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Post Wedding Family Pictures

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Post Wedding Family Pics-12After the wedding, we spent a little time taking pictures of our family and the wedding party.

We’re so thankful that so many showed family members showed up for our wedding. We saw Jenny’s parents, sister, grandparents, most of her uncles and aunts, and loads of cousins from around the country. Plus, my immediate family and several aunts, uncles, a few cousins and several of my brother’s friends who helped raise me – just like brothers. Looking back in life, most of the people in these pictures (no matter how distant), play big roles in our life. We love you all and thank you for sharing with us this wonderful day!

Here are our family pictures: [Read more…]

Our Wedding Cakes

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Wedding Cakes-9We had amazing cakes for our wedding!

Jenny’s cake was a 5-layer french white cake with white fondant frosting, layers of fresh strawberries throughout and baked to feed three hundred people. The groom’s cake (that’s me) was a chocolate cake with chocolate fondant frosting and layers of fresh raspberries. Note: My cake was shaped as his and her suitcases with luggage tags all over highlighting the places we’ve been together.

Sadly, we didn’t even get to enjoy the cakes! In between greeting our guests, dancing and just being together, the night ended without more than bite we had while cutting the cake. Thankfully, we tried samples before the wedding and they were delicious. Everyone we’ve talked to since has commented on how fresh and tasty these french-style cakes were.

Here are some pictures to remember these tasty delights: [Read more…]

Wedding Reception Setup

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Reception Prep Pics-4Everyone we speak with about our wedding and reception remarks about how beautiful it was. And, I remember walking into the reception room prior to our guests and being caught off guard by how beautiful Jenny’s creation and plan turned out to be.

Jenny planned it all – the flowers, the chair covers, table setting, the positioning of art and photos, where the cakes and bar should be located and over other detail. Then, she continued with the Hors d’oeuvre, wine, champagne, surf-n-turf menu, cakes and party gifts. Finally, she topped it off with the a trio of violins playing during the reception.

Here are some pictures of the setup before our guests arrived: [Read more…]

Wedding Party Photoshoot

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Wedding Party Photoshoot-42After the wedding and family photos, the wedding party (Lisa , Theresa, Annie, Kamayani, John, Justin, Kevin, Shawn and Jenny and I headed out for a relaxing photoshoot – more laughing and playing than posing and fake smiles.

Between the limo ride, the bottles of champagne and a few laughs, we made stops in Uptown and at the Renaissance Hotel for pictures. Looking at the photos, I’m sure you can tell that we’ve all been friends for along time.

Here are a few photos of the wedding party: [Read more…]

Happy New Year – Here’s To A Great 2008

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Happy New Year!
Kirk and I wish you all the best this new year. As we close out 2007, we have a tremendous amount for which to be thankful:

  • Time spent with friends and family…
  • Health of our loved ones…
  • Friends; both new and old…
  • Career adventures…
  • …and an upcoming wedding (just a month away)

But, we are most thankful for close calls. Sometimes it’s the close calls the provide reason to evaluate who we are, what we want and what’s most important… We’ll close out 2007 thankful for our health, happiness and a deeper appreciation of what’s important to us!

Best wishes for 2008. Make it a great year!

Bridal Photos

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Bridal Pictures-15Beautiful… Elegant… Graceful… Alluring… Graceful… Sexy… Stunning… Lovely… Foxy… While I am about to marry this fascinating lady, the best part is that there is so much more to her than just looks.

Jenny is dedicated, brilliant, passionate, loving, committed, well-spoken, adventurous, romantic, generous, open-minded, calm, straightforward, resourceful, inventive, determined, fearless, funny, socialable, tough, imaginative, humorous, reliable, witty and sexy.

In just thirty-six hours, I’ll make this woman my wife. I hope you enjoy these pictures. Below Jenny in her wedding dress and her áo dài; the traditional Vietnamese ceremony dress: [Read more…]

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays…

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays…

What a holiday season for the two of us! Between Jenny’s 90-hour weeks with six total days off, and my eleven days at home, the last two months have been hectic to say the least. Top it off, we’re planning a wedding!

Despite the busy schedules, sometimes you just have to make time… This year, we were fortunate to host our families’ this holiday season.

Both sets of my parents visited in November. For Christmas, we hosted eighteen family members: Jenny’s grandma, parents, sister, uncle and three aunts, and three cousins and my brother, sister-in-law and good friend, Shawn!

To my knowledge, the appetizers, turkey, ham, pork loin, salad, potatoes, stuffing, corn, seasonal vegetables, and seven desserts produced zero “reported” stomach aches! A complaint box was present and any/all comments will be addressed in the near (that’s a relative term) future…

It was a fantastic holiday season. Here’s wishing yours was filled with time to rest, time for family and good eats! Until next year…

Engagement Photos

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Engagement Pics-1In 56 days, 8 weeks, 1344 hours, or 80,640 minutes, I’ll be marrying my best friend, confidant, partner-in-crime and more. Today, we jumped in the car to snap our engagement pictures. It’s nice to be marrying a gorgeous girl… I highly recommend you find one.

We shot these pictures at a few different locations:

  • Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
  • West Blvd between North and South Blvd in Houston
  • Random street with some seriously colorful tags

You can find the rest of our engagement pictures below: [Read more…]