when you say "i do"

before:

seek and bree

after:

mr. and mrs. hannemann

congratulations... y'all are some beautiful people!

from laie to hale'iwa

have you been to oahu?

it's a nice little place. to me it's a dr. jekyll and mr. hyde of sorts. well, except dr. jekyll isn't evil and sinister. or was it mr. hyde that was evil and sinister?? it's been a while since high school lit. class.

where was i? oh yes, oahu. so the north end of oahu, cleverly named north shore, is country. like rooster-crowing-at-the-crack-of-dawn country (and all other times of the day, for that matter). everyone owns a dog. there's one road, and maybe 5 stoplights... ok i'm exaggerating. there are 2 stoplights.

and then there's town: honolulu. waikiki. street performers. night life. clubs. concerts. shows. bling bling.

oahu is town and country.

i live in the country. i love the country. and for two days the bobiks and i explored the country portion, from the quaint college town of laie to the historic surfer town of hale'iwa. we stopped at all the spots that were near and dear to the hearts... and stomachs. (ted's, hukilau, hale'iwa eats, kava roots, cholo's... is your mouth watering??)

they even treated me to my first ever burger from ted's. i only loved him for his carrot cake and chocolate haupia pie. now our relationship is even stronger, ted and i.

and for the bobiks, here's your adieu to oahu...

by the way, the miracle of the day is me narrowing this down to less than 5 dozen shots to show y'all.

no, really.

upgrade

guess what?!?!!

oh gosh, you'll never guess. i mean, how would you know??

this THURSDAY is our 5th ANNIVERSARY

("our" being mine and my man-half, of course.)

it's the first big one, you know what i mean!?!

and saturday, last saturday, like may 1st saturday

when i walked in the door from a shoot

case (my man-half) said,

"you want your present now???"

cause, you see, we're really not good at the whole

S U R P R I S E !!

thing.

(it's a miracle that we wait 'til the 25th for Christmas.)

so i said no.

he said yes.

i said maybe.

he said yes.

and next thing i knew i was holding a new camera!

complete shocker. i was just hoping for a watch.

for the boys

it's coming.

may 9.

and let me let you in on a little secret, dear men:

mother's day is important.

we want to be pampered. we want the day off. we want dishes done. meals cooked. faces wiped. laundry folded. children sleeping.

all without lifting a single manicured nail.

and we want a little something from you to us that says, "gee thanks, hon. you really do a lot around here."

so might i make a suggestion?

some pictures of the kids.

some pictures of you.

'cause the truth is, your faces make us happy.

so here's the nitty gritty:

1/2 hr. session just you and the kiddos

CD for prints

all for $75

and i'll do express edits for no extra charge so you can have the prints ready for that special day.

only available 5 days: april 15, 20,22,27, and 29.

so book now!

i promise, she'll love you for it!

OOOOOOOOOklahoma

meet the Bobiks!

for christmas mrs. bobik surprised mr. bobik with a hawaiian vacation.

(seriously, can you imagine unwrapping that gift!)

so they flew alltheway from oklahoma and spent a week at turtle bay.

i've gotta say this was definitely one of THE funnest (most fun...) shoots EVER.

these people are hilarious!

and that ultra-cool necklace thing she's wearing:

she made it!

thanks for an AWESOME afternoon!

and alOOOOOha!

hearts, chocolates, and roses

yes yes, it's that time of year.

love time.

valentine's time.

so i was thinking why not do some short sugar shoots with you and your hunny! yep, that's right.

short.sugar.shoots.

you might be wondering what a short sugar shoot is since i just made it up a few minutes ago.

it's you, and your sugar.

for 1/2 hr.

for $50

leaving with a CD of your faces

when? february.

the entire love-month of february.

thanks yan for

1) the idea. 2) sharing the idea.

beautiful people...

meet the hannemanns.

i seriously had a blast on this shoot!! and i gotta say, i love the white and gray ensemble the mrs. put together.

enjoy!

ps. aren't ya just a tad jealous that we're basking in the sun in december??

just a little...

the sisterhood of the travelling pearls

so there's a slight possibility (like sumo wrestler "slight") that we had to hop a fence to get to one of the locations for this shoot. there's another, related, slight possibility that i was wearing yoga pants that are almost 4 years old (read: really threadbare cotton) that caught on the fence and ripped knee to ankle. bummer, yah, but better than a knee to hip rip, don't ya think?

just take note how the fence doesn 't have a top bar... when's the last time you tried to hop a topless fence?? let me tell ya... don't.

meet the E bldg. girls: angie, hillary, kim, melissa, and shanae. they live in Temple View Apartments (AKA BYU-H married housing), and they're tight like spandex in the 80s.

i would tell you about how fun the shoot was, and how it was CRAZY windy, and how it's a miracle to get five, grown, laughing women to all look at the camera at the same time, but you know what they say... a picture says a thousand words.