We are so excited that Peony and Pear Tree featured our fun DIY shoot with Designs by Spring.
Photographer: Siegel Thurston Photography
Hair Stylist: Hair Ya Go
We were inspired a few months ago to plant some little artichoke plants. They have grown far larger and faster than we ever anticipated. Still high on the success from our artichokes we attacked a larger section of abandoned flower bed in our yard. For fun we decided not to go with the traditional garden boxes but just plant everything together. This way our vegetables can grow up looking at pretty flowers. For this season we acquired a variety of tomato plants including my favorite Early Girls. Brett is pretty excited about our strawberry plants and made it his personal mission to plant them all, making little mounds for each one. Now we just have to devise a plan to keep the dogs from snacking on our strawberries before we get the chance to harvest them. Our pack of little dogs can be such sneaky little thieves. Last year we had to fence in our tomato plants because Kita kept eating all the ripe tomatoes off the vines. At least she was the only one getting caught with tomato all over her face.
Our next gardening mission should we choose to accept it will be growing cucumbers from seed. Let the green thumb challenge begin!
I can’t wait for our Early Girl tomato plants to grow up. We plated some last year and were rewarded with delicious tomatoes for months.
The dogs tried their best to help us in the only way they seem to know how by laying in our way, walking through the newly tilled dirt, and sniffing all the flowers.
Dinosaur Kale
So I thought theses fuzzy white little plants were going to grow into low lying shrubbery, but after planting this one I was informed by experienced gardeners that they turn into rather large bushes. I may have to rethink where I planted theses little guys so they don’t overtake the strawberries or even the stone lions.
Maggie kept sleeping in strange places.
Grow little flowers grow!
So I started this post about four times in four different ways and each time I looked back at the words sprawled across my screen and they just couldn’t express the weight of all the emotions of the day. Every little detail surrounding Jesse and Courtney’s wedding day was infused with the love they feel for one another, from the hand written journal Courtney started before she knew she was waiting for Jesse, to the words etched inside his wedding ring. As I mentioned in their sneak peek I’m not one regularly brought to tears, but as we sat in the bridal suite with curling irons steaming and makeup dusting the air, Courtney read out loud the first page of the journal intended for Jesse. I felt the moisture collecting at the corners of my eyes. Then again I felt the tears surface when her brother spoke of their love before everyone at the ceremony and when they exchanged vows. The final time my eyes welled up was as the family came up and toasted Jesse and Courtney, each telling such wonderful and loving stories of this incredible couple. I just can’t help but smile when I think of how two such loving and deserving people were brought together.
A special thanks to all the vendors involved in creating this amazing wedding. It was so great work with all of you!
Venue: Superstition Mountain Golf Course and Country Club
Onsite Planner and Event Manager: Tracy Elliot
Video: Everly Films
Catering: Texas Road House
Cake: Sugar Coated Bakery
DJ: Steve Grosz
Dance Floor: LTD Party and Equipment Rentals, LLC.
Fire Engine Transportation: Capt. Jack Hafer
Erin Dietzler – violinist
Kristina Serrano – violist
Daniel Shin – cellist
On a blizzard filled night in February, Jesse and Courtney’s lives were about to change forever. Courtney had accepted a calling to be a counselor at the Lost Willows Youth Camp where Jesse had been a youth leader for many years. Courtney pulled up to the snow-dusted youth camp for the first time. Innocently, she parked her car in an area meant only for busses, grabbed her bags, and headed off to unpack. Jesse arrived on the scene to find tour buses full of rowdy excited teens backed up as far as the eye could see. Pandemonium ensued. With the entrance blocked by cars the buses were unable to unload. So Jessie went in search of the owner of the Ford Escape which seemed to be the most offending culprit. After fifty minutes of frantic searching he finally had the identity of the Escape owner, Courtney Jones, and was off to find her. Jesse’s persistence brought him to the base of a snow encrusted staircase. His eyes rested on Courtney standing at the top. Giggling in embarrassment she descended in her six-inch stiletto knee high boots with Jesse’s eyes never leaving her. Later Jesse confessed, “When she reached the bottom I wanted to grab her left hand to see if she was married.” He secretly said to God, “I want to marry this girl one day.”
Happily for Jesse and Courtney “one day” turned out to be March 31 2012 (also his birthday). What an amazing gift.
Check back this Thursday the 19th for a peak at Jesse and Courtney’s ceremony and reception.
To Jesse & Courtney’s friends and family. Want to view all the images? Please follow this link and sign up for access to their Pictage wedding photography page. Once your signed up you will be automatically notified when the images will be available for you to view.
A special thanks to all the vendors involved in creating this amazing wedding. It was so great work with all of you!
Venue: Superstition Mountain Golf Course and Country Club
Onsite Planner and Event Manager: Tracy Elliot
Video: Everly Films
Catering: Texas Road House
Cake: Sugar Coated Bakery
DJ: Steve Grosz
Dance Floor: LTD Party and Equipment Rentals, LLC.
Fire Engine Transportation: Capt. Jack Hafer
Erin Dietzler – violinist
Kristina Serrano – violist
Daniel Shin – cellist
