Congratulations Lindsay and Jeremy!

Congratulations to my sister Lindsay and our new brother-in-law Jeremy!! They were wed on Monday, November 30 at Sunset Gardens, Las Vegas, Nevada! It was an absolutely beautiful day and a fabulous time!!

The wedding festivities began on Saturday night, with the Vegas stagette and stag parties. The girls met for dinner and then headed to the Thunder from Down Under! We all had a blast!! The Thunder from Down Under were very talented ... dancers!!! lol!! No, but seriously, they were very good dancers as well as gymnasts! Very entertaining ;) Afterwards we were went to a club for awhile and then headed back to our hotel. The "younger" ladies continued partying, while this "older" lady headed to bed!!

We had the wedding rehearsal on Sunday afternoon, where most of us got our first glimpse of Sunset Gardens. It is a gorgeous venue and the wedding planners were so organized and friendly! I think Lindsay relaxed a little after going through the rehearsal and all the details with the wedding planners!! Sunday evening we had the rehearsal dinner at P.F. Chang's. I highly recommend this restaurant! SO yummy!!! Cal, Blake and I attended the rehearsal dinner, while Emerson snoozed away in the hotel room with my Auntie Kathy watching over her :) After dinner we put Blake to bed and I went over to Lindsay's room to visit for awhile.

Monday was the big day!! We started out early in the morning with hair and make-up in Lindsay's hotel room (she got a separate hotel room the night before the wedding, so her and Jeremy weren't staying together!). We headed down to the lobby around noon, where Lindsay and Jeremy saw each other for the first time on their wedding day! It was very cute, how the photographer arranged their "first look!" The girls waited by the elevators while the boys and Lindsay and Jeremy's family waited in the lobby. The photographer had Jeremy face the other way and Lindsay walked up to him and then he turned at the last minute! Many of us had tears in our eyes ... it was very sweet to see them see each other for the first time on their wedding day. The wedding party then proceeded to climb into our H2 limo with the photographer for pictures on the Strip! It was lots of fun and boy was that limo sweet!!! We arrived at Sunset Gardens at 3 pm. We did family pictures and the cocktail hour began at 3:30. The appetizers were yummy, the jazz band was great and the atmosphere was very festive! Lindsay hung out in the bride's room with the bridesmaids (although at one point in time we all checked out the cocktail hour!)! After the cocktail hour, the guests made their way to the garden for the ceremony, which began at 4:30. More tears were shed and the ceremony was beautiful! We did some more pictures after the ceremony and then the dinner, speeches and dance began!! I was glad I gave my speech before dinner! I think it went pretty well too!! It was a perfect day, with a perfect couple :) We're so happy for Lindsay and Jeremy and so glad their day was wonderful!