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I love June weddings! the weather is beautiful… there is a slight summer breeze… and love is always in the air!!!  LOL!!! Todd and Raquel celebrated their wedding day on an absolutely perfect day in June.  The absolute perfect June wedding!!!   Todd and Raquel celebrated their special day at the Wedgewood Banquet hall at Indian Hills Golf Course in Riverside (boy, that was a mouth-full… haha!). 

The sun was shining, the breeze was going… and Raquel was one of the most relaxed and laid-back brides I have EVER encountered in 5 years!!! LOL!!! I love you Raquel – so calm, so laid back, so care-free.  She truly decided to not stress out at all that day…. whatever she needed to stress about was already planned out – and nothing was going to ruin her magical day. I LOVE that about her!  I’m not kidding… weddings can be very stressful… and although I do meet brides that don’t stress too much – those are few and far between. It is sooooo much more common for a bride to suddenly break a sweat because of her flowers, or her hair, or the bridal party (or her family… lol!) – that’s common to me… I know how to handle that.  I’ve been told that I need to open up a wedding counceling hot line! LOL!! I’ve been called the ‘Bride Whisperer’ … Not kidding!!!  – but that’s an entirely new post all together (yes… I’m working on a post about stress-free weddings).  Anywho.  Raquel was so laid back that I felt a little strange not having to reassure her about anything at all that day.

I can see how Todd and Raquel make such an absolutely perfect couple. Todd is such a sweet and shy person… and Raquel is so energetic – love them together soooooo much!!!!  They totally balance each other out so perfectly. 

Raquel and Todd- you guys are so perfect … I loved sharing and capturing these moments for you!!! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your totally peaceful and magical day!

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I know I always say how much I love the couples that I work with… and I truly do! Each one of them holds a special place in my heart, and I feel so blessed to be able to share glimpses of their amazing lives!!! 

Last week I spent a couple of hours with Melissa and her beautiful family.  I absolutely love Melissa… from the moment we met I knew she was a very sweet and inspiring person.  She is so amazing! Always cheering me on… she is one of my favorite clients/cheerleaders! Seriously.  She is so supportive of me and I love her for it! :-)

Melissa’s family is absolutely beautiful… I loved how incredibly shy and well-behaved their two children are – I hadn’t seen children so sweet and polite in such a long time!  Just complete CUTENESS.  

Thank you guys for sharing these moments with me! I can’t wait for your wedding in a few months!!!

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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of shooting one of the most fun weddings I’ve ever been to… the music was bumpin’ and the guest were dancing up a storm!!! …  I’ll get to that in a sec. 

First… let me tell you a little bit about one of the sweetest couples I’ve ever met!!!  When I met the gorgeous Bride one of the first things she told me was that although He (the Groom) loves pictures, she didn’t like taking pictures. AT ALL.  She is so uncomfortable with pictures that she didn’t want to do an engement session at all… and He loves her so much that he wanted her to be happy (is that the cutest thing ever?!?!).

  The Groom is such a sweet person… he was so excited to be marrying the love of his life – you could see this peaceful love and happiness in his eyes!!! 

 And the Bride… well, she was absolutely breathtaking!!! Seriosly.  Beutiful.  She was definitely shy … but it was so endearing to watch her be so shy and sweet! 

Both of them were just so at peace with each other… they had this amazingly calming love about them. 

Now… their reception… a total blast!  I love being at weddings where absolutely every guest is truly enjoying themselves.  Everyone was laughing… dancing… drinkin’… just having fun!!!  That kind of happiness is just contagious! It took all of my energy to not jump in the dance floor and make a fool of myself!!! LOL!!!

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So in love!!!

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LOVED their bridal party... so energetic and fun!

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Last weekend was a little busy for me… even though I didn’t shoot a wedding… well – I guess it wasn’t super busy, but boy did I feel like I was all over the place! LOL!

Saturday morning I drove down to Laguna Beach for an early morning engagment/family photo session… then, since I was in OC (LOVE OC, by the way!! :-) ), I did a consult with a super cute couple.  They were so much fun, so incredibly sweet, and I can tell they’re super romantic! (he proposed on a hot air balloon!! can it get more romantic than that!?!?!).  Anyways… I had a blast chatting with them for a while.  I hope to hear back from them … :-)

Then Sunday came – and I think this is why I think I’ve been super busy – this is the day my migraine began! ugh! I hate migraines.  I’ve sufferend from migraines for almost 10 years now.  Funny fact – my migraines began around the time I started dating my hubby! LOL! – I always tell him I’m allergic to him! haha!  Anywhoooo…. back to my current migraine… you know what’s worse than anything – having a migraine while your toddler decides that it’s fun to turn the lights on and off while your niece decides to play with the volume of the TV! LOL!!!  – I laugh now…. but I was not laughing then (I admit, I was in the corner of the room under all the pillows and blankets I could find… sitting in the fetal position while shedding a tear of pain! LOL! – yeah… I’m a bit of a drama queen!)

Sooooo…. I’m behind on my post processing… but my goal is to catch up this week (keeping my fingers crossed here! :-) ). 

So for now…. I have a teaser image from the wedding I shot 2 weeks ago.

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Indian Hills Golf Course Wedding - a few clouds didn't stop this super fun couple from having a blast!