mrs. rachel wagstaff

yesterday my best buddy Rachel married her high school sweetheart Kevin

(i've known Rach since JR High and Kev since 6th grade)

they met when they were 15 and they were each other's first kiss on Rachel's first date on her 16th birthday. 

the night before there was a wedding dinner in Kevin's backyard. it was so gorgeous- string of lights centering into a chandelier, delicious food and the tables were set up so fancy! the theme was "i'll love you every hour" so there were clocks for decorations. Kevin's grandpa actually makes grandfather clocks as wedding presents for his grandchildren so those were on display. 

very impressive

here are pictures from that night: 

 

the next day was the wedding! I felt very lucky because Rach asked me to pick up and bring her bouquet to the Temple for her. don't you just love the flowers?

watching them come out of the Temple man and wife was amazing!

i got teary eyed thinking about all the memories i have with Rach (zillions and zillions) and how happy i am to be apart of her creating her biggest memory yet

this is another bestie Lizzy and i waiting to take pictures on the temple steps:

then it was time to party at the Reception which was in Rachel's beautiful backyard.

 i was so impressed, getting a yard ready for a wedding is hard work! 

weddings outside are my favorite and the weather was perfect for it. 

BYU girls: casey, lizzy and maggie

friends since high school: weston, jon, sean and ben 

 i love this picture

Here is a taste of what the reception looked like:

 the piping on the cake was unreal. 

 flowers in the pool (not in the picture), tables on the tennis court and food stations under the tents

 pink grapefruit candy were the wedding favors

 the food was CAFE RIO and GELATO

two of my favorite things, i was in heaven

i loved the white circle balloons and lights on the tennis court,

it set a great atmosphere when it got dark

 we have buddy serving a mission in France right now 

so her family brought this hilarious picture of her. 

we LOVE and MISS sister alyssa chard! 

ps about half of these pictures came from Lizzy :) so photo cred goes to her

i feel so blessed to have witnessed this relationship since the very beginning. 

they are the definition of a perfect, story book love

i am so happy for Rach and Kev, they are very lucky!