Suzanne has THE most amazing lips, doesn't she?!

 BLLLLLING! (PS. no, that's not my old Shootsac cover… it's Suzanne's snorkeling bag!)

 GORGEOUS!!!!!!!

 This photo is SO funny to me! As I was processing through these and run across it, I laughed WAY out loud and immediately asked Mike for an explanation.  I guess this kid was just roaming around, unsupervised, looking up towards all of these men to be picked up.  Luckily, the lifeguard (blue shorts) saw this and saved the day.  Still… the guys had NO idea what was going on.  Soon after, the boys father (flowery shorts)… joined them.

Maybe the little boy was just looking for a dad with a hairy chest!  

And uhm… I don't know about you… but there's something COMPLETELY distracting about something in this photo and it's RIGHT where my eyes go. I can't stop. It's an uncontrollable eye movement. AHHHHH!

 OHHHH YES! Jean-Guy is a fisherman (they call it "lobstering")… we're talking… REAL fisherman… as in… Deadliest Catch style…. OHHHHH YESSSS!!!! Actually all of the men pictured here are fisherman. ANYWAY… Jean-Guy's INCREDIBLY strong… As I was standing on the far right shooting down the line… he did THIS out of NOWHERE!  Luckily for me, Mike was RIGHT there and snapped it while I stood in awe at this ability! I mean, have you ever seen anything like this?!  Mike's favorite

 AAAAAARE YOUUUUU KIDDDDDDDING MEEEEE??!? BTW, Suzanne's a photographer in Nova Scotia She knew how to work it out for the camera!

I couldn't decide between this series… 

 …or this one. So, I posted them both. It's my blog Betties… I MAKE THE RULES! Anyway, Suzanne, you're stunning. I could have photographed bridals of you all day. ALLLL DAYYYYY!!!!!!

 Meet the bridesmaids Jacinda on the left and Lacey on the right. I'm telling you, every woman in attendance at this wedding was ridiculously good looking. I mean… some of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen.  Someone who's not originally from their hometown told me, "ALL of the women in Pubnico are beautiful… I've never seen anything like it!!" I gotta tell you… I never have either! I think we're moving there… Mike could be a fisherman and I could just be hot.  Good plan, eh?

"I, Suzanne… take you… HOT TAMALE, HAIRY CHESTED, STRONG FISHERMAN, Jean-Guy…. " (I'm paraphrasing a bit… but you get the idea)

 Sometimes i see these photos that Mike takes and I wonder what exactly I was saying or doing to get that reaction… Honestly, I don't remember.  People ask me all of the time what I say or do to get people to laugh like this. The answer: I'm 110% Bobbi. Why put on a show? Shows are lame anyway.

 Oh, hello amazing Jamaican light! Think you could visit the Midwest on occasion? PLEEEEEEASE????

  This photo makes me miss you two. To me, this represents your relationship perfectly. I love how you love each other. This one's my favorite!

 chess set… RANDOM!

 OOOOKAY! Two consecutive wedding blog entries with a contest! I better slow this down or I'm going to go broke!

When I saw this photo, I IMMEDIATELY thought of a scene from a movie… can you guess which one?! $10 iTunes gift card to the first person who guesses.

::UPDATE:: Not one, but THREE of you got it! I REALLY thought this one was going to be a harder one. You guys are WAY too smart for my goofy little contests.  So, congrats to Kassia Reedy, the first one to figure it out!  The answer: "It's that African Anteater Ritual" from Can't Buy Me Love!

 Just because they're beautiful doesn't mean they don't have a funny face. I mean… EVERYONE has a funny face! If you don't, go to the mirror and make an official one, NOW! Maybe sometime I'll show you mine They saw it!!!!

 The VERY end of the reception Suzanne's brother Georges asked to borrow the drummers drum sticks and THENNNN… SHOWED 'EM HOW IT'S DONE!! It was the perfect end to the night. 

RUNAWAY BAY, Jamaica.

The people who made this day happen:

I emailed Suzanne and Jean-Guy a series of questions… told them to pick out whichever ones they wanted to answer

Favorite moment of the day?

Suzanne: Walking down the aisle and seeing my handsome fiance!
Jean-Guy: When Suzanne walked down the aisle.

Funniest memory from your wedding day?     

We would have to say BOBBI!! haha

Best wedding purchase?   

Having Bobbi and Mike to photograph our special day, you guys are the best    

Bonjour Suzanne and Jean-Guy!

From the hairy chests (that I was a weeee bit obsessed with, HA!), to Jean-Guy's dancing dad, to the videographer who had the best view in the house , to my French going WAY down hill by the end of the night (JEEEN GIE!), to the waiter who thought this fair maiden didn't need water, to the bouquet that looked like a J , to me being a FLAMENCO DANCERRRR, to Suzanne and Jacinda battling it out with the most incredible limbo I've ever seen… ending in Suzanne falling flat on her butt… … and that's just a FRACTION that comes to mind when I think of the hilarious and awesome moments that were your wedding day.

Oh, and wow to your friends and family… I'm a HUGE fan!!! We'd love to come visit Nova Scotia someday! Luckily for us, you're all bilingual Before I come though, I'm going to learn some French… and more than all of those words that your bridesmaids were teaching me!  

LOVE YOU GUYS!

~La pine a bobbi+mike +

PS. did I impress you with my "Bonjour" ?!

PPS. Just an FYI: Suzanne… pronounced, SUZ-ONN.  Jean-Guy… pronounced, ZHAUN-GEE. The J's in French sound like ZH. I feel so cultured with all of this new knowledge!

 HEEEERE WE ARE!!!!

 Oh yes, I like sitting on beach-side gazebos, smiling from ear-to ear… all while appearing to be taking a big ol' poopy!  Sorry I'm so pretty… 

 WHERRRRE'S WALDO?!

I was doing a LOT of smiling that day

 Oh Mike… you're SO handsome!

 DO NOT BE MAD THAT WE ARE RIDICULOUSLY GOOOOOD LOOOOOKING!!!!!! I did this once to try and make him laugh. He didn't.  Instead, he responded with showing me that he could do the same. I handed the camera to Suzanne, and she took a picture of our mad skills   Oh, and btw, that's not my official funny face.

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Her engagement ring… my favorite. If I were to get mine reset… I'd make it just like hers.  BTW, can you guess what I shot this on?

 Christine, you're cute!

 meanwhile…

 I don't fullllly remember the story… but I do remember that Christine calls him Wolf… so, as her gift to him, wolf cufflinks.  I'm telling you… two thoughtful brides in a row giving the perfect cufflinks… I see a 2010 trend!

 You would think that with all of the shoe photos I show on this blog that I was a "shoe person"! hmmm… not the case I wear ugly, yet comfortable shoes. Our brides, however…. have AMAZING taste in shoes!!!! And I DO love photographing amazing shoes… so, maybe I AM in fact a shoe person… just not in the traditional sense

 Dan's funny

 Such a cool photo!

 CHEEEERS!

 CHRISTINE?! AYKM WITH YOUR BEAUTY?!??! SO gorgeous!!!!

 This wedding party = INCREDIBLE!!! 

 I was probably saying something incredibly inappropriate. It's a specialty of mine.

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 bring it in TIGHT!

 Christine put lots of energy into her details… and it showed! I'm a fan

 Their "guestbook"

 Dad's speech

 OH how I love the first dance!

We had a little competition!

 AHHHHHH!

 $10 iTunes gift card to the first person who guesses the song they're singing to… (if you were there, you're ineligible… DUH!)

UPDATE: contest over… It seems that it was guessed pretty early! Sorry I'm getting to this a bit late as I worked out this morning and am JUST NOW sitting down at my computer.  Seriously… after only FOUR comments someone guessed?!?! I need to make these contests more difficult! The answer: Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" So… congrats to Jessica Webb! There were also at least two others who guessed right, also… so big high fives to you!

ST. LOUIS, Mo.

The people who made this day happen:

Day of Coordinator: Stephanie Burke & Brit Tucker
Hair and Makeup: Holly Speakes – Procolour Cosmetics
Church: Mary Mother of the Church
Florist: Lesher's Flowers
Reception Venue: The City Museum
DJ: Tom Rotter, Block Rockin' Beats
Cake: The Cakery
Etsy: 15 different Etsy vendors contributed to make our day amazing, from our invites to the bridesmaids' individual jewelry items to our rusted table numbers.  My favorite item, however, was my capelet shrug bolero by Madelin Zero

I emailed Christine a series of questions… told her she could pick out whichever ones she wanted to answer

Favorite moment of the day?

Christine: After the recessional, we went straight into the cry room and someone (maybe our coordinator?) shut the door so it was just us and Bobbi.
Dan: I actually thought we were going straight back out to the bus, so I didn't know what was going on
Christine: …it was just us, alone, for a few minutes for the first time in days.
Dan: And it was a perfect first moment together as husband and wife.

Any advice for future bride/grooms?   

Christine: Hire the following: a Day of Coordinator and bobbi+mike   
Dan: Something my groomsman Ben passed on to me – take a break and put yourself in the moment as much as you can – you've never experienced a day that fast in your life

Funniest memory from your wedding day?     

Christine: This clip being played right before he played the associated song.  Totally us, and totally a suprise (thanks, Tom!)    
Dan: Christine's five year old cousin, after dancing with the tambourine for seemingly hours, turning to Christine at the end of the night saying, "Excuse me, what would you like me to do with this?"  

Favorite bobbi+mike moment?   (for the record, this question wasn't included in my list… they just threw it in! )  

Dan: When Mike awarded me "Quote of the Year" for saying, "It only takes one pair of white socks to ruin a wedding".     
Christine: When we stopped for beer after the ceremony and Mike went in to the gas station to get Bobbi a soda and snack.  We're both lucky to have amazing, thoughtful husbands

What was your favorite thing about your wedding?

Nacho. Cheese. Fountain.  Enough said.

::EDITED TO ADD::

By popular demand… the famous nacho cheese fountain

Christine and Dan, thank you for having fun with us! From getting ready to the reception… the entire day was full of perfection.  Christine, you did an AMAZING job of planning an incredible day. And to your wedding party… you guys are the DEFINITION of what a wedding party should be!

MUCH LOVE!

~bobbi+mike +

 HEEEEERE WE ARE!

 And, yes yes yes… me with my two brides! Christine and Bridget

 SO hot.

 Workin' out the "photobooth"!

 Gosh, there's a WHOLE LOTTA me in this blog entry… but I COULD NOT resist taking a photo with THE BEST wedding planners in St. Louis.  

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 Usually I wouldn't start a blog entry with a photo of a detail… but let me tell you… THESE shoes were QUITE the show stopper!  VERY much Laura's favorite element of the day. 

 She waited until I photo'd the shoes to put in the "foot petals"  Though, upon further examination… their shape (sitting on her knee) is quite interesting…

 This is SOOOO Laura… and I adore her!   You see, they had to do some SERIOUS teasing to get her hair to have a good poof…  I've never seen hair teased up that high! (which would explain why her hair didn't BUDGE the entire day!)

 She had this hanger made by an Etsy artist… Pretty cool, huh?!

 Chuck is a journalist… Laura gave these vintage typewriter key cufflinks to him the morning of their wedding.  One of the many things I learned about Laura that day… she's an incredibly good and thoughtful gift giver!

 …. SEEEEEE… he likes them!

 On the way over to the church, we were all on the bus when Laura snuggled in to his neck to smell for Chuck's cologne… "Are you wearing the cologne I got you?!"

He responded… "I put it on!"

She sweetly moved in to smell his neck…

"WHERE?!"

Maybe you had to be there… it was super funny. I told Mike about it later and he said… "I watched him put it on!" I thought to myself… Mike never remembers little things like that… weird!  Then I saw this photo… and realized why he remembered! That's quite the memorable expression for the application of cologne! Chuck is so expressive/animated!  I'm a fan

 ABBBBBBSOLUTELY our FAVORITE part of the day… this was THEEEEE best first sight we've ever ever EVER witnessed.  Chuck turned around to see her and with THE most genuinely astonished look on his face he exclaimed, "WOW!!!! You look like a model out of bridal magazine! You're so beautiful!!!!" Meanwhile Laura is wiping tears.  MAN OH MAN I'm giving this ZERO justice as I'm not good at telling stories… but I assure you… it was one of the most perfect and genuine moments we've seen.  Mike's favorite photo

 BRING IT IN TIIIIIGHT!!!!!

 Cleveland in January = COOOOLD! these two were TROOOOOPERS! Laura said, "cold is temporary… these photos we'll have forever" Yeah… told you I adore her

 OH how I wish more guys would wear fun socks! (hint hint hint…)

MY favorite!!!!!

 Laura did ALLLLL of the calligraphy… and it was beautiful (and properly bobbi+mike branded!)

 AHHHH!!!!!! SO FUNNY!!!!!! Right as she was getting ready to feed him the cake… she faked him out and took the first bite

 I cannot get over the perfection that is this photo… Chuck, I love how you love her.

 Then we went out for a few minutes to get some nighttime downtown Cleveland amazingness.

 Dontchya wish you were invited to that party?! BOOOYA!!!! WE WERE!!!!!

 The most amazing ending to an awesome day.

Notice her bustle came loose? You see… right before the reception, her bustle broke.  Now, I don't mean to brag… but I'm kind of the queen of the bustle.   I'm also the queen of humbleness! Anyway… as soon as it broke, the wedding planner ran over with some safety pins… Laura has been reading this blog for quite a while and has known of my bustling triumphs… "BOBBI! YOU CAN FIX IT!!!!!" So, I went to work and guaranteed its quality… 

"It'll last all night, I promise!"

Well… 4+ hours later… as they were doing their FINAL dance… four safety pins fell onto the dance floor and out came her bustle. As soon as the song ended, she noticed, looked at me and exclaimed "PERFECT TIMING!"

….WHEW!  Close call… Luckily for me, I can still claim my throne as the queen of the bustle

CLEVELAND, Ohio.

The people who made this day happen:

Wedding Planner: Valarie Kirkbride Falvey of Kirkbrides
Hair: Deena Nicely of Sublime Salon, Orange Village, Ohio
Makeup: Ramona Dauksiene
Church: St. Raphael Catholic Church, Bay Village, Ohio
Florist: Grande Designs
Reception venue: Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square
Caterer: Sammys
Band: The Jerry Bruno Orchestra
Cake: Flour Girl
Reception Lighting: Vincent Lighting
Etsy vendor for hanger: LilaFrances (I asked because I knew many of you would want to know!)
Photographers: bobbi+mike, duh.

I emailed Laura a series of questions… told her she could pick out whichever ones she wanted to answer

Favorite moment of the day?

The last dance funky reprise of "Stand By Me" – I think it's impossible to get tired of that song, and the fact that they played it twice – for the first and last dance – makes me happy Chuck liked when we were announced as "Mr. and Mrs." at the reception and I kind of dove onto him and kissed him. ha!

…By the way… see the last photo above… THAT'S the moment she's referring to!

Advice for future brides/grooms?

Other than hire Bobbi+Mike?! Hire a wedding planner! Valarie was phenomenal – I didn't worry about a thing all day.

Would we change anything?

Nope. It was perfect. (other than the broken bustle – Bobbi to the rescue!)

…a quick tip from me… make sure your bustle consists of more than one tie!

Favorite purchase?

Other than my Kenneth Pool gown, my Shannon Britt shoes were a fave. Hopefully they don't look like Eskimo shoes in the pictures – they were just too much fun!

Laura and Chuck…. AHHHHH!!!!! You two are the BEST BEST BEST!  We loved every second of your day. We TRULY felt like old friends with fancy cameras From Chuck's excitement about his gift (a fancy new Canon camera!!!!) and sharing it with us during your first sight… to the trip with just me around the block in the limo bus right after your wedding… not ONCE did we feel like "just your photographers." Usually we try and blend into these private moments as they we're not even there… however, that's not how you two roll… and it was perfect Thank you for being you… 

MUCH LOVE!!!!!!

~bobbi+mike +

PS. blogreaders, could use your help here… is there anything else I could add to the followup questionnaire that you'd like to know?? This new blog format is still so new to me!

Nice photo bomb there Brent! PS. I assure you, I start out the day looking a WHOLE lot fresher… EEEKS!

 first sight…

 My famous dorky winter hat

 Testing the light before they came outside…

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 Emily, like yours truly, never wears makeup… when she saw her reflection in the mirror… her jaw dropped, "wowwww…."

 …meanwhile… the guys went in for a shave… where they appear to have props

 HA!

Time to get serious folks.

That's Emily's sister Leslie helping with the veil… I called her Katherine all day And why did I call her that?! Because I think she happens to look JUST like Katherine Heigl!

 Are you kidding me with that gorgeousness?!

 One of my favorites

 This photo CRACKS me up… the guys were running pretty late getting ready… so, I'm guessing Nick saw it as more efficient not to unbutton then re-button his shirt, but rather… just put it on over his head.

 waiting…

 This photo = perfection. Mikey's favorite

 It was FAREEEEEEZING outside!!!! As in… -4° windchill.  As in… the COLDEST we've EVER shot in, EVER. As in… we shot these in 5 minutes… GO GO GO GO GO!!!!!! I'm telling you, they were trooooopers!

 Bring it in tiiiiiiight

 Wacky Bobbi!

 I adore you two

 Nick drives a SmartCar… Emily surprised him with a grooms cake shaped as one!

 …right before they were announced…

 piano BLINNNNNG!

 They took lessons Cantchya tell?!  Another favorite

I love love love how snuggled in she is…

side note for photographers: EMBRACE THE GRAIN!!!!!!

 …..and they're off!

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.

The people who made this day happen:

Hair: Heather Price at A Do Hair Design
Makeup artist: Kelly Moffitt
Church: Meridian Street United Methodist
Florist: Pam Avenius at JP Parker
Reception venue: Indianapolis Museum of Art
DJ: Mark Beecher
Cake: Kahn's
Wedding planner: Rayna Traylor

Favorite Moments (according to emily+nick)

too many!! Nick and I could not believe how quickly everything went by!

Emily's:
1. Seeing Nick for the first time at the end of the aisle (duh)
2. When Nick started crying during our vows… ok, so did I
3. Dancing with my dad at the reception
4. Seeing everyone at the ceremony and reception who traveled in 5 degree weather to celebrate with us!

Nick's:
The whole day, there wasn't anything that wasn't perfect! But if I had to choose, when Emily walked down the aisle.

Emily and Nick, your day was truly something I'll carry with me forever… from the fun we had at the salon (thanks for the Tomato soup!) to the first dance… the entire day really was perfection.  Oh, and your friends make me laugh… LOVE me some band-o's!!!!!

MUCH LOVE!!!!!!

~bobbi+mike +

PS. As they were RUNNNNNING out the door… we very quickly tried to grab a photo of the four of us… but it didn't turn out

PPS. So, blog readers… what did you think of the new content???

 I look like I'm wearing one of those Jamaican style hats with the dreads included… except mine is the carrot top version

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