After an incredible year long commitment, our youngest daughter can finally get married! Amidst everything else she has had going on in her life, a full time job, a full time homestead, and her very time consuming commitment, she somehow also managed to plan one of the most beautiful and intimate weddings I have been to in a long time!
We met the kids and the grooms dad and stepmom in Buena Vista, Colorado about a week before the wedding, and enjoyed tons of family time, as well as some last minute wedding preparations.
One of my favorite tasks was a trip down to Denver to pick up the benches for the ceremony. It was just Steve, our youngest daughter and me for the whole day. We picked up our six benches at Denver Wedding Rentals, then made a fun stop at the downtown Denver Santiagos restaurant. We picked up a few burritos for lunch, as well as a couple dozen more to share with the whole crew the next day. What a treat! We don’t get Santiagos burritos very often any more. Then back to the ranch to continue setting up.
They had ordered a simple rustic arch for the ceremony, so Steve and I jumped in to help them put it together.
A couple of days before the wedding, our oldest daughter, her husband and their boys made it into town. They stayed with our son (in-laws) parents until the day before the wedding. When they made it to the mountains, we all got to have some fun with them before the festivities began.
Our grandson found some really cool bones that he was so excited to show everyone.
Once everything was ready for the wedding, we all checked into the Buffalo Peaks Lodge, by the golf course in downtown Buena Vista. It was a wonderful bed and breakfast with the 6 room lodge as well as some cabins. We were lucky enough to fill up the lodge, so we had it all to ourselves.
After cleaning up at the lodge, we all headed out to the Surf Hotel for the rehearsal dinner, which the grooms dad and step mom were kind enough to host for all of us. It was an incredible night with more food and drink than we could have ever dreamed of. It was so nice to spend time with everyone in a beautiful, relaxed setting by the Arkansas River.
My only photo from the rehearsal dinner, great grandpa and our youngest grandson.
We headed back to the lodge for the night, and enjoyed sweet dreams of the wedding that we would be experiencing the next day.A few sneak peak photos of the beautiful mountain wedding. I can’t wait to see what the photographer has for us!
The groom and his beautiful mom.
The cutest flower boy in the world!
Waiting for her entrance.
Thank you to family old and new who so kindly shared their pictures with us!
Our daughter is a simple person, and has always wanted a small, intimate wedding. We are so happy that she got the wedding of her dreams, on her husband’s family ranch, in one of the most beautiful places in Colorado!! It was such an amazing day!
After the ceremony, we all enjoyed family time at an elegant lunch that the grooms mom and almost step dad put on for us! It was the perfect ending to a perfect wedding day!
The next day, they made their debut as husband and wife at their slightly larger reception in Golden, Colorado.
Congratulations to the new Mr. And Mrs. Enjoy your honeymoon in Belize!
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