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Jason and Julie {Wed} in Brenham, Texas

April 9, 2010 – 11:04 am

Well we are finally getting caught up on the blogging. Today I am super excited to post our very first Texas wedding ever! Like I had said in an earlier post we were so thrilled to be able to document Jason and Julie’s love for each other in this capacity. We count it pure joy and humbling to be able to document such a special part in peoples lives. I first met the Evans family on my first trip down to Honduras last year. I got to see the family’s love so deeply for not only each other but for others as well. It was so cool to be able to drill a water well along side such a beautiful family. I couldn’t help but think of how much I wanted to have my future family resemble the same qualities and characteristics as the Evans family. Needless to say that when they asked I would be willing to come to Texas to shoot Julie’s wedding I was beyond ecstatic! Not only was it going to be our first wedding in Texas but to be able to work for one of the nicest, sweetest families I have ever met was the deal breaker.

One of my favorite things about this wedding was that there was so much family history in every little detail. They got ready in the house where her Grandfather built in the early 1900’s. Its called the Fairview Bed and Breakfast. Look at how beautiful it is.

Always a little craziness when the girls get ready.. so much different than the guys

Erin, Julie’s older sister, doing her makeup

the girls

the guys

A quick little pre-wedding “Bananogram” sess.. I have never heard or played it before but it looked super fun!! Aparently a HUGE thing over at College Station

The preparation for the wedding ceremony.. I love these shots!

This is where the ceremony and reception took place. Its called the Gidding Stone Mansion and it was built in 1870 and is still completely intact! Its beyond beautiful!

I LOVED the shots inside this beautiful house!

…and the live jazz band!

The sparkler send off!

This is probably my favorite shot of the day.. Whenever one of the Evans kids would leave home for a long time like when they were younger a vaction or when they were older and went off to college. Mom and Dad would always stand on the front porch waiving the I love you sign with their hands for as long as they could see the person leaving. They would sign each other for as long as they were in sight. If you look closely, you can see Julie and her Mom giving each other this “i love you” sign to eachother as they drove away! I thought that it was just a really sweet touch to end the night!

It was a beautiful day in so many different ways. Their only prayer was that God received all the glory from the day and it was pretty evident that this was the case!

I think what made it such a pleasure to work for this family is that they have treated us like family from the beginning. Providing trip details, time-lines, and travel arrangements. Welcome baskets upon arrival to our hotel room. Food provided for every meal. Even after the wedding was over Kristin and I decided to extend our stay and see what Texas had to offer (Enjoying the rodeo, Tim McGraw in concert, and some good ol’ Texas BBQ!) the Evans family extended this hospitality all throughout our stay. They completely blew us away with their amazing generosity! We love you all so much and are really excited to come back and visit ya’ll real soon

St. Lucia {Unforgettable Honemoons}

February 25, 2010 – 7:03 am

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!

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San Louis Obispo Wedding – Dan and Michelle

February 22, 2010 – 11:19 am

Finally.. Our first wedding up in SLO ever.. We were so excited to shoot these two.. Once Michelle started describing her wedding I knew it was going to be A M A Z I N G !! Her family actually owns a ranch and was going to be grounds for one epic wedding. So many little details.. so much beauty all in one place.. honestly some of the most beautiful country side I have ever seen. Stunning beach panoramas mixed with beautiful lush mountain ranges.. such diversity can only be found in the beautiful sunny state of California!! I cant wait to go back already! Check out some of the shots from the day!

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Who has a HUGE barn in your front yard… sooo jealous!!!

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check out this R I D I C U L O U S ceremony cite.

check out the fireworks launched to anouce the newly weds!

Dan and Michelle thank you so much for showing us such a wonderful time up in Pismo Beach and SLO.. We now have a new found love for up there and we cant wait to go back!!

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Our Photo Booth!!

February 18, 2010 – 12:32 am

Today we want to give a HUGE shout out to Jillian and Tony Bisinger who rocked out the Zany Booth at our wedding! These two have such fun and exciting personalities and really made our photo booth come to life. We got so many compliments on how super fun the booth was and even more how creative all the different ideas Tony and Jillian came up with! Take a look at some of the Zany-ness!! Also Tony and Jill were super duper sweet and a joy to work with.. They totally blessed our day by having them there to document such a fun part of our day! Thanks guys so much!! Also for staying all the way until the very end just to document our grand exit.. That was just way above and beyond what we expected and are forever grateful! Seriously.. totally blew us away!!