We’re back!
The wedding was simply lovely and was held on a beautifully breezy afternoon in Dubuque, Iowa.
The cathedral where the ceremony was held was absolutely gorgeous!
I love how ornate Catholic churches are.
I always feel like I’ve stepped back in time, and into Europe, when I’m in one!
After the ceremony, the wedding party headed out on a trolley to cruise around town,
while the guests headed to cocktail hour at the Grand River Center.
It’s a fairly new complex and is situated right on the banks of the Mississippi river – which lends some gorgeous views!
It was slightly rainy in the morning, but a bride couldn’t have wished for a more picturesque afternoon. :)
The couple’s colors were black and white – very chic.
We arrived right at the beginning of cocktail hour, natch, snagged a table right in the middle of the action,
and had a little fun. ;)
Cocktails too – I chose Sangria. What a fun idea to include on the menu!
While we sipped, we snacked on mixed nuts at the table,
some finger food,
and awesome hot apps that were being passed out. Gyoza’s? Yes please!
Soon the wedding party arrived and we took our seats to begin the fun.
After a luscious dinner of reisling marinated chicken – it was TIME FOR CAKE!!!
Both bride and groom were well behaved and there was no cake smashing to be had. Has anyone ever seen cake/face smashing at a wedding in person? All I know is, I told Ben that he would have a VERY unhappy bride on his hands if he smashed cake in my face at our wedding. Thankfully, he knew what was good for him, and refrained!
They had four different kinds of cake to choose from, but I had my eye on one in particular.
Strawberry filled white cake, anyone?! Light, sweet and refreshing – top notch.
My husband unhinged his jaw and inhaled his piece. Why wouldn’t he? ;) Seriously, it was on a dare and was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Oh wedding shenanigans!
Oh, I thought this was so cool – they also had chocolate covered fortune cookies!!! How clever/cute!
Mine ripped in half. :(
There we go! Good fortune. :)
The evening was too gorgeous to stay indoors all night, so a bunch of us headed outside to sit by the river and enjoy each other’s company for awhile.
The groom is a friend from high school, so it was fun to catch up with some old classmates that were there too. :)
Romance was in the air.
Drinks, too!
I paid my duties as beer wench a couple times. ;)
The good times rolled well into the night and concluded with some furious cutting of scotcharoos. Totally normal. ;)
Congrats Katie & Dan!!!!
Oh, I didn’t know your wedding was here! Isn’t the cathedral gorgeous? My niece is getting married at the Grand River Center in September and I see there are some great ideas from your pictures.
Love your pictures! You have a great eye.
Reminded me of a visit to Dubuque a few years ago. I have pictures of the exact same view from the river walk.
You and Ben make an adorable couple!
What a great looking wedding! I was just like you with the whole cake smashing thing…I told him hubby I spent too much money on my dress and getting my makeup done, for him to be ruining it. Good times.
You look darling in your dress… and so tan =]
So glad you’re reading the Twilight series. I knew you’d love them! The books are always better than the movies.
I would have picked the strawberry-filled white cake, too!
I just have to say I love all of the picture that you have in your posts. I always think I should comment on how cute they all are. Even something as simple as breakfast! After seeing the pictures from the wedding you attended, I couldn’t put off commenting any longer! They are great!! And I’m curious, what is the camera that you have?
You were in my home town :). It is very pretty on the riverwalk down by the Mississippi, glad you had fun!
Love, love, love weddings. Aren’t they the best? Glad you two had a great time – it looked like it was marvelous.
looks like a great wedding!
totally agree in Twilight. I read the books before the movies and the books really are so much better!
Gorgeous wedding! I love your dress too… where is it from?
hahahah i was cracking up at those pictures of ben eating cake. that is SO something my boyfriend would do. looks like a blast – i LOVE weddings! and you are beautiful :)
Where did you get your dress? I MUST get one for myself!
i could never hold 4 glasses of beer all at once…nice! your dress is also nice…i could not pull it off yet if i were to wear that…still need to flatten my tummy :)
This is crazy but I keep recognizing people in your pics. I went to med school with Dan – he was a year behind me. (I don’t know if you remember but you took a pic of my nephew at the Iowa Cubs game). Small world again!!