This past month, I also traveled to the Bay Area quite a bit. Three times to be exact. Once was personal, the other was for a wedding and third time was for AidsWalk SF.

After going home at the end of May for personal reasons, I wasn’t planning on returning to the Bay Area until July 18th for AidsWalk SF. I found out that my Mom, Dad and two little nephews were part of the wedding entourage for my cousin Edna’s wedding. My family wanted me to be there so they paid for my ticket so I could attend the wedding. I’m glad that I did. The wedding ceremony was beautiful and I had a great time at the reception. It also gave me the opportunity to use my DSLR, which as you’ve noticed by my lack of blog posts, I haven’t used lately. Below are a few of the images I took from the reception which was held at Hiddenbrooke Golf Club in Vallejo, CA.

The Bride and Groom – Edna and Jay

Maid of Honor Speech

(Yes-She’s reading her speech from her iPhone. )

Dad, Tobey, Joshua and Mom

Fairway at Hiddbrooke Golf Club

You can see the complete set of pictures that I took from the wedding here.

AIDSWALK SF 2010

On July 18th, I joined 25,000+ other participants for the 24th Annual AIDSWalk SF. This was my third year participating in this fundraising walk-a-thon held a Golden Gate Park. In previous years, I signed up individually, but this year I decided to sign up with my friends team, TEAM BIO-RAD. Their goal is to raise $25,000 for the event. As you can see they’re not quite there yet. Although the walk has been completed, you can still donate until August 13th. Please consider donating to this worthy cause if you haven’t already.

I also want to take this opportunity to thank those who sponsored me this year. THANK YOU!

AIDS Walk – San Francisco is just around the corner and I’m extremely excited to be participating again this year. Thanks to friends, family, relatives and awesome people who were kind enough to donate, I was able to meet my goal last year of collecting $1000+ in donations and sponsorship, and thus giving me Star Walker Status. My goal this year is to collect $2000+ in donations and with your help, I’m sure I can achieve this and then some. So if you’re reading this, please consider making a donation to a worthy cause.

Feel free to link up this post or my donation site to spread the word. – Thanks!

Before going, I wanted to leave you with a few clips of last years event. Enjoy!