I need to mention how great it was working with Joe and Katie. They are absolutely beautiful inside and out and their wedding day was perfect! When we took their engagement pictures, Katie brought so many great ideas and you can see that that was just the beginning. I loved so many of the details starting with her accessories and continuing into honoring her parents and grandparents with their wedding dresses set up on mannequins at the reception. I am sure my simple paragraphs here don’t even begin to do it justice. Take a look at some of my favorite shots from the day here.

My wife Allison and I got an amazing opportunity this year to travel to Los Cabos, Mexico for our dear friends’ wedding. We made a vacation out of the week and spent time on the beach, relaxing with family, and I got to go deep sea fishing. I could tell you so much more but I want to let some of the images tell the story.

THE HOT LIST | 7/11

Hobbies:
Hunting – just starting, trying to get into Duck and Pheasant Hunting (P.S. I need hunting friends, especially duck hunting friends for this fall to show me pretty much everything)
Fishing – I am trying to catch one of every species that lives in Iowa this year, probably not going to happen.
Bird-Watching – My late uncle and my mom used to go birdwatching, I guess I am just keeping the dream alive. I will post my life list sometime soon.

Products:
Rainbow Sandals – Just got a pair I have been waiting for forever!
Hollister “High Tide” Shorts – All the cool kids think these are too short, but they are really nice for me.
Aesics Tigers – Still my favorite shoe
Sperry’s – Got some this year, super cool shoes too!

Food:
Casey’s Pizza – been eating a lot of it, wow.
Manhattan Deli – Get the “Friday”, thank me later
Zanzibar – Skim Iced Latte, almost every morning
Baru 66 – Best desert, great people, incredible food
M’s Pub in Omaha – been here twice lately, really good food, great atmosphere, good service

iPhone Apps:

Oh, Ranger – state and national park locator
Starbucks Gift Card
Things
HeyTell
Bible
Audubon / BirdsEye – Birdwatching Apps

Random
The Tampa Bay Bucs
Football
Paypal
Allison Meyer @alimariemeyer
The Downtown Church
Whole Foods
Playing music with Darrin
My Dog

Upcoming Awesomeness
Ellie Goulding in MN
Insanely sweet work projects this fall (can’t tell you yet)
New Nikon d800? d4?
Celebrating 2 years of marriage with Allison!
Hunting with Olive
Cooler Weather
Trout fishing / Antique-ing trip with Allison
New Thrice album

What about you? What is on your HOT LIST right now?

So, I am not a pet person. I was raised in a family that had kids instead of animals, but my wife Allison LOVES dogs. Her dreams are coming true on Thursday night when we bring home this lovely lady “Olive” as she will be called. She is a rescue that Allison put a lot of work into finding. I have never done anything like this so we will see how it all goes. My guess is that I will post many dog pictures in the future so hopefully you like that.

Also do you have any words of wisdom for me? Leave me a comment.

Katie came full of fun ideas and we drove all over Des Moines to find the spots we wanted.

Here are my favorites…

Printed out from Zenfolio (shot on an iPhone)

View the full gallery here