First things first: After three full days in the car, Mike and I finally arrived in Utah! Just in time for dinner at Granny's house. Here we are helping to make favor bags for Tessa and Duffy's wedding. It was quite the production--we had teams of two, one person to fill the bags with candy and fold them with precision at Lauren's direction, the other person to prepare the "Tessa & Duffy" stickers and place them on the bag.
As we were talking with Tessa and Duffy about their plans for the week and details about the wedding, Duffy mentioned that the one thing he wanted to be involved in with the wedding plans was the cake tasting. However, as one of Tessa's friends was making the wedding cake, there never had been an actual tasting. So, I decided that I would make our own cake tasting for Duffy and planned three different cakes. The first was a three-layer banana caramel cupcake with banana slices and caramel in between each layer, the second was a vanilla butter cake with a meringue cup filled with fresh whipped cream and berries, and the third was a devil's food cupcake with fresh whipped cream, dusted with cocoa powder and topped with shaved chocolate.
On Thursday, Tessa's best friend from Tupelo, Faren, got to town and the real wedding festivities began. We got manis and pedis...
...we went to Nordstom...
...we went to the spa...
...we had lunch at Promontory Point in Park City...
...we had a rehearsal dinner full of funny toasts and yummy food...
...and all that was left to do before the wedding was to have our hair done by Lacey. I went last, can you tell?
It was such a fun and eventful week and it flew by! I was so happy to be there for all the fun pre-wedding festivities!
5 comments:
Sounds like fun- wish I could have been one of Tessa's bridesmaids! tee hee.
Which spa did you guys go to? Can't wait to hear about Texas and Cali and everything else you have been up to!
What a fun time!!! Did you make those cakes yourself for the "cake testing"..if so I am VERY impressed and would like you to come to my house and make some for me to test:) I love "girl stuff" and that you got to get pampered...that is the best. So much FUN and congrats to your sister!
You really did get pampered all weekend! Sounds like you girls had a blast. Congrats to Tessa and Duffy, she looked gorgeous!
wow, it looks like there was lots of prewedding activities! i wish that was how it was for every wedding. you guys are lucky! :) and so nice of you to make duffy cakes to try. you are a great sis in law!
Heid, we went to the spa at Promontory Point.
Kelly, yes, I made those cakes, with some help from my sous chef--my momma--and would be happy to make some for you!
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