A few weekends ago we headed to the Everett Golf and Country Club for Amy & Derek’s fun fall wedding! I loved that when we arrived…I saw Amy’s mother in law, with a sewing machine out…fixing a bride’s maids dress! It was pretty incredible to see her jump in and get to work. Not only did MJ save the day with the bridesmaids dress…but then Amy’s amazing wedding gown went into the sewing machine as well…and came out perfectly! It was a very exciting way to start a wedding day.

I loved Amy’s cowgirl boots! so cute…and I love that she can wear them long after her wedding day is over. My wedding shoes are still in the box in the closet! 

I love a good reveal…especially to the Brides’ Dad! 

The washington drizzle held off just long enough for us to do a first look outside at the golf course….then…just as I suspected, the rain came back! :(

Amy had the florist include 2 small photos…what a great way to remember the important people that weren’t able to be there with them.

Oh boy. These guys are just as much fun as I thought they would be!

There is something so fun about dressing up for halloween….Its like a time capsule of what kiddos are into right at that moment. We’ve had a batman, Jack Sparrow and this year…a cowboy. And my daughter has been Hannah Montana (twice) a spy, and this year is my favorite…an 80s rock star! I love it!!  It just says a little something about my kids and what they love.

I love this little guy! He is really into Thomas the Train…and catapillers :).

If you haven’t signed up your kids for our First Annual Halloween Mini Sessions….you still have time! Email me at Kaylee@eylanderphotography.com and we will get you booked!

I absolutely loved this costume for Terri’s Scotty, Maggie! The girl is a punk! 

Not only did Anne and Phillip create one of the coolest photobooth backdrops that I have ever seen….they really excelled in the prop region as well….these guys don’t do anything not 100%. They really rocked the funbooth. I mean…have you ever seen have you ever seen a carrot and pea in a funbooth? Or a blow up ostrich costume? Let alone…in a funbooth. seriously. crazy. awesomeballs. Anne has inspired me to make my own crepe paper backdrop for my daughters’s 9th bday. :) Thanks anne!

We had a great time photographing our last wedding of the summer season. I was super excited to have 2 fun, diy weddings for the end of the summer…full of fun details, hand made gorgeousness…did I mention fun? Plus…alot of fun. :)

We headed down I-5 to Chehalis….a town, that I thought I had never really been to….but as we followed google maps to our farm destination…we passed a sign for Thousand Trails…and alas…I have spent a few weeks hanging in the trees and at the Thousand Trails pool with the fam at the Crow Family Reunions! :) Anyway…its beautiful down there….lots of amazing barns in amazing fields and I think I decided I wanted to move there….out of the convergent zone that was being rained on when we left home.

I loved all the Ciara & Cody’s fun details. Some of my faves?:

1. A huge dance floor in the middle of a field, with little white lights around the top….they used this for the stage for the wedding…then it came into its full glory about 9pm when sun went down and the dancing started!

2. Um…The most amazing BBQ from Ranch House BBQ. yum-o!

3. The most orange and white paper lanterns that I have ever seen in a tent! It was gorgeous and just about blew my socks when I walked into the the tent!

4.  I love a bride that wears a fabulous dress and cowgirl boots!

5. I loved all of the burlap details and table runners!

6. The cutest pinwheel background for the cutest desert table ! I kind want one of these for my house…in turquoise, of course!

7. The venue itself was a really cool working farm that was 275 acres!  It was beyond huge and had the most incredible creek running through it. I wanted to jump over the rustic bridge and jump right into that water. I would love to have a creek on my property.

It was so cool to be in a huge field, with nothing else around, but a beautiful view and some Dave Matthews Music.