Sammy {Bridals}

Today's post is dedicated to this friend. She's the definition of a strong, beautiful woman and her quirky sense of humor made this shoot a ton of fun. This was one of my first bridal sessions and I'm so glad that we got to go galavanting around Woodward park taking pictures!

Sonja {Bridals}

This session was full of laughter with a dear friend. Not only were we friends through our awesome (read: awkward) junior high/high school phases of life, but her mom was also a youth worker at our childhood church. Talk about having some blackmail on me! The setting and the weather could not have cooperated any better for this shoot and Sonja was absolutely stunning. Thanks for letting me capture these moments!

Megan {Bridals}

This past weekend, two of my very dear friends got hitched. It was a beautiful outdoor Oklahoma wedding full of fun and friends. Prior to their big day, I had the privilege of stealing the bride for an evening and snapping some pictures. We spent the evening in Stuart Park, just northwest of the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa. The weather, the light, and of course the bride were perfect. After mustering all my self-control not to post these before their big day, here are a few of my favorite shots from our bridal session.

Congratulations Ben & Megan!

Living on Tulsa Time

We have been living in Tulsa for almost 6 months now (crazy!) and I am finally starting to feel like this is home. And for someone who has lived in Norman her entire life, that's a big step. We are part of a church and community group that we love, we have regular games of spades with the in-laws (I know, we're nerds) and we are starting to find new places to hang out and socialize in Tulsa. Daisy even made a whole new group of friends on our first trip to the dog park today. It was a proud dog mom moment!

As most of you know from my Facebook post, I also landed my first big girl job this past week! On March 18, I'll be rejoining the OU family as the Associate Director of Recruitment for NE Oklahoma. I'll be teaming up with the awesome people from Prospective Student Services and bringing the OU experience to all the high school kids in my area. Talk about a fun job! It combines the marketing aspect of my degree with talking about my favorite university. What could be better?!

The other great thing about this job is that Seth and I will now be able to buy a house this year! If you've gone through Dave Ramsey's course, you know renting is a drain on your income that you can never get back (although it is necessary sometimes). Thankfully we will soon be able to plug that drain and finally have a place to call our own.

Like any overeager, first-time home buyers, we have been prowling the Internet listings of homes for sale in the Tulsa area. At this stage in the process, house hunting is pure fun. We ooh and aah over all the new floors and kitchen cabinets and imagine what it would be like to live in the $3MM mansion we found on Craigslist. Soon enough we will have to start the not-so-fun part of loan approval, inspections and all the things we are currently pretending don't exist. But until then, it's happy hunting and happy times for these Tulsans!