I received this email back in June from one of the editors at the Knot Magazine...

Hi Shannon,

My name is Jaimie, and I am an editor with The Knot in New York.  I am writing because we are interested in featuring you and your husband in a Real Wedding story in The Knot Michigan.

We ask wedding photographers to send us photos of the most beautiful, fun, extraordinary wedding that they have worked on — Anne Ruthman sent us yours!  From these, we select our favorites to be the handful that go into the magazine. 

Best Regards,

Jaimie

As you all know, I was rather obsessive about planning the wedding, so I was thrilled when I got the email.  Looks like I have a new calling in life

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It's been awhile since I have posted on this blog since Ms. Charlotte has taken over our life.  But I thought I would post some pictures of our wedding album that just arrived last week.

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In our labor massage class that Kayu and I took last month, we learned about some acupressure points that are supposed to induce labor.  We decided to test them out and all I was left with was Kayu's thumb print on my leg.  We will give it a couple of hours to see if Kayu has the magical touch =)

Pressure points.

We tried the Kidney 3.

Kayu's fingerprint.

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Dog? Pony?

Fergi with her gentle leader on.

Oliver playing with his new grasshopper friend.

Giving him the stare down.

Can't get enough sleep in the day.

Dreaming sweet kitty dreams.

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Not quite as many as my mom has grown...but we are getting there.

Sunning in the window.

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Join us for a day at our 350 acre scenic farm and retreat center learning how to grow, preserve, and support local grown food.  Discover local resources, learn new skills, network and enjoy two delicious meals produced with locally raised foods.
Kayu and I decided to join the hippies in Colorado (some of which unfortunately did not wear deodorant) at Sunset Ranch.  We spent the day attending different workshops...composting, canning, and cheese making.  Now Kayu and I dream about cheese and we are thinking about buying a cow share =)

We spotted a kitty that looked like Oliver when we arrived at the ranch.

Bee pollinating the sunflowers.

Walking the labyrinth.

Garden gate.

There were tons of apple trees that covered the property.

Cherry trees.

Kayu cutting the cheese curd.

Tomato sauce and peaches that we canned.

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B-in-B

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Highlight

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We finally got our wedding video...along with some gourmet chocolate chunk n' caramel popcorn to enjoy while we watched it.  I'll be sure to post the link to the highlight reel once they post it on their blog.  We have six copies of the DVD...so the first ones to come visit the baby will get a consolation prize =)

Goodies.

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Pretty purple flower.

In a field of flowers.

Marmoth on the side of the road.

Still snow on the mountains.

Looking small compared to the mountains.

More snow.

Continental Divide.

Poudre Lake.

Enjoying the views.

Pretty clouds in the sky.

Coyote running around.

Bear Lake.

Chipmunk friend.

Elk hanging out by the hotel.

Gone fishing.

Poor little fishies.

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