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This Saturday I got to witness  a miracle.  As a Birth Photographer, I am lucky enough to have witnessed more than one of these moments, but am never jaded by the experience.   I LOVE it!  This birth was particularly amazing.  It took place at one of my favorite places, The Treasure Valley Midwives.The day started out with Mom strolling the Saturday market, while having mild contractions.  As her labor progressed, she made her way to the Treasure Valley Midwives.  They gave me a call, and I headed on over.  When I got there, Mom was laboring in the tub and progressing nicely.

I love seeing couples in love… simply love it.  As a birth photographer, I LOVE to see dad supporting and really loving mom.  Dad was a great support partner for mom.   And it is moments like these that I love.  

Soon is was time to start pushing.  Dad was still doing a great job as a support for his wife.  Mom was doing an AMAZING job as well.    

This couple had a Doula in the room with them.  She was great at helping make sure mom and dad were comfortable and taken care of.  She gave words of encouragement, and really added to the support for mom during labor.   

Soon, baby Elliott was born!!!Mom did a great job and was happy to see her little man.  

As the Midwifes provided excellent care for mom, Dad got to have some bonding time with little Elliott.  

One of my favorite things about the Treasure Valley Midwives is how they really let baby bond with the family.  They make sure baby is healthy, but hold off on doing weight, length, etc, until the family has some important bonding time.  

I have to say…Elliott is one good looking baby!  Look how comfortable he looks with mom.  

I love how comfortable you are able to be at the Birthing Center.  :)  Look at this magical moment.  :)  

Baby took a nap with Dad.   They were both tired.  

Time for the Newborn exam.  

Look at this guy…I don’t know how you can not smile at a face like this.  :)  I love my job!

CONGRATULATIONS mom and dad!!!!!!  WELCOME to the world Elliott!!!!!  We are all so glad you are here!  :)

When Brittany and I first met, I knew right away I wanted to be apart of her wedding.  She is a fun girl and I knew the wedding would be wonderful.  I was right.  :)

The day started with me arriving at Eagle Hills Golf Course.  As a wedding photographer, I love to capture the story of the whole day…I love where that takes me.  In this case it meant golf.  The Groom and his groomsmen love to golf and were playing a round of golf that morning with some family members.  I got there just in time to photograph them playing the 18th hole.        

After the golf game the boys headed off to get ready for the wedding.  The girls arrived and started there preparation.  In typical wedding fashion, there were laughs, mimosas, makeup and hair products, and even some happy tears.  :)  Brittany also made a pretty rockin playlist for them to listen to as they prep-ed for the wedding.  

Isn’t this dress beautiful?  Gorgeous even.  I love when a bride has a dress that looks spectacular from all angles.  :)  Brittany found the dress at Bridal by Marie in Eagle Idaho.

Brittany got to wear a very special necklace on her wedding day.  The diamond from this necklace is a family heirloom.  It was originally in her grandmas engagement ring.  How AWESOME is that!?!  

We headed out to do some photos of just the girls.  It was fun.  :)  The girls had all gone to get a manicure together, and they all had matching bracelets.  

One of the bridesmaids, Lacey Gregory, did all the flowers for the wedding, so I made sure to capture the beautiful bouquets as well.

Aren’t these girls beautiful?  :)

After the photos with the girls, the boys showed up ready for their time in front of the camera.  

These boys were really fun.  They even quoted my favorite movie, Dumb and Dumber (I love this movie so much I even have an old VHS copy as well as the DVD).  :)

After all the Fun with photos it was time for the ceremony to begin.  Up to this point it had been lightly sprinkling off and on.  The ceremony took place outside under a beautiful white tent.  During the ceremony and after, it was all blue skies and sunshine.  :)  

I loved the details of the Aisle.  Kelsey really rocked the flowers.  :)

Seriously…I loved this wedding party!  

Look at this couple.  They are both good looking people.  I love seeing people in love like they are.  Simply Beautiful.

Seriously… gorgeous!

Time for the party….

I really love the relationship Brittany has with her dad.  This photo makes me smile.  

Eric + Brittany ~

I wish you many years of happiness.  You fit together so perfectly, and I love to see how much you truly love each other.  It is great to see your faith take a role in your marriage already.  It was great to get to know you and your families.  You both are gaining great families.  I am sure you will have a lot of laughs and make a lot of great memories in the years to come.  Best wishes!  

I love Pintrest.  Don’t you?   I find fun things on there all the time.

I also love to bake and cook things.  New recipes  new creations.  I thought it would be fun to share a recipe with you from pintrest.

Recently one of my friends mentioned Orange Creamsicles, saying they were their favorite type of Popsicle.  Later that week I found Orange Creamcicle Cupcakes on pintrest….Interesting…Then all this week my son has been sick, and getting him to take vitamins is like pulling teeth… The first recipe I found for the cupcakes called for cake mix and orange soda.  Not to healthy.  I knew there had to be something better.  :)   Then I stumbled upon these.  I would still not classify them as healthy, but they do have Orange Juice in them…not soda!  :)  That way my son would ingest some vitamin C right!?  :)

In goes the Orange Juice!  :)

While mixing up the batter I had a big glass of vitamin C myself.  Got to keep my immune system up.

Who here LOVES their kitchen-aid mixer?  Best kitchen appliance I own. (or at least my favorite).  This recipe is really simple too.  I usually make things from scratch, but this is more a dump and mix kinda thing.   

In the oven.

Out of the Oven. 

I made a simple Cream Cheese Frosting, but added a tablespoon of Orange Juice to the frosting, then used food coloring to color half of the frosting orange.  I put the white frosting in one bag, and the orange frosting in another and cut the tips.  And squeezed both bags onto the cupcake.  It retrospect, I would recomend putting both bags into another bag to help the two colors come out more evenly and mix more.  :)  

The result!   And I must say, it is very delish.  :)  

And now… For the recipe.   I really hope you try to make these.  They are really fun, easy and tasty.

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