Last Saturday, Jenny and Kevin tied the knot at St. Catherine’s of Siena Church in Laguna Beach, followed by a rockin’ reception at Shady Canyon Golf Club in Irvine.  I was really looking forward to their wedding, since it’s the big kick-off for our 2007 season!  Not to mention they’re both pretty easy on the eyes….
The beautiful bride -
A little limo action -

The rings -

I think there is something really classic about this shot of Jenny walking up the aisle with her dad -

A little detail from the ceremony -

I just love this shot that Doug got of Jenny and Kevin walking back down the aisle! -

A couple of portraits -





A couple of details from their reception -

And their first dance (p.s. I love when the bride and groom choose to have the bridal party stand on the dance floor during their first dance – it’s so much more interesting then the band!)-


The cake cutting -

While I shot the guests dancing, Doug set up a mini-photo booth and took character portraits of guests on their way to the bar.  I think he did an awesome job capturing some fun moments for Jenny and Kevin to enjoy later!

Congrats and enjoy your honeymoon!  -Chenin

After 10 days on the road, we’re finally home! We had an amazing time in Maui, celebrating our five year wedding anniversary! I wanted to share some photos of our trip with y’all!
I should mention that my wonderful husband planned this whole trip on his own! He booked the private estate that we stayed at five years ago on our honeymoon, which is a really amazing place. The home is about half way up the road to Hana, smack dab in the middle of a rainforest. Here’s the view from our balcony (if you look close, you can see our own private waterfall in the lower right corner) -

The house is filled with amazing Balinese Art -

Since it’s a good 20 minutes to the nearest town, we played a lot of Scrabble. Now that I look at this photo, I can see that Doug cheated a little ( 10 points to whoever can see where he tried to pull one over on me!) -

It rains pretty much everyday, which results in some pretty amazing rainbows! This was right outside our window one afternoon -

We drove way the heck out to the middle of nowhere to visit Hawaii’s only winery. In case you were wondering, Pineapple wine sucks and it gives you a wicked hangover -

One of my favorite things about Maui is that it’s like visiting a whole other country, without ever leaving the US. Their “cuisine” is especially perplexing. Check out the “local fare” at McDonald’s -

Another thing they eat all the time – rice, with Hormel Chili and Nacho Cheese on top! I’ll spare you a photo of that one….
Always up for an adventure, Doug and I drove up a very scary road just to see what was on the other side. This road was, literally, so narrow that driving on it voided our rental car agreement! But, of course, you can’t tell us what to do!

And a view from the window of our Jeep (notice there is no guardrail!) -

About half-way up the road, we saw a pack of wild burros! I was so excited to hop out of the car and play with them! -


And some random shots along the way -



As if that drive wasn’t risky enough, we chartered a private Cessna to fly up the coast of Maui! Doug has been wanting to get his pilot license (wouldn’t it be pimp to fly a plane to our weddings?!?), so we hired an instructor to show Doug the ropes. Here is Doug looking like an extra out of Top Gun -

And here’s a self-portrait documenting the complete and utter fear I experienced while my husband flew what was, essentially, a motorcycle with wings -

And a shot of the view from above -

And one more of us celebrating making it back down to earth! -

Stay tuned for shots of the second leg of our trip – WPPI in Las Vegas!

Well, in the spirit of fun, we’ve decided to change something about our site – bonus points to the first person who can tell us what it is!
Have fun! 
-db