Yes, she’s precious!! No, she’s not ours However, we are expecting in October! I only hope he/she’s as adorable as little Emmy.

I love repeat customers… especially children! I love seeing how they grow. I photographed Amber last year.. and now she’s two! The shots with the pink John Deere shirt were for her green tractor lov’n daddy! The cows added an element of fun too!

My Fav!…

Brieanna and Tyler tie the knot! It was a privilege to be a part of their special day. We photographed at Speedwell Forge Lake and Historic Schaefferstown. Praise God for holding back the rain! Many thanks again to Alicia of Alicia Horst Photography for her huge help. Congrats Tyler and Brieanna and blessings to you as you start your lives together. Here’s some of my favs!

Meet the Mitchells! Corey’s an elder at our church and a walking encyclopedia!… just kidding! However, I know I won’t be playing Trivial Pursuit with him again anytime soon… unless I’m on his team! Sue and Corey are in the midst of adopting (from Rwanda I believe?). You can follow their journey here. Blessings to you Corey & Sue!

And one with Pop Pop…

Ok…so my blog has been a little neglected lately. It gives me great pleasure to revive it with this awesome couple! We photographed against the beautiful backdrop of the Historic Ephrata Cloister at the crack of dawn. Thankfully the rain stopped sometime during the night and we were able to enjoy the warm glow of the soft morning light. Between the ceremony and reception we stopped at the old Ephrata train station on Main Street. Thanks to my mother-in-law for lending me her vintage suitcase and umbrella. A Big thanks also to Alicia Horst Photography for assisting me! She has a terrific eye and grabbed some amazing images! Approximately 1/4th of the shots below came from her camera.

Thank you, Jess & Brendon, for choosing Weaver Images to cover your special day! Blessings to you as you begin this sweet journey of life together!

There’s many things I love about my family… especially the repeat business!! They’ve been very supportive of me and my passion for photography… or perhaps they just want cheap photo and don’t have the nerve to tell me that I’m not that good!!

Jokes aside, they’ve been very encouraging and can’t exclaim enough how much I love them! Working in a family business together one would think we’d get sick of each other. On top of that… we even vacation together and haven’t killed each other yet! Well, some of the board games are pretty aggressive and we get darn near close! Stakes can also get pretty high during games of Texas Hold’em – gambeling birthrights and exclusivity on shares of the family business. Ok, perhaps I’m stretching the truth a bit!

Ken is my oldest brother and an avid outdoorsman. He’s also president of our family business, Weaver Companies, Inc. and works hard to keep the ship afloat! In this year of economic challenges and difficult business decisions, I have a lot of respect for what he does!

We’re eagerly anticipating the return of my 2nd oldest brother, Randy, and his family from serving 3 years in Guatemala with ORI. They move back home end of March. It’ll be nice to feel like a complete family again!

I posted my youngest brother’s family photos here a while back. Yes, if you’re counting, that makes 4 of us! He’s the Techie in the family. He keeps us all current with the latest gadgets and technology. Whenever there’s a problem… “ask Dale”! If you need his expertise, you can contact him here. I also just realized that I never posted their recent family photos! More to come of them.

Mom and Dad are spending the winter in Sarasota, FL (a.k.a. Lancaster County South). Karen and I are looking forward to spending a week with them later this month. Sunshine… here we come!!!

Enjoy a few shots of Ken and Nadine’s family…

I’m realizing that I don’t post enough photos of my family! So, I scheduled a shoot with my wife. It’s actually harder than it sounds because we’re both so busy! Well, these were taken on our 12th Anniversary… Valentine’s Day! We celebrated by dining at the fabulous John J. Jeffries!!! We followed up our delectable dinner with Driving Miss Daisy at the Fulton Opera House.

It’s hard to believe it’s been twelve years! It doesn’t seem that long ago that we fell in love… when I asked her to skate with me during the couples skate at the Castle! It seems like just yesterday that I asked her to a fundraiser spaghetti dinner… our first date! Yeah, I know…so romantic!

I’ve heard said that love is like a bottle of wine… better with age! Twelve years ago I wouldn’t have believed that. We were so in love then! How could it get any better? Well, it has!! I can’t imagine my life without Karen. She completes me! She’s the spark in my engine!… the wind in my sail! She is my precious!!!

Karen, you are my beautiful!!! I love you more than ever!!

We did this shoot early January… and boy, was it freezing! If she looks a little cold… it’s because she was! After rescheduling several times due to weather, she decided to brave the cold and git-r-done. This was definitely a more challenging shoot due to the cold…and did I mention the wind?! However, I was glad to come away with a few keepers. Thanks for being a great sport! Meet Gemesen!

Please take a minute (or an hour) to hear the moving story of this missionary couple who were trapped in the rubble from the earthquake in Haiti. It made me think about the frailness of life and how precious each moment is! This couple has kissed the face of death… to the point of saying, “Jesus, here we come…”. What a wonderful testimony… to see others praising God in the midst of destruction and despair! Be sure to watch to the end to hear the beautiful song these two sing together (I believe it’s by Hillsong).

Haiti Earthquake Survivors from Larre on Vimeo.

Where did that year go?! It seems like just two days ago that I posted Daniel’s one-year pictures! Well, here he is again… a year older and as energetic as ever! Check out his one-year photos here.

Grabbed a few of Mom, Dad and Sis too.