10.20.2010

A year ago today, we were married on a bright afternoon in California.

Although we knew we would be traveling this past year, neither of us could have predicted what was to come. What a crazy year it's been. One day, when we're old and in rocking chairs, maybe we can tell our grandchildren about that one time we climbed an active volcano or that we almost got trampled by an elephant. Maybe they'll believe us.

Photography by Max Wanger

i do.

Before embarking on this "around-the-world" honeymoon, we were married in Los Angeles. It was an intimate event, just the two of us, and exactly what we had imagined - a gorgeous day, filled with love and fun. Then we biked into the sunset. We had some pictures taken to remember the occasion. If you'd like, you can see a few more images here.

a quick los angeles recap

We saw the most gorgeous sunset as we were landing in L.A. last week (our crappy point-and-shoot photo doesn't do it justice). It made me so excited to be there (amongst other reasons). The weather was perfect, the people were friendly and we had a lovely few days.

Most of the L.A tourist attractions were visited during the last trip, so we weren't too disappointed that we didn't have time to check them out. But, we do feel bad that we didn't have time to check out some of your suggestions. We were really looking forward to them. Besides getting married, (!) our favourite part of the trip was the mini hike we went on near Cold Water Canyon in the TreePeople area.

Alex and I chose Max Wanger to be our wedding photographer. He and his fiancée are the sweetest people and we are so glad to have met them. They helped make our wedding day amazing and went above and beyond as photographers. Not to mention that they are an insanely adorable couple. We love his work and can't wait to see and share the pictures.