Rain or shine, Kelly & Landon were getting married! The date may not have been engraved yet in the rings, but everyone was coming, and they would leave officially as husband and wife. While a lot of plans changed, what was most important to them was saying their vows in front of their family and friends – something that could happen despite the weather. Thankfully the rain stopped long enough to run to a park and grab just a few pictures outside before it began pouring again! Now they’re off doing what they love to do, exploring nature together! See if you can guess where they’re headed by a custom decor piece they had displayed at their wedding…

While they chose not to see each other before the ceremony, they wanted a moment without others around to share private vows and pray together.

I’m getting used to praying for rain to stop when it comes to Kelly & Landon! God answered me again with a few minutes we could throw aside the umbrellas and go for it!

Venue | Yountville Community Center

Photography | Lydia Photography

Videographer | Jiierad

DJ | Bizibeatz

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Milla wanted portraits that looked like they were taken at some of her favorites places she’s lived and loved. While it would’ve been fun to have flown to Alaska or Montana for a shoot, I had an idea of the perfect locations to make her feel more at home! So we set out to create some Nevada City senior portraits in the nearby foothills forest!

Narrowing down Zachariah’s interests to what we could capture at a senior portrait shoot started off a little challenging but was fun for us all to work on together! While we couldn’t make an actual track meet or music performance happen, I love how they chose a location with so much variety and loaded up their car with props and outfits that showed off his hs accomplishments!

Rain or shine, the proposal was happening! He had the ring burning a hole in his pocket, but even more important, the “proposal date” was already engraved into the band of the ring!

But back up to 4th grade, they met when Kelly’s family started attending the same church as Landon’s family. Friends in high school, she had decided she was never going to be like one the of many girls that fell for him. Funny enough, Landon’s feelings deepened first, but he decided to take the next couple of months to pray and just intentionally text and hang out with her. It was when they carpooled to a mutual friend’s birthday party that she realized she liked him too! It wasn’t until a few weeks later though, when on a run to McDonald’s for comfort food, that they became dating official!

So here they were now at another special place to their relationship, Mount Tamalpais, and he wanted to redeem how he had asked her to become his girlfriend by now asking her to become his wife! There’s a lot more to the story, but I’ll let them fill in the details! In between raindrops and rain pours, Landon got down on one knee, and she said yes! The sky cleared, the sun shone, and the mist evaporated from the valley for a minute…before the rain came back again! But the ring was on her finger, and they were officially engaged!

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Each on their own had decided that marriage was not for them. What they hadn’t realized was that they had yet to meet their person, the one with whom each would be willing to step into that lifelong commitment! With that discovery they traveled from their home in Spain to California for a simple Lake Wildwood wedding! From handmade personalized gifts for each guest to an authentic Thai lunch reminiscent of Brooke’s childhood in the Thailand to a Spanish dance performance, Brooke and Manuel invited dear family and friends to celebrate with them! But to include those who couldn’t come, speeches and toasts from loved ones afar were shared so that everyone could be a part of the day!

Venue | Lake Wildwood & Estin Treehouse

Photography | Lydia Photography

Florals | Lise Hinman

Caterer | Moi Thai

Cake | June Okada

Live Painting | Rumpus Art

Flamenco Dancers | Lake Wildwood Spanish Dancers