awesome Justin and Athena on their wedding day.

Here’s the beautiful Athena, and several helping hands, getting into her dress, and making robot arms. Why robot arms? Well, later on in this post, it’ll become evident that Athena is practicing her dance moves!

We did photos before the ceremony. This is when Justin and Athena first saw each other! So cute!

A few words about the venue – Edgefield. If you ever go to Portland, you seriously have to check this place out. It’s indescribably cool. This is the main hotel, a huge building which is actually a converted “poorhouse” – there are probably 9 or 10 other buildings housing different things, like a little resort – there’s a vineyard, a movie theatre, and a spa and it all backs onto a golf course.

It rained all day, but we toughed it out! The venue was so cool, we had a ton of options to not get too soggy since the wedding itself was still to come!

We did a bunch of photos on the front steps of the hotel. I love this one – it has this timeless “Americana” feel, which is cool because, hey, we were in the USA!!

I also love this one!

Justin, being Mr. Suave, at the hotel bar.

There were these weird murals everywhere!

We sneaked into the room where the wine from the vineyard was aging, and found not only giant barrels of wine, but kegs of beer.

And then they got married! This is Athena and her dad, before they walk in to the ceremony, the first of many cute hugging photos!

It was extra special because Justin’s grandfather conducted the ceremony, which was very beautiful and emotional.

And after the ceremony: Justin is congratulated by his family.

A few tears!

We were sitting at the same table as this guy, who got up completely at random and gave the strangest, most hilarious speech ever – Athena’s face says it all!

First dance!

Remember what I said earlier about Robot Arms? Here we can see that Athena inherited this move from her mom!

Ultra cute!

So much fun! Thanks for the awesome little vacation, Justin and Athena, Portland was incredible!! And your wedding was beyond awesome! All the best to you both!

Here are a few photos from a shoot I did with a totally adorable family in September (when there was still gorgeous fall foliage on the trees… and now there’s the beginnings of snow?! sigh!)

Here’s the whole gang!

This is Gabi, telling me a story about a leaf she found!

And Owen, off to explore!

So cute!

Burying mom in leaves!

I got buried in leaves too!

Hanging out with Dad! I love the expressions on both Gabi and Owen’s faces!

These photos make me smile whenever I look at them – so much fun, and such a great day for photos!

Dominique (aka Niki) and Dustin got married in gorgeous northern Saskatchewan, near Pierceland, SK. A few of our favorite photos are below, and their wedding slideshow can be seen here.

Dominique’s family spent all summer landscaping the location for the outdoor ceremony, and the weather cooperated too – It was beautiful!

Dustin can be pretty funny sometimes (more evidence of this to come!)

Blowing kisses!

I love this one!

Niki’s mom is a fabulous gardener. This photo reminds me of that book, “The Secret Garden.”

Peas straight from the garden is the best snack ever.

We walked through the forest to a special place, the site of Dustin and Nikis future house.

Rural Saskatchewan limousines! haha!

I just love Niki’s face!

And of course, the quintessential wheat field. There are more photos here in the slideshow as well!

Dustin thought feeding each other cake was too much, so before anyone could object and/or shove icing in his face, he maowed his piece down!

He also took it upon himself to wear the garter! So funny!

Lightin’ up the dance floor!

Thanks for the awesome day!