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!

View Kelly & Landon’s Napa Valley wedding!

These two already knew what it meant to be best friends through both the beauty and pain of life. Their love had been forged through hardship and when walks outside by the river were all they could do. It was such an honor to capture their relationship in one of their favorite places!

We had to end with their everyday outfits, that comfy and cozy wear for living life and laboring alongside a best friend!

Sharing is sometimes hard to do. Just ask the mother-of-the-bride who told me that she had just finally gotten some of the pictures from her daughters’ weddings that had taken place over the last couple of years (I was not the photographer!). Whether the photographer takes a long time to edit the pictures and deliver them or it’s months of waiting for the cd to be passed around and then hoping it works, it’s a story I hear quite often. Which is why I jumped on board the digital delivery via online galleries wagon when the technology first came out! But I still believe that tangibles like albums preserve and tell the story of a wedding day in a way that goes beyond just a facebook album online. I’m all about things you can touch and feel and creating a memorable experience for my clients from beginning until end!

So I was a little excited when USB Memory Direct reached out to see if I wanted to test their hard drives. I’m all about presentation, branded paper, silk ribbon, and personalized gifts so I loved the idea! Now along with a gallery link my couples can receive a beautiful wooden hard drive with all their photographs that just so happens to match their Heirloom Box! ;-)

While USB Memory Direct sent me these hard drives to try, this review is 100% my personal thoughts!

The one things I miss about living up in the mountains is seeing the sun set behind the Pacific Ocean and being able to do more of these amazing nautical weddings and engagement sessions! You see, I’m the girl walking through the forest in Sperry Top-siders. ;-) So I was so excited to be able to capture this fabulously styled shoot and the real love between these couples!

Sunset came quickly with a storm rolling in, which is probably a good thing because I could have stayed out there for hours!

Photography | Lydia Photography
Venue | Santa Barbara Sailing Center
Stylist | House of Style SD
Coordinator | Cassie Jones, Kristin Renee
Florals | Rincon Floral
Hair Stylists | Ronda Albanez, Lindsey Donofrio, Jenny Hopwood, Kristi Reynolds
Makeup Artists | Cathy Calabro, Carolyn Morton, Hattie Liversidge, Patricia Guerrera, Jenny Hopwood
Models | Kristi Reynolds, Emily Wall, Jessica Campbell, Suzy and Lucas Van Dyke