Congrats Yuri and Flaco

I went to Yuri and Flacos wedding last week and it has taken me a while to feel like I have the pictures necessary to post but now I do. I hope you enjoy them. It was a great, fun, great wedding and I wish the pictures could capture how much fun we had. Yuri was an amazing bride. No freak outs, very calm, easy going-she was great. We had the rehearsal Friday in Glen Ellen and lets just say it was hot. It was Africa hot. And no one was prepared for it. The sun was directly in our faces and we were all squinting and doing our best to keep out of the sun. It luckily cooled off the following day and the weather was perfect for the wedding. We were a little nervous though. We then had a vegan dinner at a inn down the road and not only was it a beautiful setting but I had the BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE EVER and it was vegan. Who knew. I dream about it it was so good. Flacos and Yuris parents were both so lovely and nice and Flacos dad- what a guy. He couldn't pour us the wine fast enough. After dinner we went to the local saloon but I called it somewhat of an early night cause I had to wash my hair for the hairdresser in the morning and didn't want to look too hungover.

The wedding day was a great day. Like I said Yuri was so calm all day and while she was having her make up done, Kate, Ellen and I had our hair all fixed up. The wedding wasn't until 4:30 but I have to say it was nice to have all that time to get ready and not have to stress about time.
The ceremony was lovely and I of course sobbed like a baby. I felt a little silly but oh well, that is what happens. Yuri was a beautiful beautiful bride and Flaco didn't look bad either ;-). Actually, Flaco had kind of a mess on his hands with first his best man not being able to attend due to a pregnant wife going into labor and then with his new best man forgetting his pants. (how do you forget pants?) Oddly enough another guest happened to have a spare suit which fit him perfectly. It was kind of comical. The reception followed immediately after with a cocktail hour, speeches (again the tears-oyi!), dinner and then dancing all night long. Okay, until 10:00 because of a noise ordinance. But I do think I was on the dance floor for as long as possible. It was so much fun. We then went back to the bar after that where I did stay up late and woke up looking more than hungover. The wedding was also nice because it was so small and I knew so many people there. I would say there was about 70 people there and if you didn't know them before the wedding you certainly knew them after. It was so great to be with a small, closely knit group who all know Yuri and Flaco really well. If I didn't have a million people in my family I would shoot for the same thing for my own wedding.

I felt very special to have been apart of this day and I wish you both all the love and happiness in the world!