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We will be out of the office this next week since we are shooting a wedding in Texas then taking a little road trip across the huge state. This will be both myself and Kristin’s first time to Texas and we couldn’t think of a better reason to go and visit this awesome state! and better still we are shooting a dear family friends wedding.. Its going to be a great one and will give you a little sneak peak once we get out there!!
This post is just a special thank you to our wonderful travel agent Renee Meyer from Unforgettable Honeymoons and for all those people who inquired about our honeymoon asking where we went and wanting to see the pictures. We seriously had the best honeymoon ever! We headed to the tropical Caribbean island of St. Lucia. The place we stayed at had one of the most beautiful views I have ever seen in my entire life.. and it was right from our open aired suite.. The view below was our spectacular view every single day and we never even had to leave the room!! Talk about secluded this place was incredible.. In fact I think that we only left our room to get food.. and even then they brought it to us.. We were super lazy after all the craziness from the big day we just wanted to relax and unwind.. I couldn’t have even dreamed of a better place to do this at!! I dont know what was the coolest part.. the view.. the room.. the privacy, your own plunge pool.. we seriously had no reason to leave. It was exactly what we were looking for. Here are just a few pics of the resort we stayed at.. If you have any questions you can contact Renee as she would be more than happy to give you all the little details of this place 
a little breakfast sitting area
fresh tea and coffee served whenever we wanted plus all kinds of fun activities at our disposal..
What was really awesome about this place was that there were these hand carved sculptures and wood workings all over the place as well as filled up our entire room. Every room has its own personality and individual carvings.
a place just to hang out and enjoy the view of the pitons..
Here is the restaurant when we decided to not eat in our room.. honestly I think we only saw 4 different couples total the WHOLE time we were there..
here’s the view while eating..
If you didnt want to stay in your room then you could enjoy this patio next to the restaurant for some local tunes and the infiniti pool.
Here are pictures of the rooms.. each room is like your very own tree house and extend out into the tree canopy..
The inside..
our own pool and lounge chairs with the amazing view as well.
Another little sitting area to watch the sunset and the moonrise You can see though that the whole suite is totally open to the suroundings..
Honestly I would go back there in a heartbeat.. I cant wait actually we both miss it so much! Beautiful weather all day and all night AND we didnt even see, let alone feel, a single bug the whole time.. to sum it all up in one word… Perfection!
What can I begin to say.. Drew from Shade Tree Films has completely blown us away.. time and time again.. But this time more than I can express in words. We knew ever since we first met Drew that his personality was infectious and we just couldn’t get enough of the guy. He is one of the nicest most hard working guys I have ever met in my life. A man who is truly dedicated to his craft. Not only is he just insanely talented at what he does.. INSANELY.. constantly pushing the envelope and always striving to do better. Drew has one of the biggest hearts you will ever meet. Constantly pouring out all he has to give his clients the best product he can possible produce. and us being his friends was certainly no exception.
I can say with so many words what this video means and how important is to us but I will try to say it with only a few. We laughed, we cried, we smiled, we remembered, and we relived. Job well done Drew.. Job well done. Enjoy a small portion of Our Love Story.
P.s thank you so much to Romney and Chad for helping out so much on the day.. You guys worked so incredibly hard and we are so so grateful!! We love you guys!!
Hi everybody! I wanted to post a little recap of the year for us here in 2009… We had such an amazing year with even more amazing and wonderful clients! We feel so blessed to have worked with so many special and loving people throughout the year and 2010 looks just as awesome with some really amazing clients and cool weddings on the way..
One of the most amazing things that we feel so blessed to be apart of was the overwhelming support of our new philanthropic campaign. Earlier this last year we launched a new campaign where we donate a portion of each wedding package on behalf of our clients back to a charity of their choice that they felt particularly close to.
Our vision was to give 10% of every package we book back to people in need and the turn out was so amazing that we actually superseded that !! Here is a list of the charities we worked with and supported throughout the year..
Living Water International -World Vision-Toms Shoes – Compassion International -Operation Smile – Hill of Hope
We thank God so much for providing all our clients who made this dream and vision become a reality. By the grace of God we accomplished some pretty awesome things and made the world just a little bit better for a few more people.. Here is a little recap of the gifts and blessings given to other people throughout the year:
We sponsored 7 kids in 3rd world countries to receive surgery for fixing cleft palates and cleft lip and gave them new smiles and happy faces (Operation Smile)
Education for 15 children for 1 year (World Vision)
$1350 for the Horn of Africa food crisis, providing the basic necessities of life (WV and Compassion)
8 chickens – Chickens are easy to raise, and will naturally multiply to impact generations of children. Each family that receives chickens is asked to give back hatched chicks to help another family in need. Chicks require little money, space, or food to thrive and grow — making them an ideal business venture for a single mom or vulnerable family. (WV)
4 goats -Goats nourish hungry children and families with healthy milk, cheese, and yogurt. Goats also give a much-needed income boost by providing offspring and extra dairy products for sale at the market. (WV)
$1900 worth of clothing for kids who are without proper clothing, providing warm jackets for kids in high altitudes and cold climates.. (WV)
$500 to help reach young at risk teens in orange county, ca and provide them with a loving, safe environment to grow up in. (Hill of Hope)
1 dairy cow- provides some 120,000 glasses of milk in its lifetime to one village, and extra dairy products for sale at the local market. (WV)
safety/protection and hope for sexually exploited girls in 3rd world nations. (WV)
2 sheep for wool and money provided by local markets by selling of products. (WV)
providing shoes to kids who are without to prevent soil borne parasites from entering the body (TOMS)
Sponsored 4 kids through world vision for one year providing them with shelter, food, clothing, security and education:
Collins Limua, Nairobi, Kenya age 4, Elisee Kainda Manyonga: Dem Republic of Congo Age 4, Mesay Mamo : Ethiopia, Age 6, Etania Richard: Haiti, Age 5
And to top off all this wonderful stuff..We had enough of our clients to donate their portion to Living Water Int that we raised enough money to sponsor the construction of a brand new water well in Honduras providing clean drinking water to hundreds if not thousands of people who were previously without before!!!! We are so excited because Kristin and I are actually getting to participate in this trip next March to see the well be brought to life. We are thrilled because we will be able to document the actual people benefited by all the contributions and bring back all the photos for you to enjoy! I went to Honduras twice earlier in the year so if your curious to see the photos and what the process is like please feel free to check out those blog posts.. Honduras trip 1 Honduras trip 2
We are just so over whelmed by all the love and the events fof this year and are so excited to see what God has in store for us next year! So again a HUGE special thanks to all of our clients for helping make this dream come to life and we cant wait to see how to impact the world with all your help in 2010!! Heres to a great 2009 and an even greater 2010!! We love you all and God Bless!!
I wanted to post another little sneak peak of our wedding.. Here is the behind the scenes of the construction process of our photo wall.. We are going to use this as the background of our photo booth ! I AM SO O O O Excited!!
When we thought of this idea we had no IDEA the amount of work that lied ahead or what it was going to take to bring this bad boy to life.. after careful planning.. strolling the huge halls of the local Home Depot we collaborated and strategized.. actually… we just bought a bunch of stuff and started playing.. First off I have to give a big thank you to the guys over at Richfield Tree Farm in Yorba Linda for all their help in finding and cutting the wood.. Super awesome guys and they have a great big cut-it-yourself tree farm with over 60 acres!!… My dinkey chainsaw was nothing compared to their MONGO one and got the job done so much faster! if it wasnt for them I think I would still be cutting. Here is what we started with!
a little Gorilla, porter cable, some mdf board, 2×2’s and we were off..
we wanted to make sure that all the trees were different shapes and sizes so we could create a unique and diverse mosaic.
only 4 more consecutive trips to home depot, 2 more trips to the lumber yard and 3 solid days or manual labor later!!! WHaalloaaa!! Photo Wall.. good thing Kristin already agreed we can put it up as our headboard in our new place!! I cant wait to move in together after we are married! its going to be so exciting!
the first photos from our booth..
I think it came out exactly how I imagined.. however long story short… I wouldn’t recommend this project to anyone After Kristin saw it she said “ohhh its soo awesome!! do you think you could make another one behind the cake table too…?” and I replied.. “……cricket…….cricket…….”
A HUGE thanks for a HUGE investment of time Mr. Matt Gartner with Gartner Photography. One of my good friends, groomsmen/workhorse and other mastermind behind this creation..if it wanst for him I dont think I would have been able to move the several hundred pound wall by my self… literally i think its about 300 lbs total… yikes
I am sooOOOO excited to post these.. it took a lot of hard work and the D*LSH girls did a fabulous job designing along with my beautiful bride to be with all the little details and assembly! What a project!
I think my favorite is the burlap and cotton since we are going to have these incorporated into our wedding.. these invites give a perfect insight to how we envision our big day to look.. WOW this makes it so real and I am SOOO excited for this day to come! Also thanks to paperwink for our sweet return stamp!
Here are our invites.. take a look and leave a comment if you like them!!
