April 29th, 2013:
Tara is a wedding photographer from Canada who emailed me about 3 months ago to set up a session for her and partner, Ryan, during their vacation to California (seems like our Northern neighbors like vacationing in SoCal!). We set up their shoot at Balboa Park in San Diego and La Jolla Cove about 20 minutes away, enjoying the beautiful Southern Californian springtime weather. It was a great afternoon, and a wonderful chance for Felicia and I to hang out with a fellow photographer – we are always especially honored when other photographers decide to have us capture their memories!
We were hoping she would start walking independently, but Maddi-Jo was very tentative and cautious.
This baby made 
This pint-sized rocking chair is a bit of a family heirloom: it was first used by Maddi’s great-grandmother and passed onto each generation. How amazing is that?!
Amber’s Mom baked this beautiful cake for her grand-daughter to smash and enjoy. However…..
…. They have one health-conscious baby there that said NO to sugary sweets, ha!
It was windy.
Jeff & Sarah are both chemists, and when getting ready, she told me that there was a surprise for me. We had talked about chemistry-related wedding ideas during their engagement shoot, and here it was: Elements of the periodic table for table numbers, and test tubes for escort cards!
As the sun rose and the stars faded from sight, we headed to the ghost town of Rhyolite in Nevada. I don’t know how these two remain looking so fabulous despite barely getting any sleep the night before.
To be fair, I think Rob did pretty good. But he should keep his day job and not run away to join the circus.
Thankfully, despite the physical exertions, Madalyn was completely stoked and declared the experience to be “even better than watching Cirque du Soleil!!”. She’s now been asking repeatedly if she can take weekly classes here. Wow….
