Chad and I met while working at TGI Fridays at the end of my senior year in high school and his freshmen year of college. We were both going to school in San Diego, so we figured we would give it a shot. Little did we know that six years later we would be madly in love with one another and married!

Chad proposed May 26, 2012 in Maui while zip lining. He completely caught me off guard and had my whole family in the loop. He proposed at the very last zip line as I came in, and they had me stand on a stool while he approached me in front of the entire group asking me to marry him. The purpose of this trip to Maui with my family was to celebrate me graduating college, and I would have never thought we would be celebrating our engagement as well. Overall, it was an amazing trip that I will never forget!

Chad and I got married at Dove Canyon Country Club in Dove Canyon. We had simply chosen this venue because it’s gorgeous in and out with a breathtaking view of the canyon. I had actually worked at Dove Canyon for a little while in college, never imagining that someday I would marry my best friend there. When Chad and I went looking for a place to marry we did our shopping around, but the second we both walked up to Dove it was a done deal. In our eyes nothing compared.

Our wedding was elegant and romantic yet simple. We brought out the colors in our wedding with our gorgeous flower arrangements that were in raspberry, yellow, and orange. Since our wedding was in the spring, I wanted it to feel bright and romantic.

Tips for Future Brides
• Organization is the key to a successful wedding day
• Take in every moment because it is gone in a blink of an eye
• Make sure to include family members, mom, grandma, etc. in the planning of the big day because in a sense this is their day too
• Get a day of coordinator! It will allow you to really take in the entire day without having to stress about anything
• Book your photographers and videographers at the beginning to make sure you get the vendors you really want

Photographer:  Brightwood Photography//DJ: Battleson Entertainment//Cake Designer: Creative Cakes//Cinema and Video:Redmond Digital Media
Floral Designer: Sugar Branch Events//
Submitted via Two Bright Lights

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Orange Photography is quickly becoming one of our favorite California photographers.  Great styling and photojournalism.  Thanks Orange for sending this over to us!!

Photographer:  Orange Photography//Ceremony Location: Stanford Memorial Church//
Submitted via Two Bright Lights

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From Teresa:

These two lovelies planned their wedding while Noah was in California and Jenna was in Washington. So given the logistics, it only made sense to have a destination wedding. And Lake Tahoe is a premier destination choice for California Wedding lovers! I don’t think I’ll ever tire of Lake Tahoe as a wedding location, it’s so romantic and has this cool, natural, down-to-earth vibe that you just want to slip right into. It’s kind of like your favorite pair of cozy winter slippers or a hot cup of cocoa.

Jenna and Noah chose the Edgewood Golf Course as their venue; what an awesome place. There are breathtaking views of the lake everywhere you turn. The lakefront ceremony spot is gorgeous and the reception location is a wall of windows, where the Tahoe sunset was the backdrop to an unforgettable day. Jenna’s background working at Nordstrom and her fantastic fashion sensibilities made for some really unique and beautiful details.

I know without any doubt in my mind that Jenna’s mother and Noah’s father (both who recently passed away) were smiling down on their children this day. The love, family, and friends surrounding them lifting them them both so high, I swear they could almost touch heaven itself. Put all that together with a couple so in love, so ready to be married and start their lives together, and you have…well you have this:

Photographer:  Teresa K photography | Lake Tahoe California Wedding

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Seaaira wrote this about designing their wedding ~

All of our inspiration came from Pinterest pictures. I wanted the tables to be very natural but classic. I wanted to be able to look back on the pictures in 20 years and not feel like they dated themselves. That’s why we went with navy, because it’s classic. Overall we wanted everything to fit in to the natural beauty of the vineyard. As we are in Southern California, we wanted as much of the wedding as possible to be outside. We kept it pretty casual because we are a casual couple and a formal wedding was not us.

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