You Make Happy: The Wedding

Hi All!

I could write an entire book on our wedding. We were so blessed to have the wedding of our dreams in beautiful Colorado. I promise to go into further detail about various aspects of the wedding at some point, but for now I am just going to do a brief overview!

Thursday Night Get Together

On Thursday night we invited everyone who was in town to come to the Hotel Jerome for a casual meet up and a few drinks. It was SO FUN!

Mark & Melissa

The Parentals

(Steve, Kristen, Donna, Milo)

Melissa's Godparents

Kevin & Susanne Avondet

Some of the beloved friends!

Brooke, Alexandra, Kendall, Elizabeth, Whitney, Anne, Kate and Melissa

The Rehearsal Dinner

Our rehearsal dinner was so fun! It was a casual BBQ at Snowmass Valley Ranch which was the house/ranch where the rehearsal dinner and wedding took place. It was G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S. The food was fantastic, catered by the Hickory House in Aspen. If you have never been there before you should add it to your bucket list - it is amazing.

The Wedding Party

The Bridal Luncheon

Two beloved ladies in my life, Joan Katz and Debbie Kalas, hosted a wonderful bridal luncheon in my honor. It was a very special time and the food was fantastic. It was so special to be surrounded by all of the women in my life + Mr. Mom.

Debbie, Owner of the Restaurant, Me, Joan

Getting Ready

Getting ready was so much fun. By mid afternoon I was in a complete daze and it is all sort of a blur to me now but I was so lucky to have all the special ladies in my life surrounding me!

Mark spent the day with his buddies and family playing whiffle ball and just hanging out (there might have been some drinking involved and there was one EPIC footrace) and then got dressed at the Jerome Hotel.

The Ceremony

My uncle Todd Smith married us - I can't even put into words how magical the ceremony was. It was everything I have ever dreamed of and I will always cherish those minutes in which I became my best friend's wife. I have never felt so much love in my life as I did saying my vows with all of my friends and family around me in such a beautiful setting.