Webster Wedding Weekend

Last weekend (the 28th-30th) we were off to another wedding...this time the destination was Lake Tahoe for Mike and Elise's wedding.

The beginning of the journey did not start out so well...about a month ago Brooke and I were notified that our flight times had changed, when looking we realized they changed by 4 hours and were no longer even the same flight. Which means we would now get into Reno at 11:45pm and have to still drive to Tahoe. So after countless hours on the phone with United's customer service team based in India we were able to change our flight to get in much earlier...BUT of course it doesn't work out so smoothly. Instead we get to DIA, load our plane and they notice there is condensation on one of the windows. This has to be fixed before we take off, which they tell us could be a few hours. Well...that does not work so well since our layover in LA is supposed to be 30 minutes. So we file off and are rebooked onto...you guessed it, the flight we spent countless hours with our friends in India trying to get off of. Only problem...our luggage is now on the plane we were just sitting on which means we will have to wait for it to arrive in Reno anyway. But what this all really means is we now have 5 hours in the Denver airport. So...

we hit up a sports bar
have a few drinks
take a nap
get grumpy
read...we even bought a deck of cards to help pass the time but could not come up with any good games requiring only one deck of cards (at $5 each that is all we were buying) so the card playing didn't last long.
Then we finally arrive in Reno and have an hour to kill in the airport on that end waiting for our bags...Jim tries his luck at Wheel of Fortune...and finally our bags arrive!! So we hit the road for our hour journey to Lake Tahoe and finally get in around 1:45am.
So since we got in late we slept in some then went for a great breakfast and to check out the lake which is BEAUTIFUL!! It was very windy and pretty darn cold, but one of the most amazing views I have ever seen!

After a morning/afternoon out we went back and got ready for the rehearsal dinner.
Julie and Chris (all those in the wedding had on leis)Brooke and Jim
Brooke, Julie, Beck, and me
Sam...still loving his new glasses and me. The rehearsal dinner was at a great restaurant on the lake with some great food. There were only 9 people not at the dinner that would be at the wedding so it was huge! It was so nice of his folks to invite everyone out since they knew we had all traveled in to be there.

Day two we decided we would do more of a drive of the lake. Jim spotted this granite cut out of the lake. He and Sam had been learning all kinds of Tahoe trivia and were happy to see some of it displayed here.
There was this waterfall off of one of the scenic pull outs...we mainly stopped because by that point Sam was super sick from the windy roads.
little island in the cove
and the infamous back to back photo

Then it was time for the wedding!

Elise and Mike Webster!!! FINALLY!!!

quick pic outside since it was so cold...the view was amazing though!
Brooke, Elise, and moi (her dress was gorgeous!!)

the centerpieces were very cool!
and we KNEW with these two there would be cake all over!
the little flower girls joined them for their dance, it was adorable!

What an amazing wedding and fun weekend away...congrats Mike and Elise!!!