to make a long story short:

Emily is a-dorable; Tad is super sweet, and my daughter was the officiant. It’s like the wedding stars all lined up or something; it was a perfect day, and perfect wedding and I didn’t hit any traffic at all coming home from Agoura Hills to Long Beach. And that’s about as short as I can make it.

Now, to the good stuff:

Ok, so there’s a bit more to the story: Emily is the lucky girl whose awesome friends threw her the impeccable 50′s housewife bridal shower, that got blogged in Offbeat Bride, that led to countless, seriously, countless texts back and forth between my daughter, Jen (and a good friend of Em’s) and I, that led to me rushing over to shoot the shower that led to my interest in her wedding photographer that led to me volunteering to shoot it for nothing because Emily & Tad are so nice and they really needed a break and I was more than happy to give it to them.

Now that is the real story

PS: And I had nothing to do with the groomsmen lifting up Tad that way. I think they Punk’d me on that one.