Hotel
It might seem odd that I am blogging the hotel room, but I had to show off our good fortune. The hotel we stayed at was overbooked and they had given our reserved room away to create a block for the girls on a high school soccer team! This turned out to be fabulous news, as they upgraded us to a suite and ate the difference!
It might seem odd that I am blogging the hotel room, but I had to show off our good fortune. The hotel we stayed at was overbooked and they had given our reserved room away to create a block for the girls on a high school soccer team! This turned out to be fabulous news, as they upgraded us to a suite and ate the difference!
Bachelorette Party
It was all I could do to come up with some PG rated photos for this part....this is about all that was left over after taking out the naughty ones. =)
The blushing bride.
Mom, if you are reading this, I had NOthInG to do with her attire!
Me and Linz, one of Tessa's personal attendants--also a friend from high school.
Getting Ready for "I Do"
The salon we went to was pretty cool. Of course, any salon that lets you enjoy a mimosa while they work on your hair ranks pretty high in my book. Here is a play-by-play of the bride getting ready.
First stop, hair.
Next stop, nails.
Finally, a little bit of makeup as the final touch.
This bride is ready for her ceremony! Here she is traveling to the Joslyn Castle incognito.
The Ceremony
I don't have any pictures of the ceremony, but I can explain it. It was a Christian/Jewish hybrid ceremony. The first part was pretty traditional--he talked about love and read some excerpts from the bible. Then, for the finale, the bride and groom kissed, Isaac stomped on and shattered a glass, and we all shouted 'Mazel Tov!'
This is my one picture of the bride all decked out. Her 'something blue' was her pair of icy blue shoes which she carried throughout the reception.
The Reception
Ok, now to the reception. To understand the reception, you have to understand the location. The wedding was at the Joslyn Castle, which on the outside, looks like a castle. On the inside, however, it looks like a haunted mansion. This being the case, there were a lot of smaller rooms, not really any big spaces save for the room the ceremony was held in. There was no DJ, no bouquet toss, no dollar dance---but there was plenty of food and beer. This being said, you can see how the reception was really just a big house party!
There was a rock band room! These are some college buddies rocking out! From left to right, Foster, Tom, and Seier.
We spent the first half of the reception running around striking goofy poses. Oh, the memories!
For the guestbook, there was a pile of scrapbook pages and a table of costume pieces. The idea was to pose for a picture with the Halloween props and sign a scrapbook page. Then, when Tess gets back from the honeymoon, she will match up the pics with the signed pages and have a silly picture guestbook. Here Florez and Jess are posing with some props on the throne.
Lindsay on her throne. I like the way she thinks!
Some goofy poses:
For the second half of the reception, striking a silly pose was getting to be too much thinking. We had to create something to do since there were so many of us in an empty mansion without cards. Thus was born, Tournament Rock, Paper, Scissors. This was quite possibly my favorite part of the night!
Looks like Foster crushed Flores.
The Morning After
Someone had dreadful bedhead.
It was all I could do to come up with some PG rated photos for this part....this is about all that was left over after taking out the naughty ones. =)
The blushing bride.Mom, if you are reading this, I had NOthInG to do with her attire!
Me and Linz, one of Tessa's personal attendants--also a friend from high school.Getting Ready for "I Do"
The salon we went to was pretty cool. Of course, any salon that lets you enjoy a mimosa while they work on your hair ranks pretty high in my book. Here is a play-by-play of the bride getting ready.
First stop, hair.
Next stop, nails.
Finally, a little bit of makeup as the final touch.
This bride is ready for her ceremony! Here she is traveling to the Joslyn Castle incognito.The Ceremony
I don't have any pictures of the ceremony, but I can explain it. It was a Christian/Jewish hybrid ceremony. The first part was pretty traditional--he talked about love and read some excerpts from the bible. Then, for the finale, the bride and groom kissed, Isaac stomped on and shattered a glass, and we all shouted 'Mazel Tov!'
This is my one picture of the bride all decked out. Her 'something blue' was her pair of icy blue shoes which she carried throughout the reception.The Reception
Ok, now to the reception. To understand the reception, you have to understand the location. The wedding was at the Joslyn Castle, which on the outside, looks like a castle. On the inside, however, it looks like a haunted mansion. This being the case, there were a lot of smaller rooms, not really any big spaces save for the room the ceremony was held in. There was no DJ, no bouquet toss, no dollar dance---but there was plenty of food and beer. This being said, you can see how the reception was really just a big house party!
There was a rock band room! These are some college buddies rocking out! From left to right, Foster, Tom, and Seier.
We spent the first half of the reception running around striking goofy poses. Oh, the memories!
For the guestbook, there was a pile of scrapbook pages and a table of costume pieces. The idea was to pose for a picture with the Halloween props and sign a scrapbook page. Then, when Tess gets back from the honeymoon, she will match up the pics with the signed pages and have a silly picture guestbook. Here Florez and Jess are posing with some props on the throne.
Lindsay on her throne. I like the way she thinks!Some goofy poses:
For the second half of the reception, striking a silly pose was getting to be too much thinking. We had to create something to do since there were so many of us in an empty mansion without cards. Thus was born, Tournament Rock, Paper, Scissors. This was quite possibly my favorite part of the night!
Looks like Foster crushed Flores.The Morning After
Someone had dreadful bedhead.
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