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Wedding Recap: The Wedding Week! July 11, 2009

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Planning a wedding from the opposite coast definitely posed some challenges, but we were up for it! We were extremely prepared and organized, so it wasn’t too bad.

Our dining room table became wedding central the week before we left!
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At the airport, ready to go get married!

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Next time we’re on the west coast, we’d be married!
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When we got to Boston, we spent a little time organizing all the stuff that we had in my mom’s house and then headed up to Lake Winnipesaukee!! 
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It was so exciting to see our families merge in one location!
Hi Jake and Janie!
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My grandparent’s awesome neighbor let me store my dress in their unit so Irving wouldn’t see it!
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My parents gave us this aerial photo of our wedding location. We love it!
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Per family tradition, we did face masks too!  HAHA
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And then the madness fun began!

I LIVE for to-do lists! This was the Mecca of all to-do lists. It was pretty awesome!

July 5: Pick up stuff for ‘Out of Town’ bags, pick up food for BBQ at grocery store
July 6: Get Marriage License, put ribbon on bubbles, make favors, meet with officiant, take jetski test, deliver ‘Out of Town’ bags to hotels.
July 7: Conference with photographer and videographer, talk to florist, salon appointment, talk to band, pick up groomsmen from airport
July 8: Sign jetski contract, drop off everything to ceremony location, drop off rehearsal dinner menus, talk to cake lady, family arrives at lake, individual family dinners
July 9: Meet with Table Runner lady, pick up bachelor party cake, Bridal Party BBQ party!! Camping sleepover with bridal party!
July 10: Drop off rehearsal dinner decorations, pick up table runners, Rehearsal and Rehearsal dinner! Cocktails with all the guests!
July 11: Get married!!!!
July 12: Farewell brunch and HONEYMOON!

 

Wedding Recap: Shower #2

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Just a few weeks later, we were lucky to have another shower!!! With our west coast friends and family!
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It was at an amazing restaurant in the Bay Area. All the details were so coordinated!

The favors were custom teal and brown M&Ms!!!!
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We played a game where we were asked questions about each other and if we got it wrong, we had to chew a piece of Bubalicious gum!

Yea…. we had to chew a lot of gum!

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It was so much fun with everyone!

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Thanks so much for all our great gifts!

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Groomsman Jesse!

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Awesome Shower! Thanks so much for throwing this for us!

 

Wedding Recap: Shower #1

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I can’t believe that my 1-year wedding anniversary is just days away. This year has been one of the best and I couldn’t be happier.

Since I didn’t have my blog last year to recap all the details of our wedding, I will be posting all kinds of photos from last year in the next week or so. Hope you enjoy!!

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Our families live on opposite coasts, so we were blessed with two amazing showers. We’re two very lucky people.

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The first one was a total surprise while we were home on the east coast for a few days last April.

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Even though I had no idea, Irving and I still had color coordinated outfits. HAHA
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Sisters!
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Every little detail was just amazing. From the cake:
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To the “towel cake”:
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To the Tea Pots!
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They even had a chocolate fountain!
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The favors were little treat bags with chocolate dipped tea spoons and homemade chocolate covered cherries!

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It was so awesome to see my family and our friends!

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Erika even came all the way from Florida!!
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Look how happy I am!!!
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Everyone loved the tea party! Even the littlest guests!
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Then we played “Bingo” while we opened our amazing gifts!
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Dad was a great helper!
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My grandmother cross-stitched an amazing tablecloth for us!
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Awe man, we’re so lucky!
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Cutting into the most beautiful cake in the whole world!
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I have a bagillion more photos of this, but I thought you guys might get bored.
Thank you SO much for everyone who came. It was SUCH a special Day!!!

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PS… not to mention that Ashley and JR spoiled us when we got back to LA too!!
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Vegas for Valentine’s Day February 14, 2009

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Valentine’s Day fell on a long weekend, so the stars lined up for a Recession-ific mini vacation to Vegas!
This time, we stayed at the Silverton Casino, one of my faves because they have real live Mermaids there! A little off the strip, and not much glitz, but overall, a pretty decent Casino.

We started our trip at 5:30am, got some coffee (our new addiction) and headed out on the road to Sin City. We always forget that Los Angeles still has a winter, and up in the mountains, they had a decent amount of snow! Some people even pulled over so their kids could play in the snow!

Las Vegas was “covered” in snow!

The first night we were there (Valentine’s Day night), we went to see “Tony and Tina’s Italian Wedding” at the Planet Hollywood Casino.

It was fun because we had wedding receptions on the brain. We really felt like we were at a wedding, but we think it might have been more fun if we had a bigger group of friends there too. All the women got Roses since it was Valentine’s day!

Just like a real wedding reception, they played the Y.M.C.A and all the “guests” got to dance. haha

They even served real wedding cake!

After the dinner/show, it was photoshoot time. haha


On Sunday, we started the day with Dunkin Donuts!!!!! Yes! They have Dunkin Donuts in Las Vegas now!

Next, we started our Lovely Vegas Suburb roadtrip. Yep. We visited the Green Valley Ranch hotel, the Red Rocks Casino, and some random Golf Club that Irving wanted to check out…(yea, he owes me for that one).

But look what we saw on the drive!! That’s right… Seven Eleven is coming soon ya’ll!

But the best part of the whollllllle trip?! The Silverton Casino’s slots giveaway prize!! They were giving away Snuggies!!! HAHAHAHA We just thought this was HIL-ARIOUS

Indeed this Valentine’s Day (our 8th!) was almost as good as our 2nd Valentine’s Day in Paris!

 

A Weekend in the Bay Area January 17, 2009

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Check out our matching sweaters!

This is where we bought our wedding rings!


A beautiful morning in the Bay Area!

Brunch with (almost) the whole family! (We missed you EJ!)

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