Rocky and Marci

Most people know that my dogs are my babies! Rocky is 5 years old and is my handsome man. Marci is 2 and has the most adorable little face! I took some pictures of them outside in the green grass - hope you enjoy!

Jen

Rocky and Marci

Rockstar

Marci Butt

Its Beautiful in Flagstaff!

Well its just beautiful in Flagstaff this time of year. and I thought I would post some pictures of my garden. I planted this in early May, which never happens. This garden has grown so much in a couple of weeks and I'll be sure to post more photos when you can really seen how its grown!

And of course this wouldn't be complete without pictures of the rest of my yard and some of my favorite flowers I've planted!

Hope you all enjoyed my photos - I'll post more soon!

Deb

Summer Time

Its been almost a month since our last post, and yes I know we all need to be better on that. What a difference a month makes! Last time I wrote it was snowing, and now is SUMMER! Summer has officially arrived in Flagstaff, and EARLY. If any of you readers have lived in Flagstaff for at least 3 years, you know 80 degrees in May is just unheard of. Its usually about 60 degrees with 50 mph winds and the occasional snow storm. So to see trees blooming, flowers blooming and birds and just life coming back is amazing. I am so lucky to live in such a beautiful place, which is probably why I've never wanted to leave. That and I am very close to my family.

So let's see some of you may know our wedding coordinator, Christina from Planet Beach. We hate that she has to work there, but she needs to pay the bills! Hopefully next year we'll be able to pay her! Christina has been a very busy girl, not only is she working full time at Planet Beach, but she is planning Robbie and Sandy's wedding. Then she has started to take on her bosses (from Planet Beach) wedding. And it looks like we've got TWO meetings with potential brides for next year. So the weddings are slowly coming in, but the fact is they are coming in, all thanks to Christina! We also recently joined the Northern Arizona Wedding Specialist Group. Everyone has been great, and so helpful. Its a wonderful group, and we will be putting on a Bridal Happy Hour for all brides around town. Please check out that blog for more information, you can find a link from the groups blog at http://naweddingspecialists.blogspot.com/.

Let's see, our next event is the tax conference this June here in Flagstaff. That event seems to be running smoothly and with all the help from the group putting it on, we really aren't even needed. We will be attending the golf portion of the event to make sure the golfers are happy and get off to a good start!

Then we have our Rock the House event benefiting Habitat for Humanity of Flagstaff. We are working on the application to the city of Flagstaff, just a couple of things need to be wrapped up on that. We are starting to look at logistics and what we need to rent. Robert from Purple Mountain Productions has been working so hard on getting us an amazing lineup! Please stay tuned for the listing of bands! We are currently working on a logo for the event, so if anyone out there is a graphic designer, please email me! Then we will start ordering shirts, and hats and so on! We do need volunteers for the event, so if you are interested in volunteering, being a food or craft vendor or sponsoring the event, check out our website at http://www.flagstaffhabitat.org/Rockthehouse.html

Then the following weekend is the Native American's Program Golf Tournament. Things are moving right along. We are getting ready to send out letters to past sponsors, potential new sponsors, past golfers and so on. We need to get moving on getting FABULOUS prizes for the tournament. And hopefully this year we will be able to raise a lot of MUCH needed money for those scholarship programs!

Then there is the 2nd annual Flagstaff Oktoberfest! We are moving so smoothly on this event its a little scary. We have decided to partner with Second Chance Shelter for Animals and benefit them. Nackard Beverage Company is presenting the event as our TITLE sponsor. We are inviting many pet related vendors to attend the event. We are still looking for wiener dogs for our first wiener dog race! Its going to be a pet friendly event, so please bring your pooch! Oh and the music! We've got an amazing lineup, we will be kicking off the event with Big Willie and the Polka Meisters, followed by Brian Benham, Ricky Ray, Foot Solejah's, the wonderful Buzzard Brothers and closing the night out Big Willie and the Polka Meisters. So mark your calendars now, October 3rd in Wheeler park, a wonderful day filled with music, food and of course BEER!

Peak Events is also working on a LARGE festival for June 2010! Stay tuned for more details.

Have a great weekend and get out and enjoy this great Flagstaff weather!

Jen

It's Spring right?

I'm not so sure its Spring, because I'm looking out my window and its snowing! Its windy and cold and snowing! It sure doesn't feel like spring around here. Then again, its Flagstaff, Arizona and this is normal. Every year we get excited and start thinking about summer, planting flowers and getting a tan. Mother nature has a good laugh at us all. We did plant some flowers the other week, and my mother has started seeds for her garden this year. Heck I've put away all my winter clothes in hopes of warmer temperatures. But enough about the weather!

Peak Events is busy! I'll start with the run down of events we have lined up so far.

We start in June with a tax conference, which seems to be fitting as today is Tax Day! Then we have a break and can hopefully enjoy that warm Arizona weather, because starting in September we are SLAMMED!

We start out with our benefit concert for Habitat for Humanity of Flagstaff, called Rock the House! We are working so hard on this event right now. We are hoping for big name acts to come out and support a great cause, we have rental companies to call, food and craft vendors to sign up and posters to design! You can check out the progress of this event at www.flagstaffhabitat.org. And we will continue to blog about news that comes available.

The following weekend we have an Northern Arizona University Golf Tournament to put on. This tournament benefits some Native American scholarships on campus. We are very excited! We are hoping to draw an even bigger crowd than last year. We will be having it at the local public golf course and hopefully we will be able to give away some great prizes this year.

The following weekend, Christina, our wedding planner is putting on a wedding in Vegas! She has all that under control, thank goodness!

Then, its OKTOBERFEST 2009! Its going to be sunny and FABULOUS! We've got all our rentals lined up and ready to go. Currently we are looking for some sponsors for our wonderful event, so if you are interested in that or anything else, please check out http://flagstaffoktoberfest.com Then of course we've got food and craft vendors to get! We are really hoping to put on a weiner dog race... but for that we need dogs! So please email me if you want to compete. We are still working on entertainment for Oktoberfest, currently it looks like we will have the local favorite, the Buzzard Brothers!!! Check back to see who else we have.

So for four weeks, we will be crazy busy and loving every minute of it! We are hoping to throw in some weddings this year too! So all you brides, please contact us for your wedding day help!

Have a great Spring Day everyone! I hope its sunny and fabulous where you are!

Jen

Spring is here!

In the first week of April we had the beautiful sunshine! Then came the wind… Then wham snow! So I know I am still new to flagstaff, but wow! Debbi did warn me!

Time is flying by around here! It seems like things were just beginning! Oktoberfest is off the ground, vendor applications are up, and we are moving on to the sponsor packets. This is going to be a fantastic event, don’t miss the beer, music, and food October 3rd!

Habitat for Humanity is taking off! Sandy has come to volunteer her time with us. Jen, Sandy and I attended the restore/marketing meeting on Tuesday. If you are interested in volunteering for Habitat for humanity, they do so much more than building houses, please contact us if you would be interested in volunteering a few hours of your day to the very important Restore! We have been discussing band ideas, and I am thrilled with the options, read again soon to find out who is headlining for Rock the House in September!!!

The NAU Golf tournament is going to be fantastic, September will be an exciting month! So get out your golf clubs and your golf shoes, and come support a great cause!

And on wedding news… Dana from Glamorous occasions is putting together a special monthly gathering for all brides and vendors! This is going to be a great way to meet people in town and get to know all you anxious brides!

Summer is coming, and I am anxious to meet the summer brides who will take advantage of Northern Arizona’s PERFECT weather! I look forward to talking to you soon, and creating your dreams with you!

Christina

April

Spring in Flagstaff! UGH – one of the ugliest seasons around. Anyone who lives in Flagstaff knows that spring is the most temperamental of all seasons. It’s warm and windy, windy and sunny, cold and windy or windy and snowing. Basically it’s just a VERY windy season – which makes playing outside no fun at all. Probably a good thing so I can WORK on all the things that have to get done before my favorite season of all times hits – SUMMER!!!! Yes, that magical time when we can plant flowers, go to the lake and play golf is only weeks away. Right now, I’m working on three events that will take place in the fall and one that will take place next year. Habitat for Humanity will be holding their first annual fundraiser – ROCK THE HOUSE which will be held September 12th in Foxglenn Park and will be a day of music and good times. If you’re a golfer – be sure and attend the 9th Annual Native American Golf Tournament benefiting Native American Scholarships. This event will be held September 19th at Continental Country Club and boy are there some great prizes up for grabs. Oktoberfest – October 3rd in Wheeler Park – drink beer, listen to some great music and enjoy some yummy food. And be sure not to miss the How Fast is Your Weiner Dog Race at Oktoberfest this year – guaranteed to make you smile! Flagstaff Blues, Brews and Barbeques is only 14 months away and counting. I hope everyone is counting on attending – tickets will go on sale January 2010 and expect a great time and wonderful Blues acts! Nothing like sitting in the sun on a fabulous June day drinking a beer, eating BBQ and listening to some awesome blues acts. Enjoy your spring – hopefully it will pass without being too windy and cold and let’s get the summer started! And as always if you have any questions about any of these events – please give us a call!

Deb

Hello readers!

Well Peak Events has been busy. We just finished wrapping up a proposal for our annual Oktoberfest event, and hopefully we will be hearing good news today! We had some great news last week! We will be working with Northern Arizona University on the 2009 Native American Programs Golf Tournament. We are very excited and are already getting started, even though the event won’t be held until October.
Christina and I spent all day yesterday touring different wedding locations around town, as well as some bridal shops. Since Christina is new to town, we felt we should show her the most popular places to get married. We stopped first at the local bridal shop, Pure Elegance. We couldn’t believe that we were the only wedding planners in town to have our business cards displayed there. Then it was off to wedding locations. We went to the Elks Lodge, then way out to the Chapel of the Holy Dove. On our way back we stopped by the Nordic Center. That was a very nice location and perfect for all Flagstaff Brides. You have a beautiful meadow to get married in, and then they bring in a large tent for the reception. Not to mention the bride and groom get their own yurt for the night of the wedding. My aunt Terri would appreciate that, since she owns a yurt in Washington. We of course had to stop for lunch, but then it was off to Foxboro. Foxboro is just 20 miles south of Flagstaff and a new housing development is going up there. We drove up and Christina and I both let out a big “OH MY GOD”. It was stunning. You drive through a beautiful gate and up to the clubhouse. The clubhouse is a log cabin with wrap around decks and its own lake in the back. You walk in the doors and see amazing views through floor to ceiling windows. The furniture was to die for and you had to walk around a LARGE tree in the middle of the room! We met a wonderful woman named Suzanne. She was more than happy to sit down and talk to us. They have 264 acres that won’t be touched by homes. The home sites are around the perimeter of Foxboro, and as of now there are only 2 homes that are completed. They have 3 lakes that are all fully stocked. You get to drive across not one but two covered bridges. It was stunning, both Christina and I wanted to get married there. And the great news is they are very open to holding weddings, corporate events and possibly festivals!
It was a busy day, but a very productive one!

Jen

Welcome to Peak Event’s Blog!!!

I am thrilled to be a part of such a wonderful company! I can’t tell you how much I have learned about these two wonderful women in such a short period of time. We have had quite the interesting conversations and jokes. I am never short of a laugh with these two women. We aren’t just laughs though! Being with Debbie and Jennifer has reminded me of why I LOVE being an event planner. We are in the midst of swirls of projects; this company has a big heart made of Gold! I am excited of the progress we have made with this company. As a wedding coordinator I am excited to bring a new aspect to Peak Events!

In January we attended an ISES meeting in Phoenix, this was a thrilling event for me. I have attended ISES meetings in LA, but thoroughly enjoyed meeting a new group of people in Phoenix. The event was set up as round table discussions, which gave each of us a chance to spread our wings (and our networks) with new groups of people. Plus the food was DIVINE!!!! This trip had dual purpose though; we also met with several rental vendors which was a great extension of our networks! It was kind of like finding new fabulous shoes…On sale!
I am enjoying exploring Flagstaff, meeting the great people in this town, and making new friends. And I look forward to meeting you!

Sincerely,
Christina Restivo

We are a Strange Group!

Wow, for the last 3 hours the three of us (Debbi, Christina and I) have been emailing back and forth. And you might say, why is that strange? Well we could call because we aren't talking about anything important, well except for WINE! That is always important. Its strange because my mother and I are emailing each other from the same house. She is on the top floor at her desk, and I am below at my desk. And Christina really wants to be in the next room with us. STRANGE!

Strange as it is, its a lot of fun! And I can't wait to buy that cute office so we can do this sitting next to each other, drinking a great glass of Pinot Nior!

CHEERS!!!!!

Jen

What a wonderful week

Hello fellow bloggers, my name is Jennifer and I am part owner of Peak Events! I've grown up here in Flagstaff and I know just what a wonderful place it is to live. Which is why I was so excited when my mother and I decided to start Peak Events! As I'm sure you are aware, we are a full service event and wedding planning company in Northern Arizona. But enough about that.

We have been very busy the last two months. We've brought Christina on board who specializes in weddings but isn't afraid to dive into our other ventures. Christina is a fun, outgoing, smart, organized and beautiful person. And we couldn't be happier to have her on our team.

So let's see, currently we are helping some friends put on their annual tax conference. We have recently teamed up with our local Habitat for Hummanity Chapter to put on the first ever Home Aid Concert in September. Last but certainly not least, we are working on our 2nd Annual Oktoberfest! This is one of our signature events that we put on start to finish. We've spent the last week coming up with his years timeline, debating over which charity will benefit (we make sure that all of our events benefit a non profit) and getting some quotes from rental companies. Now, you may be thinking why start planning an event now when the event isn't until October. Well it really does take that long to get everything perfect. We have to get bands, volunteers, beer, food, vendors not to mention a tent, stage, tables and chairs! Its a long process that pays off in the end with a great event for Flagstaff!

Well I guess that's all for now, I'm sure Christina will be next to blog :) Stay tuned to see what else we've been up to...

Jen