Welcome!

Hello there! If you've stumbled upon this blog, it is likely that you are friends with Jenni or Trey, looking for an update on their life. This blog will be used to update folks on what's going on in J&T's life, starting with chronicling the process of planning an at-home wedding on a budget - details on how we did it and advice we have. This blog has been inspired from abackyardwedding, a fellow blogspotter, and much of our planning has been inspired from this resource. For our guests wondering for the vibe we are going for - there it is!


As of this writing, the plan is to have the wedding at Jenni's mom's place in Gig Harbor, WA. The location is in need of major landscaping. So far we've been able to hire Mark from Earthcrafters who pulled out some stumps and ferns, and leveled the lower yard. Mark did an excellent job, and was able to get us dirt on a budget. The cost of landscaping was very reasonable, and was taken care of by Jenni's mom, which helped substantially in our budget. If you have a backyard, however, that doesn't need this overhaul, these costs would not be incurred for your wedding. In the pic you can see the size of our space, really it's two levels. The lower level was a mass of weeds, old gardens, ferns, stumps, trees, salal, blackberry bushes, you name it! We tore down a fence to get the bobcat down there, but as you can see the result is an amazing blank canvas for creative lanscaping.



The next step was to plant some grass. After researching several different methods of planting grass, Trey just went for it. We bought some seed (specially blended for shady yards), limestone, and a seed spreader. We rented a rototiller to get the dirt loose. The majority of the work was getting the rocks out of the yard. We were blessed with perfect planting weather - rainy for a week then a solid month of sunshine, 70-80 degree days. Very rare here in Washington in May. That's where we are at now!

Thanks for stopping by, Trey and Jenni (mostly Jenni) will keep everyone posted on the happenings.