Merry Christmas and Thanks Matt!

First of all Merry Christmas to everyone! I truly hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is preparing for a great New Years. Erin and I spent Christmas Day in Kearney and are now in Lincoln with her parents for her family's Christmas tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures... they can be a crazy group.

On a side note I was googleing myself and randomly came across Matt Duling's blog called Daily Duling. This is possible the nicest comment we have ever received. Matt and Alicia were so much fun to photography over a year ago and it was great seeing them at Max and Ashli's wedding last month.

You can read his comments below and read the rest here.

"The pictures. Now I'm really not a big fan of getting my picture taken, but the photographers that they hired, Shane and Erin Melenbacker are probably the best ones on the planet. I don't believe that I'm exaggerating either. First, you would be hard pressed to find a nicer couple, possible I'm sure, but very difficult. Second, you won't find any photographers who take better pictures. It's possible that a trained eye might be able to determine a better photographer, but again, you would be very hard pressed to do so. And third, they actually have this amazing talent of making the subjects of their pictures feel relaxed and at ease. Your wedding day has quite a few aspects that can cause stress, and having a photographer that actually alleviates stress is really amazing. When you put those traits together, you will find that they are worth every cent, in fact you are actually getting quite a deal.

Alicia and I had the Melenbackers at our wedding. We met with a lot of photographers at different bridal shows and our initial first impression was that these people are some of the nicest people we've ever met, and they really do have a passion for capturing the joy of weddings. Our wedding party assumed that they were old friends of ours who happened be be excellent at taking pictures. They took the time to meet with us and actually get to know us before the wedding. Now, when we saw them a year and a half later, they not only remembered who we were, but were genuinely interested in how life was going for us and what we were up to. I can not say enough great things about them and I highly recommend that you take a look at their website www.melenbackerphotography.com"