When Nicole and I met and fell in love, I never imagined that out of that love would not only grow a beautiful family but an amazing company.

I was fortunate to have wonderful examples of loving marriages. My grandparents were devoted to each other. They proclaimed their love for each other each day and my grandfather wrote a love note to my grandmother every day of the nearly 66 years they were together. My parents taught me that love is worth working hard for and a loving home is a safe and warm place where I was always the center of their lives.

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As Nicole and I made our plans for a future together, she was fully embraced by my parents and grandparents. Jaxton, our son became the love of their lives and a beautiful family was formed. At first we were able to establish a domestic partnership to make our family legal. While we realized that at that time we were not able to legally marry, we knew that we wanted to share our lives and raise our children in a Jewish home filled with the love and traditions that shaped my life. We were the first lesbian couple to be married by our Rabbi in a Covenant of Love ceremony. In preparation for this momentous joining of our lives forever, I decided to create our wedding party’s bouquets. I knew that there was something magical and unique about putting my love and talent to work in creating one of a kind antique brooch bouquets filled with family heirlooms that could become a keepsake for Nicole and I, and a beautiful gift to pass on to our children. The idea became a reality. It seemed that the natural progression was to create a company to provide the same joyous experience for other brides that Nicole and I shared as we held our bouquets for the first time. Bouquet Couture is that company. We have enjoyed great success in the time we have been in business, So much success that we expanded to a full event company, Event Society, providing a complete range of services for our brides.

Our personal lives have been forever changed this past year. Within days of Nevada’s ban on same sex marriage reversed we applied for our official marriage certificate and days after, at our baby shower for our daughter, I re-proposed to Nicole who of course said yes, and I surprised her and all our guests with an official marriage. Our lives were then enriched again when our beautiful baby daughter was born. She is named Keeva, after my grandfather who not only taught me what unconditional love means, but was my greatest friend and constant champion for my happiness in life and love.

Nicole and I feel so thrilled to be able to share the love we have for each other not only with our family, but with the couples that seek us out to create once in a lifetime experiences.