The Wedding Part 2: The Big Day

When we last left off, we had just survived the snooty bitches at the airport and were on the plane, ready to start our wedding weekend.

Cabo Wabo

Once our plane landed in Reno, we got our rental car mini-van [only $250 more to upgrade from an SUV], ate some lunch and drove the hour to South Lake Tahoe, it was time to have some fun. A few of us in the wedding party decided that the best way to forget the start of the days events was to throw back a few at the Cabo Wabo Cantina. And we did. Drink that is.

fun the night before
We’ve both had a few drinks at this point
 
Leading up to the Main Event

After waking up to some serious hair of the dog, the girls went to get massages and then later to get their hair and makeup done.

My pretty honey
“This smile will be permanent by the end of the night”
 
Get Me To The Beach On Time

We had picked out a nice little cove right on the lake, where the sand was smooth and the privacy was almost guaranteed. The weather was perfect, just a few clouds in the sky. It was time.

just minutes of single life left
It all came down to this one moment
 
Wedding Dinner

After the ceremony, we walked the ten minutes back to The Fresh Ketch for our wedding dinner, which was our treat to everyone that had traveled the distance to be at our wedding.

all of us in one place again
I hope everyone only had the soup and salad combo
 
Let Them Eat Cake

And what’s a wedding without wedding cake. All of us headed back to the house we rented for the weekend for some after wedding/after dinner celebrating. My sister even brought up some great chocolate candies that were custom made… just for us.

the cutting of the cake
“Uh honey.. is this one of those rum cakes?”
 
Smooth

We couldn’t have asked for a great ceremony and evening. It all went off so well. Guess Karma does have it’s place for all of us.

Continued in Scooter Sunday [which will now be posted on Monday... but just this once.]

20 Comments

  1. Dagny says:

    I almost had to pull out a tissue. That’s what a wedding should look like. Congrats to the two of you.

  2. Avitable says:

    That picture of the ceremony with the light coming through is a great one!

  3. martymankins says:

    dagny – Thank you. Very much appreciated.

    avitable – Yeah, some of these pics that others took with point and shoot digital cameras came out really great. Can’t wait to see the professional pics when they come back this week.

  4. Dave2 says:

    Many congratulations! So happy everything went perfectly for you both!

    (I admit to being a little worried after what happened in Part 1!)

  5. Your wedding looks so perfect. What a beautiful location. I am so happy for you!

  6. congrats! you both look amazing. i’m thrilled that you had such a lovely day.

  7. Congratulations again sir. Excellent photos by the way.

  8. martymankins says:

    dave2 – Thank you. And we are glad things didn’t get worse.

    tori – Thank you. It was a very beautiful location.

    hello haha narf – Thank you. The day went very well.

    kevin – Thanks. It helps that the people taking pictures knew a couple of things about the camera, although most of the Canons we use are pretty good in auto mode.

  9. kilax says:

    You both look beautiful on your wedding day! The dinner looks like it was a lot of fun. :)

  10. martymankins says:

    kilax – Thank you. And the dinner was good. Nothing like a great seafood restaurant to top off a wonderful event.

  11. Winter says:

    Beautiful pics Marty! You both look amazing happy. I’m glad it everything worked out after the near crisis at the beginning.

  12. Nilsa says:

    The wedding looks lovely! So beautiful. Peaceful. Intimate. Just the way a wedding should be. Glad you, your bride and your bags made it back intact!

  13. martymankins says:

    winter – Thank you. I’m glad too. From the start of it, I was a bit concerned. But once we actually made it to Tahoe, things smoothed out rather nicely.

    nilsa – Thanks for the kind words. It was peaceful… just us, close friends and family and a beach front.

  14. kapgar says:

    I love the sunshine vows picture. Too perfect for words. Congrats again!

  15. Hilly says:

    That’s beautiful…thanks for the story and the pictures.

    Congrats again to both of you :)

  16. martymankins says:

    kapgar – Thanks. That picture did come out really well. Wish I could I took it.

    hilly – You are most welcome. Thanks.

  17. suze says:

    Congratulations! Looks like it was a beautiful wedding and a wonderful day :)

  18. martymankins says:

    suze – Thank you very much. And welcome to my blog.

  19. Congrats! You make a beautiful couple!

  20. martymankins says:

    blondeblogger – Thank you. You are so kind.

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