Monthly Archives: December 2008

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mr & mrs broxterman.

December 24, 2008 – 12:43 am

hey pretty. wink wink. lol.

adam’s favorite.

liz: fulltime hairdresser. part time bridesmaid. :)

i never did find out if the groomsmen sent these flowers all by themselves. how cute is this card?

my new favorite dress shot.

what a good big brother. :)

apparently she only picked hot girls to be in her wedding. :-D

mel’s favorite. diane, katie’s mom, made those shaws for the girls last minute, for fear of the cold weather. the girls were VERY thankful!!

hot.

katie had one image request. i hope we nailed it:)

haha. i don’t know who is funnier, the crazy big cheese, the tongues, or the confused looks.

jacob was playing hide ‘n’ seek with one of the bridesmaids.

the girls had to hide in this huge pitch black room for like 30 minutes. if you look closely you can see emily between jenny and julie.

katie and her mom hand made ornaments ornaments for ALL the guests!!!

melanie’s other fav. shhh, i can have 2!! their first dance. you can see that they don’t take life too seriously! that’s a very admirable quality!

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING…DODODODOODO….HI YAH…..AND THEY WERE FAST AS LIGHTENING…

these boys were alarmingly good at this dance. lol.

we have been really lucky in shooting weddings that entertain us all day long. most the time you can count on a good reception, or a fun wedding party, but

i’ll tell ya, we have been very blessed with some outstanding clients! i suppose it helps that i actually know a lot of them (that’s the westside for ya),

but i genuinely love what i do. this day was no exception. katie and i have gone through SIXTEEN years of schooling together!! she is a year ahead

of me (adam’s grade) but a couple of her best friends were my neighbors growing up, so i was always with her. and not to mention for each Daum girl,

there was a Tracy (my fam) girl the same age. lol. katie and adam went through graphic design together and she is very talented. i was flattered that she asked us to shoot

their wedding because it’s the biggest compliment when an artist asks you to shoot for them. on to tony. the two of them have dated forever. their personalities

mesh well together. tony is a super awesome guy. he’s that guy who is always so quiet he makes you wonder “i wonder what the heck he’s thinking about!?? lol. i wish i could be that way.

HA! mE quIET!!? speaking of which, i was able to be 100% myself that night. it was good to hang with you guys that day and to see so many familiar faces at the reception!

we got some great shots, ya’ll are going to love the rest of them! :-D thanks for being rad. heart, mel and adam.

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“CWSC freedom” holiday party.

December 21, 2008 – 2:56 am

these are my sixteen 14, ALMOST 15(!) yr old, daughters.

we were in louisville for a tournament. we thought it be a good idea to intimidate our opponents with fake tats.o, it worked. mine was a pirate. HA

today we played lazer tag during the day and the goofed off at my house til midnight. can you tell they got into our costume bag? lol notice the two wearing

aviators in both the shots above and below? completely unintentional!

a few 2 liters of mt dew later..

i’ve played soccer since i was only a handful of fingers. about 5.5 yrs ago i decided it was

my turn to give back, so started coaching/training club teams for cincinnati west soccer club. my friend maggie and i have had this same group

of girls for almost 4 yrs, year round. since most of them are playing for their high schools now, we decided last season would unfortunately be the end of ‘freedom.’

there was never EVER a dull moment with this group. besides our sweet footskills, we are known for some serious pranking, once (at least) a week visits to skyline, slip ‘n’ slide in the mud,

extreme games of ‘butts up’ and various other activities that aren’t generally appreciated by the typical soccer coach. lol. but hell, we were always a winning team!

i’m so sad the see it end, but i they have all got a special place in my heart. i know, puke, i’m so corny! we will however always hang out and make fools of ourselves!

and if anything i have 16 girls who promise to babysit ANNNYTIME! lol. i love these girls. they mean the world to me. :D heart, coach mel.

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iPHONEography.

December 16, 2008 – 4:26 pm

Guess who started secondary colors today?

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happy 2nd b-day lilo!!

December 9, 2008 – 11:41 pm

.7lbs 10 weeks!

yes, she STILL has to be on top of me when she sleeps. she growls at me when i disturb her. lol. lil’ brat!

NOW she’s 5.5 lbs :( and all grown up. ugh. we used to hide her in our coats and take her everywhere. EVEN restaurants!!

isn’t she pretty:) shes sitting on top of our couch where she always rests her head on our shoulders as we work.

if you know me at all…then you know I CAN’T WAIT TO HAVE KIDS. i want them bad. with us being as busy as we are, we are just trying to figure out a happy medium!

i know everything happens for a reason, but dang i need a medication for this baby fever!! haha. for now we will just love and spoil our lil’ Wewoh like she’s human. :-D happy birthday LILO!

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