What a fabulous weekend!
We arrived in Scottsdale on Thursday and enjoyed a nice, long stay in a beautiful resort out in the desert completely surrounded by family and ready to celebrate the wedding of my cousin, Angela.
Thursday was spent pampering {aka a 4 hour trip to the nail salon ~ just for me and Ang!} and then rushing to get ready for the rehearsal and dinner. This was the first time I saw the wedding location, and it was stunning.
Proud mother of the bride, Aunt Cathy, with little Austin & Chandler
We then went to celebrate and eat pizza at a local restaurant. I completely chowed down on one
of the most delicious desserts I've ever had - a calzone filled with
nutella and topped with ice cream - yummm!
Aunt Cathy, Austin & Cousins (Gina and Christy) with me and Tony
After the rehearsal dinner, I was convinced to go get a spray tan {yes, they re-opened the salon at 10pm for our bridal party}. Just because I was too vain to be the "pasty" bridesmaid, I stripped down and let a woman spray me ~ as I stood there totally naked. So awkward. I cannot believe I actually did that. Despite me totally freaking out, I'm the only one who didn't have trouble with my tan ~ all the other girls suffered from streaking/orange hands/and on an on....I won't say "I told them so..." :)
The boys had a really stressful time the next day...
...while the girls were running around like mad trying to finalize last minute details and deal with stress.
They say every bride has two major mishaps - I'd say Angie's would have to be the fact that half of her flowers didn't make it past customs {what does that even mean?! They are flowers?! I don't know...} and that Andrew tried to make all the name cards for the reception while "under the influence" and completely destroyed all of them. Luckily, Costco pulled through with rose petals for the flower girls, and I was able to utilize my craftiness to fix the labels. Phew!
And then Saturday ~ the BIG DAY ~ came so soon!
Angie gave us all matching towel wraps to wear as we got our hair and makeup done. I was completely obsessed with my makeup. And my hair.
And Angie looked absolutely stunning. There are no other words. She was just GORGEOUS! And so was the entire wedding.
The ceremony was followed by a cocktail hour and reception. The dessert table {prepared by my cousin (Angie's sister) Christy, who is starting her own business} and the photo booth were a total hit! My mom was absolutely obsessed with the photo booth ~ as in, she missed the cake cutting because she was in there taking pictures. We also have proof of her in there with strangers...and my favorite quote of the evening...
"I love this thing! It's like a video game that you NEVER LOSE!"
Dad getting the little guys ready for a photo booth session...too funny!
I think this is proof that we all had a blast!
I wish my cousin and her new husband an amazing honeymoon in Italy and an even more joyous life together. It is so obvious that Andrew simply adores my cousin. He is so great with my little second cousins, and my uncle is included as one of his very best friends ~ invited on many a weekend guy trips. In short, Andrew is a wonderful addition to our family and we love him dearly!
Congrats Angie & Andrew!
