Montana Wedding Weekend: Part 2

Saturday made for wedding day in Whitefish, Montana.  Evan's parents arrived just in time for us to unpack, get ready and head to the Bar W Ranch. The setting was beyond picturesque with giant green trees all around, mountains in the distance, and even a beautiful lake the sun set upon.  Click here to check out the Bar W Ranch for yourself!

Evan's parents, and Evan and I :)

The backdrop to the ceremony was the sun setting down on the lake. It was about 80 degrees and we were sitting directly in the sun... both Evan and I got sun burns on our noses. But by 9pm, the temperature dropped to about 55-60 degrees...... the heater in the tent turned out to be the social area of the party. I met so many people next to that heater - old friends and new acquaintances!

The reception was not only meaningful but super fun!  I don't have any photos or videos.... but the bride and groom had a 5-minute choreographed dance that included a slow waltz complete with a lift move, a hip hop section, a tango, and ended with the groom sliding on his belly under the brides legs!! It may have been my #1 moment of all of the weddings we've been so thus far!

This may be one of my favorite pictures..... three old friends from high school..... same antics that they had 10 years ago!

Many more photos to come - the next ones are of our day spent in Glacier National Park.  Beautiful! :)

Montana Wedding Weekend: Part 1

So.... Labor Day weekend 2013 makes for wedding #5 for Evan and I!  This one, a destination wedding to Montana; I've never been to Montana and was completely swept up with work to really prepare for what the weekend was going to bring.  The scenery in and around Whitefish, Montana was absolutely breathtaking and took me by surprise!  I took so many pictures that I really want to share - so I broke this post up into 4 sections.... I am not planning on much text, just beautiful scenery!

Evan thoroughly enjoyed our small propeller flight from Seattle to Whitefish with Bob Ross's face painted on the side :)

Made it into Whitefish.... tired but completely loving the mountains. Our cab driver from the airport to the hotel was so awesome; she explained so much about the area and what we should do in town.  Drink lots of water to prevent congestion from the smoke that settles from nearby wild fires.  Stay away from bears (that became a constant reminder throughout the entire trip). 

Because it was one of our friends from our hometown getting married, several of our high school friends also descended onto Whitefish.  Here's two old friends waking Evan up :)

The day of the wedding, Evan and I wandered the town of whitefish hanging out in local eateries and exploring the little boutiques.  I loved the wood-sculpted grumpy cat!

 Evan and I enjoying a rooftop lunch of grilled corn Elote (google it... it's amazing!) and the local cocktail of choice, Moscow Mule's (also A-mazing!).  Moscow Mule's are vodka, ginger beer, and lime served in a copper cup because when the drink was created, a local copper miner wanted part of the crazy :)

Awesome interior Kasey's where we had lunch.....

It is difficult to see, but he glacier water trickles down from the mountains into the local rivers and has the blueish/green tint similar to what we saw when we were in the Canadian Rockies :)

More fantastic photos to come!!!! :)