Monday, August 31, 2009

wedding at the SB Biltmore

This past Saturday we went to a wedding for Jen & Alex at the Santa Barbara Four Seasons Biltmore. Brian and I drove with Dad and Sandy, and Jennie and Scott were also there with Jennie's parents Greg and Sue. Jen, the bride, used to come with us on our father-daughter skiing trips to Mammoth with her adorable Czechoslovakian dad Paul, and Paul also golfs all the time with Greg and my dad, so it was nice that we were all celebrating together. We had so much fun!

here's the 8 of us
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the parents
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and the kids ;)
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friends who dress up and party like rockstars together, stay together ;)
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our amazing wedding photographer Jennifer Carrillo of Bella Rosa Photo was also their photographer (per my recommendation)! I snagged this picture of her :)
wish I could afford a lens like that sucker!
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yummy lemonade pre-ceremony
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a little blurry, but super cute!
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bridesmaids
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the kiss
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Jen, so happy
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details
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sirloin beef burgers - just one of the many yummy appetizers
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a peek a the reception
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lifesavers
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Jen dancing with her dad and hubby :)
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getting the garter
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not the best pics, but there's my dad, with the single men, waiting for the garter toss! :) hehe
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dancing up a storm!
Greg, Bri, Scott, Jennie, Sue
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my dad's cute haha
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we look awful because we were sweating from dancing so much!
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Jennie and her drunken and hilarious fiance ;)
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me and the hubby
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and now for the BEST part of the wedding, I present to you, our PHOTOBOOTH pics! ;) when we weren't on the dance floor, this is where we were!
oh, how I wish we had one at our wedding...


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(gotta love those beer goggles!!)

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the 8 of us made it in there, too!

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a totally fun night! can't wait for Jennie and Scott's wedding next year!! :)

Friday, August 21, 2009

a little blast from the past

Henny sent me these pictures from her wedding (August 7, 2004), and I was just looking at them thinking how young we look! :) It was an amazing day! Ah, memories...

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5 years (wow!) and a baby later... here's Henny & Mike's adorable son, Tye!
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what a cutie!

dedicated to our most loyal blog reader, Henny :) haha

Thursday, August 20, 2009

showering the bride-to-be

Since it may be a little while until I get our pictures from our AMAZING trip to Israel up on the blog, here are a few pictures I haven't posted yet!

My best friend Steph, my MOH is getting married in 1 MONTH! She's had 2 bridal showers, the first thrown for her by her aunts, and the second thrown by her bridesmaids-- mainly her sister/MOH Heather and I.

Shower #1 - Carla's Cafe on the CBS Radford Lot

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gifts galore!
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the recipe book
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the Lachman girls
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yummy cookie favors
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so happy!
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cheers to the bride-to-be! Mom Lachman is already crying... ;)
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so I won the "how well do you know the bride" game... but really I was second to Heather haha
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from Jeremy (the groom)
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Steph and the maids (not the full group)
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the hostesses
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dessert!
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present time!!
(I gave her the "Heislers est. 2009 sign-- matches ours! :)
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Heather being a good MOH and making the bouquet
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sisters :)
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Audish, Steph & me
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Shower #2 - The Secret Garden Restaurant (in Moorpark)

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the set-up outside
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the hostesses!
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bride + bridesmaids
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lil & big
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I designed all the stationary ;)
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soon-to-be Mrs. Heisler :)
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filling out guestbook pages (same that I had at my shower-- so cute!)
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Bri & Nat
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finish the bride's phrases game
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heart-shaped chicken! haha
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set-up for the "panty poem"!
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cheat sheets
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Heather, Gary & Steph
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Steph and her men
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playing our version of the Newlywed game...
favorite song?
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age of first kiss? hahaha
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bride and groom
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Jeremy helping open 1 gift before getting back to studying
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time for gifts!
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Heather & Marce
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everyone's favorite twins :)
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Evette reading the things Steph said while opening gifts - meant to be the things Steph says on her wedding night!
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thanks-yous from Steph :)
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can't wait for September 12th!!