The Ladners' Latest: Lake Tahoe Wedding

We just got back from my college friend, Heather's wedding in Lake Tahoe. If you've never been to this part of the county.......GO! It is so beautiful. I wish I had the words to do it justice, but I don't. We flew into Reno on Thursday morning. The first surprise....there was SNOW in the mountains! IN JUNE! I couldn't believe it. I guess I'm just used to living in Hawaii where it's warm all the time.

We spent most of the day in Virginia City. If you're not familiar with this area, this is Gold Country, where the Comstock Lode was found. (Or if you watch Bonanza...it's where those Cartwright boys live) We saw the Bonanza bar and the Ponderosa. Andrew drank a Sioux City Sarsaparilla. It was fun.

By the time we made it to our hotel, we were all pooped from the red eye flight from Hawaii, so we took a nap. Andrew stayed on Hawaii time the whole trip, going to bed around midnight every night.

Friday was full of pre-wedding activities: rehearsal, rehearsal brunch, lingerie party...yada yada yada. Saturday was the big day. The wedding started at noon. I had to be there at 11 to practice with the D.J. (oh yeah...I'm the wedding singer) We got dressed early and was ready to leave our hotel at 10:40, which was good because the car wouldn't start! I started to get nervous. But between Drew getting a cab and finding some jumper cables, I made it with 3 minutes to spare.

The wedding was absolutely gorgeous! It was held outside at the Edgewood Golf Course with beautiful Lake Tahoe and snow covered mountains as our backdrop. I'm telling you....outta this world beautiful. And Heather looked absolutely breathtaking! Her dress was made for her. (I love weddings and it was just perfect!)

After the wedding we drove around the lake. We saw Emerald Bay, home of a viking castle and we saw the house or should I say estate where Godfather II was filmed. Neat stuff. It was a nice getaway for our family. And one day when we're rich and famous (lol) we're going to have a condo in Tahoe.