Tiny babies make me happy.  They make me smile.  They warm my heart.  After having a child myself, I can’t even begin to explain the joy that such a bundle brings to our lives.  But to me – I love watching the excitement and the new love that you can capture between new parents and this journey they are experiencing. It is such an honor when my clients ask me to photograph their wedding day.  I really do feel honored to capture their day and love through pictures.  It’s a completely different honor when those same clients ask you to capture their newest addition to the family.  I met Sonja and Rich in the Fall of 2007.  I loved them instantly.  They are fun, so in love, and had quite the love story for me to tell.

First – we told their engagement story (early 2008).  It was a BLAST!

Then I got to capture their amazingly beautiful day at Our Lady of Loretto Chapel in Denver, and the amazingly gorgeous Columbine Country Club (Summer 2008)

Sonja and her sisters who I L-O-V-E , called me in 2009 to do a special shoot for their Mom (who I also adore) on Mother’s Day. I had so much fun with them (Spring 2009).

And imagine my serious excitement when I heard from Sonja in late 2009 to tell me they were expecting.  Most recently – I got to capture an entirely different love story (Winter 2010)!

Sonja and Rich – thank you for trusting me with these special moments!  You two make beautiful parents. You are an amazing family now! I LOVE LOVE LOVE working with you guys.  Much Love – ME

It’s so me.  It’s the day AFTER Valentines Day.  The day AFTER I am supposed to profess my love of my wonderful husband.  I’m always late with holidays – and I suck about that.  I know. I think he knows I love him.  He loves me even when I’m late …

So – in true Karie Fashion – Here’s our LOVE story.

We met in high school.  We were seniors.  We were young, naieve, maybe never expected to be together forever. We were friends first, fell in love second. We were best friends. We knew something was special.  We went to college. We loved each other more.  We never went to the same school – and always shared a distance relationship of at least a few hours.  We broke up once in a stupid fight – I lost 10 lbs. We got back together a few days later. We agreed that life wasn’t good at all without each other. We did summer internships in different states – He in Denver, me in LA. We never wanted to be apart again. We got engaged that Summer – he proposed in San Francisco on our way back to Kansas (to finish our last year of college). We planned to move away after college.  We moved to Colorado and LOVED it. We started our corporate jobs – I was miserable. We decided it was okay for me to live my dream. We made sacrafices – good ones, the ones that made me get where I am today. We had a baby.  We are in love with her – she is pretty awesome. We are still in love.  A lot.

February 8th, we were officially “together” for 10 years.  I can’t wait to look back and say, we have been together longer than we had lived life apart.

This weekend we spent some time with great friends in Tabernash.  As I started an impromptu photo session with Natalie, I caught my two loves (the loves of my life in fact), peeking out the window at me.  I don’t know why I love this simple photo.  But I do.  Our love is simple, maybe as simple as a smile through a window, but to me – it is Oh So Special!

I hope all of you had a super Happy Valentines Day with your sweeties!

Sorry for the sappy love mush – I promise not to do it again … for at least a few months.  June maybe?  Our 6 year wedding anniversary! Deal.

When I was little, I remember loving to laugh.  My parents or big brothers would tickle me until I literally could not take it anymore.  But guess what, after just a few minutes, I would be begging for them to tickle me again.  I couldn’t stop.  Maybe it was then that my addiction to laughter began.  Maybe it was my late night slumber parties with friends in my school days.  We would laugh until it hurt.  Maybe that is when my addiction to laughter began.  Wait – who am I kidding?  I just love to laugh.  My favorite pictures are ones of my clients laughing.  It’s like they officially let me in to experience their world.  I can’t get enough!

Let life tickle your funny bone!