Thursday, June 12: The actual wedding event
We had a sit-down dinner and of the various aspects to plan, I probably enjoyed setting the menu the most. We were satisfied with the dinner, with one exception: at the tasting, they served us individual soft-centered chocolate lava cakes, one of our favorite desserts. Had I listened to my slight doubt about their ability to hold up for a catered event, I would have been right. By the time they got to the table, the centers were soft no more. So, it tasted like a chocolate brownie cake, which I guess would be fine for those with no expections, but it didn't come close to oozing chocolate 
goodness.
goodness. The only food-related picture I currently have from the wedding is one of us cutting the cake. We went with a red velvet cake since it worked perfectly with the off-white and crimson color scheme. The cake may not look very large in the photo, but even after freezing away the top tier, that cake fed not only the wedding guests, but a significant number of family and friends for the rest of the weekend.
Friday, June 13 - Sunday, June 15: Weekend Festivities (aka "group honeymoon")
Having a wedding on a Thursday is not the most convenient for guests and we really appreciate our friends and family taking time off from work and other committments to join us during the week, but the upside is that the formal event is all over and done with before the weekend even starts, giving us the weekend to kick back and relax with everyone who was still around. Alex found us an amazing house right in the Cottonwood Canyons area, right around great hiking and biking.
The house was beautiful and had a big open kitchen and outdoor grill. It was the first time in over two years that my five Middlebury roommates and I had all been together as a group and Friday night's dinner prepared by Jessie and Eloise reminded me why we really need to have ladies reunions more often.
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