These guys are super, duper sweet.

Rachel and Dale

I first met Dale at a wedding Jesie and I were shooting in Orange County, almost four years ago.  I’ll never forget him jokingly guarding the bride and grooms shoes as we shot on the beach.  He was such a good sport.  And I’m pretty sure I remember hearing the guys giving him a hard time about  this girl back home who he was jazzed about.

This girl, Rachel.  She’s the baby sister of one of our other brides, Coéle and the best friend of another RTP bride, also named Rachel.  So imagine how flattered I was when she called and asked me to be her wedding photographer!  So awesome.  Rachel just graduated from University of Colorado-Denver in video animation.  Again, so awesome.  We could have the next Buzz Lightyear animator on our hands.

Now when I say this guyes are super, duper sweet, I mean it.  They’re so graceful too.  When they said they were considering shooting in Cheyenne Canyon State Park, I accidentally gave them directions to Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  I made a mistake but they didn’t even call me on it and met me at Cheyenne Mountain State Park!  I finally caught myself and apologized, and they were so, so forgiving, understanding, and easy-going about it all.  Their trust means so much to me.

We laughed a lot as we played around the park, in the street, and on Dale’s pride and joy: his 1985 Toyota Landcruiser.  Dale’s a successful Toyota mechanic, so when my car was giving off a funny odor, he kindly took a look under the hood of my car and quickly solved the problem!  It was fate that we shot together on the same night my car was stinking up. :-)

I digress…

Rachel and Dale, your love is so fun and playful (T-Rex??), centered in Christ, and so trusting.  I can easily see how much you two look up to one another, so to speak.  Thank you for letting me be the one to capture it.

So much love and joy to you. Cannot wait for your wedding in just a couple of weeks!
René