Pasadena

I've decided to blog about California in parts to keep it a reasonable length and not crash my site with too many pictures :) Our first stop on our trip (and the purpose for going) was Pasadena for Courtney and Andre's wedding. Our hotel was right in Old Pasadena and was the perfect location to let us walk to anything and everything... we didn't move our car the whole weekend! The first night there, we walked to the campus of Fuller Theological Seminary for the rehearsal dinner. Micah had a blast running around and I got this shot of his wicked sweet running form~



We spent the next day shopping and eating wonderful food in Old Pasadena. Near sunset, we headed to the wedding which was within walking distance (although as my mom and I discovered, "walking distance" changes when heels are involved... we hitched a ride back after the festivities :) Micah was looking sharp in his dress shirt and his new khakis which, due to his VERY skinny genes, were held on using a strategically placed binder clip.... classy, I know ;-)


Courtney was gorgeous as she married the love of her life under a really cool ancient oak tree. It was fun to see Andre and his whole family in traditional Norwegian dress and hear toasts given in both languages. As the sun set, the tree was lit by hundreds of white Christmas lights and the tables were pretty in candlelight and the light of paper lanterns. It was a great wedding and we got to catch up with some old friends from the past 21 years. I particularly enjoyed talking with Courtney's sisters who are older and when we were kids seemed SO MUCH older than me. Now they are just fellow moms and a ton of fun :)

Alicia and Jean were there and we loved being able to catch up with them. They looked beautiful, as always, and even managed to make night flash photography look good :)

Our trip to Pasadena included 1 trip a day to Pinkberry and we grabbed this shot in honor of Miss Elizabeth. Mmmmmm, Pinkberry... should have gone every day in Anaheim too.. what a shame :P