I've been crazy busy editing wedding photos, building slide shows, and trying to keep up with the rest of my patient clients! June 17 I was in Boise, photographing my best friend Karen's daughter's wedding! They flew Lainie in from graduate school in Missouri to photograph with me. We make a great team! So do JulieAnne and Jacob, the happily wedded couple, now returned from a week in Disneyworld. These two have been steady for 5 years and there were no doubts that they have a love that will endure. It was a blast photographing them and their family and friends, all super supportive and enjoying a 2-day party, between the rehearsal and the reception.
The back story, and one that I love to tell, is that Karen and I were best friends in 6th grade. She came from a Christian family, and my family was Christian Scientist, though we rarely attended church. Karen shared with me her faith in Jesus, and I listened without much interest, except that I was intrigued with the relationship she had with her brother Mark, who was the same age as my next oldest brother. Mark and Karen fought, but they also played and seemed to really love each other! My brother and I were sworn enemies. I wanted to have that kind of relationship. She gave me a copy of "The Four Spiritual Laws," which is a little tract, the kind you find in restrooms! I took it home and read it, and for the first time I understood all she had been trying to tell me. I prayed and asked Jesus to be my Lord. My life has never been the same, and within a few years I too had a great relationship with both of my brothers, and still do to this day. The change came with me, of course - I learned how to love. My parents, who were already great parents, came to faith in Jesus a few years later. My dad was the most amazing, wonderful, Christian man, and has already begun his life in paradise. Well, I could go on forever, but I really want to post some pictures!