So for the past couple of weeks we knew a secret, a big secret, and we are so excited to now be able to share it!!  Sarah + Travis made a run for the border, well flew actually as they came by float plane, from Seattle to Victoria to elope!! They met at a wedding and both knew instantly that it was something special and years later here they are.  This is our first elopement so we were so very excited for it and then when we arrived at Abigail’s Hotel and met Sarah and Travis – who were so excited and beaming and teary and cute – we were a little beside ourselves with happiness for them.  It felt very special to be some of only a few people to be with them on this day.  It was a little rainy and pretty chilly but nothing was taking the megawatt grins off of these two!  Days and couples like this are the reason that we photograph weddings.  You could just feel the love between them and they were so happy to be promising forever.  Their little ceremony was held at the hotel in a little nook of the garden and was complete with a chocolate cake and bottle of champagne.  The bubbly made the trip with us for the perfect toast in a field of lupins and poppies.  We are amazed that in the middle of the city there is a hill exploding like fireworks in purple, orange, pink and red – all the colours that fit this occasion perfectly.  Whenever we walk by that hill I know that we will remember the little champagne picnic and Sarah and Travis so in love.  We had such a wonderful time trekking through the field and over the tracks talking about old movies, how they met and how we met, and what they love in life.  To our new friends Sarah + Travis thank you so much for spending your special secret day with us and we know that you have many years of love ahead.              xo emmy + aaron