Happy New Year!

Well, it's hard to believe 2007 has come and gone so quickly.... What a year it has been! If you had told us 5 years ago that we would both become self-employed in 2007 and working together every day, we probably would have laughed. We want everyone to know how grateful we are for the success we have had this year. From the vendors who graciously refer us, to the clients who believe in us, we sincerely thank you. 2008 is looking brighter than 2007 for us with 22 weddings already on our schedule before the year has even begun.

This blog has become extremely successful this year as well with over 35,000 hits. That motivates us every day to produce a quality product we are proud to share on here time after time. We appreciate all of you who have sent e-mails telling us how great this blog is and how much you enjoy following our life and our work. It's hard to believe we can have that effect on someone just doing what we love every week. Do yourself a favor this year..... If you're stuck in some corporate job, you know, with a boss that is more interested in demeaning you than appreciating you, find a way to make money by doing something you love. Even if it's something that will not completely support you financially, there is nothing more thrilling and personally rewarding than having others love something you can provide them. It will change your life.....

God Bless, Wes & Rae

Lori and Mark by Candlelight

Lori and Mark were married this weekend in another absolutely Fab wedding by Danielle Flowers and The Bliss Event Group. Mark's parents own a fairly large estate on the west side of Pensacola, so they arranged for a clear top ceremony tent on their property with lights in the trees surrounding it. The mood of the event was tingling to say the least. After the ceremony we moved into a larger tent next door for the grand reception with catering by the new owners of MySpayce. Really, really good food if anyone is looking for another very qualified caterer in town.

This is the very pretty Lori....


What a gorgeous bouquet!


And Mark..... That boutonniere was Rockin!


Doesn't this just look romantic?








Let's check out some Blissful details!




Why yes, that is another Betty Weber cake you see....








Their first dance was quite classy....




There were some teens who loved to swing dance!




A nice shot in front of the house...

Melissa & Dustin

Melissa and Dustin were married this Thursday here in Pensacola at Old Christ Church. Dustin and his dad are Marines (hoo-rah) and Melissa grew up with an army dad. Let's just say there was a lot of testosterone at this wedding! Melissa is a teacher and they are moving to Virginia in a couple of weeks. I sure her students are really going to miss her.

Very pretty dress......


Shoe details were gorgeous.....


One of my favorite dressing shots...


I just love this shot Wes took of her sister fiddling with the dress while mom looks from behind.


Melissa is a really smiley person, but she did serious so well that she was absolutely stunning in that dress!




Just to show how we work together, while Rae was taking the shot above, Wesley took this shot below and wala! Instant beautiful...


Sorry ladies....he's taken!






Sabre arches are the coolest....










After the wedding, we headed over to Apple Annie's at Seville for the reception...


Another fab Betty Weber cake....love the detail!




Melissa and her dad are very close....


On their way to Disney World!

Rae's Christmas Gift

Let's just say I won on the Christmas gift this year! I bought Rae the new iPod nano with video this year for Christmas, and with the birth of Avery being such a milestone for us in 2007, I wanted to do something special for her. Solution? I made Rae a slideshow to go on her iPod with some of our photos from way back in 1993 leading all the way to the present. We met 17 years ago this year, although we figured out we were two classrooms apart in 3rd and 4th grade in 1984. So..... if you want a little look into Wes and Rae of the past, click on this quick slideshow and have a peek. This barely even begins to tell our story, but it does touch on some of the best and worst times in our life. Some of the photos you will have absolutely no idea of the meaning behind them.

Like this one....where "we" were delivering a sailboat from Pensacola to Mobile on a cold, cloudy day, and she stayed below and made pics of me freezing! Mutiny......


Or this one where I took her on a maternity clothes shopping spree in New York City....


There are others like the halloween costume that I have no comment on. So have a laugh on us when I had hair and and Rae had really big hair hehe.....

Merry Christmas

Here is the family Christmas Card for those of you not on our mailing list. We hope the holidays bring you as much happiness as Avery and all of you have brought us this year. We are going to try and step away from the Blackberry and e-mails for a few days, so please be patient if we do not return them as quickly as usual. We are very busy this holiday season with three weddings between Christmas and New Years coming up. We'll be updating the blog as time permits......

With Love,
Wesley, Rae, Avery, and Baxter!

Suzanne and Rob

This cute pair was originally one of our April couples, but Suzanne is being deployed next month for a year in Iraq as a military policeman. She looks too cute for that doesn't she? I told her she has that Tina Fey factor happening and she said she gets that all the time. Rob is in flight school as well, so the best solution was to bump the wedding up to December 31, in a couple of weeks. We were finally able to match our schedules this week and got together for a little e-session.

Rob was a little bashful about PDA, so we knew had to warm him up before the wedding. We made him do a little kiss here.....


And a little kiss there.....


And finally a little kiss together.....


There's that smile we were looking for!


They are a fantastic couple!

Mindy & Brent Wedding

This past weekend took us to the country, way out in the country to the peanut and cotton fields of Jay, Florida. Mindy and Brent planned a spectacular wedding with a beautiful outdoor ceremony. Only one problem...... It rained. We are in a 3 year drought, with rains far and few between. But this weekend, it rained! No worries though..... they picked up and moved the wedding inside for a nice quaint ceremony in the midst of family and close friends.

Notice the storm clouds brewing....I told you it was the country!

This was just lovely...


They were working out the details on the phone until the last minute...


A little shoe detail




They gave each other cards....


Mindy was absolutely stunning.....


That's a fireplace behind them where they said their vows....nice touch










The DJ made the guests sing a song at their table with the word "love" in it before they could eat. This guy decided on the Love Boat theme. Those of you in your twenties may be clueless on this one! We aren't sure if his wife was proud or embarrassed!






Anyone wanna guess what song this was?


Mindy was flashing some gang signs right before the bouquet toss!




We took them outside after it stopped raining for some brick wall romance.. A nice way to end the night!