Here’s the St. Paddy’s Day edition of lovable cuties looking for forever homes from Wayside Waifs.  We’ll start off with a couple of un-named cats because I tend to favor the doggies.

Opie, a Shepherd mix

Lotus, a Shepherd mix

(I didn’t get the name), but he’s a Beagle mix

Santiago, a Black Lab mix

Makoa, a Golden Retriever mix

Simba, a Dogue de Bordeaux (ummmm…he’s huge)

Lexi, a Shepherd/Husky mix

Cocoa, a Chocolate Lab mix

Ziggy, a Siberian Husky mix

Kendrick, a Shepherd mix

Riley, a Hound mix

Chester, a Beagle mix

Gloria, a Lab/Pointer mix

It’s great to finally get out and start shooting again.  We had some nice sunlight this afternoon, and of course, some really cute kiddos.  Scroll down to see Joaquin destroy a cupcake.

I can’t wait for my full session with Rosa and her family, but until then, enjoy this one image.

It’s that time again.  Time for me to share some of the adorable animals looking for great forever homes from Wayside Waifs, the best animal shelter in Kansas City.  I had a hard time narrowing down to 10 or so, so I’m sharing 20.  Enjoy, and as always, if you see a cutie that’s just begging to be a part of your family, head on up there and bring ‘em home!

Ali, Boxer mix

Ash, Shepherd/Rottweiler mix

Bella, Cocker Spaniel

Bonsai, Retriever mix

Bubba, Shepherd mix

Buddy, Daschund

Copper, Great Pyrenees/Shepherd mix

Davey, Jack Russell Terrier

Fugazi, Havanese mix

Hurley, Lab mix

Lionel, Shepherd mix

Phoebe, Greyhound

Pow Wow, Papillon/Daschund mix

Simone, Kai Dog mix

Sugar and Sassy, Poodles

Teal, Shepherd mix

Tiki, Beagle

And 3 cats.

Our second In Their Own Words features Jenna & James. They got married all the way back in December of 2008. And, for the second time, I shed a few tears while reading their words. I’m a sucker for love I guess. And, in case you missed the first one, our In Their Own Words posts are all about past clients and what their most memorable moments are from their wedding day. It brings me so much joy that the images Jenny and I get to capture are so important to the people in them.

Jenna – When I look at this picture today all I can do is sigh! What a calm moment after a very exciting, very busy, very perfect day! Trying to get married the Saturday after Christmas was a bit stressful and I thought I had everything under control leading up to the day. We woke up that morning to find a pretty good sheet of ice coating everything and a yucky rain/sleet/snow wintry mix continuing to fall, not really what we had pictured. Despite the added stress of the weather, the day went absolutely perfectly. We were even surprised as we opened the door of the church after the ceremony to find it had started snowing big beautiful flakes. The rest of the evening was full of excitement and celebrating with family and friends. James and I are high school sweethearts. After 7 years of dating, 3 of which were while we were living in different cities going to school, we were finally married! This picture really captures the purpose of the year of planning, the moments of stress, and the reason for the celebrating. We were walking through the door to our house as husband and wife for the first time just the two of us (and Josh)! This was probably the calmest moment of the entire day, but really it was the most thrilling. We were married and were starting our life together!!

Jenna – I love this picture! My dad has always been very supportive and loving. I was blessed in never having to wonder a day in my life if he was proud of me or if he thought I was beautiful. I love how this picture shows his real feelings and emotions just before he walked me down the isle. I couldn’t see his face as we made our way up the stair well (and it was probably a good thing or I would have been a wreck.) If I did have any question of my dad’s love for me, this picture really does say it all!

James – There are hundreds of awesome pictures that the Solars took during our wedding day, but the pictures that mean the most to me are the ones that bring back the emotions of the night for me personally. That’s the reason these are my favorite two pictures.

The first picture is taken during the first few minutes that me and Jenna saw each other. I remember thinking up to that point that I would have no emotional problems and that Jenna would be the one that might lose it at some point during the evening. I remember turning around to see Jenna, looking at her, and that all of a sudden I started to cry like a little girl. I don’t know why, I don’t really know what came over me at that point, but I just broke down and had an emotional time with Jenna. I remember so specifically the feelings in those minutes, and that’s the reason I love this picture.

James – The second picture is during the toasts at the reception. Again, I thought I would be fine as my brother was joking around and telling stories…but then all of a sudden it got emotional. He started talking about some of the things we had been through, and again, the emotions of everything going on just hit. This picture captures all of our faces as we went from a very sentimental time in the speech to a 360 degree turn to some random comment that we all thought was hilarious. I think it captures the relationship that I have with my brother perfectly, and it captures what a great time we were having listening to what the people closest to us had to say.

Looking at both of these pictures takes me back to one of the best days of my life, and puts me in those moments like they were yesterday. Thanks Josh and Jenny for spending that day with us and putting up with everything that was going on. We were so happy with you guys as our photographers and can honestly say we can’t imagine our wedding day without you guys being there.