Anth and Allison's Wedding... my shameless plug!!!

I was given the opportunity to photograph my cousin's wedding this summer.  I've never done any work professionally before and thought it was such an honour for them to trust me with this special day.  Approximately 1000 photos later, hours of editing and then waiting for their wedding book to arrive I was able to hand off my work to them.  I'm proud of what I did, definitely learned a lot and have booked my first paying gig from it to do a wedding next summer.  Would love to take photos, family or baby or maternity or wedding or whatever, and see where it all goes.  I love to show the people the way I see the world using my camera.  


Here are a few of my favs from their wedding, I just loved the day so much.  They are extremely special people in our lives and I think I was able to capture how wonderful I think they are.

These following photos were all taken on my Grandparents' farm

Seriously, how awesome are these guys!!!  One of my fav photos, such good sports!

Cutest ring bearer in history... I might be a little biased!

This is the photo I'm most proud of... congrats to both of you.  Keep loving each other as much as you do in this photo and there will be years and years of happiness!

If you are needing a photographer, but you are on a budget (or just like my work), I'd be more than happy to give you a quote and take some photos for you.  Email me at mandi_wolfe@hotmail.com

70 Years Young... A trip to Kane Acres

Today is my Gramma's 70th birthday.  She is an indescribable woman and I'm so happy to have her as a role model in my life.  Many many many days in my childhood were spent on my Grandparents farm, so each time I go back it's a walk down memory lane.  Today, not only did I get to celebrate 70 years of life, but also share this special place with Sam.


Happy birthday Gramma.  I love you more than you will ever understand...

Great Grandpa taught me how to smash playdo balls...

SMASH!

Now a quick lesson on airplanes... don't want to brag but my Great Gramps is a pilot who owns his own plane!  Maybe one day I'll get to go up with him!!!

Auntie Brie teaches me about chicken, but I don't like them!  I don't trust those noisy birds!

YES!  We found a tra-turrr.  Best day ever!

All sorts of fun things on the farm!

Sam with the birthday girl.

My Gramma is an amazing artist creating beautiful pieces out of everything... and I mean everything: willow, oil paints, feathers, pencil crayons, water colours, glass and millions more.  She looks at the world through the eyes of someone who find beauty in everything.  We made t-shirt of some of her art pieces today so that we could be her walking art gallery.  This doesn't even do all her work justice, but hopefully it shows how much we all admire and love her.

Fall Family Photos...

There is an absolutely beautiful park 20 minutes out of Airdrie.  It's a real hidden gem and we are so happy that a family friend told us it existed.  It was the perfect place for some photos of my guys.  Both Sam and Shaun are such good sports when it comes to my undying urge to capture every moment.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Shaun takes Sam down by the creek

Sam loved watching the water... so distracting!

Laughs with Mommy

Nothing better than smooches!

Love

Family

My boy o'boy!

The Connolley's

This rock in the middle of the creek was a huge hit.  So was the leave 'snow storm' that happened while we were here.  A gust of wind plucked hundreds of leaves from their trees and they snowed down on us.  Pretty amazing.

One last shot before the drive back home for nap time.

The Cracker Thief

Cooking supper I notice a strange calm has come over the house, followed by a crinkling from the pantry.  I open the door to find...

My Baby Picasso

This morning we took out a little paint sheet Sam got at Airdrie Fest and tried our hand at painting.  It was very neat to get to watch Sam figure out the process of wetting his 'brush' and dipping it in paint before colouring the page.  Not going to lie, a lot ended up on his neck (no clue why he kept putting the brush there), but for the most part he was very interested in it.

Dip dip dip the brush in water...

then rub it on the colour...

and BAM paint!!!

Wait a second, this is a q-tip not a paint brush!!!

From the artist's point of view.

That is one proud little boy.  First painting to go up on our fridge.  I love it.

Daddy's Big Run

Shaun has been running since the new year at the gym at his work.  I knew he was running, but I had no idea how hard he had trained!  We loaded up early Sunday morning to head to a 10km race in Canmore.  There were thousands of people (there was a 5km and half marathon the same day), so it was something very cool to be a part of.  The crisp mountain air made me worried that we'd be cold, but Sam kept me very busy until Shaun crossed the finished line... really no time to think about being cold.  Shaun did an amazing job... he finished 31st out more than 600 people!!!!  The beautiful mountains, my baby cheering O, O, O (go, go go) and my wonderful husband running across the finish line... almost a tear jerker for this sappy mom!!!  I'm so proud of Shaun... maybe one day I'll be able to run with him!

GOOD MORNING racers!!!!

The Connolley cheer squad (we are actually wearing matching outfits!)

Pre-race

Sam's favorite part of the run was the platform in the middle of the field.  He jumped off a BILLION times!

Hey Dad, wait for me!!!

I knew he'd come back for me!

Some of the 10km runners... can you see Shaun?

Shaun crosses the start line and his time begins!

We watched these stationary mini loaders for a long time... better than the zoo apparently!

Water break!  Watching for daddy is exhausting!

And here he is finishing about 45 min later!!  Yay!

Post-race photo

Being a biggest fan is hard hard work!  Sam was tuckered right out!

We celebrated at the park after returning to Airdrie... note, matching outfits .