October 27, 2003

• Okay… ready for some wedding photos??

  
  

  I’ll give you a bit of info on the events first…

  
  

  Tuesday, Oct. 7th

  
  

  Jason and I arose extremely early to catch our flight out to Vegas.  To our suprise, when we checked in at the airport…they upgraded us to first class front row seats for our flight out!  That was nice…Jason had plenty of leg room and the crew was wonderful.

  
  

  Once we arrived in Vegas, we got to the hotel and checked in.  I was just glad that they had a room available for us that early in the morning.  The room did NOT have a view however, unless you count the dead bird that was down on the cement below out window. Yuck!

  
  

  Anyway, we called the tuxedo shop to let them know that we were in town and were ready to be picked up to get Jason’s tux fitted…well, they promptly informed us that the driver wasn’t there and that they weren’t going to pick us up.  So we had to take a cab over there…which cost us $10 for a one way trip and it wasn’t that far away.  Of course, the taxi’s put $3 on the clock as soon as you sit down.  Anyway, the tux fit like a glove and Jason looked wonderful.  So we walked down to the bus stop and took a bus back toward the hotel.  The bus was only $1.50…but when we got off, we noticed that the chapel was right there…so we walked over and had them take us to the courthouse to get the marriage license and then back over to the hotel.

  
  

  The courthouse is normally not very busy during the week, but for some reason on this day it was SWAMPED!!  So getting our license, which normally would only take about 5 – 10 minutes, took around 45 minutes.  We didn’t mind…we were just happy to be there!

  
  

  After getting back to the hotel, we rested a bit.  I had done a lot of walking and my abdomen was a bit sore and swollen.  We did go to dinner at the buffet downstairs not long after though.  The food was wonderful!  I was very impressed considering it was a buffet.  Jason and I stuffed ourselves and then went back to our room to await Wil’s phone call to let us know that he was in town.

  
  

  Well, I fell asleep…and Jason was exhausted as well…so by the time Wil called, we decided that we’d just see him in the morning.

  
  

  Wednesday, Oct. 8th – Wedding Day

  
  

  We met Wil for brunch and then I sent the boys off for a few hours to explore the shops and such while I did my hair and got ready for our big day.  I noticed that it was getting a bit late in the afternoon and our cookie bouquet hadn’t been delivered yet.  So I called the store and inquired about it.  I was told that it was destroyed while on the delivery truck and that they could deliver a new one out to me the next morning.  Kind of defeats the purpose eh?  I was NOT happy about this at all!  BUT…I wasn’t going to let a little thing like that ruin the best day of my life.  So, I told them that was fine and that I would be in touch with a supervisor at a later date to discuss my compensation.

  
  

  When Jason and Wil returned, I explained the cookie situation.  Not a problem…Jason was too nervous to think about that.

  
  

  We got dressed, I grabbed my bouquet and out the door we went!

  
  

  We walked out the front door and waited for our limo.  As we stood there many people congratulated us and smiled. Then our limo arrived and we were on our way to the chapel.  Once we arrived, another couple was in the process of being married so we had to wait a few minutes for them to finish up.  Then it was our turn, so into the chapel we went.  The minister introduced himself and the photographer took tons of photos and Wil was very helpful and took photos as well.

  
  

  After the photos were done, the ceremony began.  The ceremony was short, but very well written…not the kind you’d expect for Vegas.  We said our ‘I Do’s'…exchanged our rings…kissed and pronounced husband and wife!! 

  
  

  We took a few more photos and then climbed back into the limo and went back to the hotel!  We had some drinks and then changed our clothes and went to dinner at Fellini’s.  The dinner was fabulous and the service was delightful.  We had food…champagne…and wonderful conversation!  It was perfect!

  
  

  After that, we stood outside one of the karaoke bars for a moment and listened to people embarrass themselves.  Then we decided to call it a night…Wil went back to his hotel and we went back to our room where we had another bottle of champagne awaiting us.  I won’t go any farther than that on events…I think you can figure out the rest on your own.

  
  

  I’ll give you the lodown on the rest of the trip later…but for now, I think that you’ve waited patiently enough…here are the photos!!

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

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