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Jenna & Mitch Wedding {Part 3} /// Amarillo Wedding Photographer

I mentioned in my first post of Jenna and Mitch's wedding, all of the wonderful details they had at their reception! I am so excited to finally share those with you!

I love this.

this image speaks so much to me about their relationship. he is her protector.

inside the reception area was so bright and colorful, with DIY details everywhere

some of my favorites were all of the hanging poms. they added SO much to the room.

she colored scrabble tiles, and each of the tables had a word. so sweet. also, the limes in the vase are amazing.

these two are seriously so in love.

her rings are perfect.

their exit car was a convertible corvette... and she made it look good!

such a perfect couple.

Jenna & Mitch,

I adore you two. I am so grateful that you let me in to your special day, and capture these beautiful memories for you!

xoxo, nicole

Jaden's Pirate Party!

Jaden turned 5 in April! I can't believe my baby is getting so big!! We had a very special pirate party with some of his little friends to celebrate!

When the guests arrived they had to SUIT UP!!

Every Pirate needs a pirate eye patch, sash, bandana and of course a pirate sword!!

Here's Jade in his pirate gear!

(he wasn't a fan of the bandana)

Here's the table. Jaden got the Pirate Ship for his birthday, and it worked perfectly for the centerpiece. The table settings & banner are from Target's new party line, Spritz. Super cute.

my Mom sent lot's of Happy Birthday Jaden & pirate vinyl which we had all over the house, and the pictures in the frames are actually gift bags, from Target too :) The tiny bunting flags were an awesome free printable found here. She has them ready bigger, and I just shrunk them down a little for these ones. We also used the cute ship sails and flags, and put them on banana's and called them "banana boats... didn't get a picture of that finished product.

the food table

I had lots of fun with this! I found lots of these ideas on different blogs, we had:

"crunchy bones" - pretzel sticks

"gold dubloons" - gold wrapped mini chocolates

"shark bait" - gold fish crackers

"cap'n jaden's sandwiches"

"cannon balls" - cheese balls

"banana boats"

"Pirate grog" - drinks :)

here were our favor bags... totally simple, just some fun pirate things inside, bags from Target

we had "gold dubloons" laying around everywhere & this is the full size banner again from here

his friends brought him some amazing presents... he was a super happy boy!

after the friends arrived and got all of their pirate gear on they went to the back for sword fights & to visit "One-eyed Lauren's Tattoo Parlor"

yep, just realized i spelled tatoo wrong in my sign... oops.

Here is Sissy with her awesome pirate ship tattoo!!

the crew!

we went on a treasure hunt, and found clues all over the house.

that led to the treasure chest!!

everyone was so excited... especially my handsome birthday boy!

I got these cute, cute cupcake toper designs from Shindig Parties. I also used the designs for the water bottle wraps, which I really don't have a picture of...

it was a little bit of a rough day for little miss Kennedy... she kinda likes things to be all about her :) Fortunately she had two things that helped: a delish cupcake & her awesome Auntie Lauren to spoil her.

oh, and her sweet brother taking time out of his special day to take a pic with his little sis...

I love these two so much.

It was such a fun party, and Jade felt so special. Sword fights broke out all over the place, as well as all of the "pirates" realizing how funny it is to hit the balloons with theirs swords until they popped. It was pretty hilarious.

Poor Jade got hit hard in the face (our only casualty) with a sword right before this shot, but other than this moment, he had a perfect birthday.

Happy Birthday Jaden!!

You are such an amazing blessing in my life! I love you, and I am so proud of what a big boy you are becoming!

love, mom

Kyra's Bridal Shoot /// Amarillo Bridal Photographer

Are you ready for some seriously gorgeous bridals?! For real, Kyra is beyond beautiful...

we tried to get a serious sitting down shot, but with all this crazy Amarillo wind, we ended up with something even cuter! Her dress was blowing up like crazy!!

She can rock that serious look like no one else!

we are getting SO close to the wedding, and I just can't wait!! Thanks for such a fun evening Kyra!!

xoxo, nicole

Sweet Baby Megan /// Amarillo Newborn Photographer

Meet sweet baby Megan! We took these when she was just 7 days old. Isn't she precious?! The rule with newborns, is to try to take the pictures before they are 2 weeks old.. so they can be super sleepy, and super still... Megan is the exception to this rule :) she is already so strong, lifting her neck, and moving all over the place, and she was pretty much wide awake the entire shoot, but that's okay, because she is so stinking cute awake!

I mean really cute, can you believe this smiley girl?

we did this shoot in baby Megan's home, so her little cutie pie brothers were in the background being my little helpers!

thanks for looking!! :)

xoxo, nicole