This past weekend Lauren and I and a few of our friends headed up to Joshua Tree  and had a BLAST!  (more on that tomorrow!) If you haven't had a chance to go, please do...trust me, you won't regret it.

But besides that, there are so many other things that Lauren and I are so thankful for!  Question, when was the last time you've had a chance to reflect back, maybe a week, 2 weeks, 2 months or even 2 years?!  Is there anything to be thankful for?  Yeah I know, this isn't Thanksgiving yet but it's always great to look back and see how you've grown as a person, with your relationships or even with your business and or skills, you know, camera skills, nun chuck skills etc. =)  So if you haven't, do it and let us know how it went by leaving a comment! So what are we thankful for?! Here's two... 1) We're excited and thankful to announce that our NEW website will be going live really soon!! YEAH!  We know it's long over due so we're putting the final touches on the site and I'm hoping it'll be up by Oct 1st (crossing my fingers!).  We really can't wait to get it going so check back with updates before then. 2) This one is obvious but...we've been uber blessed this year with our soon to be new born baby in December (she’s going to be a Christmas baby!!  hehe)  We know, as you know, we're having a girl and with Lauren now 7 months, she'll be here faster than I could change my camera lens!'

So what's this mean really?! Well, with so many cool things happening (the above two just to name a few), Lauren and I thought it would be great to somehow “Give Back” and the way we're doing it is with a Promo for all our soon to be Brides and we've also included Families as well!  Our deadline for our Promo is December 2008! So what’s included in the "Give Back" Promo?! For our Brides...

from now until 12/08, we’re including the following in all three of our Wedding Packages:

A High-Res DVD of Images from your Wedding Day ($795 value)  - This DVD will include a collection of 600+ custom color corrected images (or more depending on the Package) as well as all the remastered images found in your Custom Slideshow.

A New Print Package ($150 value) - Choosing from any of your Wedding Day or Engagement Session images, this Print Package includes 2-8x10, 2-5x7, 2-4x6 and 8-wallets for you to keep, frame, give away or...you get the picture =)

For our Families...

from now until 12/08:

All Family Portrait Sessions ($250 value) will be discounted 30% off it's normal cost!  Anyone in Southern California out there?!  This is perfect for the Holiday Season just around the corner!

 A New Print Package ($150 value) will also be included - Choosing from any of your Family Portrait Session images, this Print Package includes 2-8x10, 2-5x7, 2-4x6 and 8-wallets for you to keep, frame, give away or...you get the picture =)

Ok so how exactly do you take advantage of the Promo?  Simple, just shoot us an email at Weddings@johnlauren.com and be sure to put "Give Back Promo - Bride/Families (which ever one it is you're inquiring about) in the Subject line so we can point it out and in the email let us know who you are. Thought of anything that you were thankful for yet?!  Let us know with a comment!