Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Wedding Pictures By Brandi Lyn Photography

The GREATEST thing happened yesterday!! My wedding photographer dropped off 2 flash drives with all 2064 wedding pictures on them. That's a lot of pictures, 18 GBs to be exact, and I got to re-live mine and Chase's wedding all over again. It was great to see moments that I wasn't even there for, it completed the day for me.

While planning the wedding, friends told me horror stories of how they didn't spend the money, or put much thought into picking a wedding photographer and they didn't end up with any good pictures of their big day. It was the biggest regret of their wedding. I put in hours of research trying to find the right one, or two, photographers for me.

When considering photographers, it was important to me that I found someone who captured what I would have captured if I was behind the camera. Which was great because I didn't have to tell either of my photographers what pictures to take, it was already natural to them. Another big factor in picking a photographer was the 'vibe' I got from their photography. I wanted their style of pictures to match not only me and my husband, but our wedding too. Thanks to blogs, Pinterest and bridal faires I found my photographers.

Brandi Lyn Ribera, based out of Hyrum, UT, did a beautiful set of engagements and our wedding day photos. She was so fun and great to work with and very professional. I first came across Brandi at the Logan Bridal Faire; I fell in love with a first dance photo that she had displayed of a couple silhouetted by a few sets of car headlights. It was beautiful.


Feel free to ask me any thing about working with Brandi, and use me as a reference!

Here are some of my favorite moments from the wedding, I wish I could show you all of them. 
ENJOY!

 I will never forget this moment with my little sister/MOH.

 Such a great group of girls who spoiled me and were there for everything!

 Justin and Kari Koyle accompanied me through the temple. My family and I are lucky to have them in our lives and I am so grateful for everyone's love and support.



 Such a fun rowdy group. Chase and I couldn't have any better friends than this bunch.


All the Single Ladies by Beyonce, will put a smile on anyone's face!!





 The Corvette logo Groom's cake was a success.





Monday, July 29, 2013

Better than your average love story

If I had to pick who the writer is between my husband, Chase, or me, I would not have chosen myself; considering he is a journalism major.  So why am I the one blogging? It sounded like something fun to do. I mean who doesn't have an online journal these days? So here it is, the life of CeAnn and Chase Christensen.

I will brief you on the formalities. Chase and I met at Utah State, his shirt happened to be inside-out on the first outing; luckily I noticed and with the satisfaction of humiliating him, I got to see him shirtless. He is studying PR, I am in physical therapy. We were engaged after dating for 2 months... I am just kidding, we might be LDS but we aren't that ridiculous. We dated for a year and a half before I asked him to marry me, gotcha again; we are a very traditional couple, he did the asking and lucky for him I said 'yes', not in so many words. We recently tied the knot at the end of June.

We are beyond your average couple. We like to cuddle and watch a lot of movies, and I occasionally use a recipe to make dinner for the two of us. Chase likes to help me out around the house, and he always does the dishes after a meal. We get into disagreements, and then we make up. We usually communicate daily via web videos posted on Facebook and sarcastic comments directed at each other on all social networks.

In some ways Chase and I are complete opposites and other ways we are the exact same person, but even though we clash and disagree sometimes, we always are on the same page and can see the situation through the eyes and ears of the other.

I hope you enjoy what is to come.