Sunday, September 30, 2012

We Are Officially Next!!

This weekend we attended the last Kolbeck family wedding before ours. It was beautiful and so good to see everyone.

The wedding was on the hill in Cardiff-by-the-Sea and located at the pool area of the housing development that they live in. The view is always breathtaking up there. This time around it was MUCH hotter than I ever expected with very little wind, considering it was so close to the beach.

The bride is John's cousin, Misty. Her new husband is PK Marshall, who moved to San Diego from the East Coast several years ago. It was kind of fun to see both coasts represented.

The wedding was beautiful and suited the bride and groom personalities perfectly. After a brief and personalized Ceremony, we were escorted to the nearby koi pond for cocktail hour. We then made our way back to the pool area where the reception was held and we remained for the rest of the evening. The sun was setting just as the wedding party made their entrance.

The atmosphere was casual with appetizer stations instead of a sit down dinner. The fish tacos were delish!! We danced the night away and mingled with friends and family until the bride and groom kicked it up a notch by jumping in the pool!! In her dress!! It was actually a very romantic moment for the two of them and made for some great pictures! The rest of the wedding party joined them and soon everyone was trying to find someone to throw in. I survived but was thoroughly entertained!!

After four or five family weddings in this calendar year alone, it is finally our turn!!! Can't wait for my bridal shower this weekend! I'm keeping busy tying up all the loose ends and praying that it all comes together!

Monday, September 17, 2012

Let the Countdown Begin!!

Our wedding day is 2 months from today!!! Let the countdown begin! There are so many fun little details that we are working to pull together. I'm excited to see how everything turns out.

Invitations went out late last week! We had so much fun designing them, printing them at the Infinity Printing shop and assembling all of the pieces.

This weekend I have my hair and makeup trial and another dress fitting. This way I'll know exactly what my day-of ensemble will look like.

This is my first post on the new blogger iPhone app so I'm hoping it works ok. More to come soon! XOXO

Friday, September 7, 2012

Bachelorette Party

Bachelorette parties are a great way to honor the bride-to-be, help her say farewell to singledom, and, if we're being honest, just an excuse to have a good time with your girlfriends!! My bachelorette party was in early August and, let's just say that I'm glad I'll only be doing this once!

It was an AMAZING weekend hosted by my beautiful sissy, BFF and MOH, Kylie in Las Vegas! The itinerary was exactly what I wanted and the whole weekend could not have gone more smoothly.

We had 10 or so girls and two huge adjoining rooms at the Palazzo. Kylie had every inch decorated in fabulous pink, black and white decor...balloons, signs, streamers, etc.

I arrived to this...which got us many knocks at the door over the course of the weekend.



As silly as it might sound, my group of college girlfriends has wanted to dress up as Disney princesses for Halloween for years and it's never happened. There is a site now called DisneyBound that puts together Disney inspired outfits using everyday clothing and accessories. It's adorable!!! My MOH Camille put together her own version of DisneyBound to give us some inspiration for night #1.

Here's how it turned out...
Cinderella & Rapunzel

It's hard to see but here you've got Ariel, Pocahontas, Cruella DeVil, Rapunzel, Cinderlla, Lilo, Snow White,  Tinkerbell, and Sleeping Beauty!!

After a few bachelorette games in the room, we headed to Tao nightclub located right next door in the Venetian. On Saturday, we went to Marquee Day Club at the new Cosmopolitan hotel. It's a massive, out of control pool party with some great people watching. We all started with our adorable 'Bling Bling' shirts...




...then had our own little black and yellow pool party...which was such a creative idea!! (Black and yellow are our wedding colors!!)




Saturday night was LBD (Little Black Dress) night. I wore white and the girls wore black and it turned out to be so cute! We went to dinner at Sushi Samba, which was one of the best dinners I've ever had!! Highly recommended!!



 



All in all, it was amazing weekend and I felt so special and loved!!! It took me a good week to recover so, like I said, I'm glad I'll only be doing this once!!

Time to go home!!

Thank you to Kylie, Camille and all of my wonderful beautiful friends for an awesome weekend!!!

Here are some more pics: