Leeann Marie | Pittsburgh Wedding Photographers

A preview for Leanne & Chris!  They were blessed with such a beautiful wedding day!

He makes me laugh every single day.

As I sat at my kitchen table this morning, I answered emails and drank coffee from my LA Starbucks coffee mug. The news has been on in the background all morning, and I’m following all that is happening in Boston. I have lots of photographer friends in the Boston, Mass, and Connecticut areas and am definitely thinking about all of them at this time. Watching the news unfold brings so many questions to my mind about the world we live in today and how I simply don’t remember it being like this when I was a kid. Perhaps it was the young naivety that kept me sheltered from all of it – and I hope it’s that way with children today too.

But it’s not just what’s going on today, but this week that makes me realize that sometimes life throws us the unexpected, and dealing with it can be difficult. A day can start so happy, and change in the matter of an instant. A close family friend of ours was recently in a serious accident, and it’s hit hard and very, very real – and so Brad and I cling closer to each other and our family members.

It makes me reflect on marriage a lot this week too, and what it really means to commit to someone for the rest of your life. Through the good, and the unexpected bad. What happens when the world throws you a curve ball that you could have never predicted? Brad and I thought about it a lot this week, and I know that deep in my heart if anything were to ever happen to him – I’m always there for him no matter what. I know it as if there’s just no other option in the world. That’s how it has got to be.

We’re also in the process of making some significant financial decisions, and I think that working together as a team (we always say team) and being realistic about finance, money, and our future has been a huge part of our marriage and why we feel like we can count on each other and hold a lot of trust between us.

I know this is a bit of a ramble, but isn’t today just a bit of a ramble? What I’m getting to is this: we stood on an altar almost five years ago, and we pledged to be there for each other through whatever the world brings. Our life is so happy, but there will be bad. In the world – we see the bad, and it’s unexpected. The most I could ever hope for (in our relationship and anyone out there getting married) is for a sense of trust, reliability, and understanding that no matter what the world brings your way, marriage is bonding and life-giving. Be there for each other – always. Love like there is no tomorrow.

Talking, even while enjoying my bubble tea.

Photos by Jason Groupp.

“OMG. I can’t take his pants. And he is standing way too close. I’m just going to keep looking at my menu… YES! Water. NO! Nothing else” ::eyes averted::

Needless to say, our waiter had on pants that were just way too tight.

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Melissa, Loren, and I headed out to The Smiling Banana Leaf in East Liberty (S’lib!) the other night for dinner. It was Loren’s turn to pick the spot, and I loved that she had me driving through Morningside (where Brad and I used to live!) to get there!  The restaurant was small, and the pants tight, but the food was delicious and the company even better.

We have some great ideas up our sleeves for this summer (I’m bursting to share with you, but can’t until the details are finalized!), and we got to talking about all of the awesome weddings starting in just two weeks! We have a full schedule of working together, and we’ll all get to see each other often throughout the summer. I seriously cannot wait. Both Loren and Melissa are amazing, and together we’re a trifecta  - myself: business. Loren: art. Melissa: you’ll see (if I told you, it’d ruin the surprise!)

Melissa’s chicken pad thai, with a “spicy” scale of “5… or 6.. you know.. between 5 and 6. 5.5”

Not our most flattering, but hey! It was a Thursday?