Thursday, December 10, 2009

Back by Popular Demand!!!!! Calendar available until MONDAY DECEMBER 14th.

You still may purchase calendars until next week MONDAY!!!!! I've had allot of inquiries and questions about the timing, so I'm extending it a little longer!!!!! If you have any questions you can contact me on my cell, 507-380-7867. Otherwise order TODAY: http://mvandermause.photobiz.com/cart/product_list.cfm?categoryID=18564

Happy 50th Anniversary Grandma & Grandpa {married December 5th, 1959}

Hello Everyone, we are currently with our family in Arizona to celebrate a very special time in the lives of my Grandparents, Beverly and Bill Grams! We celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this week. The party was this past Sunday and was it a very special time!!!! A lot of tears, happy, sappy and sentimental. My brother, Matt, put together an amazingly personal and beautiful slide show presentation. It was phenomenal. He is great at choosing music to fit the story line, it was very touching. I hope he can put it on his blog, and I'll link you to it at that time. For now, this is his blog: http://sbgstudios.blogspot.com

I cannot say enough about how my grandparents have greatly impacted my life. Grandma and grandpa Grams are always ready for a party, an adventure, a trip to the mountains or a trip to Italy!!! They are a couple that exceed expectations in many ways, such as volunteering for everything from vacation Bible school to homeless shelters, they really set the bar high. I've loved and respected them always and truly hope that I can not only be as active as them throughout my life, but also be as loving and giving as they are. My grandma always has more treats than you can imagine waiting for me. Favorites being: choc. chip bars, cheesecake(all flavors), & pretty much anything she makes is delish!!!! She is also a cheerleader for me and all of my siblings and cousins, always excited and proud of us even with all of our different interests. Also, I have a grandpa Willy who is the funniest person I know. Really, he just keeps us rolling. I can't get enough, he is just so wonderful, now the best part is he gets Brevinn laughing and giggling too!!!! I've been so blessed to have grandparents who spoil me rotten with love and laughter!!!!!

Grandma and Grandpa's formal wedding photograph

Grandma and Grandpa with their 3 sons, Mike, Tim, & Neal. Tim is my dad, he's in Bill's arms. I absolutely LOVE this photograph, Beverly is just a knockout, she is so beautiful, looking like a movie star, just like she always is and has been!!!! Also, love the matching jackets and outfits, they are SO stylish!


This picture was taken at Jim Thorpe, PA, this fall. I took it intentionally for the anniversary...it's not fitting because they are wearing jackets. They live in Arizona for half the year and Arkansas the rest of the year, so jackets are foreign objects to them....Ha!!!! However, when they come visit us in the east, they must wear jackets!!! I know grandpa said he doesn't like this photograph, and I'm sorry gramps.....but I LOVE IT!!!!! To me it's a great picture because you are always smiling and I wanted to captured one of your REAL smiles. You know so many times we pose for pictures and are smiles are silly and fake...well I have several shots of you and grammy looking at my camera not very candidly, if you know what I mean. Then I asked for an anniversary kiss so I can take a picture, and this great expression is what I caught after the little kiss!!! Ha, I'm pretty tricky!


WE LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH,
Hugs and Kisses,
Missy, Greg, & Brevinn

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Congratulations Andrea & Brian {CT Wedding Photography}

On November 20th, I had the pleasure of photographing Andrea & Brian's wedding day. Dennis Milewski joined me to photograph this beautiful day at an amazing location. The reception was held at the Society Room in Hartford. This is a mini preview of Andrea & Brian's wedding from late November!!!! Enjoy!!!!!







Monday, November 30, 2009

Charity Calendars on SALE NOW, 1 week only!!!!!! DEC 9TH LAST DAY!!!!!

Galleria Vivid's Most Eligible Calendar on SALE FOR 1 WEEK ONLY
TO PURCHASE NOW go to http://mvandermause.photobiz.com/cart/product_list.cfm?categoryID=18564


This year has become my "YEAR of GIVING." I really wanted to do something to give back. So this year I photographed 12 Eligible Ladies in 12 months and created a 2010 Galleria Vivid's Most Eligible calendar!

I was truly honored to meet and get to know ALL of these fantastic women involved in the project!!!! This calendar is not only about helping mothers from New Beginnings, but it is also celebrating women.

All proceeds go to New Beginnings, a home for mothers www.homeformothers.com
This is a very small charity that needs our help. They provide a home for single mothers who are in need of a home and guidance. New Beginnings also stays in contact with these women after they have left the home.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Baby Nicolas & Family, 2 weeks old {CT Newborn Photography}

Yesterday, I photographed baby Nicolas! Sandra and Lou found out about me through my ESPN promotion and they were able to take advantage of the offer!!! Lou is a director and Sandra works in promotions at ESPN. They also have a daughter Camila, who is cute as a button!!!! Sandra and Lou, it was an honor to be able to photograph you and your beautiful family!!!









Baby Liam @ 7 weeks {CT Children's Photography}

This week I had the pleasure of photographing baby Liam! He is the nephew of one of my bride's for next year!!! Aimee(the auntee) gave this session to Emilie as a gift!! To see his Auntee go to Aimee and Richard's engagement session!
Liam is such a handsome little man, and really did well with all of the pictures taking, it can be overwhelming at such a young age, but he rocked it. What a Heartbreaker!!! Emilie and a Lance, I had a blast while photographing you and your new bundle of joy!!! Congrats!









Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Tessa is 1 {CT children's photography}

Last week I had the privilege of photographing Tessa who just turned 1! She is a doll as you can see and such a happy girl!!!! We lucked out and had a GORGEOUS DAY for mid-November!!! We photographed outside at Gillette's Castle, an amazing place to take photographs!!!! Enjoy the photographs Beth!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!