I Do in Malibu

To all our friends & family:

Our hearts & minds are guided by those that came before us. We tromp through the unknown because that's the way our fathers did it, and we think of others with fond thoughts because our mothers taught us to have compassion for others.

When I was young I spent most of my summer days at the beach. I distinctly remember following my father's footprints in the sand by taking large leaps so that my footprints land in the imprints he had left. Today I realize that our footsteps have wondered a path separate from that of our parents but if it weren't for the footprints that laid our foundation, life would have had a different story for us. We are blessed to have been surrounded by friends and family that have left their footprints in the sand so that we may experience the support, guidance, love and laughter that you all share with us.

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On April 26, 2008 we officially became a new family. The wonderful people who shared our special union with us at sunset in Malibu on a beautiful Spring day shared in the moments that we cannont describe in words. The collection of photos that we have are pieces of our lives that we will remember for eternity. This is our attempt to recreate our perfect beach wedding.

Before the 114 guests arrived at the Beach Club

Terri from Tru Heart Creations was busy at work

creating our vision of a "Beach Chic Wedding."

Every detail from the pillows that matched our wedding colors to the coral filled center pieces was what I envisioned in my dreams.

It took blood, sweat, tears and help from anyone that I could get to help me. I'd like to send some very appreciative 'shout outs' to those who willingly offered their time to the Cashman/Cannon Wedding cause:
*Erin Cannon and Dayna Snow- covered themselves in white powder from sanding my table name frames to give them a perfect beachy weathered look
*Mom Cannon and Natasha Hurley (yes, and even Erin did a few)- hot gluing the mounted wedding programs onto Raffia Fans perfectly
*Brendan Cashman, Natasha, Mom Cannon, Tuck, and random hands from the Tristan Family household- Napkin Night with only 2 days until the wedding- folding,wrapping, taping, gluing, tieing, packing on the assembly line wouldn't have been as fun without you
*Mom Cannon (yes, Dayna did a few including Tuck's:)- stinky star fish name cards-Steph, need I say more?

Busy Bridesmaids

Not only were my beautiful bridesmaids setting table napkins and placing stinky starfish delicatly in sandboxes, they were also busy primpping behind the scenes.

"Sweater Vests? Do you really want me to wear that?"

Our groomsmen and ushers wore camel colored sweater vests for our wedding. My vision was possible because of two reasons:

1) Mom Cannon (and Tuck) searched far and wide for the perfect sweater vest. This proved to be a treacherous task.

2) Those handsome boys agreed to unselfishly wear those fabulous camel colored sweaters. Almost all of the groomsmen made it through the night wearing them with the exception of Cole who ditched his fancy sweater vest on the dance floor.

Sweater vest wearing men eat your heart out.

Here Comes the Bride

On November 24th I booked the Malibu West Beach Club for our April 26th wedding. I didn't start planning the wedding until after the New Year. Although the Beach Club was an empty slate, it was perfect for what I had imagined. The wedding and reception were just the add-ons because our wedding was about committing my life to my best friend in front of our friends and family that came to celebrate with us. Here are the elements of the ceremony that the photographer captured.

If there is one thing that I want to remember
every time I think of our wedding ceremony
I want to remember the way Tucker held my
hands that day. His were shaking like a leaf
in a cold wind but that was the beauty of the
moment.

Pictures in the Sunset

After we were pronounced husband and wife the wedding party headed down to the beach to take pictures, while the guests had coctail hour on the deck overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Coctails included a Malibu Margarita, and a Aboloene Appletini that were available in alcohlic and non-alcohlic versions. But the excitment for us was down on the sand of Broad Beach where the photographer captured these unforgettable pictures.