Las Vegas Wedding!

As you all probably know, Mike and I got married in Las Vegas.

The first thing we had to do when we got there was to go get a marriage license.

Tons of people get married each year. Besides the casinos it is a big part of their tourism industry.

The Marriage License Bureau is open from 8AM to Midnight, every day of the year. You are in and out in about 5 or 10 minutes. Not that is my kind of government office!
Here I am filling out my form. There must have been at least 10 tellers and everyone is taking pictures and having a great time.

There are even couples who come right in their tuxes and dresses.

I was worried about getting a cab back to the casino, but this is another hub for taxis even though the little office is about 20 minutest from the strip.



Here we are with our marriage license.

So we brought this to the chapel with us and after the wedding we now have a State of Nevada marriage license. Very cool!


Here we are getting picked up from the Luxor by the chapel's Limo.

Our package was about $300 US which is the same CAD now, ha, ha and it included the Limo to and from the chapel, the use of the venue, the minister, some professional shots which I need to get developed, my bouquet, Mike's boutoniere and a garter for me.

Great deal! The guys thought it was fantastic. They got to see a real Vegas wedding, got a limo ride to a casino afterwards and we got our cameramen :)
Here we are walking down the isle. No rehearsals here people, you just get one shot. I think my expression is a little odd in this shot because I was getting a bad case of the giggles.

I was finding it really hard to keep a straight face.

Here we are putting our rings on.

I picked the little gazbo because I thought it was so pretty and because it was outside.

I'm not a big fan of the chapels. The remind me of funeral parlors and are just too formal for our tastes.






The kiss! That's a fairly decent kiss shot.

We'll see how the professional ones turned out.

She was taking them so fast though, I can't imagine that we look anything but stunned, but we'll see. Here we are having a little toast














The old garter tradition. The guys were so busy looking at the camera, I don't think any of them caught it.

Here we are in the limo on the way back.











Here are our friends who came with us.

The guy in the middle Dom, is one of the witnesses on our marriage certificate. Ryan on the left and Alex on the right, thanks for coming to our wedding! You took some great pictures for us.

Our good friend Chris on the left is also a witness on our certificate and he gave us our rings. So two Aussies have signed our Nevada State marriage license.
After our wedding, we dropped the guys off on the strip, I got changed and we had a really fantastic steak dinner in a really posh steak house in the Luxor. Then we went to a show and that was it. I think it was perfect for us. Just big enough for a celebration, but low key and informal enough for our tastes.

Please know that we weren't trying to hurt anyone by not inviting people, we just are very private people and big weddings with lots of scheduling, guests, pictures and expense just isn't our style.

Love you all! Andrea and Michael