In February, we flew to Mexico to celebrate our friends, Ron and Shawna’s, wedding. We spent four nights in town together, getting to know the other guests, eating delicious food, and cruising around town. The ceremony was beautiful, laid back, and down-to-earth, with about 30 friends and family present. We had a fantastic time, and couldn’t be happier for Ron and Shawna.
We met Ron back in 2002 when we were planning our own wedding and vetting photographers. When we chose him, we had no idea it would be the start of a long friendship. The following summer, Jonathan second-shot with him at weddings to build a portfolio to start our own wedding photography business. Not too long after that, Ron started BlackRapid, an innovative camera strap company, and Jonathan has helped with the IT side of things over the years.
Where we all stayed. The building at the top (also the tallest point in Sayulita) is where the ceremony was. We stayed down below in the yellow building.
Our villa
Breakfast!
Almost time for the ceremony!
The handsome groom
And the beautiful bride
Friends/musical entertainment (he’s in the Brian Waite Band)
Beautiful reception location
Don’t scoot your chair too far back!
Ron’s Aunt & Uncle
Pretty views
The group
Fireworks at the carnival across the way
Post wedding jam session
BlackRapid supports Sayulita Animals, an amazing organization dedicated to helping the animals in Sayulita
It was great to get away, but we really missed our boys while we were gone. And we kept seeing such cool things that we thought they would appreciate. Here are a few pictures we took just for them:
While we were there, we rode a golf cart through the jungle to a secluded beach to do a lifestyle shoot for BlackRapid and Kavu. Here are a couple shots that Jonathan and I took while we were there.
Fish tacos and margaritas! Nom nom nom!
More margaritas!
Missing the boys
Up at Ron and Shawna’s villa. It was so neat! There was lots of ornate, antique furniture, and eye-catching details. Here’s Jonathan on a swing in the living room. There was also a treehouse suite up at the very top.
Some more pics for the boys. Here’s us with locals dressed in traditional Aztec gear.
Sayulita garbage
During college I worked at The Olive Garden. My old manager owns this restaurant now, so we paid him a visit.
We also connected with a friend-of-a-friend here. He was once my girlfriend, Heidi’s roommate, and now owns this bar.
OMG! Another garbage picture!
On our last night, we checked out the carnival that had been keeping us up late all week. We opted not to try the ferris wheel, but watched the ladies perform some zumba numbers on stage.
Our last hour in Sayulita:
