Once your wedding day is over, the pictures will be your memento of the biggest day of your life. So how do you get the photos you want? The album that says ‘you?’ I asked Lynette Hagel of Cameo Photography (who, full disclosure, has done several family photo sessions for me) about her insights into getting a great finished product.

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by Danielle Ellis, Editor

On a wedding day, the ceremony is a sacred, special time. But the reception is all fun and celebration! The latest trends in receptions and decorating are more personalized to the couple, whether that means a Tuscan-themed location reception, a ring ceremony before the reception, or just transforming the cultural hall into an elegant reception site.
Diane Bulloch, a Las Vegas-based reception caterer and decorator, enlightened us on what is happening in receptions and what’s coming:

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By Josi S. Kilpack

Of the night before her wedding, Camilla Eyring wrote: “I was ready to back out. I went to my room and cried and cried.” She and Spencer W. Kimball had courted only thirty-one days. She wasn’t sure she was she ready to be married.

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by Jay & Marilyn Richardson

When two people from different backgrounds come together—and everyone’s background is unique—a hidden potential for crisis exists. To adapt to living with a relative stranger, newlyweds need to understand some of the more subtle dynamics of family life. Learning the difference between “family rules” and “family laws,” help families to co-exist in peace.

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by Andrea Lauritzen

Being single in a family-oriented church can be difficult. It is important for single members to find a place within the ranks of gospel service and membership; and for others to be sensitive to the fact that single members have differing needs and may have tender feelings regarding the issues of marriage, childbearing, and families.

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