Weddings Archive

Christina and Frank get hitched!

On Saturday June 20th I got the honor of attending a wedding as a guest…not the photographer!

My good friends Frank and Christina were married and I was so happy I could be there for them!

But first, let me rewind to the day prior, the rehearsal dinner!  Christina asked me to cover the night and it was wonderful!  It was a fiesta theme and the fabulous Brenda Swann was there to help pull it off! 

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The kiddos immediately went for the candy bar!

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Heidi, the Matron of Honor explaining about the evenings festivities! 

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The blushing bride and her handsome groom!

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Brenda and DJ Bill Calhoun explaining the rules of this Newlywed Game!

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Checking out the rad groom’s cake made by Purple Flours!  It was Frank’s favorite beer from San Marcos Brewing Company!

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And a few photos from the wedding day!  I was a guest and I knew that Anika London had the photo/video covered!  But no one was going to be with Frank the morning of and Christina was curious to what he was doing!  So I headed to the Carlsbad Marriott to check in with Frank and his guys!

 

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And one from the pew at the church!

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A shot of me and some of my girls post-ceremony! 

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The gorgeous florals were from Bouquets by Bonnie 

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Brenda, her helpers and the Crossings at Carlsbad did a fabulous job on the room! 

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Christina was so creative and detail oriented!  These are Moo cards with each guests photo on them!

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And one of the signature drinks, a Franktini!  I may or may not have had a few of these 😛

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Love <3

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And one last family hug before the happy couple jetted off to Spain for their Mediterranean cruise! 

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For being a guest, I still took a lot of photos 😉  I did hand the camera off to Tim for awhile when I want to dance!

xoxo, M

Happy Anniversary to Brett and Kirsten! (and an update!)

One year ago today I photographed one of my best friends weddings. I was so happy for her happiness with her soul mate, Brett.  They were married in Peoria, IL on a beautiful sunny day.

Here they are on the campus of Bradley University, where we all went to college!  Kirsten was my sorority sister.

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And one more this past August when Kirsten was in town on business!

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One year later Kirsten and Brett are looking forward to a new adventure!  A BABY!!! I could not be happier for them!  She won’t be big enough for maternity portraits when I see her next month, but be on the look out for baby photos in 2010!

And on another personal note, I just moved!  Not only did I get the new studio, Tim and I moved in to a new condo too!  Its been a crazy month and we are getting settled in San Marcos now.  I am heading out of town next week for a family reunion in Oregon and will be back the end of the month!

xoxo, M

Felicia and Mike’s rehearsal dinner – Ocean View Villas

I couldn’t make it to my friend Felicia’s wedding so I came to her fiesta rehearsal dinner instead!  Her wedding ceremony was held at Ocean View Villas. 🙂

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I love that someone wrote in the sand!

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The smiley bride!

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Senor groom and Senorita bride!

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a lovely homemade arch from Mike’s dad

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The soon to be family!

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Yum!  It was all so good…

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They had a taco cart!

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And my dinner.  What you can’t see is my yummy margarita!

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Brad and Alicia – Ocean View Villas Wedding

This is going to be a monster blog post!  I had a hard time narrowing down my favorites!

Alicia and Brad were married at Ocean View Villas this past Saturday with the most perfect weather I have seen ever!  Earlier in the week, the weatherman forecasted rain.  Alicia was a little panicked but it turned out to be the bluest skies!

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Alicia is so gorgeous!

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The happy couple decided to see each other before the ceremony, and they were so happy they did that!  We had so much time for photos!

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I think she should be a model!

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My favorite of the day <3

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Love the suits and flippie-floppies! 

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The handsome groom!

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I love this candid moment, Alicia was pointing out the guests to the girls!

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They read their vows quietly to each other which was extremely emotional.  I may or may not have shed a tear…

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Mr and Mrs!

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a new canvas print?

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This was so adorable!

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These were so yummy!  The chocolate one had filling in the middle!

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I couldn’t decide which ring shot I liked better…so I am posting both 🙂

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During the ceremony, the best man pulled Alicia’s ring out of this Cracker Jack box!  It was very funny!

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Something different during the first dance

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I love Alicia’s laugh.  This is during the toast.

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I always have such a blast being back at Ocean View Villas!  I couldn’t ask for better clients either, Alicia and Brad.  You two are so fun to be around and obviously make each other so happy!  I am jealous of your long Honeymoon in Hawaii!

And big thanks to my good friend Aaron Thompson for being a fabulous second shooter!

xoxo, M

Enjoy your slideshow!

A Teaser from Rachelle and Danny’s wedding!

I have a big announcement coming tomorrow so I am just going to post one from the wedding this past Saturday!

Full blog coming Thursday from their awesome wedding!

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