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The Jensen Family

The Jensen’s have been long time friends of my family.  Jim and Rhonda were my very cool  youth leaders as a high schooler.  I still remember when the announced that they were expecting their now 14 year old, Ellie.  They have been a much needed encouragement to me in my walk with Christ.  I have watched them journey through some deep water and seen the grace that the Lord has brought them through as well as the deep love and respect they have for one another.  They are truly an amazing couple and family.  jensen 4jensen 5jensen 6jensen 10jensen 7jensen 1jensen 8jensen 2

We used the beautiful campus of Northwestern College in Roseville as a backdrop for their family session.

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We had a wonderful time together and laughed a lot.  We even chatted about this blog post…how was it Rhonda?  You have a beautiful and charming family.  Thanks for letting me capture a small portion of it for you!

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  • Rhonda Jensen

    Karen — you are beautiful and we love you! Thanks for capturing some great memories for us! And thank you for your kind comments. You are so loved!

Dan and Kirsten 10.16.09

One of my favorite intimate weddings yet!   Dan and Kirsten are just such an amazing couple.  When I first met with Kirsten we hit it off right away, being that our best friends are sisters.   I could hardly contain myself when she told me that their wedding was going to be an intimate one, with only 30 of their closest friends and family to be invited.  This allowed me to be able to be more creative because we had a very lose time line to stick to and many of the photos included all the people that were already there.  The rain and mist did not hold us back, we just used it for all it was worth, bringing out umbrellas and enjoying the company of close friends.  Breck High School chapel held the beautiful ceremony and Interlachen Country club in Edina hosted the party.  I got a glimpse on how beautiful this love is between Dan Kirsten and wish them all the best!  Blessings!kirsten and dan 19

My assistant and I were drooling over Kirsten’s amazing vintage style dress, we absolutely LOVED it!

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Kirsten MADE all the flower arrangements. They were so beautiful!

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    The Smith extended family

    I almost thought of throwing up a photo from 1992 when my 2 BFF’s from 6th grade and I were doing what we called our “modeling shoots.”  This mainly consisted of throwing our most recently purchased clothes on and then photographing each other with our 110 mm camera’s!  (Maybe those days made me a photographer?!)  Whatever the case may be, I have spent many a day with this beautiful family.  They saw me through my grade school years as a Brownie in Girl Scouts, to my very ugly adolescent years ( remember those hideous red glasses? ) up until we  graduated high school together.  Cassie and I were able to stay in contact a bit through college, but life eventually got busy and we just recently reconnected this past summer to have our kids play together.  It was just one of those cool circle of life things.  Crazy that we were playing together in kindergarten and then to have OUR kiddos playing together at almost the same age we were when we met was almost surreal for me!

    Many years passed and I STILL laughed a lot with the Smith family.  smith 1My second set of parents while growing up.smith 9

    Cassie and her awesome husband Kiley

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    Henry had been practicing his funny face, so I thought it best to end this blog post with a smile!smith end

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    • kelli

      Karen the pictures are wonderful!! thank you so much for doing them that day, it was so nice to see you again!

    • […] We reconnected recently and I am so glad we did.  Last year I did an extended family session (see here) and this year again I was able to see them again to do their family shoot.  She brought great […]

    The Larsen Family

    Neighbors.  I love that word.  Makes me think of Mr. Rodgers, or the Cosby’s.  They are people that you know who know what is going on with the vicinity that you live in.  Paul and Noel are just that.  They are locals.  As in Robbinsdale locals.  Noel and I met through mutual friends and later found out that we live just blocks from each other.  Their little guy is also a friend of the girls and loves referring to my youngest as “baby Ben.”  The Larsens and I decided to head out to our neighboring community of, yes, Minneapolis.  We had a great time exploring the Warehouse district and got one of the most perfect afternoons for photoslarsen 11larsen 10larsen 6larsen 4larsen 5larsen 7larsen 9larsen 8larsen 3larsen 2larsen 12.

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      The Jens Family

      Angela and I met back in high school ( I was a sophomore and she was a junior) through a group of mutual friends.  We worked at the infamous Old Navy that had just opened in Maple Grove and spent many a night after closing, folding clothes listening to that awful upbeat shopping music.  We had lost touch since facebook and then reconnected again.  She is still that wonderful girl that I laughed with singing Tainted Love to, but now has the most wonderful husband and two absolutely beautiful girls.  We had a wonderful crisp fall day shooting at Gale Woods.  Her oldest did a fabulous job, until the farm life got the best of her, and we had to wrap up the day.  Here is a small portion of the day!

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