Ok, did I throw enough capital letters and abbreviations up there to catch your attention? I'm going total AW right now to catch you all up on last week's Tahoe wedding planning extravaganza trip. It was me, my mom, FMIL, FSIL/BM, and two other girl friends. In one van. Yes. That's right. One van. It was an absolute blast and I could never get into all the details but you'll all appreciate photos. So here goes!!
Tuesday, these arrived in the mail and I got all excited. That's a vinyl poster, magnets and bags from Vistaprint. The bags will hold wedding party gifts. No idea what we're doing with the vinyl poster and magnets . . . I had free stuff to order so that's what I got. Maybe poster at the rehearsal dinner? No idea but we'll figure it out.
We stayed at MOH's family vacation home in Rubicon Bay. This was the view Thursday morning:
The makeup lady came Thursday morning. Here's before:
And after WITH the people's eyebrow happening (yes Shoes - lashes will be added!):
THEN we went to the venue, Fitzhaven Estate, in Tahoe Vista. Some basic decisions had to be made first . . . the lawn was obvious for the ceremony, the deck for coctail hour, the side of the house we'll tent for dinner, then back to lawn and deck for desserts and dancing.
Lawn:
Lawn & Deck:
Side of house - will be tented for dinner. That's pretty standard for the venue and wasn't originally our first choice. But, after looking at everything, we really love this option since it'll break the space up and allow for us to really take advantage of the entire place:
View from where I'll be getting dressed . . . love that huge deck!!
Mom and I practiced walked out of the house, down the stairs, and out to the area where we'll get married. I'm having her and my dad walk me down the aisle.
After Fitzhaven, it was time for hair trial and a little shopping. I had FMIL distract the other ladies while mom and I went to the jewelry store to get bridesmaid gifts. I got silver Lake Tahoe pendants for them all - the 4 bms will have a small emerald where Emerald Bay is located and the 3 little girls (our Jr. bms) will have the same thing, no emerald.
On to hair. I LOVE my stylist. She's amazing. Originally I really wanted a side chignon type deal with some sort of braid in the front. The braid on the front didn't really work out well because I don't have a ton of hair - it would have taken away from the bun part. Here was option 1 with the front hair up and away from my face:
This was the back of option 1. LOVE that she figured out a way to incorporate the braid feeling I was going for.
Then the back for the second option . . . she kept the brain but beefed up the side part a bit with more curls/volume. LOVE it!!
And now for the front. I like this better - hair down and swooped across the front more. It's option 2 for sure!
After the hair trial, we went to Gar Woods to check out where the rehearsal dinner will be. FMIL is hosting and she really wanted to eat there. Here's a view from their dock area:
That night, we were all really tired. So we decided to partake in extra fun. THIS happened:
Friday, we went to the florist. Going with billy balls, scabiosa pods, and blush cabbage roses . . . similar to this (don't know why this pic came out sideways):
Mine will be all blush cabbage roses, similar to this (also weirdly sideways):
THEN we went to visit the hotels we're recommending for our guests. It was REALLY windy on Friday - you can see that in the view from the deck at one of those places:
Then we went and did some other errands. We then finished wedding stuff and went for drinks here:
We drove home on Saturday and I spent Sunday recovering. Also ordering a ton of WR craft supplies in bulk online. Also installing my fantastic SUP taxi rack on the Subaru because . . . ANNOUNCEMENT!!! I purchased a SUP!!!! I tested out Lyn's Woody and really liked him but ended up going with something just as nice and a bit less expensive so I could not feel so bad about spending the money 3 1/2 months before our ever-more-expensive wedding. Here's the rack:
Tonight, I'm going to pick up my board and do sunset paddle with Lyn. FI is up north for his week long bachelor party and, while I miss him so very much, life is GOOD!!!!
Thoughts ladies??