A Cancun Wedding

My older brother's wedding was absolutely beautiful. He always wanted to get married on the beach, and he got his wish last month. I'll start off with photos that I took of the gorgeous scenery in Cancun where we stayed ~ Dreams Resort. I had never before been to Mexico and I wasn't prepared for how incredibly humid it was there. Made me actually miss the California weather!



Overlook of our incredible view from the hotel room! (We were on the 16th floor)


More of our view, closer.


Part of the main beach area.





Wedding gazebo. Although that was not where they had the ceremony.








Our building. Find the second floor from the top and that was ours!








Of course I couldn't resist the flowers!




















Wedding gazebo set up for the windy afternoon wedding.


Mexican Hard Rock Cafe! We ate lunch here before the wedding that night.











Beautiful chandelier in the lobby.

So now there's a feel for the scenery. Now for photos of the actual wedding. I wasn't able to get any during the ceremony, so credit for those go to my mom and dad.



The setup.


Aron and his best man Michael.


Here comes the beautiful bride! On the arm of her Uncle Phil.





Awww. They look so happy!





It's a little fuzzy but I like how it's almost a silhouette too.


Family photo.


Mr. & Mrs. Bridges... finally!


A kiss before cutting the cake.


Hehe cute!









Me, Aron and Mom after alot of dancing and drinking (for me and my brother, that is).

It was such a fun vacation and a beautiful wedding! I'm glad my brother is happy and I know they will continue to make each other happy for the rest of their lives!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Hey all. Yes I'm still here. This week has been crazy busy, what with showing my mom around Cali. We've been starting out the day around 8-9am and not getting done until around 9pm. These 12-hour days are really starting to catch up with me!

I don't have any pics to update with, but I just wanted to say that I am working on getting them ready to upload, starting with the Cancun ones, which are absolutely beautiful!!! It was amazing there, yet the humidity sucked. Part of me was thankful that the area was hit with a tropical storm for the last two days of our vacation because all the wind and rain took away the humidity a little bit. I had an awesome time though. I can't believe that my big brother is married and that I have a new sister! It was a gorgeous wedding on the beach. I'll have those pics ready soon as well.

I've been getting back to the house late and am dead tired by the time I get on my laptop to edit pics so it has taken longer than usual. But when things calm down, I'll update with some Cancun photos. We've got a full day of San Fran planned for tomorrow so I better go get some sleep.

Flowers Galore... and the Painted Ladies.

So my birthday has come and gone. I went with Jacques and his mother Elizabeth to Sebastopol, California to visit his aunt who is an artist specializing in porcelain and stoneware clay. She has her own studio right next to her house and I found it very inspiring being around her. It made me want to get back into my traditional art, such as drawing and painting. If I had a setup like hers, I'd definitely be motivated to do that. I'd love to live that life.

This was also the first birthday that I didn't get to spend with my mom. But at least I'll get to see her in 10 days in Cancun. She said we'll celebrate my birthday there. I really missed her cake that she usually makes for me, since I didn't get a cake at all this year. Maybe she'll bring one to Cancun... haha! Wishful thinking.

Anyway, on with more photos. I definitely won't let it get this backed up again. This next batch is going to be a little mix of photos. I'll start out with another trip to San Francisco when we visited the Conservatory of Flowers and the Botanical Gardens. I was in heaven, seeing as how I love taking photos of flowers...

Our first stop was at Alamo Square, which is famous for the Painted Ladies and the field in front of them that was used for the Full House intro. I grew up watching Full House and I had been wanting to visit this place ever since I came here. We didn't realize that we had parked right next to the Ladies, so we ended up walking around the whole park before we saw the view we'd been looking for:












From there we drove to the Conservatory of Flowers. It was so incredibly beautiful, both inside and out!! From daisies to irises to orchids to lilies and more; get ready for an incredible flow of flora:






















Next, we walked from the Conservatory through the National Aids Memorial Grove to the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. These next photos are a mix between flowers that I found along the way and views of the beauty of nature in her natural state.


















And I'm ending this post with a beautiful side-view of a rose that I found on the trip to Sonora, California, on the way to Bear Valley.




Whew. That was alot of flowers.
I enjoyed the trip immensely! :]