Sunset on the Ridge

People are like cities: We all have alleys and gardens and secret rooftops and places where daisies sprout between the sidewalk cracks, but most of the time all we let each other see is is a postcard glimpse of a skyline or a polished square. Love lets you find those hidden places in another person, even the ones they didn’t know were there, even the ones they wouldn’t have thought to call beautiful themselves.

"Wild Awake” by Hilary T. Smith

In two weeks exactly, our wedding weekend will have begun! We have friends and family coming from all around the country to join us in the woods of northern Sonoma county for a 3-4 day love-celebration-getaway.

Right now my brain is filled to the brim with decor and travel logistics and brunch menus and lawn games and hairstyles and vows and beauty appointments and honeymoon plans. And love and love and more love. The planning process has been intense but in the very best way :). I know it's going to be a weekend to remember.

I wanted to share these gorgeous photos taken back in the fall by our friend Jake Murphy from Love + Wolves Co. I can't BELIEVE how lucky we are to have him as our wedding photographer -- just look at their stuff! These photos make me so incredibly excited to move into the next chapter of life with this sweet, adventurous, imperfect, lovable family of mine :).