This couple was just truly awesome and fun. You could tell how much their friends and family loved them just by how far they all traveled to get there. AND- we got our first thank you in a speech!! We were so excited, haha.

Anyway, enjoy!!!

I love argyle socks and a sassy shoe shot.

amazing tree with Yosemite Falls in the background… come on!!!

we both LOVE this shot.

Grayson was distracted during the ceremony by this squirrel… so was the flower girl.

one of the coasters she made!

ok… prepare yourself for the best moves you’ve ever seen. And that would be Lara’s dress around Ben’s neck. At this wedding a ripped dress doesn’t give you an upset bride, it give the bride a lasso to rope in for unsuspecting dance floor attendees. And nearly everyone was lassoed, including myself.

She… had.. moves. That’s right, she’s charging at her veil…. then slapping someone with her dress…

that’s love… and look closer at someone in her veil, they all took turns.

We also discovered some new lawn games that apparently are totally normal and we’ve never heard of {ladder ball!?!?! best game ever!}

Anyway, we were warned that Jayson and Kaylee were “hard to photograph” because they goof around so much, but they were awesome! We love goofers anyway, so we were good to go. Maybe Kaylee threatened to give him a beat down if he didn’t behave, haha.

my favorite shot of the wedding!

Their ceremony was in the pretty church that was honestly like 1000 degrees. Everyone was sweating to death, including us. But the photos turned out great! haha

Their only child- Elenore.

brothers.

laughing at Jayson’s baby photos

mayhem.

2days later we decided to do a 20 minute “Day After Shoot” Jayson’s parents land. Yes, it was literally 20 minutes. The second we stepped outside it started to rain so we had to wait it out inside. Everyone was coming over for a baby shower/Uncle Randy’s birthday so we made it quick!

The farmhouse was right on the coast and you could see the ocean about a half a mile away.  The scenery was covered with climbing ivy that covered old cars and farm equipment, mounds of blooming flowers, and winding crushed clam shell roads.  We had a bit of a scare with the weather (it ended up raining, but cleared up for the ceremony and reception), but ultimately it turned out great.  Lisa + Keith were such an easy couple to work with and everything went awesome.  We’re fans of Rhode Island!

Lisa chose to pick her own flowers.

We asked them to grab a rock on the beach that they liked… it was interesting to see the difference in their selection.

A little rain crept up and surprised us, but we got through it!

Bridal party sword fight to the death!

I love the intensity Lisa.  Keith… step it up a notch next time!

On another note, we are home!!!! We’ve been traveling the east coast on a kind of wedding tour for 3 weeks. We shot 3 amazing weddings from the east coast all the way to the west coast! The trip was fan-freakin-tastic and we got to spend a few days with my family in Boston and over a week with Gray’s entire family in Pennsylvania {I want to go back so bad!!! With drawls! With drawls!!} We discovered some awesome new backyard games that we are overly excited about too.

But we are so happy to be home, we pretty much live our lives out of a suit case, on planes and in hotels. So we’re home for almost 3 weeks {which is the longest we’ve been home since February} and we don’t have to leave our babies {aka, Sammy and Fynn, our ferrets}. Thanks for being patient with the lack of posts lately and there are some amazing photos coming in the next few weeks!

dancing down the isle.

He had moves…. lots of them.

They gave everyone a plant to take home, ours are planted in a pot our front!

Her rings were both antique and his was custom made, Ruarri is a wood sculptor, how convenient!

Day 3- brunch and heading back to Vegas to fly home!

Everyone waiting for the bus.

First we had dinner in Vegas with everyone  after wondering through the casinos all day. We won $2.50!!! High rollers!!!  These two are amazingly laid back and awesome, our dream clients.  The next day we all hoped on a huge bus loaded with candy, a good mix CD  and started our 3 hour drive. Once we got into Zion we went on this amazing 4 hour hike up a gorgeous mountain, had dinner outside and had an awesome bon fire next to the river… And anyone who knows me knows that smores are the way to my heart.

We got to know everyone pretty well and felt like part of the group- my favorite wedding to date!!!  Enjoy, there are 2 posts because there is so much!

They chartered a bus from Vegas to Zion, it was good fun…

When we got there we all went on a nice 4 hour hike. Ashley took a group and so did Ruarri

LAKIN {her last name} !!! I’m the “I”….

Rehearsal dinner next to the river!

and now for the part I was dying for… bon fire and smores :]

Her dad planned this big sing along and handed our lyrics… amazing

Day 2- WEDDING DAY!!!

This is the first couple I’ve ever seen get ready in the same room, haha

scone lover.  So “man-some”…

They picked their ceremony location by just driving around and finding one. They marked an “X” with a cow rib and a stick. This place was beautiful and secluded… it was awesome.

Obviosuly there was no “isle”… they just made one through the bushes on the way!

….amazing!….

To be continued….. tomorrow!!

We had an amazing time in Sonora for this wedding.  The town was so small and old fashioned; just our style!  We were fortunate enough to get to spend an extra day here and got to do some interesting things.  We went to a very weird town called Columbia for most of the day.  Some of the activities included making candles, drinking sarsaparilla, and panning for gold (I wanted to yell “Eureka,” but we unfortunately didn’t hit the motherlode).  Altogether a very cool experience.

The wedding was in an old Catholic Church on top of a hill in downtown Sonora and the reception was at Union Hill Inn.  The reception site was so beautiful and hidden in the hills.  Jeff + Rafedah made their grand entrance on our favorite mode of transportation: the tandem!

This day was laid out soooo well! We had 3 awesome hours to drive around and shoot them all over Pasadena. First I was worried about getting to all these places, when I told her that she simply replied “I rented a van and my cousin is going to drive us around and drop us off at each location so we don’t have to worry about parking”….. Brilliant. Pure-Brilliance.. And Owen told us we aren’t annoying, that’s a plus! He said all the photographers they met with before just annoyed him, and that they had never even met us before the wedding day and we are awesome… That’s what we like to hear!

They were married at the Pasadena Museum of CA Art and had all their guest enter into the art gallery before the ceremony.  I know there are a bazillion photos in this post, but it was just too awesome not to post a million. Enjoy!

Taryn + Owen = Trowen….

Scrabble!!!!!!!

Tell them to do whatever they want, and this is what you get- we love it!!!

she was IN-TO the shoe shots!

We were in the van going to the park and I saw this… we had to stop, I love balloons!!!

more scrabble goodness!

…… Glorious

This ceremony was great, it was just different.

Her mom surprised them with the USC marching band. Also, their reception was on the roof of the gallery

They played old dance movies on a screen outside, they are both big dancers.

So, they got married at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda {also awesome because it’s literally a 3 minute drive from Grayson’s parents house where we stay when were in CA} I’ve never thought of the Library as a wedding venue, but it was beautiful!!! Perfect for a wedding! The reception was so fun, they came in dancing and their first dance ended up turning into a choreographed Napoleon Dynamite shenanigan of glorious-ness and handed out these amazing coke bottle glasses that everyone danced in the whole time. Amazing. How we wish every wedding could be!

super happy from the get-go

that’s a humming bird on the right, amazing!!

posing for Daniel who is off to the side.

she saw the janitor and just needed to have the vacuum… and that’s the same one we have at home!!!

I love this diptych

the tandem bike!!! That’s how they found us in the first place!

This guy was JUST yellllliingggg his speech into the mic, it was… awesome.

The first dance… I know

Then they handed them out to everyone

the ultimate garter catching cheat

can I just point out how far she threw that thing??? {look at the top of the right photo}

So.. this beautiful wedding took place in a small chapel with a small cemetery across the street {I LOVE cemeteries for some reason} in Davidson. The reception was supposed to be this huge, outdoor party with an old barn as the bar and a big grass lawn. But.. alas.. it rained {luckily they planned for this and got a tent}. Either way it was t the Beaver Dam House and it was beautiful! I have a sweet spot for really old, historic houses.. and old barns of course so we were all over this wedding. It turned out great, everyone had an awesome time and we ate the best food I’ve ever had. I’m starting to love southern food more and more… oooh sweet tea

After the wedding everyone was staying at the same hotel and we ended up at the “after party” with Tanner’s family.. It was hilarious, most of us were already in our pajamas. We all had to go around in a circle and say how old we were/with who/where we had our first kiss… haha. Needless to say.. this wedding was fan-freakin-tastic!

a family tradition with Molly

They picked this amazing bridge to do their first look on, it was perfect.

We… love… old barns.

ok I only put this one in because it was the best dinner I’ve ever had at a wedding- ever…. so… stinkin … good.

this is what we like to call “being in the moment”… haha

i love sparklers!

the sparkler ran out before the photo was over :]