The beginning of August, our friends Josh and Maggie celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary. And about a week ago, they had an Ice Cream Social to celebrate the same with their friends and family.

I made sure to arrive RIGHT at the beginning so I had some good sunset light for photos, because Maggie’s parties are always stylish ….

I’m never disappointed.

Pink, orange and yellow. With these big tissue paper pom poms hung strategically from the terrace. (I’m gonna get Maggie to tell me how she made them).

p.s. the party was at Maggie’s mom’s house ….. returning to the scene of the crime – same place they got married 5 years ago.

We did an anniversary portrait session a few weeks ago – in an orange grove off the 126 on the way to Ventura – and she had some of the images up to decorate, along with vases of oranges. I haven’t been able to post them before now – because she wanted to wait until after the party. But I’ve got a couple posts full coming up of all sorts of cuteness. Stay tuned for more of those …

Ice cream social = all sorts of good sweets. I intentionally had salad for dinner before coming so I could eat all this stuff with no guilt!

and finally, some of the guests:

Eleanor with her grandpa…

(and the back porch/terraced area for the guests. I love the look of the lights+tissue paper pom poms. I need to make a note of this for my future backyard parties)

And!! Now that the party has occurred, I’m allowed to post the anniversary portraits that we took in honor of their 5 years being married.

Here’s just a couple sneak peeks, with more photos to come ….