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Here’s a note from a recent wedding couple:
Hello Chris and Becky,

I can’t believe summer is over. It was bitter-sweet today as we sent our oldest off to school. It’s amazing how fast the summer flew by! Here is a peek at what we have been doing- lots of weddings! By the way, Madalyn is feeling better, though she is still healing. Also, we got our own family portraits taken this summer- check out our About Us page to see the new images, which now include Henry. Thanks Merrilee!

We had to do it. We had to make our first trip to the Emergency Room last night. Actually, with three kids, it wasn’t a question of “if”, but “when”. Madalyn had the honor of being our first child to do so. She had the misfortune of riding her bike into a parked car (which, I hear, is not all that uncommon). Luckily, she was wearing her bike helmet and her head was fine. Unluckily, it was her knee that took the brunt of the crash. With a wound deemed “too big for stitches”, she is now happily resting at home. All in all, the trip wasn’t too bad and Madalyn was very brave- though she still hasn’t actually looked at her wound, and I can’t say that I blame her!

We are happy to announce our new expanded options with the Contemporary Album line! We now have 12 beautiful colors to choose from for your cover, which allows you to pick the perfect shade to show off your photographs. Also joining the Contemporary line-up: matching parent albums! The parent albums have been such a hit with the Storybook Album line, that we are excited to be able to offer them with the Contemporary Albums, too! As with the Storybook Albums, exact matches will be at a special price, but will also be available to order separately.

We have updated the display windows! I think this is the first time ever that we have had all color photographs in the windows.

We had the summer bridal show on Wednesday and it went well! This year was busier than it’s been since the Wedding Planner & Guide started the summer show, so it’s neat that word is getting out about what a great show it is. Plus, it’s a bit easier to manage than the huge winter show! This is the first time in all the years that we have done bridal shows that we forgot to take a photograph of our booth, so you’ll just have to take our word that it looked great.

We posted some May sessions & weddings (a couple of these were seen at the bridal show) to enjoy, and will be updating our display windows very soon. Also, our Contemporary Albums have gotten better! We now offer more color selections and matching parent albums! And because we love to add new things to our line-up, be watching for a new album line in the next few weeks. The options with this new line are a lot of fun!

On the home-front, Henry has started to crawl! Actually, last weekend was busy for him with milestones: he clapped, crawled, and sat up by himself. He doesn’t understand that his mother needs him to spread out the milestones so she can enjoy them more.

I just received an e-mail from Aaron Johnson, a Wisconsin man responsible for creating the on-line comic “What The Duck”. The comic is about a duck who is a struggling professional photographer, and the e-mail is his simple way of advertising his strip. A few newspapers have picked it up, but it’s popularity has grown mainly by word-of-mouth. Some of the strips are only funny to us photographers, but others hold universal appeal. The thing that makes these comic strips so interesting is that Aaron takes suggestions from his readers, not only for the content, but for the title of the strip, which is named the day after it appears by the best reader post to his site. You can check it out here.

Many of you know that both of us are from and have family in the Cedar Rapids, IA area. Our hometown, as well as the town where we went to college to the north, has been hit very hard by the flood waters from the Cedar River. Our families are safe and dry, but are shocked by the current state of the city. Becky’s mom says that places you never thought would flood are now under water. There are updates and some amazing photographs on The Gazette’s website.

We are excited that the summer bridal show is quickly approaching! It is such a good time to show off new albums and connect with couples that are getting married. Stop by our booth, which is #202, by the main entrance, to see what new offerings we have. We are really excited about the new Proof Books!!! You have to come check them out!

The bridal show is put on by The Wedding Planner and Guide (the same people that do that really big one in January), and it’s next Wednesday, June 18th. The doors open at 4pm. You can check out their website to purchase tickets early, or you can purchase them at the door. Be sure to sign up for the prize package! There are a lot of good things included in it, and best of all, an engagement session by us, with an 11×14 portrait or guest book.

I’ll update soon with a recap of May weddings!