Teresa and Sam are Engaged!

I met Teresa about five or more years ago, most likely in a Communications class at Berry College. Back then she was a firecracker going a mile a minute and always kept me laughing. So when she called me to talk about the honor of her wedding photography, I was thrilled! I knew that her wedding is going to be a blast and that whoever won her would have to be amazing and unique just like her.

Sam did not disappoint. He didn’t stop making her (and us) laugh the whole time we took their engagement pictures. Teresa is currently in Indiana working on her graduate degree, and was returning to Georgia for our alma mater’s homecoming weekend called “Mountain Day” celebrating the founder’s birthday. I was unable to attend the events on Saturday, but being there on Friday allowed memories to come flooding back as I rarely get to visit. Enough about me… We met at the student center and then headed up to mountain campus to get started… did you know that Berry is the largest campus in the world? (with one of the smallest student bodies…)

While traveling the campus, James and Sam kept mentioning how many deer there were and how they didn’t really care that we were there… Teresa and I were not nearly as amused by the deer… seeing how there is 8.5 deer per student… James still couldn’t resist taking a picture…

While up on mountain campus, we stopped by Frost Chapel, where Teresa and Sam will be saying their vows next year… It is a gorgeous chapel with a gothic look, perfect wedding location!

We played around with some dance styles (you know just practicing for the reception…) this one is Middle School dance…

This would be high school…

We kinda all admitted we didn’t go to college dances… so here is practice for dancing at their wedding…

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Teresa and Sam, we had so much fun hanging with you guys, may have to do it again before your wedding! Either way, we can’t wait to celebrate with you next October!

Love!

-Lindsay and James

New York, New York

James and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary on September 1st, so as our anniversary gift to each other, we planned a trip to New York City, the first trip we have taken by ourselves since our honeymoon! Aside from booking the hotel and flights, we really didn’t plan anything until we got there, and it was great!

The day that we got there, it was rainy… it isn’t as fun to walk the streets of New York with a million umbrellas, crazy wind and wet feet. So we decided to do something indoors after we grabbed some pizza from Bella Vita. We started out at The Museum of Modern Art, and got a city pass which gave us access to all of the other sites that we visited.

Here is my favorite part of MOMA, I will show it to you first…

Any idea what you are looking at?

It took a second… but on one side of the room is an artist, taking someone’s name and height… that is what each mark on the wall is… I think I saw one very low mark that was a girl’s name and it said she was 2 months.

More at MOMA, I think it was my favorite museum we went to, it had the most variety.

Below was another really cool piece, it was a series of photos that had a lines on each, they almost seemed like lyrics.

James and I probably spent half of our time at MOMA in the next exhibit. The artist was an architect  who made also made a lot of furniture and decor. He was awesome. Oh, and notice the ironic sleepers under the title of the exhibit.

When James was taking the next picture, someone else was trying to get a picture of it using a flash… umm… sorry, I don’t know why it isn’t working… huh.

The next one is a model of a structure he made, with a light circling it mimicking the sun.

Had to visit the 5th avenue store. You may not know this about me, but I had the privilege of working for the Apple Store at the Mall of Georgia for a while, so… this was a must. and yes, those are completely grey skies above the apple… it was ridiculous how dreary it was that day.

So busy…

Day 2: first up… The American Museum of Natural History…

Standing there under James’s direction… what do you think he was trying to say?

Just me, James, and Fido…

Grabbed a hotdog from a street vendor, and walking through Central Park to get to the Guggenheim… ran into this sax player…

Lindsay: “what’s that building?”

James: “the Met, I think but I don’t think that is one of the museums we get in…”

Lindsay: ” let me check, it is, wanna go?”

James: “why not?”

loved the american wing… full of awesome furniture that I wish I owned…

Some art students were drawing the Sphinx, well a model of the Sphinx…

And, on to the Guggenheim. Something you should know about James and I, we are much less sophisticated that we would like to be. There were only 2 floors open, and we really don’t know how to appreciate paintings. So, our favorite thing about the Gugg was the building itself.

Day 3: Shopping at H&M, The Empire State Building, Grand Central, Redeemer Church…

So it was a sunny sunday, after 2 very dreary days… it was very crowded up there… neither James or I do well with crowds, we get kinda claustrophobic… so our time at the top was short lived…

Grand Central Station… Love the Legwarmers

Starbucks had some amazing ads, just one of them…

Day 4: very tired… we went to B&H photo, largest camera store in the world… a well oiled machine… then a circle line cruise as the sun was setting… awesome!

The jersey shore…

Sunset… ahh….

Lady Liberty… James took a million pictures of her… here are a few

another funny moment with tourists using point and shoots… they can take awesome pictures, really, but your flash is not going to reach that far… no matter how many times you try…

Back on land, The Plaza at night…

Happy Anniversary Baby! Love you!

Thanks for checking out this long post!

Love!

-Lindsay and James

The Cox Family

A Few weeks back we spent some time with the Cox family, specifically the Cox Kids. Their parents have a big anniversary coming up and as a gift they wanted to surprise them with pictures of their 3 gorgeous kids all grown up! They grew up in Gainesville, so we decided to use Gainesville’s down town area as a back drop, really great spots up there! Here are some of the best ones!

Thank you three so much for including us in your parent’s celebration, they have one good looking family!

Love!

-Lindsay and James