Thank you to everyone who entered the drawing. Sorry I am a bit late with the results, but I had to take pictures But for now…drumroll please

The winners of the $100 Simply Beautiful Photography gift certificate’s are:

Arla Harris
Elizabeth Cardiel Gallardo
Crystal Gross

The winner of the $50 Ruby River gift certificate is:

Cassie Robinson

The grand prize winner for a night at The Little America is:

Trish Johnson

If you are a winner, please email me at amanda@simplybeautifulphoto.com with your mailing address. I will mail them out to you this week. Thanks again for all who entered and visited my booth at the Bridal Gathering.

Here are some pictures of my girls drawing names for the prizes! Aren’t they cute!! They were so excited to participate. Congratulations to everyone!!! ENJOY…

I want to wish a very special and happy anniversary to my husband of now 4 years. Time has flown by and I can’t believe how far we have come. In the past 4 years we have moved, bought new cars, had a baby, changed several jobs and started several businesses. It is so crazy to think back on everything and all of the special memories we have together. I am so blessed to be who I am and have the family that I do. I am so lucky to have married into a wonderful family and to have a wonderful family of my own who supports us so much. I want to tell my husband Chris that I love him so much and I am so glad to be married him. Thanks for being who you are and supporting me in all that I do. I love you with all of my heart! Happy Anniversary!

I have a booth in an upcoming bridal fair on September 28 and 29 at the Marriot in Ogden. Be sure to stop by my booth (#13) and say Hi! As a result I am changing my pricing and also doing a huge giveaway! I will be giving away a nights stay and the Little America in Salt Lake City, a $50 gift certificate to Ruby River and 3 $100 gift certificates for photography services and/or products. I am also giving away some more stuff as game prizes and drawings at the fair. If you are interested in entering the drawing visit the contact tab on my website www.simplybeautifulphoto.com. I will announce the winners on Sunday September 30, 2007 at 12:30pm on my blog. Be sure to check back to see if you have won! Enjoy…

I did pictures of Lenox last week. His parents are me and my husbands very good friends. They helped me redecorate my room last month (thank you, thank you, thank you!) Lenox was not to crazy about the idea of holding still and smiling for the camera so we had to use a little trickery…AKA smarties. He has them in his mouth in most of the pictures. He was so fun and cute though. We had to take quite a few breaks in between shots to get what we wanted but I just love them! Enjoy….

Once again I am super behind on blogging! It is the story of my life. Lauren and Nolo are getting married in October. When she booked me she told me that she is a photographer as well. She does more landscapes and detail shots more than portraits. I feel very honored that she booked me. I did Lauren and Nolo’s engagements forever ago out at Antelope Island. Can I just say I love that place. It is so great (minus the smell and bugs of course). When we arrived we were walking out onto the beach and there were 2 coyotes maybe 100 feet away chasing bunnies. It was the craziest thing I have ever seen. I felt like I should have been watching the discovery channel instead of in real life. No pictures though, I did not have my telephoto lens with me. Also the wind that night was incredible. It took everything we had to not get hair flying everywhere, which we did anyways, but I loved it! P.S. The sky in these pictures is 100% real. No photoshop needed at all. It was amazing and breathtaking. I have honestly never seen anything more beautiful (besides my children of course). The day of the engagements was super stormy and I thought for a while that we were going to have to reschedule, but the storm passed, minus the wind, and we got this amazingly beautiful sky and clouds. Anyways enjoy….

Heather was referred to me from her friend Natalie, whose wedding I shot last May. I had such a blast with these two from start to finish. Heather and Jay were just so much fun to work with and had no trouble in front of the camera what-so-ever. On the day of the wedding Heather had to be leaving her house at 8am to make it to the temple in time. At 7:40am she decided that she didn’t like her hair and got in the shower. Wow! And needless to say she only left 15 minutes late. What a brave girl! They were married at the Salt Lake Temple and had a luncheon following at the Davis Conference Center. That evening their reception was held in a friend of the family’s beautiful yard. It was amazing! Their wedding was so fantastic and I just loved being a part of it. I got to work with an amazing videographer, Matt with Happily Ever After Video, who made my job so easy! If you need a great videographer give these guys a call. Thanks Heather and Jay and I hope you had a great time in the Virgin Islands! Sorry there are so many pictures. I loved so many of them!