We are truly grateful to all of our family who was able to fly and drive out to DC to be with us. We were able to have all of our siblings there and lots of extended family. We feel truly blessed to have had the help of family and friends.
The festivities really started Thursday night when the majority of the people came in. So as you can guess there was not a lot of sleep. Jessica and Sarah stayed up with me "prepping" and running our own beauty shop plucking, painting nails, etc. And we even had the help of our expert photographer with making our own flower bouquets for the shoot Friday morning.
After getting to bed, two hours later we got up and prepped for Jessica, Emily (photographer) Shirlene (cousin and photographer assistant) and Dustin and I to head downtown to take pictures at the national monuments and Dad and Sarah would join us after seminary.
Despite none of us sleeping and all being exhausted this was absolutely so much fun. We had no stress so we pretty much went to all the sites we wanted and anytime we saw a fun tree or something pretty we'd stop to take some photos. And we were like a walking phenomenon because everywhere we went people honked their horns and shouted "Congrats!". So don't be surprised if you see candids of us on YouTube or facebook from people we've never met before. Many people took pictures of us and even the tour buses announced that there was a bride and groom as they drove past and people took pictures of us as they drove by. I guess we're just that cute!!
Then dad, Sarah and Jessica went home while Shirlene, Emily, Dustin and I trucked it to the Temple to get a few more pictures. By the time we got here we were done. So we got a few shots, the lighting was really bad because it was noon and the sun was HOT. And then we headed home. Then some more errands and we were able to have a fabulous Bar-B-Que at the Shepherd home with everyone. We even brought out the zip line and of course everyone LOVED mom's fruit tarts. It was nice to have everyone help. After we all set up, worked on flowers, went to set up the church for the luncheon, etc.
We hope you enjoyed this first installment. Below are pictures from our Friday photo shoot. The one with the police officer is him checking our permit. We are SO glad we got a permit and that Emily found out we needed one in the first place!! Shirlene was a perfect assistant and always had it ready. All photos are courtesy of Emily Heizer Photography: www.eheizerphotography.com
