Sarah Mahen Photographers

So on Saturday my sister and her kids and my mom came over for our annual cookie baking extravaganza. While my mom, sister and I were up to our ears in batter my hubby was keeping one eye on the kiddo’s and one eye on Company of Heroes… if ya know what I mean. Well, I noticed that Lauren was being especially quiet, and asked Dustin to have a peek at what she might be doing. This is what he discovered.

Lauren was COVERED from head to foot with baby powder. I guess she must have held it over her head an sqeezed, because she was standing in a pile of it. Dustin said he had to wash her hair three times because it kept making paste in the bath tub. At least her room was baby powder fresh for a couple days.

Dustin and I headed down to beautiful Oakland, CA on Saturday morning to photograph Alyssa and Tim’s wedding at the LDS Temple. Since we arrived a little bit early, Dustin and I decided to take some interesting pictures of the temple. It was fun to take pictures from some different vantage points and since it was incredibly clear, we got a great view of San Francisco too.

Once the bride and groom arrived we took their couple pictures around the temple grounds. Alyssa and Tim are SO in love, and both feel so blessed to have found each other that taking their pictures was a breeze. It was such a beautiful day too! There were big puffy clouds, and the sun shone as brightly as these two did.

After Alyssa and Tim were married, we took a few family portraits and then it was off to Santa Clara for the ring ceremony and reception at David’s Restaurant. They had such a great ring ceremony where they exchanged rings and beautiful words about each other. Then it was off to the party! There was lots of fun, food and friends. After dinner there was great dancing thanks to Rich of Hey Mr. DJ.

It was so much fun being a part of Alyssa and Tim’s big day! I hope you have a wonderful time in Maui… I’m seriously jealous. Happy eternity you two!

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I’m on my way to caught up! I finally am blogging engagement sessions from…um… October. This is the delightful Tawny and George. We did their engagement session while I was down in Southern California at the end of October. It was so fun getting to meet them and take these fun portraits on the beach in front of the Hotel Coronado.

Tawny and George are such a great couple, who are so comfortable together. I loved how they interacted with each other. George just adores Tawny! His admiration for her was so obvious as he told me about their wedding plans, and how much she had done to pull everything together. These two have known each other since high school, so their familiarity with each other is deep. It was so much fun photographing two people so very much in love.

Tawny and George, I can’t WAIT for your wedding in May! You guys are so awesome!

Check out the slideshow for more pictures of this perfect pair!

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