Wedding Details

So I had originally planned on blogging about little parts of the wedding after it was over, but since AT&T U-Verse is the worst company ever, we still don't have internet... one month later. So now that I'm borrowing the internet from one of our unaware neighbors, I wanted to put up some quick pics!

One of the hardest decisions for us was the cake. There are so many options out there that are gorgeous and I just didn't know how we would pick. Then, I found a cute cake on Pinterest one day and went to the blog that posted it. One of the cakes on the rest of the blog was just perfect, Zach and I immediately knew we wanted it:

Susan Lines Photography

We did three flavors: Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Butter Cream and Raspberry Preserves for the base, White Cake with White Chocolate Mousse and Raspberry Preserves in the middle, and then Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting on top.

It was DELICIOUS. People had seconds and it was demolished pretty quickly. Fortunately, the place we got the cake from gives you a top portion of your cake at your 1 year anniversary, so we weren't trying to save it. The original cake we found online had different flowers on it, but I was quite happy with how the Baby's Breath looked on there.

Another part of the wedding I was excited about was the shirts we had made for our bridal party. Working for a t-shirt company, you would think it was an easy decision, but it took us a while to get there. I think the most daunting part was coming up with a good design, since we have seen so many. I learned a lot doing the shirts, though, because I really got to feel what our customers go through with their orders. I checked the status of my order every single day, and agonized over every detail. In the end, I think they came out great and I have heard from the girls that they have been wearing the shirts a lot. They are super comfy, so I wear mine constantly too :)

Susan Lines Photography

Susan Lines Photography

The guest book was another fun decision. There are so many options out there that SO many people have done, and I found most of them tacky (sorry..) or just not appropriate for us. I wanted one that actually represented us as a couple, and something we would use. Eventually I came up with what I thought was very original, but it turns out other people have done it too :( We had people sign a slice of a birch tree trunk that we will eventually display on a wall as a decoration, or on a table somewhere.

Alright well Zach is awake now and it's his BIRTHDAY! so I better get off the computer pay attention to him :) More to come on other details, the move, living in Reno and his birthday present!

Reno

By now we are definitely getting very settled in. We left the Wednesday after the wedding, and got here Friday night. That night was tough because it was freezing with howling winds when we got here, and we had to go straight to Walmart to get an inflatable mattress to sleep on. I hate Walmart, but it is so much worse on a weekend night. We saw some terrifying people there - not the best start. So glad we knew enough about Reno from our first trip to not panic. Plus, we had already been in our house that we're renting here and we LOVE it, so we knew we'd be okay.

That weekend was entirely spent shopping. We started work Monday, but all of our spare time was spent in furniture stores, grocery stores, etc. It was ridiculous. We bought a lot of furniture that we love though. We were in such a rush because my parents and Connor got here 2 Fridays after we did for a 10 day visit. They are stuff here right now, and we have had SO much fun. There is just so much to do out here. I will eventually blog about the wedding, the drive out here, our house, my parents trip... all that. Right now we don't really have internet (ATT U-Verse sucks), but once we do I will be back up and running!