Why Vegas? Part One

Okay I know I said I would write this many weeks ago...but the end of the semester got in the way. And since finals ended, I have simply been soaking up way too much joy in doing nothing but cleaning, watching "The Shield" with my honey and making wedding plans (including buying my gown! - more on that in a future post) to put much thought into blogging. But here I am to do as I promised and explain why we have chosen fabulous Las Vegas as the perfect place for our wedding. **I originally wrote this all in one huge post, but now I've decided to break it apart into four separate posts for easier reading.**

Reason #1: Las Vegas has special meaning for us.

Pete and I went to Vegas to celebrate our first year anniversary as a couple last year. While it was an anniversary trip, it was also meant to be an unspoken farewell trip for us, as we knew we only had 6 weeks left together before Pete moved back to IL for a job with Harley Davidson. The three days we spent in Vegas were...well, magical. So much of our relationship suddenly transitioned during that little getaway. We had an insane amount of fun and we got lost in the romance of Paris and Venice, and all the while we were faced with the reality that our relationship was going to end, or at least completely change, in just a few weeks. Somehow, the complex combination of all that led to both of us completely falling in love with each other all over again. We joked that even if we were never able to find a way to make "us" work, we would always have Vegas as our special place to meet, year after year, forever.

Fast forward one year to Pete and I celebrating our 2nd Anniversary in Vegas. This time we were celebrating the fact that we had made it through our temporary seperation the year before, we had made much bigger commitments to each other since then, and we knew we were going to be together forever. Then came March 16, which as you should know, is the day Pete asked me to marry him. After the proposal, we spent the rest of our fantastic trip daydreaming about how awesome it would be to come back one year later and get married in "our" city. After the cherished memories we had already made in Vegas, it just made sense to make some more on our wedding day. :)

Stay tuned for Part Two of Why Vegas? to find out more about our fabulous location. And in the meantime, here's our favorite picture from our first trip to Vegas, with the romantic Eiffel Tower in the background. Someday we'll get a picture with the real one in France, but for now, this will do just fine.