Monday, November 18, 2013

The Rehearsal Dinner

"Rehearsal dinner" is just the term I use to describe the dinner the night 
before my wedding, because Mormons don't actually have to rehearse anything.
After doing our best to change into normal clothes while in the car,
(which is really difficult when you're in a wedding dress)
we made it to Salt Lake City, where our close friends and family were gathered
to celebrate with us and eat some good ol' Cafe Rio!
How good is that stuff?
Anders and I ate hustled in and got the party started.
We hadn't eaten since breakfast so we ate like cave people, I'm sure.
After a few words from our fathers, everyone lit a sparkler.
 And then things just got crazy!
My Aunts were dancing and laughing,
I was being pulled in every direction for a picture,
and there were sparklers being waved around every which way!


I was just so happy to see everyone having a good time.
I was so grateful to have my family in Utah with me!
I was even more excited for the biggest day of my life.

Without wasting too much time,
I was whisked away to my bachelorette party...
And boy, did we party!






Thursday, November 14, 2013

Bridals

Our bridals were the beginning of the 36 hour wedding chaos.
I really didn't want Anders to see my dress till our wedding day,
but I also wanted the "first look" picture.
So, the day before our wedding we snuck in this amazing photo shoot

We managed to blind fold Anders all the way up to Heber
(which was a hilariously complicated journey)
and get those first look photos I've always wanted! 





There was a chill in the air and the wind was going crazy from time to time, but I loved seeing the two of us in our wedding clothes for the first time!

It's honestly hard to choose a favorite but here are a few.


 ^^^I was obsessed with the back of my dress^^^

 ^^^So handsome!^^^












 Did I say a few??
Jenna did such a good job, there are just too many favorites!

Anyways, after we started to go numb from the cold,
we called it quits and headed to our next adventure...

The rehearsal dinner!