We're Back!!! We're Married!! Did you Miss Us?? :)

Hi Everyone!

Wow, I can't believe it's been a month already! But...it's official! Gavin Wade Photographers is now a husband and wife team! How incredible is that?!

First of all, Erin and I need to thank SO many people for their thoughts, prayers, and support as we have such an amazing community of family and friends who have made the whole wedding process stress-free and brought us all together to have what was an unforgettable weekend!

For all of you new to our photography and to who Erin and I are, here is the Reader's Digest version of our story!

Erin and I met on E Harmony two years ago at the behest of our small group leaders at church. Both of us joined it as more of joke mainly just to get them to stop bothering us!

Lo and behold, after just a few weeks, Erin and I were "matched" and our communication began :)

**Cool Sidenote: When Erin signed up, she restricted her matches to a radius of 20 miles. I however...was 90 miles away. Freaky...**

So about 4 months into our relationship Erin and I reached a crossroads in our careers. We were both entrepreneurs with our own businesses but were finding that our hearts were not in it. So it was then we each asked one another "If you could do it allll over again....what would you do?!"

Our answers, were both PHOTOGRAPHY!! And it has been such an incredible journey since. And well before we started our business, we knew that we were the one we wanted to spend our lives with...so we figured...why wait? Let's start now!


And now that we are back from our honeymoon, the gifts have been put away, and the "thank you" cards have been mailed, Erin and I are loving married life and cannot wait for what the coming months and years have in store! 2010 hasn't even began and already we cannot wait!!

We wanted to share a few wedding photos with you! More to come as we sift through the 20,000 images we got from the weekend! We were blessed beyond measure to have David and Luke Edmonson as our photographers. Not only are they our dear friends and inspiration to us as photographers, they are true artists of their craft and we could not have been more in awe of the images they captured! Thank you David and Luke!

We have lots of blogging to catch up on so stay tuned this week as we have LOTS to roll out before Thanksgiving :)

But until then, here are a few photos from the day I married my best friend! (all photos © David and Luke Edmonson)

Lost Canyons Country Golf Club: Laurie and Robbie are Married!

Here we are just 5 days away from OUR wedding! We couldn't be more thankful for the outpouring of love and support from our family and friends =)

ALSO...after months of design and bug fixes, we will be pleased to share with you our new blog upon our return! But more on that later!

Now, on to Laurie and Robbie's fantastic wedding at the picturesque Lost Canyons Golf Club! It was a day filled with wonderful touches of both their personalities. Robbie, being the musician and artist that he is, infused his love for music throughout the day. First with a group of break-dancers for their entrance, a surprise serenade for his new wife (a song he wrote and performed himself), and to top it all off he had a groom's cake made in the likeness of a drum! Love it!

Laurie could not have been more radiant and her dress was stunning. We were fortunate enough to sneak away with these two after the ceremony (one of our favorite times of the day) and got some great shots! Here are some from our day!






































Erin got me in my prima ballerina photo skills! Okay, so I posed for this...but still..haha.

Our Bridal Shower!

So as most of you know Erin and I are getting married SOON! October 18th to be exact, and as our countdown gets smaller and smaller we both can't help but get more and more excited for what is to come!

One of the first "Oh my gosh the wedding is soon" moments was when we had our Couples Bridal Shower thrown by my wonderful parents at our house in San Juan. This was shower #1 of 4 for my soon-to-be-bride but my one and only chance to partake in the gifting and accessorizing of our new place! Granted I get to enjoy all of the gifts until Erin moves in after the wedding, but she get's to open them?? No fair!

I digress...

So pretty much for us you just have to walk into a Bed Bath and Beyond or Crate and Barrel store....close your eyes...and point to something and you can be we need it! Haha, we really don't have anything. Which makes our excitement over silverware seem cheesy, but it's really not! We couldn't be more stoked about a fork and knife :)

Since this is my one and only wedding shower, I decided to grab my camera and get a few details and moments from the night! It was such a great time with family and friends. We are so thankful for all of your love, support, and generosity! I'm sure by now you've all received you 'Thank You' notes (which Erin did all the next day...annoying how on top of it she is...is she even human?), but I once again wanted to say "Thank you and we love you!"

Here are a few photos from the night. Thank you to Jenni for getting the pictures of us with everyone! :)









Erin's Mom and Dad, Dan and Sheryl...the new In Laws!




Some of the awesome appetizers we had! Stuffed Mushrooms, yumm.


Torrey could smell the mushrooms and wanted some handouts.




Dad and I...can you see the family resemblance?








The bar menu for the evening. My uncle Jim tended the bar and mixes a wicked Bellini!










Our premarital counseling couple and mentors Ed and Angie...they're pretty much awesome :)


No....Erin is not giving the bird...she's holding our newest addition to our kitchen!




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Max and Christina!


Us and Cheyne...one of my groomsman