Previous posts with photos from this wedding found HERE & HERE.

The bride waits to go into the church...

Adam waits for Tara inside the church...

Tara's brothers and nephews:

Mom greets Tara by the limo:

Tara arrives in the church lobby:

Daddy looks more nervous then Tara. :)

Yup..I was always behind the professional!

Taken with the Tokina 12-24, handheld, no flash, some super high ISO (LOL):

I don't always get to see them all but they'll always be my girls!

(I just wish everyone was looking at the same camera)

Adam graciously took this shot for Tara and I on the balcony steps..I love how it came out.

Nice work Adam!

A little dark but the only full length shot of Tara and I the whole day...

Barbra! If only you saw the photo before this one... LOL

Tara and Tracey...my 2 best friends from my college days.

I always got a kick out of the 3 of us going out together...the redhead, the blonde and the brunette. :)

Adam!!

Nice work on the photo Tara!

And I couldn't end the night without a photo with me and my 2 photos subjects of the day!

Just wanted to share these fun friends shots since I rarely get in the photos! LOL!

Next post I'll be sharing a selection of weddings shots that I've edited over the past 2 nights.

I've been in and to so many weddings that it felt natural being able to help out for the day. It was SOOOO hot out but we made it through the day without anyone melting... LOL

I arrived early and photographed the ladies getting all beautified at the salon, went back to Tara's parent's house and photographed everyone getting ready and quickly got ready myself. The official wedding photographer arrived and took his formal shots, I followed them to the church and I photographed as much of that as I could there, then we all headed to Spring Lake for formal bridal party and then a quick stop at Spring Lake beach for photos of just Tara & Adam.

After the formal photos we headed to the reception in a beautiful ballroom looking over the ocean. When the night ended I drove the bride and groom back to the hotel, we all gathered at the hotel bar, eventually got some sleep, and all met at 10am yesterday for a great breakfast in the hotel lobby.

I took about 1500 photos (not sure if that's the real total...I'm still counting *LOL*) They will me take forever to edit but I'll get it done!

This is my favorite of the day:

I couldn't help applying a texture. Thanks, Heather, for the original coloring underneath this texture.

Still, it's interesting though, to think about differing reactions the attacks evoked.  In the south, or at least my section of it, there was sadness and outrage. People openly talked about it, and the reactions could be characterized as "citizens concerned for their country."  In New Jersey, it's a little bit different.

9/11 is not really spoken about much up here.  To many, it's very personal, and it's very painful.  The simple truth about Jersey is this: the further north you go, the more you're in the shadow of New York City.  Basically, a LOT of people live in Jersey and commute to NYC.  So, many people know somebody who either died there or at least witnessed the attacks.  Still, it's interesting that, now and then, there's an open acknowledgement.    I live in the north end of Brick, and to cross into Monmouth County, you cross over a bridge.  For years, that bridge has been under construction, but it's nearing an end.  As it turns out, the bridge is a 9/11 memorial, as well:

Right now, there are three of these Tower/Pentagon pillers.   A fourth is currently being cast in concrete:

And on both sides of the bridge, these words have been set, repeating across the entire span:

Then she got ice cream for the first time from the ice cream truck that comes through our neighborhood all the time. I was a little weirded out. :-) She loved it though. She picked out a Spongebob popsicle, and loved it. It was worth the 2 bucks.

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Brielle had a little playdate tonight! She had some trouble sharing with Kennedy, but we're working on it. She's been the center of attention for awhile now, so we're having to "reteach" sharing. Thanks to Matt and Joanna for dinner, it was awesome!

Brielle also did a #2 twice today, both times in the potty. I can't say how GREAT that is. She's not totally potty trained, but this is a big step in the right direction. She's not asking to go, she still needs to be reminded. Now that she's in training pants, poo is BAD. The pants don't have tabs, so you have to pull them off of her legs. That can be difficult, as you can imagine.

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It was nice to be back to church this morning. Lael and I went, and Joan (Lael's mom) and Barbara (Lael's aunt) were kind enough to watch the kids so we wouldn't expose them to any sick kids. Today should be the last day we have to quarantine the kids anymore. YES! We had to be really careful with them since we found out about Bryce, so it's very freeing to not have to keep them away from other kids now. We had a little family get together tonight at my parent's home. Brielle LOVED the little swing on the apple tree. She would ask me to push high, pockets off (I needed to take my hands out of my pockets and push her), faster, etc. She is starting to talk a LOT more, and even make short sentences. Like she just said 20 seconds ago to grandma, "No more diaper, no thank you!" Actually, it's more like , "No more deepa!! No gank you!! " Ah yes, the joys of bedtime. She's asking to go "polly" now, she's learning to stall. How's this for a real-time play by play! I need to go...Bryce needs his meds.

I decided to look at some old pictures of Brielle and Bryce we have on Flickr.  Here are some older pics.

I've been reading John lately.  To get to know Jesus better, I need to learn about Him, I love reading the New Testament.  Anyway, I searched today on why Jews don't believe in Jesus because of all I've read over the years about how much the Jews hated Jesus.  The one website I saw listed a few spurious reasons why they don't.  But there are so many prophecies and signs that He is the Messiah, I don't understand why they don't believe in Him, other than their blindness.  The arguments the Rabbi put forth were very weak, in my opinion.  The evidence for His divinity far outweigh what I've read against it.  I feel very saddened for the Jewish nation.

We watched the newest episode of "The Office".  Just when I thought they couldn't make the show more uncomfortable and realistic, BAM, it hit me like a ton of feathers (you think that wouldn't hurt, but c'mon, a TON is a TON!).  It was really funny.

Here is a humorous picture of a kitten getting a bath.

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Today was a great day, I had a good day at work, very productive. I felt good about how things went, and how I treated people. I left from work to drive straight into South Bend to spend some time with some friends of ours, and my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew for dinner (along with my family of course). We took five kids to the park after having a great dinner. We had three two year olds, a seven month old, and a 2 1/2 month old. It was fun, but not dissimilar to trying to lasso 45 drunken calves with a piece of dental floss four inches long. I may be exaggerating a small bit, but you get the picture. I'm fascinated at how much energy little kids have, and conversely, how little I have the older I get. It's worth it though. Even though a two year old can be very independent, headstrong, and disobedient; the times that she says "Daddy, dance!", or "Daddy, play!", make it all worth it.

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