Jennie & Adam met at college and have been planning their wedding since last year. I have known Jennie since she was probably 10 years old – through being in church together.
We met at the park in Waverly to take pictures of the girls!
Jennie – you were a BEAUTIFUL bride!
Check out the gallery for the complete collection!
Jennie & Adam – thanks so much for having me share in your special day!
barden photography is offering an AFTER THE WEDDING session special for the month of August!
Schedule your session throughout the month of August and get 1/2 off the price – $100.
Email or call to schedule your session for this month!
I have new pricing options!
I am still working on a price list for all the products that we will have to offer – but you can check out the new prices on the pricing page!
I will be changing my packages and pricing soon – hopefully to be effective 9.1.2009!
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up!
What can I say about KT?
I met KT through one of my good friends – they were dating at the time and she was in college at MU. We became close friends and have remained so to this day! KT lived with us for her student teaching semester – and we are still friends! KT and I are very much alike – we are both perfectionists – we are both RIGHT – we are both stubborn – we are “outspoken” to say the least – we are both passionate.
KT’s family has made Jared and I feel so at home. We went to the rehearsal on Friday night and stayed at KT’s gram’s house – where she made us breakfast in the morning! Saturday morning I went to the salon to catch some shots of KT getting ready then we checked into our room at the Benn Conger Inn. The BLUE room – Jared was in heaven – WI-FI – air conditioning – golf on TV – AHHHH the life!
I took some shots of the property and explored – all the while KNOWING that the weather would hold off.
KT arrived – a calm and excited bride – then the pictures began!
There are SO SO SO many photos that I would love to post in this blog – but I just can’t – they are all in the WITH THIS RING GALLERY and on my FACEBOOK!
Isn’t she GORGEOUS!
Chase – SO HANDSOME!
Chase took this photo of Jared and I with KT – almost forgot to get one!
I have ALWAYS wanted to do pictures of a bride jumping on the bed – and our BLUE room was perfect for the occasion!
KT & Chase – we love you so much! Thank you for your patience and ideas and input and most of all your FRIENDSHIP!
I very rarely get photos of myself – mostly because I am the one behind the camera – and I just don’t like it!
This shows the purple better!
SISTERS!
And one more of Samm and *V*!
I LOVE MY FAMILY!
I traveled to Hughesville last week to take some shots for their Phoenix clinic!
Thanks again girls!
The world is turning in front of me and sometimes it’s hard for me to let go
My flesh begins to rise and then I find out there’s things I don’t know
I’m standing here but no one cares, I’m crying out but no one is there
And I am me but who am I and will I ever find the reason (for life)
But I see you there, Your arms around me, Your arms around me
And I have no fear, You’re all around me, You’re all around me
You’re all around
On this earth people live and die, wondering why (I wonder why)
They go through life feeling lost, never knowing who paid the cost
Lord give me the strength to find the faith in this world
Help them to see the light in me, even though I’m so afraid (of it all)
And I am so afraid, then I remember the price You paid
The Reason – Larue
When I was going through my jaw pain I sought God’s face – I cried out to Him.
I attached myself to Psalm 46 –
God is our refuge and strength. An ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. Though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God. That Holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her. She will not fall. God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall. He lifts His voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty is with us, the God of Jacob is our fortress.
I memorized that verse and spoke it over and over and over …
I have always been a comfortable Christian – having my jaw pain took my out of the box with God. I still don’t understand why I had to go through my jaw pain to become closer to God – but I did.
When we first had our miscarriage I had a positive outlook.
I would like to know where that girl went!
Jared has been really worried about me lately – to tell you the truth I have been worried about me lately.
I am angry – completely and totally angry. I am having a hard time having a conversation with God without blaming Him – for everything.
As “fate” would have it – I have been emailing with a client who is pregnant and due in October – the month we were due. She will be getting newborn photos once her little sweetness arrives. She used to attend the church that I grew up in and we came to know each other through another client. She has been sharing her experience with me – and praying with me. She sent me an address for a blog that she thought might help to read – www.joshandcali.blogspot.com.
This paragraph spoke to me –
“We can ask “why?” and “if only…” all we want, but it won’t change the reality that Mac just wasn’t meant to stay with us. No matter what would have happened differently, the outcome would have remained the same. God does not make mistakes. Mac was simply not meant to be here. He was too perfect to stay. His spirit was so pure that he had to be called home before enduring the trials and pains of this world. He fulfilled his earthly mission in the short time he was here and has returned to his heavenly home.”
I am asking why. I am asking “if only”. But those questions don’t change the fact that Enoch isn’t here and wasn’t meant to stay here – as much as it hurts. God gives us children for a period – they are not ours. Enoch is RESTING in the arms of His Heavenly Father – with no pain – no hurt – no trials.
I have never had my faith shaken like it is right now. I want to believe that God has a plan but it is hard to know that THIS would fit into it. I want to believe that God loves me – but why am I going through this? I want to believe that I can be strong and watch my friends have babies in the same month that I was supposed to be having a baby – but I don’t know how.
I am still terrified about being pregnant again – I am setting myself up for the worst because it is all I know. My dear friend Jenna – who is pregnant again with her second sweetness – gave me the reality check I needed this morning. She told me everyone deals with their own fears. Jenna was home with a newborn while her hubby was serving our country overseas. She is nearly 10 years younger than me and a woman of God that I admire greatly. I haven’t been there for her lately because it hurts. I needed that conversation today. THANK YOU JENNA.
I need to believe that God hears me – that He loves me – that He cares for me – that He has a plan for great and wonderful things for me – for us. Typing those words are so hard right now. But I know that I have to believe them – if God isn’t who He says He is – then where are we?
I feel like I have had the joy and happiness sucked out and placed in a jar. That jar sits on a shelf high in our house that I can see but can’t reach. I don’t know how to get it back. I don’t even know where to start.
Tonight I am making Jared start a new book with me – WHAT TO DO ON THE WORST DAY OF YOUR LIFE – my brother and his wife got it for us in May and I just haven’t wanted to open it – because it will say the things I already know.
My cousin *V* came along with my sister last week – she turned 13 this past Saturday so we did a little photo session!
That one is my favorite!
I can remember coming to the hospital to hold her when she was born – I was 16 – there is NO WAY she can be this old!
