Kristi + Brandon | Bedford Pa.

“If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.” Nicholas Sparks

This is one of many quotes you will find on Kristi’s facebook page. She is a true romantic, it’s so cute. She is head over heels for Brandon. I’m pretty positive that Brandon is just as crazy about Kristi.

Their friendship began a few hundred miles from one another, on Myspace (before Facebook was cool). They had mutual friends and both noticed eachother’s profile picture. “He’s cute,” Kristi said of Brandon when she first saw his 2×2 inch profile picture. It was curiosity that led them to contact the other person and the Lord that worked out all the details.

We met up in historic Bedford Pennsylvania for their engagement session. Kristi traveled from Ohio just for this e-session, she’s extra cool in my book.

Her head fits perfectly on his shoulder
This is one of my favorite pictures from the day. Kristi could be a hand model, seriously. I notice hands and hers were gawwgeous
So aside from having great hands, Kristi is so creative and talented. She made several props for the photoshoot, I’m so excited to see all the details of her wedding! It’s going to be fun!
Ok, can you guys be any cuter? love their expressions!
Brandon was lot of fun. He was such a trooper, he worked a really long shift and then put up with 2.5 hours of pictures. Kudos to you!
This vintage set was probably my favorite of the day, so classy. Brandon kept asking if he looked Amish, we kept reassuring him no:)
Rawr Kristi.
Their love is so refreshing, it makes my job that much more rewarding.

You guys were wonderful! Can’t wait for your December wedding! If you all liked their pictures, leave Kristi and Brandon some love!:)

Becky - August 26, 2010 - 5:13 pm

Simply Beautiful!!!! You both look wonderful! I love the pictures!

Vanessa - August 26, 2010 - 5:24 pm

These are all great! Love them :) I think the black and whites are my favorites :)

Luke T - August 26, 2010 - 5:27 pm

Absolutely Perfect!

Jessica Fike - August 26, 2010 - 5:28 pm

LOVE the pictures, y’all! Kristi and Brandon – you are toooo cute! I know your wedding will be filled with fabulous details!

Krista Crabtree - August 26, 2010 - 5:40 pm

Congrats! These pics are fabulous! Great job on the cute props too!

Trey - August 26, 2010 - 6:12 pm

These pictures look great! Definitely something I’d expect to see in a magazine

Chasity - August 26, 2010 - 6:17 pm

The pic’s are great!Love them!

Lizzie - August 26, 2010 - 6:25 pm

Wow these pics are so amazing! Congrats Brandon and Kristi!!

Amy Hillegas - August 26, 2010 - 6:31 pm

Love Picture of My little Brother and his Future wife they are wonderful !!!

Derek - August 26, 2010 - 7:29 pm

the pics are great congrats Brandon and Kristi

Beverly - August 26, 2010 - 8:11 pm

Very nice pics Kristi and Brandon. Best wishes to you both.

Tawnya - August 26, 2010 - 9:35 pm

Love your pictures. You to look so cute together. What a perfect match you two make. Looking forward to the wedding.

Jojo Forsee - August 26, 2010 - 9:48 pm

Very Cute… Love them!

Christen hinson - August 26, 2010 - 9:49 pm

I love your pics.. Congrats!!!

Lynae - August 26, 2010 - 10:46 pm

Woohoo! They look amazing! Even better than I had imagined!

Aunt Linda - August 26, 2010 - 10:47 pm

Cute pictures of a cute couple!

Lynae - August 26, 2010 - 10:50 pm

Woohoo! You guys are amazing…the pictures turned out, perfect!

Courtney - August 26, 2010 - 11:33 pm

Your pictures are gorgeous!

Linda Hoffman - August 27, 2010 - 12:01 am

Any man who would willingly and happily take this many pictures is a real catch. :) Congratulations to you both. My favorite picture is the one nestled together with both of you facing the camera. Hope you get your 16X20

Alanna - August 27, 2010 - 2:38 am

LOVE THEM!!! Beautiful pictures!! :D

Trisha - August 27, 2010 - 3:43 am

These are amazing! You all look so great together.

Kenny - August 27, 2010 - 3:44 am

These look awesome!

Ken - August 27, 2010 - 3:45 am

Kristi,

Great Pictures. You guys look really happy!

Jon - August 27, 2010 - 3:46 am

Love the pics….super well done.

Forrest - August 27, 2010 - 3:47 am

Whoohoo! Lookin Good guys. Best wishes!

Jon DeBolt - August 27, 2010 - 3:48 am

Great pics guys! I wish you all the happiness in the world. You’ll be in my prayers.

David Miller - August 27, 2010 - 3:48 am

Wow! I’m really impressed. Your pictures are outta sight!

Aaron - August 27, 2010 - 3:50 am

Great Pics Kristi. Can’t wait to see more..

Natalie - August 27, 2010 - 3:51 am

So Beautiful:)

Ron Taylor - August 27, 2010 - 3:52 am

Brandon and Kristi,

You guys look really happy! Your pictures are incredible.

Michael - August 27, 2010 - 3:54 am

Kristi,

Madhu and I will be praying for you during this happy time. Your pictures are truly wonderful.

Jessica - August 27, 2010 - 3:56 am

I am so jealous! Your pictures are gorgeous. Can’t wait to see you at the wedding:):):)

Josh - August 27, 2010 - 3:57 am

Very pretty guys. I’m really happy for you!

Jenna - August 27, 2010 - 4:20 am

I LOVE LOVE LOVE these pictures!! Congratulations and best of luck!

Tara - August 27, 2010 - 12:26 pm

aweee..i loove them.. :) ) you guys are adorablee.. :) ) congrats..

Rob - August 27, 2010 - 2:35 pm

Very, Very nice. You’ll cherish these forever. Best of luck!

Steve - August 27, 2010 - 2:37 pm

Your an adorable couple. We are really looking forward to your wedding! I hope the food is good:) Just Kidding. You guys are in my prayers.

Dan Berkebile - August 27, 2010 - 2:39 pm

I remember when you were just a little girl at LBA…how time flies. Your pictures are incredible. Talk to you soon!

Jaqulynne Moore - August 27, 2010 - 2:41 pm

Brandon and Kristi,

You are an adorable couple…your pictures prove it. They are magnificent. Your both in my thoughts!

Melissa - August 27, 2010 - 2:42 pm

Love the pictures! They were adorable! Congrats Kristi!

Holly Burkett (Mom) - August 27, 2010 - 2:58 pm

Love these pics Courtney! You captured their spirits – two beautiful people in the most beautiful love! Love you both, Mom

Trisha - August 27, 2010 - 3:07 pm

These are such awesome pictures!!!! You guys are so cute!

Trisha Alexander - August 27, 2010 - 3:08 pm

Beautiful pictures!!

karen polster - August 27, 2010 - 4:05 pm

awww,,,, all your pictures are sooooo beautiful!! congrats!

Selena - August 27, 2010 - 4:09 pm

love the vintage! He didn’t look Amish.. saved by the hat :)

Amy Briggs - August 27, 2010 - 4:49 pm

LOL!!! He didn’t look amish… he looked awesome. I luv the pics!

Heather - August 27, 2010 - 4:50 pm

AWWW….Their beautiful, I started crying as I looked through them. You two look awesome together!

Tony Soprano - August 27, 2010 - 4:52 pm

Hey Kristi! How ya doin? You know that money you owe me and uncle pauly? Well, I want you’s to forget a bout it. See, these pictures is beautiful, just beautiful. Congratulations….I wish you’s all the best.

Jim and Pam Cox - August 27, 2010 - 4:55 pm

Brandon and Kristi,

All I can say is WOW! You guys look awesome. Congratulations!! Hope to see you at church this Sunday!

Maria - August 27, 2010 - 5:51 pm

Love the pictures and the amazing couple in them!!! Best wishes!!!

Deidre Dyer - August 27, 2010 - 6:21 pm

Wow! I think I’ve found the photographer for my daughter’s wedding! Your pictures are exquisite and gorgeous. Congrats!

Lorna - August 27, 2010 - 6:45 pm

I loove these!! They are so soo cute!! Especially the vintage set!! :) )

Sarah - August 28, 2010 - 12:09 am

Delightful…ya’ll are getting hitched. :)

Patty Vicheck - August 28, 2010 - 1:53 am

The pictures are beautiful. I am so happy you have had a good life. I wish you all the happiness in the world

Amber Cass - August 28, 2010 - 1:58 pm

Your pictures are beautiful, You both look so happy together!! Wishing you both the best of luck!! :)

Daddy Jack - August 28, 2010 - 3:46 pm

Courtney these pictures are just great
But I am sure it is just a daddy’s pride

amanda - August 28, 2010 - 4:08 pm

awww cute pics…..congrats guys :)

Blue + Yellow =

our hallway and office! It’s so crazy when inspiration smacks you in the face. It smacked, ran over and drugged us this past weekend. Joe and I had decided that we were going to actually take a weekend off and have zero plans. Well mid afternoon on Saturday he came upstairs and asked if I’ve given any thought to making the sunroom our office, (we were going to use an extra room upstairs for that) but I loved that idea and had been thinking about it too. And it was already painted, yellow! So we’ve been scrambling to find cute stuff to fill the office, it’s so fun:)I’ll post pictures once it’s more put together.

The inspiration for the blue came from the latest Pottery Barn magazine, I saw the color, asked Joe what he thought of it, he liked it, so off to Lowes he went to get a sample, this was all at 8:30 Saturday night by the way. We loved the sample and decided to paint the hallway. I was ready to start that night but my smart husband talked me out of that. He’s actually been doing all the painting, he rocks!

We bought our house last year, renovated the kitchen and bathroom(it was built in 1928) and have slooowly been doing other projects around the house, it’s fun, alot of work and I HIGHLY recommend doing house projects with your spouse:)

Lisa - August 25, 2010 - 2:55 pm

Love the color! Can’t wait to see it :)
By the way, funny story, have you ever read catalogliving.com? Check it out! Your inspiration picture from Pottery Barn made the cut. You’ll have to search back to July 23…but this website is so funny and I instantly thought of it when I saw your picture! lol

Jamie - August 26, 2010 - 5:24 pm

Great color! Steve and I are in the same boat as you but we haven’t started painting yet. Lots of sheetrocking and insulating yet to do! What is that color? I think it would look lovely in my office. ;)

court - August 26, 2010 - 5:42 pm

It’s newburyport blue (pottery barn color). Have fun renovating! We should swap stories! :)

Nicole & Alan

I’ve know Alan for years, we were friends in college, we worked together for awhile, I even survived a ride or two in his Ford Probe. We were pals, but sadly we both got so busy that it was hard to stay in touch. Thanks to Facebook we were able to check up on eachother here and there. One day I saw a “relationship change,” Alan was now in a relationship with this mystery girl named Nicole. Naturally, like everyone else, I did some Facebook stalking and tried to figure out who this Nicole girl was. But to my dismay her profile was private. One day Alan emailed me and said they were engaged and wanted to talk about wedding pictures, I was thrilled! As soon as they walked into the Starbucks where we had our first client meeting, I knew Nicole and I would be friends. She is perfect for Alan. Witty, beautiful and she loves Jesus!

They met at church. A lot of the older ladies at the church encouraged Alan to introduce himself to Nicole, he did and the rest is history:-). I’m so excited for their wedding!

Um, Nicole can I please have your complexion?

I HAD to include this one:)
They are just too cute!

They both like soccer, we thought the t-shirts were fitting for an engagement session too:)

Thanks Valerie for tagging along!

Raymond Henz Jr - August 19, 2010 - 9:52 pm

Alan and Nicole, These are great pictures!!! Thanks for sharing!

Bill - August 19, 2010 - 10:15 pm

Awesome shots, Courtney. I see you did the best with what you had to work with…Alan that is. Just kidding. These really did turn out great!

Bethany - August 19, 2010 - 10:41 pm

You guys are awesome!! I love the pics!! You guys are such a great couple. I love you both very much!! =)

Jennifer Hill - August 19, 2010 - 10:48 pm

The pictures look great. I am happy for yall.

cindy - August 19, 2010 - 10:49 pm

great pictures. congratulations on your engagement

Mom Miller - August 19, 2010 - 11:16 pm

Great pictures. And Alan, she’s going to be a wonderful helpmeet
. It was a pleasure meeting you, Nicole !!!!!

Rachel - August 19, 2010 - 11:42 pm

Great pictures Alan, someday I hope I get to meet your beautiful girl:)

Kristin Martin - August 19, 2010 - 11:44 pm

Beautiful Pictures Alan and Nicole! June 2011 is coming!!!

Megab - August 20, 2010 - 12:44 am

Beautiful!

Kathi - August 20, 2010 - 12:56 am

My Favorite is the black and white on the bridge (not with Alan’s muscles), the head to head laying in the grass and the kiss in the fields. Though they are all very nice.

Debbie - August 20, 2010 - 1:02 am

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing. Your big day will be here before you know it!!

Marchelle - August 20, 2010 - 1:05 am

Great pictures… and congrats on you engagment.

Caleb Sexy Beat Myers - August 20, 2010 - 1:11 am

These pictures are beautiful. I have never seen anything more delightful in my life. I am still in shock of how lovely these pictures are. You made my day and I love you both. Hug hug, kiss kiss, xoxoxoxoxoxox. <3 <3 <3 <3. :) :) <3 I love you both.

Wade Weaver - August 20, 2010 - 1:17 am

I really like the black and white one under the bridge!!! Im excited for you guys! Good Luck Alan and Nicole!!!! :)

Billee Jo - August 20, 2010 - 1:18 am

These are wonderful pictures! You look great together!

Jason - August 20, 2010 - 1:33 am

classy, verry classy

Ann K. Bernecker - August 20, 2010 - 1:57 am

LOVED THE PIX COURTNEY! YOU DID A GREAT JOB!

Ann K. Bernecker - August 20, 2010 - 1:59 am

Love the pix of Nicole & Alan – I think my fav. is the 3rd from the top :-) close up pic :-)

Courtney Campagna - August 20, 2010 - 2:11 am

Pictures look amazing! God bless the both of you!

Bonnie Cherry - August 20, 2010 - 2:29 am

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them!!! So happy for you Alan and Nicole. Congratulations! Another amazing job Courtney!!!

Kim - August 20, 2010 - 2:29 am

Beautiful pics, congratulations you two!

John A. - August 20, 2010 - 2:41 am

great pics!!!! you too are great together!

Daniel Jencks - August 20, 2010 - 3:49 am

I see that the p90x is paying off…and my sister is beautiful as always!!!

Misty Arthur - August 20, 2010 - 11:21 am

Pictures look amazing! God bless the both of you!

Jessica Fike - August 20, 2010 - 1:28 pm

Great work, Courtney! I really like the picture of the couple dancing – great silhouette shot!

AUNT LINDA - August 20, 2010 - 3:34 pm

WONDERFUL PICTURES, YOU MAKE A CUTE COUPLE. lOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS

Tracey - August 20, 2010 - 6:21 pm

Lovely pix..congrats!!

Lisa Haldeman - August 20, 2010 - 7:53 pm

Thanks so much for sharing the pictures! They are beautiful! They are all so good that I don’t think I would be able to pick a favorite! Congratulations and God Bless the two of you!

Tara - August 21, 2010 - 2:22 am

Awwwww…..You guys are too cute for words. It’s easy to take good pics when your subjects are so perfectly matched. Love you both!

MaMa Jencks - August 21, 2010 - 2:29 am

Beautiful people make beautiful pictures Love you Mom&Dad

The Newmans - August 23, 2010 - 1:56 am

Nice pictures…didn’t know you could pose that good Alan and sure wasn’t expecting an elusive kissing shot! ;)

Grammy - August 26, 2010 - 7:07 pm

These pictures are just precious! Perfect in every way.

danielle gehr - August 27, 2010 - 9:33 pm

o my goodness you guys are like so cute and i love all the pictures they are amazing :)

To His Glory

The past 2 weeks I have been a crazy person. I have tons of blog posts to work on, engagement sessions, weddings, my trip to Vegas for Skips Summer School, but today I wanted to share about my time at camp. Camp Tohiglo (meaning To His Glory) was the highlight of my summer when I was little. The church I grew up in was responsible for Teen Week, so my pastor was the dean and a ton of people from church were on staff.  My mom was the head cook, so before I was old enough to be a camper I was a staff kid. As soon as I hit 13 I was a camper and every year till I was 18 I was a camper. Then I graduated to half/staff (still a camper but partly a counselor) and then the big day hit when I was a counselor! So needless to say, I’ve been at camp for awhile. I love camp. This year was my first year back on staff in two years, so it was great to be apart of such a great week.

I was a counselor along with my friend Naomi (I blogged about her here) we had the 14-15 year old girls. We weren’t sure what our girls would be like, we both have had some interesting cabins in the past but this year our cabin was amazing! I am humbled by what God taught me during that week and hearing what each of my girls learned brought tears to my eyes. It’s awesome to see how God works in each of our hearts individually when we seek Him.

Here are a few pictures from the week!

Ok, first let me say I do NOT like to match, so Naomi thinks its quite funny that we are both wearing pretty much the same thing. I got over it (sorta). We are pumped about camp, can’t you tell?

We are pretty excited here too….

Cabin 6 boys clearly enjoying shoulder rubs as they are waiting for dinner.

Our cabin! Aw, I miss my girls…
Someone, and we still don’t know who, felt the need to use yards and yards of saran wrap.
It’s a right of passage for every camper to play the pudding game, I still shudder when I think about times I’ve played that game.
I use to babysit Zack! This boy is amazing, he is such a leader and I can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for him.
To His Glory.

If you want to see more pictures, check out my facebook page

Naomi - August 16, 2010 - 7:25 pm

I miss camp too! We sure did have a lovely cabin! And matching was fun. Ok, mostly because you hated it. Haha. I must say, I’m with you on shuddering to think about trying to gag pudding down as a camper. I was thankful I could just cheer my team on, as opposed to actually eating that stuff.

Tiffanie & Matt | Sneak Peek

Today two people who were madly in love with each other got married! And I was honored to capture their day. Here is a sneak peek!