Wedding Weekend

The wedding was heaven, but the travel was hell.

We flew back on Friday. We left Seattle at 5:00 am and we were supposed to arrive in Iowa at noon. Our connecting flight, through Denver, was continuously delayed (for a grand total of 12 hours) before they finally cancelled it. We ended up catching another flight that got us to Iowa at midnight. It was horrendous and there were many tears shed at Denver International. Unfortunately, we missed the rehearsal and the dinner, but we did make the wedding.

Saturday was the big day. It was such a fun day I actually forgot how exhausted I was. There was a little rain in the morning (for good luck), but it cleared off for the ceremony and reception. It was a beautiful wedding. I'm so happy for Brie and Tyler! Everything was perfect!

Here are a few candid shots from the day. I didn't take many photos so I stole a few from Instra. I'll share more when they come back from the photographer.

Getting ready!

Photos in the church before the ceremony

Photos around downtown Des Moines after the ceremony...

...in the trolley

Maids

At the State Capitol 

My date

Bridal party selfies

A few bars before the reception 

Another bridal party selfie :)

The bride & groom on the trolley

Stunning ballroom

Cutting the cake

It's Wedding Time!

I'm off to Iowa for Brie & Tyler's wedding! It will be a whirlwind weekend, but I'm super excited to celebrate with these two. 

Cheers to the bride & groom!

Brie's Bachelorette Weekend

It was an epic weekend in Chicago celebrating the bachelorette. 

I flew in on Thursday afternoon and met up with Brie, Baylee and Sarah for a long weekend in the Windy City. We spent our days brunching, shopping and wandering around the city. Our nights involved a lot of bar hopping and very little sleep. I'm going to spend the rest of the week recovering. 

Pre-gaming 

St Patty's pub crawl

Donut run

So much choice

Green(ish) river

Soaking up the sun

When in Chicago

Make these purchases before the wedding :)

Met up with Dani and Lauren!

Happy babe

Representing 

City living

Blowouts 

Dinner at RPM Italian 

Ladies in black

The Underground at 3am

Brunch and bottomless mimosas at The Monarch

Shopping again

Quartino for the ISU game

Shots, shots, shots

Late night. Can't even remember the name of the bar...

... but I did play Jenga with this group