Benexa Wedding Part 3

Part 1//Part 2

After a truly awesome vacation in Phoenix, it was time to head home.

I consumed about 5 of those delish McDonald's cones pictured above during our Arizona adventure.

They taste that much more amazing in 100 degree heat!

On the way home we got some pics of us in front of the Grand Canyon.
So gorgeous in person!
This vacation was one of the first times in a while where I have really been able to relax.
Ryan, after the trip said that he enjoyed me in "vacation mode" because I seize the day or just enjoy the moment.

So, now I'm working on enjoying the moment everyday :)
Two days after we got home from Arizona, I packed up my bag and hopped a plane to California.
 Can't wait to share my Cali pictures with all of you!
HAPPY WEEKEND! 

<3 Bri

Benexa Wedding Part 2

 

I'm pretty much gonna attack you with some more wedding pics, cause who doesn't like that?

Here is Part 1 to the Arizona trip!

One of my best friends Alexa got married to her bestest friend Ben in the LDS Mesa temple.

It was...get this, 108 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

GROSSSSSSSSSS.

No one really cared about the heat because the new Mr & Mrs Tateoka came out of the temple all glowing and smiles!
Finally a married couple!!!
Woot woot for more married friends! :)

Here is our little car pool group: Cody, Alex, myself and Ryan.
Seriously one of the funnest groups to hang with!

We had ourselves a blast: eating at IHop at 1 in the morning, frantically searching JCPennys for suspenders, showing up late to the wedding and to the luncheon, then showing up early to the reception, dancing our bums off on the dance floor, exploring Downtown Phoenix, listening to live music, eating delish breakfast burritos, and chilling in the pool with the hot as hell temperature. 

The reception hall was absolutely stunning, it completely embodied the Spanish theme that Ben & Alexa were going for, very very classy!

I totally bawled during the father/daughter dance, loved the nostalgia of Benexa's video telling how the met, fell in love then how Ben proposed, and definitely enjoyed Ben singing Chicago's "You're the Inspiration" with background dancers to Alexa.

For sure one of the best wedding's I've ever been too :)
Stay tuned for the last installment of the Benexa wedding!

<3 Bri 

Benexa Wedding Part 1

If you haven't noticed, I've been gone for ohhhhhh about 5 days.

At least from the blog world!!

I was a tad bit busy carpooling 10 hours down to Phoenix, Arizona, hitting up the wedding, checkin' out Phoenix nightlife and food, sleeping, poolin' it up, and driving back to Provo, Utah.

Other than that it's been pretty boring.

Ryan & I carpooled with a choice group and had a blast on the way down.

We stopped in Kanab at a 'lil cafe called Rocking V.

We all decided to try out the Buffalo Burgers, they were absolutely deeee-lish but at 18 bucks worth?

Pretty much almost had a heart attack when I got the check.

GUL!

We continued on our journey through Southern Utah, Flagstaff, then finally landed in Phoenix around 7pm on Wednesday night.

Thursday we took it easy because we knew the wedding festivities of Friday would kick our butts.

So we chilled in the pool, went to JCPenny's for suspenders, took naps, ate yummy breakfast burritos with the soon to be married couple, and then Thursday night we decided to drive around Downtown Phoenix to check it out.

We drove by this huge blue tornado lookin' thing and heard some pretty rockin' musica, so we knew  we had to stop!

Ricky Martin and John Mayer covers galore!

All in 90 degree heat.

Yes, AT NIGHT.

I swear I was sweating 24/7, it's a really hot look.

{so punny!}

Then we drove through Mickey D's for some DC's and headed home to hit the sheets to prepare for the wedding festivities to come :)

<3 Bri