Lord Hill Farm Summer Wedding

Hans and Ciara are highschool sweethearts, and they had a beautiful & equally sweet wedding at Lord Hill Farm this summer.

As usual, I like to hear from the couple about their story & their wedding day:

How did the two of you meet?
We met at Snohomish High School playing in band, running cross country and track, sitting next to each other in Calculus, and dissecting a possum together in AP Biology. We both went to the University of Washington, attending football games and exploring Seattle. We love being each other’s adventure buddy: skiing, hiking, camping, fishing, traveling and more. After 7 years, we are finally getting married!

How did the proposal happen?
Hans told me we were going to have a picnic at Discovery Park in Seattle with our friends, now a part of our bridal party, Priscilla, Alexa, and Brennan. Hans and I’s first date was a picnic in a park but I didn’t think anything of it because picnics in the park with our friends was one of our favorite COVID activities. Hans and I walked down to the beach where the lighthouse is and all of a sudden he pulled me off the path where there was a picnic blanket, a bouquet of flowers, flower petals, champagne, and other decorations. To be honest, I don’t remember a lot after that. I think I blacked out from shock haha. After the proposal, I noticed there was a photographer, and our friends, now bridal party, Priscilla, Alexa, Brennan, and Nicole jumped up from behind a log where they were hiding. We took lots of pictures and then went to a roof top party room at my friend’s building in down town Seattle where they had a party set up and my family met us there. Turns out Priscilla and Alexa had planned a lot of the proposal so I felt like I was saying yes to them as well haha.

Why did you choose Lord Hill Farms as your wedding venue?
Hans and I started dating in high school, we both attended Snohomish High School so we wanted to get married in Snohomish.

What is your most anticipated part of your wedding day?
Hans: the ceremony, specifically the vows (he’s a romantic)
Ciara: the dancing!

If we ran into you a weekend off, what would you be doing?
Wake surfing and drinking beer

Lord Hill Farm Wedding Vendor Team

Venue:
Lord Hill Farm

Wedding Gown:
Blue Sky Bridal

Coordinator:
Sheila Benson, mother of the bride

Hair & Makeup:
Amy’s Artistry

Floral & Rentals:
Flora d’Amore

Invitations:
Canva

DJ:
Tom Lafferty, family friend

Baker:
Elizabeth Thoreson, mother of the groom

Catering & Bartending:
Lord Hill Farms

Meet your photographers.

We’re Kate (she/her) and Josh (he/him). Married humans, emotional chaos wranglers, coffee worshippers, timeline nerds, Marvel fanatics, and occasional ugly criers at weddings. (Okay, maybe more than occasional. Look, vows get us. Every damn time.) Kate has been photographing since 1997 and Josh picked up the camera in 2011. We’ve done over 600 weddings together, including wedding coordination (sometimes we even get to do both at the same time!) 600+ weddings → “That’s 600 families who trusted us to be invisible magic and backup problem-solvers.” 14 years → “We’ve seen it all — and we know how to handle anything without making it your problem.” Coordination → Kate is also a certified coordinator which gives that extra boost for you during planning and on the day itself “We don’t just photograph your day — we keep it flowing, calm, and meaningful.”

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