After getting ready (you know I loved LOVED her silver glitter doc’s!) we headed up to the Allegria Hotel’s roofdeck, only for it to start raining almost immediately upon arrival. So we rushed to get in as many shots as we could before they kicked us off (i guess the deck gets slippery when it rains and they don’t let anyone out there anymore). The backdrop of the beach was lovely and I felt like we were in Miami Beach instead of Long Beach.

So my good friend’s daughter became a Bat Mitzvah a few weeks ago and I was on hand to take lots (and lots!) of pictures on her special day. I know how hard Cayla worked studying her Torah portion and all of the other requirements for the day, I even took her to one of her lessons with the Rabbi when her mom was out of town. I didn’t stay, but got to hear a good part of it on the way to the temple! Cayla has a really pretty voice and she carried the whole service beautifully. Some other events during the service worth a mention- all of her uncles, dad, mom and brother passing the Torah on to Cayla, her absolute race around the synogogue carrying the Torah (like she couldn’t get that done fast enough and the Rabbi commenting if there was ever a Torah race, she’d win hands down) and my personal favorite part was her mom welling up with tears on the Bimah during speaking about Cayla and saying “shit”. Everyone cracked up- even the Rabbi- so I guess it’s all ok. Stay tuned for portraits and party photos soon.

My favorite part of posting this today is that I was with all of these fabulous family yesterday again! It was another family member’s first communion yesterday so I spent a bit of the day with them, which is always a good time for me! Cassie’s party was super fun and everyone was having a great time. Even me! Hope you enjoy the rest of Cassie’s special day(s)- she’s a lovely young lady who is sweet, beautiful, talented and just a joy to be around and photograph!