Colorado Wedding

This past weekend, Ryan, Jonathan and Amber and I drove out to Colorado for a family friend's wedding in Beaver Creek. Ryan's parents drove down from Iowa to stay with Emerson- it was my first time away from her for more than a day or so. Some tears were shed (mine, not hers!) the night before while we were packing but we had a really great time and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

On Friday, we stayed with Nick Bott in Denver. It was great to see him and do some catching up.


Our "welcome bags" waiting for us in our hotel/condo room.


On our way to the ceremony. The views were amazing.


Jonathan and Amber before the ceremony.


Arriving at the reception. Beano's Cabin is secluded on the side of a mountain. It's a private road that we had to take a shuttle bus to get to. It was so private and intimate. (Notice we're being "greeted" with drinks???)


My mom and Nat made the trip out as well.



The view of the reception- pretty fancy.




Our place setting- we chose between salmon, chicken or elk. I guess elk is Beano's Cabin's specialty...


I stuck with chicken.


Ryan got the elk.
Oh- notice the mini wedding cakes? We each had our own mini replica wedding cake. It tasted even better than it looked.








We were hanging out after dinner and Amber pointed out an unvited guest at the reception...



This thing must have weighed 30 pounds- it was huge! The waiter just shooed him out with a broom like it was nothing! I guess porcupines live under the deck at this place but the staff feeds them to keep them around. I'm not sure why.

This was the sign on the deck when we got to the reception. They're not kidding!


The bride, Katie Osborn, and her brother Jason. Jonathan, Jason, Katie and I grew up together. Our parents were best friends and we always took ski trips to Colorado. It was fitting to go to Colorado to see Katie get married.


Ryan busting it out on the dance floor...



A sign on one of the outside doors at our hotel warning us about bears!


The trip was great and it's so good to be back and be with my girl. She did great for her grandma and grandpa and we were thankful we were able to have a little getaway. Back to the ole grind!

Oh, PS, I chopped my hair off!!!

Have a great week!