summer of looooove

Things are finally ramping down... the air is cool, the leaves are looking fragile, and the summer of love has almost passed. I thought it would be quite nice to pay homage to the friends and family members who have "tied the knot" in the summer of '07 and were kind enough to let us share in their celebrations...

Christy & Rich
August 4, 2007 at the Crooked Lake House, Averill Park, NY
Wedding Photography by my hubby, John Yost. Christy is one of his high school friends, and having seen John's photo series of the Crooked Lake House, she asked him to be her photographer. It was his first gig, and he did a beautiful job...

Sarah & Bryan
August 11, 2007 in Syracuse, NY
Our former Lake George neighbors and my former co-worker Sarah... but still very current and wonderful friends. The lack of even one good wedding picture is due to the fact that we had a ridiculously awesome time at their wedding...

Eddie & Villy
September 2, 2007 at Hamlin Beach State Park, Hamlin, NY
My like-a-brother cousin Ed marries his hard-working, sweetheart of a bride, Velichka, a.k.a Villy, a Bulgarian beauty he met and works with at InterGrow, a hydroponic tomato plant back in my hometown. I was honored to be Villy's Matron of Honor, as her family was unable to afford the flight to the USA.




Michele & Scott
September 8, 2007 at Hurd Orchards, Holley, NY
John's cousin Michele finally gets hitched to her boyfriend and best friend of thirteen years. A beautiful, intimate ceremony in an apple orchard.



And finally... it may not have been a wedding, but it was an occasion of L-O-V-E in it's purist form. On the weekend of Ed & Villy's wedding, I finally meet my first and only nephew:

My sister, Natalie, and I with Gavin Michael, born July 29, 2007, two days before our shared birthday. Taken at the Buffalo Airport... my first time ever holding him!