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mr & mrs edmonds!

September 5, 2010 – 4:45 pm

the boys did a lot of chilaxin.

i told staci a lot that day, “thanks for being so HOT!”

his best man, Tollsman, offered comic relief during every part of the day. :)

gorgeous.

last touch before she was ready to see dave!

right about then, was when we heard thunder rolling in… :(

thankfully the rainclouds provided some softer light because everywhere was fully lit! eeek!

you belong in a magazine, girl!!

i have no idea what was going on here, but it’s hilarious, and i love it.

i like your scruff. it totally takes your hotness factor up 2 pts.

it started raining. we all ran inside, stared out the window and watched the radar on our phones. the ceremony was outside and only 40 min away.

it stopped long enough for a bunch of us to flip water off the chairs, dry them off, take a few more family pics and BAM! it poured again. boooo. thankfully

staci’s attitude was perfect in that, “we couldn’t have asked for anything else to go more perfect. everything leading up to this point was better

than imaginable, if we have to move the ceremony in…oh well!” you go girl!!

so thankfully, nathaniel green lodge’s coordinator, allison, busted her ass and got the inside ready in no time!

the first few minutes, they both had to regain composure. SO CUTE!!

it stopped raining and we had some down time, soooo what else would we do??? take MORE pics! duh!!

you two are so dang good looking. you both are perfect.

:)

what’s the first thing every girl does the second the ceremony is over? take those horribly high, blistering, uncomfortable shoes off!!

i’m sure a stroll on the cold, wet concrete felt so good.

michael was having a really good time entertaining everyone from the head table as people ate. what a goof!

let the party begin!!!

“from the windooooooows to the walls…”

if you know blevins, then YOU KNOW, this is one of his favorite songs.

get it giiiirl!

as suspected, this wedding was tons of fun.  i think my favorite part about the day was looking at all the crazy cool body art, hair color/cuts and piercings. i felt all

kinds of left out with my blank canvas of a body. it was so fascinating to see, especially the ear gauging! as an artist, my look is quite boring is suppose. :(

thanks for including us in your exciting day. we were so tired leaving that i was actually able to convince adam to let nori spend her first night out!!!! :)

it was nice to sleep past 9, i’m not going to lie! heart, melanie and adam

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my girl, rachel :)

August 30, 2010 – 12:22 pm

this is rachel. SHE IS: always happy.

SHE IS: a great friend.

SHE IS: beautiful.

SHE IS: super athletic.

SHE IS: amazing with children.

SHE IS: only 16.

SHE IS: brave.

SHE IS: really smart.

SHE IS: part of a wonderful family.

SHE IS: a middle child. little sister, erin and older sister, megan.

SHE IS: part of a super close group of girls.  they are juniors in high school.

morgan, erin m, erin n, and alex.

SHE IS: an extrovert around her friends, but an introvert around strangers.

SHE IS: selfless in donating her hair to locks of love.

SHE IS: also very sick with stage 4b hodgkins lymphoma cancer. :( :(

Two weeks ago, Rachel called me. She was crying to the point I couldn’t understand her words.  She muffled, “I have cancer.” As any person would do,

I welded with tears. I asked her to repeat herself because I was sure I didn’t hear her correctly.  She said it again, “I have hodgkins cancer. I just got out

of the hospital, and they aren’t sure how bad it is yet.”  My jaw dropped, my heart sunk, and the lump in my throat kept words from coming out. What

the hell was I supposed to say? What do I do? The girl who I’ve watched grow up over the years playing soccer year round for me…the girl who’d text

me randomly to stop by and visit us…..has cancer?! I said the only thing I knew to say…”you’ll get through this.”

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind for her. She’s already had a couple surgeries, one on her neck, one on her chest.  She’s been in the hospital

since 8/23 and will probably be in saturday. Because of her multiple allergies, she’s had some complications. But friday, she successfully finished

her first day of chemo. At 16 years old…she finished her first day of chemo. It just seems so unfair. :( I have promised her that I will document this

journey, so soon enough she can look back on all the photographs and show people how she kicked cancer’s ass.  We started with updating family pics

and her senior pics because next year her hair probably won’t be the length she wants it to be for photos. the next day she cut off her hair so she

could donate it before the chunks start falling out. how sweet is that? she’s amazing.  When i hung up the phone that night, it clicked. THIS

was the reason God brought ray, into my life…not just to help our team win all those games! ;)

The image below is the last picture I took that day.  I’ve explained on the blog before how I envision God as “light.” When I looked at the back of

the camera I got goosebumps, then smiled. :-D I realized right then, that God was with her.  The image speaks so much by itself.

If you are on facebook, you can become a fan of a page I’ve created for her. It’s called TEAM RACHEL. Maybe you know someone that has

survived hodgkins and can give her hope, or you maybe you can just leave a message or comment to help her get through this.

Keep that strong and postivie attitude and you’ll do great! Just remember, every time they inject meds into your veins, it’s super powers! :)

We love you girl. heart, mel, adam, and your favorite baby girl ;) nori.

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hbd boys.

August 29, 2010 – 12:03 pm

today the pace boys are 29. while wishing them a happy bday, i thought we could all use a good laugh. :)

(in parentheses, i’ll point out which is adam in each :) )

jesse james and will bill. (left)

(left.)

hilarious and adorable. (right)

i hope they buy pax an outfit just like this.(right)

at least two years later…still rocking the wild west. (left)

eric, you’re special. lol. but for second grade, that “friends” drawing is pretty dang impressive! (right.)

man, you guys were so cool.  (left.)

(left)

this is not a thing of the past. they really still do this. i’m not lying. (right.)

(right.)

adam and hollywood (steve).  his “mr. clean” days.

(left)

adam, jason, farrell, kevin, jeremy, casey,joe, steve, and eric.

adam is on top. eric probably took his last bagel bite.

(left.)

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this was a couple mths ago. they love shopping. don’t let them fool you.

yesterday adam all the hair off his face and head. he looks at me and says, “do i look older or younger without all that hair?”  i said,

“younger, for sure, why?” him, “because i want to look as young as i can on my 29th birthday!” bahahaha. :) i love you, wonderful.

this year i got him a bike rack, because it turns out, he can’t transport the baby bike trailor i got him last bday OR his bike in his

small ass mini cooper. lol. happy birthday, dudes.  we love you. heart, melanie and nori.

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the bushmans!

August 28, 2010 – 8:06 pm

jason’s folks have a cabin in brookville they wanted to go to. it was a little bit of a drive. by the time we got there

it was pouring. so the first 40 minutes of our session looked like this. awesome. :(

carrie, josie, jaycie, and jason.

this is jaycie. she pretended like she didn’t want to participate but she was having fun, she didn’t fool me.

thank you for blowing a kiss, miss josie:)

carrie finally gave the ok for them to get wet.  yippee!

thankfully no one was afraid of getting dirty, actually, we had the opposite problem, the girls wanted to play in the puddles! lol

can you even tell carrie is pregnant?! she only has a couple months left! they don’t know the sex, but they do know it was be a “J” name!

we headed down the road to some grape vines. how cool! how perfect is this family.

i heart your beautiful little face.

i love my sister sooooo much i just want to SQUUUUEEEEEEZE her! lol hilarious.

my favorite. :)

jaycie was about over it, so adam brought her back by playing a little “chase the camera!” :) it worked. adam’s favorite.

adam was dancing around behind me. josie was imitating him. hehe.

josie and adam were best friends by the end. she kept her eyes on him and just grinned her little heart out! ADORABLE!!

i was nervous that day because carrie had to book us like 8 mths out and because of the conditions i wasn’t sure we were getting

good stuff. i actually love this session. :)   we had so much fun with the girls, they cracked us up. can’t wait to hear what the next

baby is!!!!! we might just end up called him/her “j” because they can’t decide on the names yet! ha! k, family is over for adam

and eric’s bday. i better go pay attention to them. oops. :) heart, melanie and adam

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