Wow, just wow! The past few months of life have been a complete whirlwind; a fun, fantastic, love-filled experience that I will always remember.

Just before Memorial Day weekend, Joe and I flew from Seattle to Maui and began an amazing two weeks of wedding celebration with family and friends and then honeymooned in Maui and Kauai. Yes, absolute paradise.

Since I’ve been MIA from the blog during the course of wedding planning and festivities, I’ll recap all the fun events from the very beginning in several wedding recap installments.

Bachelorette Party in Vegas!

Back at the end of April, I had the pleasure of going to Vegas for my bachelorette party with my amazing group of ladies including my bridal party.

Arriving in Vegas, we were welcomed with amazing 70+ degree weather. It was perfect time for celebration and plenty of sunbathing.

Lots of yummy drinks were had by all over the weekend and some highlights of the trip included the following:

Lounging at the pool at Mandalay Bay.

Enjoying cocktails in the hotel room… this may have been too much for 7 girls. But, is there really ever too much?! Nope.

Dinner at Michael Mina’s StripSteak, so delicious and excellent service.

Dancing and drinks at Surrender Nightclub (Lil’ Jon DJ’ed all night) and we got to lounge and enjoy open bar all night. So fun. It’s been a while since I stayed up till 4am. My feet were hurting by the end of the night.

More lounging at the pool and hitting up the Hard Rock pool party:

Celebrating with dinner at MIX at the top of the Mandalay Bay’s THEHotel:

Enjoying a night out at Tryst nightclub:

It was a blast celebrating in Vegas. Being with amazing friends and enjoying all that Vegas had to offer was unforgettable.

Next wedding blog installment: the beautiful bridal shower!