Rain, rain, go away… actually, come out and play, but not while we are all stranded in various parts of the Wright House gardens!  (Thanks LaTricia for capturing this… it was very hard to photograph the amount of rain coming down as it was soooo dark there… some of the lights were out, and we were only able to work with the flash we currently had with us… there was no way of setting up off-camera lighting in this windy wet weather!)

This is the wedding of the BEAUTIFUL Lauren and her very lucky husband, Don.  After the amazing bridal sitting where there was not a single bad image of her, we knew that we were going to get some great shots at the wedding.  Well… we did, but then we got a little stranded.  The evening was soooo unusually hot and humid.  (Even for August in Arizona.)  We could see the storm moving in and the smell of rain, but it came down quick and hard as we were getting some family pictures taken after the ceremony.  The gardens were flooded in minutes and we were all stranded under various awnings and patios.  (The wedding was all outdoors!)  Needless to say, Lauren and Don were good sports and in great spirits.  They definitely planned well, as the reception was scheduled for the next night, so no one was TOO worried about getting a LITTLE wet.

Lauren and Don saw each other before the wedding, which was sooo wonderful!  We had a beautiful sunset (always the benefit of monsoon weather), and got some great shots of them before it turned dark and stormy.

Oh, by the way, did I mention that Lauren sings, dances, plays the violin, is smart, and incredibly nice?  Yeah.  She has it all.  I’m probably embarrassing her, but can you tell I’m a bit jealous?!?!?