KATIE+CHRIS

remember when you were a kid and thought all the older kids were the most beautiful, cool, funny people you ever met?  it may be longer back for some and not long ago for others.  i'm trying to remember the first time i met katie and her sister becca (her fun engagement session is HERE).  i must have been at least five or six years old.  we were new to valley bible church and i went to the AWANA program, but not to church.  but i always remember looking up to both of them.  in awe.  in the i-want-to-be-just-like-them-when-i'm-a-teenager look.  katie was also my counselor at my first year of camp at Cedar Mountain Retreat.  she stayed with me in the cabin when i was homesick and looked after me like i was her little sister.  she answered my questions about salvation and works and God.  i'll forever be grateful that she decided to play card games like "war" with me while everyone else played on the volleyball court.  :)  even if i did make up my own rules.

and then a few summers ago our youth group had a new leader for the summer.  his names was chris. he was from north carolina.  he was athletic.  chris and katie went to college together at Appalachian Bible College.  chris was katie's boyfriend.  and soon to be fiancé.  :)  k+c now live in Highland ready to serve the Lord up in Northern Utah!  soon they will be a family of three.  :)



our first location was this old abandoned house that i'm always eyeing when driving through cedar city.  i knew it was perfect for chris and katie because they finally have a place they can call home in Highland.  :)  i'm so happy for them!



i laughed soooo hard when i was editing through these next two!  they are so cute and funny.  :)  i hope chris doesn't hate me for posting them.  hehehe.  :)








this photo speaks to me.  pregnancy to me is so beautiful.  so natural.  so human.  so powerful.  this location was so ethereal.  the natural landscape was divine.  i drove by it a few hours before and knew we had to shoot there.  the next image is one of those you just want to put on a huge canvas and cover your walls completely.  a photographer would understand this disorder:  wanting to cover your walls completely with photographs.  yep, i've been diagnosed.



katie's dress is so cute.  especially with her belly bump.  ;)





ohhh their smiles are infectious!  my cheeks hurt.  haha.  although that's always a good sign.  :)



katie and chris,
thank you so much for your time.  i'm so glad we could take these before the little one comes.  :)  i'm praying for you two and also for little baby Caleb!  :)  so happy for you two.  God bless.

 

Cedar City, Utah
Enoch, Utah

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