L’Auberge Del Mar Wedding, Part One
Travis and Carly

Travis is a pretty official guy. He's in the military, and most military guys tend to stand up straight, look you in the eye, and give a firm handshake that means business. Travis is like that. Behind his charming smile and warm eyes is a guy that means business.

But then along comes Carly - fun-loving, bright-eyed, sunshiny Carly. While he's driving fast attack nuclear submarines around the globe, she's driving a scooter to work in Hawaii. Nothing can dampen her smile. When it rains, she just throws on boots and a jacket along with her helmet and enjoys the tropical warmth as she scoots around island. Not even damp helmet hair can rain on her parade.

And when these two get together, it makes me laugh. A lot. While we were taking portraits of Travis and Carly after the ceremony, there was a bunch of kids (aka the peanut gallery) climbing in a tree nearby. The kids kept yelling things like, "Get a room!" and "Are you happy?" to Travis and Carly. Travis' response? "Yes please!" and "Soooooo happy!" as he held his woman and laughed until his sides hurt. As we walked back to L'Auberge, he saw another wedding rehearsal taking place and yelled across Seagrove Park, "You guys are gonna have a blast!! Marriage is THE BEST!"

This official guy becomes anything but official when his girl is around. He becomes a boy in love with the most beautiful girl in the world.

Travis and Carly live in Hawaii but wanted a seaside wedding close to Carly's southern California roots, so they chose the boutique luxury hotel, L'Auberge Del Mar, which is one of our favorite venues in San Diego. A huge thanks goes out to lead coordinator, Alison, and her wedding divas at L'Auberge for always being such a dynamite team to work with. These ladies treat their couples like GOLD and it shows in everything they do! Also thank to Kris Valentien for being an awesome San Diego DJ. The music was super important to Carly and Travis, and we always love working with Kris!

On to the images... Travis and the boys got ready at a beach house down the street in Del Mar, so Jeff joined them to snap some photos of them getting ready.

 

 

Meanwhile, I hung out with Carly and the girls at L'Auberge. Thank you to Julie Hardison of JH Artistry for helping Carly look breathtaking! Julie was not only sweet and kind, but crazy talented! Love this girl!

 

I fell in love with Carly's Kate Spade wedding heels and blingin' jewelry.

 

Carly's mom and sister helped her get into her lovely Maggie Sottero wedding gown.

 

 

 

I loved the fresh flower that Carly chose for her classic and timeless hair design.

 

Best friends are the icing on the cake of life. All of us could use our girlfriends to help us out with our shoes every once in a while!

 

The First Look was incredibly sweet and romantic.

 

 

I can see this military guy melting by the second. Travis is such a sweet guy!

Travis had his suit custom made for him, which I always encourage our grooms to choose a look that fits them well. The groom needs to look just as good as his gorgeous bride!

 

 

Couples that laugh together not only stay together, but have a blast at the same time! I can tell that these two are pretty much best buds.

 

 

 

 

One of my favorites.

 

Ha! Carly, your smile could fill up the ocean!

 

While I was taking portraits of Carly, a bunch of her friends walked by that she hadn't seen in years. You know they're good friends when Carly is so happy to see them!

 

My favorites of the day! These two photos are TOTALLY Carly - inside and out!

I love that Travis and Carly kept the bridal party simple - they chose Travis' brother and Carly's sister to stand with them, which made things pretty meaningful.

 

 

The ceremony took place at Seagrove Park overlooking the ocean. This is the perfect seaside setting for a sweet ceremony.

 

 

 

Carly and Travis held the cocktail hour prior to the ceremony so out of town guests could enjoy the ocean view.

 

 

Carly walked down the aisle by herself, so all eyes were on this gorgeous girl.

 

Just like the rest of the day, there were plenty of laughs to be had during the ceremony.

 

 

 

 

 

We have the rest of Travis and Carly's bright and fresh seaside wedding at L'Auberge Del Mar coming to the bloggy-blog tomorrow, so stay tuned for all of the reception details and more lovely portraits of Travis and Carly. Can't wait!

Hugs,
Erin

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Wedding Photography : The Youngrens | Ceremony Location : Seagrove Park, Del Mar | Reception Location : L'Auberge Del Mar | Event Design : Alison Sansom | Floral Design : Jolie Fleur Del Mar | Cake : Little Mary's Cakes | Dress : Maggie Sottero | Shoes : Kate Spade | Make-Up : Julie Hardison, JH Artistry | Hair : Shea w/ Thomas Joseph Studios | DJ : Kris Valentien | Ceremony Music : Angelica Strings | Reception Lighting : Kris Valentien | Catering : L'Auberge Del Mar |

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