It's All About the Food

When we started planning the menu for our wedding my dad insisted we go all out. I am glad because all we cared about was the food! I wanted it to be tasty and lots of it! Well, I think we were successful in both areas.

We had chicken and veggie kebabs, basmati rice, shrimp cocktail, pita bread with hummus, Greek salad, and tons of fresh fruit. Everything was delicious!

Now onto the desserts. I have a special place in my heart for sweets:) Not only do I love to eat them, but I love baking them too. So I was set on baking for my wedding...and I am so glad I did. It was so much fun! Of course I had help! My dad made about 400 tarts, Kym did the cake and L cookies...and Josh was encouraging along the way:)

We had a black and white dessert/candy station. It turned out super cute! We had Chocolate Crinkles, Dorie's Chewy Chunky Blondies, Lime Coconut snowballs, Parisian Hazelnut Macarons, Chocolate Dipped Oreos, Brownie Buttons, and lots of fun candies! We also had the tarts, L cookies, and of course our gorgeous cake!!

And to top it off we had a gelato bar. Dolcetti in Sugarhouse set up a little gelato bar for us! It was a HIT! We had seven flavors: Lemon, Passionfruit, and Raspberry Sorbetto and Chocolate Hazelnut, Almond Toffee, Dark Chocolate, and Vanilla Bean gelato.

So maybe we went a little overboard with the food, but it was worth it! Enjoy the pictures!

Our spread of food!




Little Shrimpies!


Fruit galore and the famous tarts!


Everyone told us we wouldn't get to eat. WRONG!
We were first in line!


Parry keeping everything under control.


The black and white dessert/candy station!


Cookies Galore!


Lots and Lots of Candy!


The Tasty Tarts!


Matt, Ben, and Josh's Dad eating the grub!


The Gelato Bar!


Josh really enjoying his favorite Lemon Sorbetto!


My turn! I had a sample dish of dark chocolate, almond toffee, and the vanilla bean. I can never decide:) They are all too good!


The little girls enjoying their sweet gelato treat!


Lincoln knew where to find the good stuff!


Ben and Whitney taking it all in:)


Kym's masterpiece! The most amazing cake ever!


She painted the design on the cake! Such an artist!


Time to cut the cake!


Mmmm! Delicious! Kym used Dorie's recipe so of course it was tasty!


Thanks Kym! We loved, loved, loved the cake!


And a special thanks to Christy, our photographer. We had fun working with you! Thanks for capturing the highlights of our special day! We love all of the photos!

Wedding Reception

We had our wedding reception at the Jenkins' home on Spring Lane in Salt Lake City. It was beyond beautiful...the perfect setting for a wedding! We really appreciate everything the Jenkins' did for us! We just love them!

We also want to thank everyone who helped with the reception. I know I got carried away in my plans:) Thanks for pulling it all off!! We didn't have to worry about a thing...we knew the reception was in good hands! Thanks for all of your hard work.

Here are some pictures from the reception! We had a great time!

Me, Josh, and our flower girls...Aubrey, Hannah, and Georgia

The cutest flower girls ever!!


Me and my Aubs!


A typical Josh picture:)


Me, Josh, and Kym, our dear friend and the
master behind our wedding cake!


On our way to party! Hannah and Georgia did such
a great job taking care of me!


The tables all dolled up! Thanks for making the runners Ang!
They turned out great!


White roses and hydrangeas...and Kym's stunning L cookies!


Josh, Me and the Kelly Kids!
Sam,Patrick, Georgia, and Hannah.


Me, Erin, and Jami!


Josh and his mom, Kathy!


Forest, Josh, Me, and Crissy


Ben and Whitney


Sug and Ivy playing beautiful music!


Raul and John talking "Man Talk." The rest of the Garces'
and Timothys' adoring baby Connor.


Kristy, Carly, Me, Josh, and Sarah...Good times!


Me, Josh, and Rob!
I am glad I finally got to meet the infamous Rob!


The pops and Aubs having a good time like always!


Dennis, Josh's Dad, "True Machismo!"


Forest and Ivy surprised us with some special music! Thanks Guys! We loved it!


Georgia sneaking some candy! We caught her in action:)


Connor was all partied out! Time for a nap!


Joshua, my handsome husband!


And of course me, the bride, eating gelato!


We will talk all about the food in the next post! That's it for now!

The Bride and Groom

Here are some pictures of me and Josh
on our special day!



































We were all full of smiles that day...we had plenty to give to the camera! Good thing because we took a ton of shots! Sorry if you are sick of looking at pictures of us!!