Dave & Gwen

I have known David for many years through the Church youth group. I have always enjoyed his company and fun personality. David married his sweetheart of many years a couple of weeks ago and I think it obvious what a cute couple they make. Gwen is just as much fun as David and I'm sure they will live a long happy life together. Dave has a wonderful example to follow in his grandparents - they have been married 67 years! Dave and Gwen have a long way to go!!

I thought everyone would enjoy seeing all the fun we had on their wedding day. It was windy, as you can see. It picked up Gwen's veil a couple of times and took it away.

Thanks for the fun guys!!!
Denise

Grand Rapids is truly Grand!

Last week we were in Grand Rapids to photograph the wedding of Stephanie and Nate. They took us downtown to the Gerald Ford Museum where we created so really fun photos. It was a mad dash to get them done before the rain arrived, but we did it. I thought I would share some of them with you. I love them! Hope you do too.

Denise

What a great wedding!

Calvery Bible Church and Kalamazoo Country Club were the beautiful settings for a beautiful wedding. Jon and Marlei had a gorgous day and ended up with great photos. Here is a sneak peek of some of my favorites. Ask Marlei how you can see all of them (if you know her).

Denise

Baby Alayna is welcomed into the family

Friday I had fun capturing sisters for Alayna's birth announcement. They were so cute, I had to share them! I have blocked out Alayna's last name to protect her, but you can see how adorable her announcements are.

Denise

Chris and Lara

What a beautiful day for a wedding! Not only was the weather perfect, but the Bride and Groom we so very nice to work with. They are so much in love and it shows in these photos!! Here are some of my favorites from the day. I hope you like them too.

Thanks Lara and Chris for giving me such beauty to work with and being such a great couple.

Denise

Miss Photogenic

Congratulations Taylor on winning Miss Photogenic in the Applause Talent Dance Competition! We have seen Taylor here at Boyce every year since 2000 and she's always so sweet and charming. This year my mom was teaching her how to "smile with her eyes". We're looking forward to photographing her for next year's competition. Congratulations again, Taylor!

-Rebeca

Extended Bunny Kidz Dayz

We've had a great time photographing our Easter Kidz Dayz set and the kids are all having a blast! We are now completely booked for our original dates and we're STILL getting phone calls wanting to book appointments. So we've decided to extend our special Kidz Dayz set! We now have appointments available for our Easter Special set with Bunnies on Wednesday, March 19. So call now before we book up again! We won't have bunnies again until next year.

We have bunnies!

I went to the pet store yesterday and bought our bunnies! How cute! Growing up we used to have some bunnies as pets and I loved them so much. So now every year when we have bunnies I love to take care of them. Often times while we have our bunny special you might find me sitting at my desk doing my work with a bunny sitting in my lap cause I just love to hold them. This year we have three absolutely adorable bunnies!

From left to right we have Butterscotch, Jessica, and Charlie. To the best of my knowledge, Butterscotch and Charlie are longer haired dutch (which means their ears will stay smaller and strait up) and Jessica is a short haired lop (which means she'll have long floppy ears that fall around her face). They're all up for adoption (for free!) after saturday, but speak up now if you'd like one so we can make sure it's not adopted out to someone else. Anyone can adopt a bunny, you don't have to be photographed to adopt them. They're adorable and cuddly and Jessica especially loves to get attention. If you'd like to come in and see them, give us a call and let us know when you'd like to stop by. That way we can make sure we're not busy photographing while you're here to see them.

We still have a few appointments available on Thursday and Friday, and right now we have one appointment left for Saturday morning. So if you're thinking about this set, call and make your appointment before we're all booked up!

269.321.8888

-Rebeca

Hotel Del Coronado

How stunning! The Del Coronado is everything it is made out to be. Everywhere I turn it is breathtaking. We have been very busy with all the programing and social events. Sunday nights dinner was out on the lawn. The beach is large and very clean. Here are some shots of the grounds. I will post more later. Free time is short here.

Denise

Today was a travel day. We drove from Monterey to Hollywood. It was a long drive and almost all of my photos are from the car. The hardest part of taking pictures from the car is keeping bushes, trees, fences and signs out! The valley between the two mountain ranges is very fertile and full of farms, ranches and vineyards. The hillsides are bright green and all the leaves are coming out on the trees. I tried to find an orchard in bloom, but I guess this part of the state rows celery, broccoli, grapes and strawberries (or the best I could tell). The hills are full of the "California Happy Cows". The actor portrayals on TV have pretty dairy cows being the happy cow, but all I saw was black Angus, a beef cow. I don't know how happy they are, knowing their fate. Maybe that's why TV portrays them as dairy.

We stopped in Pismo Beach for lunch (I remember the Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs is tunnelling to Pismo Beach and ends up in the Sahara or someplace like that). So I had to see Pismo Beach! To our surprise, we ran across Alex Bar-B-Que, voted the best restaurant in Pismo Beach. Of course we had to eat there. We ordered the pulled pork sandwich and the famous Alex French fries which were sprinkled with seasoning (kinda like Lawry's).

As we continued toward LA, we spotted the RV parks here for the retired people. Hey Mom and Dad, look at this, the perfect seaside park. All the RVs are lined up along a road just off the shoreline. Each space guaranteed an ocean view! I think you are missing out on the best view. Dad can go fishing, you can comb for shells and everyone will be happy!!!

Tomorrow we hit Hollywood!

See ya then.

Denise

Big Sur Highway

Dave and I explored the coast today, both up close and from the mountain top. The morning was spent walking the shore in Monterey to watch the waves come crashing in. We then drove to the local state park that is suppose to be a wildlife haven. We saw harbour seals, sea otters and we heard the sea lions, but couldn't find them. There were whales off the shore and all we could see was the spout when they blew out their air. I don't even know what kind of whales they were. The birds here are different too. There is a type of blue jay that is sapphire blue on top and white on the bottom. One bird looks like a small Robin with a red breast, but the top of the bird is black instead of brown and it has white spots on it's wings. We stopped at the Monarch butterfly sanctuary where the butterflies spend the winter. They had started to migrate north again, so there were not many left, but they were flying in the top of the very tall trees. I tried to take some photos of them, but they were too far away.

The afternoon was spent driving back down the Big Sur Highway looking for the "best shot". Sunset's are gorgeous and short. We flew from spot to spot trying to find the "light". What fun!! As soon as the sun set, that was it. Time to head back to the room.

Big Sur

Wow, what a day! Dave and I drove up to the Big Sur highway yesterday and drove through some of the most beautiful farm land I have ever seen!! Everything is geen and blooming. It is definately spring here, which gives me hope for Michigan.

We stopped at Morro Bay for lunch and enjoyed this little fishing town that had huge hints of being California's Saugatuck. There were shops all over the place!
The best part of the day was spent driving the Big Sur Highway up the coast. We were there untill there was no more light. How stunning!!! We will spend today exploring the coast again.

Later,

Denise

California here we come!

Dave and I flew into San Diego today, rented a car and headed north. We drove as far as Oxnard which is just north of Malibu. The traffic through LA was standing still, but Dave and I buzzed right through it. Because their were two of us, we were able to drive in the car pool lane. I have posted a photo from the highway, the beautiful flowers that are growing along the side of the highway, some of the houses on the hillside in Malibu (the parking lot was full along the beach and we could not get anywhere close) and the beautiful sunset on the Malibu beach.

Oh - did I mention it was 71 degrees today and the flowers are blooming and the air is fragrant with their sweet smell.

Later,

Denise