Since Mike and I have gotten engaged, we had pretty much figured out who our wedding photographer would be. Before all us (well ok, we chose the loaction first, but this was a VERY close 2nd)

We have been blessed with SO many talented and wonderful photography friends, but for us it was pretty easy to figure out who we wanted documenting our big day.

I can tell you one thing I DID NOT want. I did NOT want our wedding to feel like the papparazzi with 90 gajillion photogs getting in the way of the main photog. I did not want 125 zillion flashes going off around us. So Mike and I discussed who would it be? We wanted someone super fun. Someone we could spend the entire wedding day with. Someone who could make us feel comfortable BEHIND the camera. Someone who has badass camera skills. Someone who has badass lighting skills. We found that someone. They IMMEDIATELY came to mind.

WHO?! WHO?! are you wondering? Can you not stand it anymore??

I’ve been on the EDGE of my seat waiting for these from this BADASS PHOTOGRAPHER.

Everyone, please give it up for our freaking AWESOME wedding photograper – ED PINGOL

Ed and his freaking adorable wife Monica are two of the MOST genuine and overall NICEST people you will EVER EVER EVER MEET.

I’m going to stop talking now and just you how freaking awesome Ed is…

Ed, once again, thank you thank you THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

So here’s Kim and Brian…both dentists that now call Beaumont home. Their easygoing personalities and laid back and fun loving attitudes made photographing this Beaumont wedding at the Beaumont Country Club absolutely 100% fun fun fun.

Take a peek, and decide for yourself!

Kim, showing off her hot pink nails!

LOVED LOVED LOVED the tender moments between Kim and her parents…I won’t lie, it brought a tear to my eye as Kim’s father spoke words of wisdom to Kim in Spanish (I’m assuming they were words of wisdom Kim, but for all I know he could have been telling you the latest YouTube video craze!! )

Some beautiful detail shots…(Anyone else have the urge to keep singing “shots, shots, shots, shots,shots, shots, everybody, shots, shots, shots…No? Just me? Ok fine then…)

First look…First look…First look…I figure if I say it long enough and loud enough more people will listen to me…I LOVE FIRST LOOKS (yes, I capitalized it, THAT’S how much I love first looks!!!)

First dance and fun-ness with Brian’s brothers!

CRAZYBOOTH!!!! If you are interested in having a CRAZYBOOTH at your wedding, please let me know!! I especially love love love (apparently, I have to say it 3 times) to really reiterate how much I LOVE Crazybooths! They are awesomely fun for your guests…For any local weddings within driving distance, I am offering a CRAZY BOOTH for FREE when you book with me for 2010!!  Hurry up and e-mail me! suzy@suzyminphotography.com you know you want one!!!

Kim and Brian, I wish you a lifetime of happiness and health together! May your sorrows be few and your joys be plentiful!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Your gallery will be up soon!!

We are lucky enough to call some of the worlds top photographers friends…(tear! )

Never in my wildest dreams would I think that I would be able to call the people I do friends…

Anyhow, when Mike and I first announced our engagement, the first question that popped out of everyone’s mouth was “Who’s going to be your photographer?!” Welllll…we are going to keep you guys in suspense just a LLIIIIIITTTLLEE bit longer, but I will let you in on our first (of many) engagement sessions…

The wonderful, magical, oh-so-BRILLIANT John Michael Cooper (and can’t forget his beautimous wife, Dalisa) of www.altf.com photographed us…

I’m going to make you go to his blog for the rest of the photos, but I’ll give you a little sneaky-peek here..

Isn’t it wonderful? Love love love it!!!

John and Dalisa, you are SUCH wonderful people!! JMC, you sir are by far…more brilliant and artistic than I could ever hope for!! Thank you so much for photographing us!!!

Just a little teaser for Kim and Brian who are back from a scrumptious honeymoon!! I want to hear all about it!!

First Look - Have I mentioned couples, how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE a first look??!?!

I love strawberries….

BWHAHAHAHHAA!! I love this one from the reception….:)

Love you guys!! I hope you had a fabulous time on your honeymoon! I’ll have a full sneak peek for you up soon!!

If you’ve followed me on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook, you’ve no doubt heard me complaining about how much weight I’ve put on since moving to the biggest state in the Union…(30 pounds if you’re wondering). I’ve had to buy bigger pants (gasp!!) and am just generally unhappy with my overall appearance.

Now what to do with this? I’ve got a couple of options – 1) Cut my calorie intake and stay on my lazy butt. 2) Don’t change my eating habits and get off my fat butt. 3) Change my eating habits AND get off my fat butt. 4) Or just stay on my fat butt, don’t change my eating habits and keep packing on the pounds!

None of the above suggestions make me a happy Suzy…because like I mentioned earlier…I’m lazy and I don’t like to work out and I like my food. Le sigh…

So this is what I’m trying to get off my lazy ass to do…

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Um, hi. Do ANY of those people look like they need do the extreme home fitness??? I daresay not!!

I started P90X awhile back and got through 10 days and then we started an insane amount of traveling and I just never got back into the groove.

 Suzy’s gonna get her groove back! I will fit back into my old jeans…without the help of  my trusty ol’ Spanx. P90X, how I looooooooaaaathe thee…But you are what’s going to get me back into my old jeans…and what’s going to make me look smokin’ HAWT in a wedding dress come next January…

So, blog readers…can you help me in this?? Anyone else want to get back into shape? Anyone else want to help me be accountable? Because I obviously suck at it…

Who’s with me?!?!?

Yes, folks we have set a date. 1-11-11. Yes, it’s a Tuesday. But you have to realize we are wedding photographers and our favorite people are wedding photographers and to incorporate them in, we have to do it during the week. And the fact that my favorite number is 111, that had a little something to do with our decision…But just a bit…

In 365 days, I will be married to the love of my life, Mike Fulton. I have no illusions of happily ever after, or that it’ll be magically easy. We’ve been together quite awhile and half of that was long distance, we’ve had our shares of ups and downs, but through it all, we’ve been able to see the big picture. It all reminds me of one my faaaaavvvvvorite movies evvvvvvvvvveeeeeerrrrr…Like ever.

The Notebook - yes, I know it’s a movie, but one of my favorite scenes is when Noah is proclaiming his love for Allie.

My favorite line is when he says “So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s gonna be really hard. And we’re gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that, because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, everyday…”

Doesn’t that sum up marriage in a nutshell?? Or relationships for that matter?? If we don’t work at our relationships, they become stilted and stagnant, but we have to remember that love, real true undying love is hard. It’s not some fairytale ending, it’s not some happily ever after, it’s hard.

We both realize this, and while we might not LIKE each other every day or all the time, we do LOVE each other all the time…I leave you with a couple of snaps from our past…one being from the happiest place on earth and the other from a year ago, but I just love it…

So bloggity bloggertons (see? there I go trying to be all cutesy again!) What do you think? We’ve officially announced our wedding date and how hard (but worth it!!!) marriage is!

Thoughts??

I’m not sure why I love the color orange so much, maybe because it’s out of the norm. When everyone’s favorite color was blue or green or pink, I wanted to stand out and be different…

I remember being a freshman in high school and carrying my backpack and an orange purse from Old Navy that I got on clearance for like $5.00 or something…it was actually kinda cute (in my head anyways…hey leave me alone, I was 13 and ecstatic that there was actually something ORANGE out there!!! ) I went to school, SUPER proud of my purse and my friends looked at me like I was holding Frankenstein’s head on a string…they gasped “WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?!” (being the smart ass that I am) I replied “Uhhh, clothes…DUH.” They shook their heads and pointed to my delightful orange purse and said exclaimed ” NO, you’re PURSE!!” I smile when I think of those times, when orange wasn’t “cool” to carry, but I didn’t care…and I still really don’t…

Fast forward to this day and age…I’m older, wiser (ok, ok…give me a little credit!!) and I still LOVE the color orange….In fact, sitting in front of me right now is my orange watch, 3 orange USB drives, and an orange letter opener…BWHAHAHAHA! While I do love love love the color orange, I rarely WEAR orange shirts/shoes/pants (even I have a limit)

So, what’s this long rambling post about how much I love the color orange have to do with anything besides proclaiming my love for the citrus-y fun color??

Well, it’s one of my wedding colors silly!!! (Those that know me are shaking their heads right about now…)

Of course it’s  one of my colors, it’s been my favorite color since I was 12, I HAVE to incorporate it in the biggest day of my life!!

So without further ado, my wedding “inspiration board”

Photo credit : Various source via Google…Top right – FreddyMA

Lower middle – the badass JMC,  lower right – Maggie Sottero

So, what do you think blog readers? (I tried to come up with a cutesy name for you, blog-o-peeps, blog nation, but as you can see, I clearly suck…)

I realize there’s a lot of “I” and “my” in this post as opposed to “we” and “our”, but Mike has given me cart blanche to do the wedding how I like…but I would really like to incorporate HIS favorite color of PURPLE in somewhere…anyone have any suggestions??

What do you think of my wedding colors??

You might remember them from their first wedding post or maybe their super fun engagement session or maybe you’re just catching up and you’ve just seen Danielle’s beautiful bridals.

Any way you slice it…these people are totally in love and totally ROCKED THEIR WEDDING!!

Take a look for yourself…

The reception was held at the gorgeous Beaumont Country Club

Of course it wouldn’t be an Aggie wedding without the fight song! WHOOP!!!!

I loved this series!!!

Man, do these people know how to PARTY!!!!!!! LOVE it!!!

Danielle and Keith, you guys are by far one of the MOST FUN couples I have ever had the pleasure of working with!!! 

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! 

There’s a striking resemblance, no??

Absolutely LOVED the blue shoes!!

ADORE these next ones…absolutely…

You are just too hot for your own good sexy thang!!

Hottie McHotterson!

Isn’t she the most adorable ever?!?!

First up…Danielle’s bridals at the beautimus Hotel Zaza.

See ya on the flip side!!