Peach Creek Ranch Wedding in College Station, TX

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I had never been to Texas before. I had never seen the long, open highways, oversized gas stations, and wrought iron gateways to large acreage ranches. I had never seen so many mud-splattered pickup trucks. I had never felt the famous Texas hospitality up close. For a wedding that was supposed to be in Montauk on the eastern tip of Long Island I wasn’t sure what to expect from a barn wedding venue in Texas but boy am I glad that I went.

Bri and Tyler got married at Peach Creek Ranch, an incredibly well run, beautifully manicured and executed venue just outside of College Station, TX. It’s expansive property boasts a cottage for each the bride and the groom, a 5,000 square-foot barn, a picturesque lake with a winding path, and a pristine, intimate ceremony site. It seems that every detail is planned out and accounted for and it made photographing there a breeze. It certainly helps that Bri made some excellent choices for catering, rentals, and other vendors!

Bri and Heather actually grew up riding horses together so it was a no-brainer to do Bri and Tyler’s engagement photos on her family farm in Montauk. But the questions of where to get married and where to live were much more difficult for Bri and Tyler, who each feel a deep connection to where they are from. Tyler is from Texas and his family has a large hunting property of their own. But between some unforeseen circumstances surrounding their original venue in Montauk and the advent of Covid-19, the Lone Star State became the site of their wedding.

The morning of their wedding, Tyler and I spoke about how weddings in Texas are typically casual affairs with barbecue and kegs of beer. He explained that guest counts are highly variable and some guests even bring coolers full of beer as backup. It reminded me of how Heather and I celebrated our wedding, treating it as one big dinner party rather than an extravagant affair. But the way Bri and Tyler met in the middle at Peach Creek Ranch, where they served some of the best surf and turf I’ve ever had, and allowed their guests to enjoy a two-hour cocktail hour made me appreciate all the decisions they made to make their day represent who they are.

Bri and Tyler’s wedding being in Texas was the most appropriate conclusion to a wedding season that was literally all over the map. They did it big but kept it meaningful, opting to press forward to celebrate their love rather than postpone it. They kept things that each of them found important to their wedding day but didn’t sacrifice too much. They made a lot of difficult decisions together and waded through some of the most difficult waters of their lives. They say that everything is bigger in Texas--and after seeing these two get married there and capturing the way that Tyler looked at Bri come down the aisle--it’s safe to say you can add love to the list.