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Meet Tyler and Erin.

He’s in a band, she’s an assistant softball coach, both are elementary school teachers and both have ridiculously beautiful smiles … and I gotta to say, I love all of the above!

Despite the drawbacks of our first location (i.e. bird bones, a seriously dirty floor, and ginormous dust bunnies which later lent my oldest to ask me if dust bunnies were alive), I’m still pretty excited we took advantage of some warm(ish) indoor pics before heading out into the snow.

{Lovin’ Tyler’s laugh so much here}

{in retrospect it’s kinda funny that I had them sitting on a blanket and then later took them out to sit on the cold, wet snow without one}

{safe}

{could have probably photographed these two all day with all their great smiles, laughter and bright blue eyes … oh wait I just about did!}

Then we bundled up and headed outdoors.

Hello Sunshine. It was so nice of you to show up today.

And now let the real fun begin.

Playgounds + Snow + Elementary School Teachers = Lots.O’.Fun! (And lots of frozen-ness too, but I didn’t notice that until after the session when my pants were soaking wet and half frozen … I’m sure Erin and Tyler felt the same way!)

Whenever I look at this next batch of images, my heart seriously does a little flutter …

I can’t tell you how much I love Erin right then and right now for diving into the snow at me! I guess as a former collegiate softball player I should have expected that from her!

And this picture makes me happy because, you see Tyler, he didn’t dive into the snow. But he’s awfully nice to brush off his fiancé, isn’t he?

I’d like to give Erin props for the this next shot. I think she envisioned it from the time Burris was mentioned as a location. (I’d also like to say that at our first location she found a huge light bulb and with her art direction–used it as a prop. Just so you know what you’re seeing when you see that photo pop up in their video).

{yep, love it}

Sunshine. Snowy Slide. Wet Pants. Sunshine. Worth it.

Once again, so loving their ability to have so much fun in a freezing environment!

Snow Angels!

So as you can see, I had a blast. And both (including Tyler) said they had fun too.

And you might be wondering why I’m shooting an engagement session when I don’t shoot weddings? Thankfully every once in awhile some still come my way. And the best part is, I get to hand this beautiful couple off to the insanely talented photojournalist, Jill Nance who will photograph their wedding.

Erin and Tyler, thank you for loving the snow with me. Best of all thank you for loving each other and letting me be there to capture it!

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