2010 July | A Brides Story by Imagery Concepts Photography

Steve & Jennifer

20 July 2010

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Steve & Jennifer’s Love Story –

Four typed pages of their love story; how do we even begin summarizing? It’s certainly not going to be easy! Anyone who desires to have the “warm fuzzies” just needs to read Jennifer’s entire story.

Jennifer had just purchased a new home and was waiting for escrow to close. She had some guys come around and offer to landscape her entire backyard for a ridiculously low price (you know the saying, if it’s too good to be true, it probably is!) This concerned Jennifer’s brother who recommended that she get another bid from a reputable contractor. He suggested that she talk to the guy who did his own backyard – Steve. Ahhh, and so our story begins!

It all started the day before Thanksgiving, 2008. Steve arrived at Jennifer’s new home. Immediately when she opened the door, she was attracted to his “strikingly handsome” appearance. She completely forgot about the mess that her two dachshunds were making in the house she “technically” didn’t even own yet!

The next day, on Thanksgiving, they thought of each other all day; both curious to learn more. On that Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, Steve called Jennifer and suggested they meet at Starbucks to “go over the bid.” The next thing you know, the hours flew and Steve asked Jennifer out to dinner the following night. Of course she agreed!

After dinner, Jennifer took a huge leap of faith and shared something with Steve that could have ended things before they even began. She told him that she was a Christian and that her faith was important to her. To Jennifer’s great relief, Steve felt the same….whew! Just six short months later, they went on their first vacation together—to the river in Laughlin. After a fun-filled day on the river, they enjoyed dinner and some fun at the tables (BTW, Steve likes Black Jack but Jennifer prefers to spend her hard-earned cash on more tangible things that she can take home in bags!). Later that night, while sitting together on the beach of the river, Steve asked Jennifer to marry him. Jennifer described it as, “the perfect intimate moment” between the two of them that she’ll never forget.

The newly engaged Jennifer (a planner at heart) was super excited to get everything done by summer’s end before she went back to work. Everything was coming together effortlessly; their dream venue (Monteleone Meadows), the photographer (Imagery Conepts), the DJ (Paul Harms with Main Event Productions), the videographer (John Goolsby with GodFather Films), the cake (Jodee’s Bakery)—everything they had hoped for! Unfortunately, things quickly began to get stressful when adding up the numbers. Rather than postponing the wedding (which they almost had to do), they painfully made the decision to change the venue to their local neighborhood clubhouse at Heritage Lakes. They were able to keep the vendors that were important to them and were creative and saved where they could. (Someday they still hope to have an event at their dream venue of Monteleone Meadows.)

On December 18, 2009, they enjoyed an outdoor ceremony, perfect weather (upper 70’s), snow-capped mountains as their backdrop, and crystal clear skies! Their Christmas wedding featured colors of deep red, gold, and ivory with their monogram as a constant theme. The flowers were a deep red with a touch of green, and some “bling” of course! For Jennifer, her most memorable moment was their brief carriage ride together directly after the ceremony. Steve’s most memorable moment was when he saw his beautiful bride step off the carriage and walk down the isle…even with his sunglasses on!

Jennifer’s advise to future couples:

“Enjoy Every Moment” and do not let the stress take the fun away from the TRUE reason you decided to get married. Together, choose what vendors are the most important. Set a budget and stick to it!!! But most of all, have fun because it will be over before you know it.

No matter where you live, what you have, as long as you have each other, you’ll be OK, and that’s what truly matters the most.