Pauline and Curtis tied the knot today on the first tee at The Falls golf course in Chilliwack. Even though it looked like it might rain, they ended up having perfect overcast weather with the occasional blast of sunshine.

The whole day was incredibly peaceful, serene and beautiful. Here are some photos…

Pauline’s wedding dress is all ready to go while she gets her makeup done in the background in their Villa at The Falls.

Pauline seeing herself in the mirror.

After getting ready, Pauline and Curtis had a few moments to greet each other for the first time and then we were off for couple portraits.

It was a total West Coast wedding with the cedars, the rocks, the mountains and the overcast weather.

Curtis.

Pauline.

Hanging out at the first hole where they’d be married in a short time.

The bouquets were beautiful with a wonderful colourful mix of flowers and even some coffee beans to add texture.

Here is the bride’s stunning bouquet.

The first kiss as Mr. + Mrs. Pauls.

The bridal party was great fun!

The not-so-little golf cart that could. It was fun cruising around in golf carts to all the different locations. Here the wedding party is heading off in their limo to the wedding reception at The Falls Clubhouse.

Yesterday, we photographed children modeling some of the new bibs in the 2006/2007 Mally Bibs collection. The weather was perfect. The children were cute. And of course the bibs are wonderful.

Here’s a sneak peek of a few of their new bibs in the 2006/2007 collection.

Mackenzie loved her snacks. Especially the cupcake. Mmmm.

Olivia will look familiar from her Families in the Park session. She is one happy baby and has the cutest smile. She’s crawling now.

Aushin will look familiar from Darcie’s signing classes. He has a great baseball throwing hand and loves to smile for Mommy and Daddy.

Malia, Lucas and Aiden had a picnic. They’re wearing the larger, toddler bibs which are new for this year’s collection.

Melissa will look familiar because she’s our niece. She’s on the move, is full of smiles, and says “hi” or “bye” to everyone she sees.

I love this clip about Hank:

Xander and I spent a hot Sunday afternoon at the Mission Folk Festival in Heritage Park in Mission, BC. We saw a variety of musicians perform and scoped out several vendor booths (specifically, the one that sold fudge).

Xander seems to already have developed musical opinions - we stopped at one stage, with slower acoustic ballad-style music playing, and Xander promptly says, “Daddy, this is boring”. I think he really enjoyed the last group we saw - Pied Pumpkin. During the show, he was ecstatic as he sat in a tree that had ‘BIG ARMS’.

People danced right near the stage…

…and in the crowd.

They danced in groups as well.

Pied Pumpkin’s mandolin maestro

More Pied Pumpkin

Majestic Mt. Baker as seen from the festival grounds.

Details at one of the pavilions

A happy & hot Xander

Xander’s buddy, Tyson, had his 3rd birthday this weekend. We had fun getting together with his family and friends at South Poplar School for some baseball, cake, presents and fun.

Tyson and Xander greeted each other right away. We’re not sure what they said, but Xander came and told everyone, “Tyson said, ‘Thanks for the present.’”

Playing some baseball which Xander consistently shortens to “base”.

The cake. Did we mention Tyson really likes sports? Both his parents are athletic and he already can throw, hit and run like a pro.

Blowing out the cake candles.

Mmmm. Cake.

Time for some presents. Tyson’s buddies were so excited to have him open their presents.

Tyson was surrounded by enthusiastic ‘helpers’ as he opened his presents. Xander asks everyday to go over to Tyson’s to play with his presents and he lists what he all opened in eager anticipation - especially the Roboots, dump truck and Nemo video.

Time to go home.

What a hot day for a wedding! You guys stuck it out and we got some great images. Hope you have a blast in Mexico!

Here’s a sampling of the many images from today:

The couple

Pre-wedding time for the guys

Details at Trinity Memorial United Church

An elated Carrie with her Dad

Dress detail

Bridesmaids

We were fortunate to use the historic Tretheway House to get some great shots of the couple.

And it’s just going to get hotter! So today I took Xander over to slip ‘n slide with some friends.

a bit of a lunch before the activities

Xander’s trademark ‘cheese’ smile

slip ‘n slide featuring Spiderman

the pounce…

…and slide

Xander warming up

full throttle

X’s ‘Blue Steel’

I recently did a photo session of a Lakeside Garden Estate in Mission for realtor Lisa Berlin. She put together a sweet website with the photos and information on the property and house. I also did her promotional headshots back in January.

All you brides who are looking for tips for planning your wedding, check out wedding bee. It’s a sweet bridal resource that is constantly being updated. Make sure you bookmark it in your web browser!

As an ongoing project, I have been photographing the staff at South Abbotsford Church. Here are some favorites from a recent session with seven of the staff members:

Dan

Bria

Andrew

David

John

Matt

Monica

The rest of the images will be posted later.