I met Emily a few 4th of July's back while I was visiting a friend down in Huntington Beach, CA, and it's been nothing but fun and excitement these past years knowing her. Well a couple years ago she met Aaron after one of our other friends and her husband set them up on a date, blind if I remember correctly. You never know what to expect from a set up date but Aaron and Emily hit it off and here we have it, their upcoming wedding! And let's not forget their super cute son Lincoln, he's just too much adorableness! I was more than grateful to be asked to be a part of their wedding.

Late January I headed on out to the Santa Monica Pier with this family of three to capture their souls in preface to their wedding. So much fun was had, a few tears were shed and love was projected, even when Lincoln let us know it was time to eat and there was nothing else he wanted to do :) Aaron, Emily... I can't wait to see you guys walk down the isle and continue that life journey with Lincoln :) -AG

*Wedding to be held March 20th, 2015 in Santa Ana, CA. Blog post to follow.

It's funny how the world connects and reconnects people. The first summer I was living in LA, Bryce joined a softball team a bunch of our friends put together. To be honest we all admit we didn't really have a our softball skills together but we sure had fun! The only thing I remember from that summer was the amazon woman who smacked Bryce in the eye with the ball thus ending his ever growing softball career. You ask why I mention this in a post about a family session I recently shot. Well that same softball summer also turned out to be when I first met Nick Linz, but due to the "ball to face incident" I don't recall that. Fast forward to last summer and a gal from Manhattan Beach contacted Bryce about her husband Nick's lamps that he built seeing if they would be good fit for Bryce's shop. Of course they were so we sold a few. This was the way I re-connected with Nick and introduced to The Linz family.

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Brooke and Nick were expecting their second child, Axel, and had expressed interest in doing a session once they had the little guy and right before they moved to be closer to their families in Ohio. This family is seriously MAGICAL! Seriously! Not once did I feel signs of unhappiness they all had smiles and the way they speak to each other and their kids is intoxicating with joy, something you just can't fake. I could have stayed for hours just taking in their happiness. While moving away from the beach is hard for most people, and I don think the Linz's would disagree, it's made possible with the love and support of family and knowing that at the end of the day you've got each other and that's what really matters. Here's to happiness and the adventures it takes you on! -AG