Monday, April 29, 2013

the goods

We love Michael & Kristin. And we loved where they chose to get married. And we  really loved getting way for the whole weekend to celebrate them.

Both my and Jimmy's first moments with Michael - the times we met in college - were the most ridiculous meetings. Jimmy remembers meeting a kid in Aaron's office singing a song about elephants. I remember the guy with the southern drawl trying to tell me that his thin jacket was wind and water resistant and enough to brave the Ohio winter.

He's become one of most dear friends and we have loved getting to know his now wife, Kristin. She compliments him in every way and we knew when we met her that she was Michael's partner.

Their wedding was beautiful and fun and laid back which was so refreshing. They got married in the most adorable chapel on the sea (yes, like out of a novel). The reception was in the adorable town hall across the street.

I took video rather than photos most of the day (working on finishing that!) so these are a bit scattered. Some are from their photographer, a few from my phone (because it didn't occur to us to get a nice picture on a real camera), and some from the camera I was shooting with.

Here goes:



On the day that we setup, I got in Michael's car and there were all these blocks of cheese in the front shelf. Of course there were four blocks of cheese there. Only Michael.


In a chapel by the sea.



There's Jimmy in true form. True, true form.


They had the most beautiful backdrop for photos. The most.








As good as it gets for photos of us. Clearly we need to work on our options for faces.







Sunday, April 28, 2013

the beach


Being at this beach in Trinidad was possibly the most refreshing experience I've had in a very long time. 

It was chilly but not too cold. You could breathe deep and at that moment nothing else mattered. There were no bills or life plans or jobs to think about. Just the waves and watching the girls play on the rocks. 

(Jimmy was with the wedding party getting ready and I was behind the camera.)















Monday, April 22, 2013

winston

Tonight while watching Mad Men, we had a moment. Well, Jimmy had a moment.

Years ago when Jimmy and I started to get to know each other, he decided to share with me one of his most proud purchases - a brass swan that he named Winston. Jimmy names everything.

He bought this swan at a garage sale with friends and decided it needed to travel to college with him to give his room some flavor.

When you're first getting to know someone, all things are cute. The knowledge of this swan didn't phase me. At all.

Anyways, tonight while watching Mad Men, Jimmy paused the scene and flew off the couch in excitement.

Don Draper chose to flavor up his space with said swan. Literally, it's the same swan. Jimmy said it made his week.

I wonder if I should've been more concerned when he first told me.

(No really, he's the most quirky man and I love him.)


Sunday, April 21, 2013

some video from trinidad

Two weekends ago we caravanned over to the California coast for our friend Michael's wedding.

The experience was better than words in every way and we have a ton of fun photos to share. I can't get to all of them tonight, so here's a little video I put together of video we shot randomly at the beach before we got ready for the wedding. 

(The song is "Like the River" by James Vincent McMorrow.)