Suffolk Anniversary Session: Matt & Christie

Love

Warning… this post may cause, “OOoooo”s, “Awwwwww”s, and a little bit of jealousy over how stunning my bestfriends are!!!

An Anniversary Session for College Best Friends

Christie is one of my old roomies and besties from CNU! She, her husband Matt, and their pup Huxley live in Suffolk, VA, and let me tell you… they are one beautiful family!!!

Couple stands with their Bernese Mountain Dog beneath a flowering crape myrtle during their Suffolk anniversary session

Husband and wife lean down to pet their Bernese Mountain Dog as he gazes up at them

Bernese Mountain Dog sits looking up at the camera while the couple scratches his ears

Gallivanting Around Suffolk and Chesapeake

A few weeks ago, to commemorate their six year anniversary, we all gallivanted around the Suffolk/Chesapeake area and had a great time, especially laughing a LOT at Matt’s jokes (he had GREAT commentary about how much he just loves having all the frisbee-golfers gather close to where we were shooting to observe his being photographed ;P)!!!

Couple holds hands walking along a sandy lakeside path, smiling at each other in golden light

Husband and wife share a smile standing together on a sunlit path near the water

The couple laughs arm in arm beside the lake in a black and white candid

Wife laughs up at her husband as he wraps his arms around her by the water

(Yes…. a crew of frisbee-golfer were just a few feet from us… But hey, you’d never know by these two’s professionality!!! ;))

Husband kisses his wife's forehead as she smiles, with sunlit water glowing behind them

Wife grins at the camera in black and white as her husband kisses her forehead

Huxley the Bernese Mountain Dog Steals the Show

Aaaaannd just look at their pup, Huxley!!

Bernese Mountain Dog pants happily at the camera as the couple leans in on either side

Couple kneels in the grass petting their Bernese Mountain Dog, husband holding a braided leash

Husband and wife crouch in the grass grinning at their happy Bernese Mountain Dog

Husband kisses the Bernese Mountain Dog's head while his wife pets him in the grass

Such a goober!!

Couple shares a kiss behind their Bernese Mountain Dog, who looks off with tongue out

Christie is half Austrian, half Irish, and truly that combo has always made me think she is one of the prettiest people I know in this world. I mean, come on?!?

Close portrait of the wife laughing in a mauve dress while her husband smiles behind her

Black and white close-up of the husband hugging his wife from behind, both beaming

Wife in a wide-brim hat and black dress stands with her husband near blooming crape myrtles

Wife in an olive hat gazes up at her husband on a concrete garden path

Woman in a felt hat rests a hand on her husband's chest as they stand close

Husband and wife laugh together beneath pink crape myrtle blossoms during their anniversary session

These two’s *six years* of marriage has shown me in real time what faithful love and perseverance look like amidst the unknowns and throes of life… I feel honored to be learning from them as a married lady now myself, just past the *six month* marriage mark!