I expected tears or shock or wedding guest dresses a combination of the two.
Instead, she casually waved me off, stood up from "The Keri Russell Table"
and walked out of the room saying dismissively, "that's from a gumball
machine!" I tried to convince her but she wasn't having any of it. "Let me
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diamond ring." So I went to the bedroom and brought out the laminated
certificate. Only then did it register on her face that I was serious and the
ring was real. "This is where you say ‘yes,'" I instructed. And she did. A
flurry of text messages and phone calls to family and friends followed before
a walk two blocks away to celebrate at our favorite neighborhood restaurant.
Looking over our menus we made a pact - "let's enjoy being engaged for one
week and NOT talk wedding plans." We tea length wedding dresses hardly made
it to dessert. Over the next week we sat at our computers looking at web
sites that supposedly helped couples plan their wedding. "How To Buy That
Dress," "Picking The Right Bouquet," "Who Will Be Your Maid of maternity
bridesmaid dresses Honor." Hey! What about me And so I thought: maybe I
should blog about the wedding experience from the male POV. And that's that.
So until Evin and I get married early next summer, I will be blogging on a
weekly basis how this undertaking is going for me. A Groom With A View will
be an honest account of the most illogical of processes - getting married.I
must say that I'm so excited to share a haunted hotel real wedding this
week. and I'm especially excited because couldn't have hosted a more gorgeous
event that was so perfectly them. They married in true Colorado fashion:
mountainside on a hauntingly beautiful, bright fall day. Brad grew up in
Denver and Katelyn's family spent summer vacations in Estes Park, so the
sunny mountain town was a natural choice for their wedding. They booked the
picturesque Stanley Hotel, infamous for inspiring Stephen King's The Shining.
(Eek- gives me chills)! With the Front Range as their backdrop, they
celebrated with a dashing color palette, lots of sweet family time, and tons
of dancing. Enjoy these photos by the extraordinary and very talented .
Katelyn's bridesmaids were decked out in very-rewearable frocks from and bold
seasonal bouquets by . The bride, who happily admits that halter wedding
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by . Ok- confession time- I have a bigtime crush on this bridal party!
Katelyn and Brad both attended Baylor University, but it wasn't until a
mutual friend introduced them in Austin, post-college, that they met. Looking
back, they realized that they attended a lot of the same parties and had some
mutual friends, but their paths never crossed. They were friends for about a
year and a half, meeting up for casual lunches every now and again, before
finally getting together. Katelyn has loved red bridesmaid dresses fire
trucks ever since she was little and it just so happened that the Stanley
Hotel has a collection of antiques. Knowing this, Brad pulled a few strings
and surprised her by secretly arranging their getaway in a big, gorgeous
antique truck! Jonny Gomes, the groom, is plus size prom dresses a world
series baseball player.
