More Wedding Photos

Expect to see lots of these in the next few months as I get my favorite ones. Stephanie is one of my photo friends who made it out to the wedding and did some photography for me. She just posted a preview on her site. What great photos! I'm so excited to see what else she captured.

Pond Path

Pond Path
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Cow Pond

Cow Pond
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The pond the cows are drawn to on the property.

Pink Weed Flowers

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It may be just a weed, but it looks pretty with funky focus.

Building Fences

Building Fences
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Helping Scott and Denise put up some fence to keep the cows off their property.

Preview From Tim

I got an email from Tim Patrick today giving me an update on photos and he sent me one I really liked. There's an old barn on Amy's Manor property that we did some photos in:

Bridezilla!

The horror stories abound about bridezilla. You know the women who have to control everything and they are not above being nasty to anyone and everyone. Well I feel I got the ultimate compliment from one of the staff members at Amy's Manor. They told my sister-in-law that I was one of the most laid back brides they had ever dealt with.

But.... in tradition with brides morphing into bridezilla I do have a picture of The Other Side. Although it could be considered quite the embarrassing photo, I love it!

The girls had so much fun teasing me about being demanding we couldn't resist. I think my only demand that they reluctantly agreed to (albeit not very hard) was my lunch trip to McDonalds :0) Although somehow the toy that Caroline got in her Happy Meal ended up having a prominent seat for the wedding hiding among the flowers.

Wedding Photos

Alright in between having to say goodbye to everybody and having the hillside across from us burn down I've finally got the pictures my brother took all edited and happy. Here's a quick sample, but the rest can be viewed on my website. There will be more to come as I haven't gotten photos from Tim or Stephanie yet and I'm eager to see what photos they took.

Our first look at one another

Cake Kissing

First Dance

Mother & Son Dance

Some amazing girls who did a ton for us.

Near Town

Near Town
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Flames reach up the hillside behind the Okanogan Courthouse tower.

Hot Bingo

Hot Bingo
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The bingo casino and hotel by hwy 97 were evacuated because the fire jumped the highway.

Burning Hillside

Burning Hillside
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Threatening Fire

Threatening Fire
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

There will be more coming. The fire has now swept over the entire hillside that you can view from my living room window. We spent quite a bit of the time up on the hill behind us with Amy and Jeff. I've taken over 350 pictures, but bedtime for me tonight. Check back tomorrow for more photos of the fire and its aftermath.

Wildfire Excitement

Our first wildfires of Okanogan. It really seems like we are surrounded right now. The fire siren went went off three times in about 30 minutes starting around 7pm. There is one fire south near Malott on Rattlesnake Butte, one just up the hill from us near Glover Lane and two on the reservation, apparently all from lightening strikes. From our back porch we watched one of them crest the hill. It's now so smoky that you can't even see the hillside. The fires are just a bit of encouragement to buy a house in town.

Reservation Fire

Reservation Fire
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Reservation Fire

Reservation Fire
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My Wedding

My Wedding
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Here's the first wedding photo to post from the big day. My brother, Jason, borrowed my camera and snapped away for me and it is so nice to get a little preview as to what the two pros, Tim and Stephanie, captured. There will be lots more to come and probably a link to all of them soon, so keep checking back. I'll also have to do the run down on the whole day. It was so wonderful!

Oak in Sepia

Oak in Sepia
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Since I have at least one very close watcher of my blog who has been eagerly awaiting a new post (and I appreciate it very much) I dug around in my picture file and found one from last May. I took a trip to South Carolina and ultimately Virginia for a friend's graduation. I used to live in Aiken, SC and went to one of the most picturesque places around, Hopeland Gardens. This oak sure is the epitome of the south to me.

Travels

Stateside Travels

I had to copy Lisa and at least show off my stateside travels. The world map was a bit sparse as all the countries I've been to are dots, but the US is impressive huh? I've lived in 3 of those states too :0)
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Engagement Photo

Engagement Photo
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

So I have had the idea for this photo in my head for a while. I wish I had a bit better of a setup to do it, but I think it turned out super cute. Kind of an abstract way to show off the ring.

Birds Gone Wild

While at Lake Chelan over Memorial Day weekend I found a comfy rock to sit on right in front of a creek and snapped photos of birds for probably a couple hours. It was pretty fun and I saw a lot of cool birds. The ones below are just a sample, but there were goldfinches, osprey and even a lazuli bunting which I thought was a bluebird. You can see all of them in my portfolio. I even created an all new Bird section because of all the photos I took. Shawn and I have decided that bird watching is kind of fun. Maybe it's the hunt for them with the camera too.