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Switzerland Proposal & Engagements

July 12, 2018

Instagram’s my favorite

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When it was time to move back stateside I was SO READY! I’d already had a countdown on my phone for some 200+ days and felt really confident that we took advantage of being so close to so many beautiful countries and cities.

It’s a weird feeling looking at the photographs I’ve taken and remembering the moments I took them. The 3 years we lived in Europe feel more dream like the longer we’ve been gone.

Anyone who knows me well knows that I struggled with being an expat at times, but now the nostalgia is slowly making all of those negative thoughts about some of my experiences disappear. And, in contrast, all of the wonderful, positive ones come more to the light.

Do you have a period or time in your life that in the moment you were ready to be over and now you look back at it more fondly?

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Happy Friday, party people!!! 🥳 I have some new frans on here and just wanted to take a second to say WELCOME and introduce myself!

I’m Abbey! I’m a 29 (DEFINITELY NOT 30 YET) year old wedding photographer, dog mama, and pilot wife. Originally from Virginia Beach until my hot husband uprooted us to Oklahoma. And then Arkansas. And then Germany. And finally to Abilene, Texas, which is where we currently call home.

I specialize in couples portraiture and weddings but began this business back in 2014 photographing families! Along the way I made a friend who needed a second shooter for one of her weddings and I’ve been hooked on love ever since.

Fun facts:
1. I eat a cucumber every single day
2. I’ve only recently become a coffee lover
3. I have not one or two..but three dogs! 🐶
4. Growing up I thought I was a cat person
5. We keep our house at 65*F in the winter

I’d love to get to know you!!!! Tell me something about yourself! How did you find me? What do you like seeing from this little insta corner?

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It’s wedding day for Chelsea and Jake! I am SO excited that the sun is shining for them! I know it’s going to be an absolutely beautiful day. Cannot even wait!

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(2/2) But with Nathan’s nudge, we committed to furever and brought him home. I realized that the love I felt for Remi and Chester was 6 years in the making, a love I could have for another babe if I just opened my heart to it.

The first few days were honestly an adjustment. He thankfully really came out of his shell but didn’t really know how to dog yet. We believe he’s never had a home of his own until now.

After getting him healthy, neutering, potty training, and learning How To Dog 101 from Remi and Chester, he has settled in so, so well. I couldn’t be more proud of the progress he’s made! I know with more time and love that he is going to only continue to thrive and touch our lives. We feel like a family.

I say it all the time but our dogs are so much more than simply dogs. They’ve saved me so many times, more than I can count and light up our lives.

If you ever have the chance to save a life, the rewards far outweigh the risks (and trust me, there were soooo many days and nights I felt frustration in the beginning, like tears)! But it does pass and the unconditional love I feel from our babies is just indescribable.

My heart is so full looking at this photo, taken a few days before Nathan deployed. 🥰 I don’t mind being the crazy dog people one bit with a love like ours!

Happy Valentine’s Day to the 3 loves of my life and to you, my sweet friends! ❤️

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(1/2) For this #fridayintroductions I thought I’d take the time to introduce the newest member of the Roberts family, Ruger. We adopted him over Labor Day weekend from @cvpaws in San Angelo, a non profit shelter dedicated to finding loving homes for adoptable pets and spreading awareness of the importance of spaying and neutering.

Since we’re a military family with the likelihood of moving every few years, as well as the uncertainty of whether or not one of those moves will be overseas again, we knew if we were going to add another member to our family, they would have to be small. Like, fit under the seat in front of us on an airplane small. So going into it, we had a pretty good idea of the type of dog we were looking to add. Truthfully, we’d take them all if we could.

With having difficulty adopting at our local Abilene shelter, we traveled an hour and some change to San Angelo. We explained our somewhat unique situation to the wonderful staff who then led us to where they were housing the smaller sized dogs. We were drawn to Ruger, then named Jethro, because he was the only one not (understandably) barking, crawling on their cage, and begging for our attention. He seemed so depressed. He laid there apathetic to us. Even as we asked to formally meet him, the shelter employee had to almost drag him from his tiny cage. Our hearts hurt for all the animals still waiting for their families to find them. So many tears are shed every time we’re put in this type of situation.

He was terrified and hid under a bench even in our meeting room, so we asked if we could leash him and take him outside. He perked up a bit in the sunshine, but it wasn’t until we brought Remi and Chester our for a meeting that he really shined. He. Was. In. Love. Instant friendship on his part! Remi and Chester have always loved smaller dogs, and even with a hint of skepticism, they warmed up to him quickly.

I was still a little unsure of whether or not he was the perfect final pup addition for us. Honestly, it wasn’t love at first sight like it was with our other two so I had a bit of hesitation. It just felt like such a big decision that we didn’t take lightly...

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Packing and prepping to head back to Virginia today for a wedding on Saturday. 🌊

Most looking forward to witnessing two of the loveliest people become husband and wife. I’ve been looking forward to this wedding for quite some time now, the only hard part is leaving my pups! That part never gets easier. Regardless, thankful for this quick trip home for friends, family, love, and sushi!

What about you?! Did you leave your hometown since becoming an adult? ✈️ Any homesickness?

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Who else loves cake on film as much as I do? So much detail in the cake itself and the florals add just that extra something to polish it off.

Photographer: @abbeyleighphotography
Film lab: @goodmanfilmlab
Host: @styledshootsacrossamerica
Venue: @theolanaTX
Concept & Planning: @heatherbengeevents
Florist: @Intrigue_designs
Cake: @butterflyCakery

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GUYS! Huge congrats to my sweet and sassy husbabe on completing his Master’s in Industrial and Systems Engineering from @auburnu! 🎓 His diploma came in the mail today and I just could not be more proud of his accomplishment. We both made so many sacrifices for him to achieve this next level of his education and it feels so, so good to finally be done! I wish so badly we could be together to celebrate! 🍻 But for now, @nattyrob, I love you, I miss you, and I am so 👏🏻 damn 👏🏻 proud of you! 💗

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