Another one of our 2012 couples celebrated their first anniversary this past week! Congratulations to one of our Briscoe brides, Christina, and her groom, Travis!

It's hard to believe it was a whole year ago that we were all at Briscoe Manor for your day!

As we looked back through your wedding day, here's three of our favorite standout memories!

1) Travis was so excited before the first look.
I'm always a big fan of first looks - we did one ourselves when we got married. Travis was all smiles before he turned around to see his lovely bride.

2) That sunset.
Kudos to whoever planned the ceremony time around the sunset. What better time to recite those vows than during a gorgeous sunset. Check out all that golden light goodness!

3) The father daughter dance.
This was not your typical slow swaying "Butterfly Kisses" dance. Christina and her father broke it down and there wasn't a single person in the whole room without a smile on their face. It was amazing!

Christina and Travis, congratulations on your 1-year anniversary! We can't wait to keep in touch with you guys and watch where life takes you as you live out your happily ever after!

View their original wedding day blog post here!

Continuing our journey through floral inspiration, this week I'm featuring my favorite seasonal flowers... FALL!

I think the idea of incorporating fall colors into your bouquets is a terrific idea if you are getting married in the fall. We were married at Christmastime and our bouquets were Christmas colors. I like seasonal stuff!

Featured bouquets (left to right) by Agave Brothers (Houston), Agave Brothers again, and Carter's Florist (Houston).

A few weeks ago we were at Briscoe Manor shooting Megan and James' wedding. As the day went on, I kept hearing Megan mention to Luke (or me, too, sometimes) that before the day was over she had something to give us.

"Something to give us?"

You mean US? Like as in Luke and Cat?

I didn't linger too long on the thought as something else came to mind.

Go get a picture of the cake.

or...

Are those personalized M&Ms with their NAMES on them?

A few hours later the reception was almost over and Luke said, "Hey did you see what Megan got us?"

Then he pulled out this...

Megan had seen me pin this onto my Pinterest a few months ago and ordered it... as a gift... for US.

At that moment, I was completely overcome with this feeling. I am grateful.

I am so grateful for the people we get to meet, who invite us to share the most exciting day of their lives, and welcome us with open arms into their inner circles and private moments. We are blessed to get to be the only person in the room with a father and daughter in the moments before they walk down the aisle. We are blessed to get to be there the first few seconds of a couple's marriage right after they say "I Do." We are blessed to catch a glimpse of the bride's mother wiping a tear as the couple makes their getaway.

But mostly we are blessed by the couples we get to work with.

And now every day, I will wake up and see this sign sitting on my dresser, which happens to have one of my favorite bible verses on it, and think about how lucky we are. :)

Thank you, Megan, for making US feel so special!