Photos by Mary

Mike and Tammy live in Massachusetts but wanted to get married here in Arizona. They rented out a beautiful house in Scottsdale for the big day. Since they are out of state I did not meet Tammy until the week of the wedding and Mike on the wedding day. I instantly liked them both. What a wonderful couple they are, along with wonderful families. Communicating with Tammy a couple weeks before the wedding she mentioned she was concerned about the heat in AZ, well they couldn't have had a more perfect August wedding. It was only 104! LOL, seriously they got lucky. That was all I could say all day. I really felt lucky to be there with Mike and Tammy and enjoyed working with them and their families, I felt like an old family friend. Mike and Tammy have an amazing life ahead of them, such bright, kind souls. I really like this shot of Tammy and her dad both getting ready. The first meeting between Mike and Tammy, they both look so excited! They were all smiles and tears durin...

It has been about 4 weeks since William and I planted the pumpkins and they seem to be doing very well. They survived what ever got into them (dog) about two weeks ago. We water them every evening, not sure if we should give them any kind of plant food or not? If anyone has suggestions we would love to hear them.

I think most of you know we live rather out in the desert, which makes it a bit of a challenge to grow flowers in my courtyard, the critters always come in and eat everything. We planted the pumpkins in the backyard in a tall planter and put some wire over them to keep our dog out. I didn't think critters would get to them for we have the dog. Well something got into our pumpkins yesterday. It very well could have been our dog Sissy, we are not sure. So today I will have Brian put a chicken wire over them and see if it helps. I was very upset this morning when I saw our pumpkins! I will keep you posted..

Martin and Anna are such a sweet couple! The way Martin looks at Anna~true love in-deed!! They were married at the Wright House in Mesa. I loved the lighting at this wedding, it was so beautiful and Martin looked so handsome in his white tux.. Martin and Anna were so relaxed and just happy to be getting married. Another happy couple out there in the world:-)

My youngest son William (7) and I planted some pumpkin seeds on July 12th. Our Uncle Sam said if we plant them in July we would have pumpkins in October. Wow, look at what we have so far and its only been a little over a week. This is very exciting stuff for William and I, we have not ever grown anything like this before. We have to put a wire over the pumpkins to keep our dog from digging them up. I will continue to post our progress.

Kade and Courtney are getting married in San Diego over Thanksgiving weekend. They are such a beautiful couple, so trendy! Check out Courtney's shoes, "love them". We had fun taking their engagement pictures! We went over to the Capitol Grill in Scottsdale, they have a great courtyard area for pictures!

Adam and Jessica were married on this past June 20th. They were married at the First Congregational Church of Tempe and the reception was ASU Old Main Carson Ballroom. This was my first time at ASU Old Main, what a beautiful spot for pictures! Adam and Jessica have got to be one of the sweetest couples, Adam surprised Jessica with a lovely strand of Pearls and matching earrings, who does that anymore? Jessica was so beautiful and just so happy to be getting married! She was radiant!! Can I also mention what a good looking bridal party they had! So here are some of my favorites from Adam and Jessica's wedding day, while looking at the images notice Jessica's eyes :-) again, she is radiant... Thank you Adam and Jessica, I was looking forward to your wedding, I knew how special the two of are, and I was right. Hope you had a fantastic honeymoon...