After seeing the sights on the Vegas strip on Monday, Tuesday was Chelsea and Justin’s wedding day!  Chelsea got ready in her room at the Excalibur hotel.  Dad had fun finding places to photograph her shoes and dress and after she was ready she met Justin on the bridge of New York, New York for their first sight.  Justin looked a bit nervous as he waited for Chelsea to approach, but as soon as he turned around and saw her it seemed as if everything else melted away and all he saw was his beautiful bride.

The wedding party all got on a bus and headed out to the Vegas sign for pictures and then waited for the bus to bring them back.  And waited.  And waited.  Finally Justin, half kidding, tried to hitchhike and everyone was surprised when a SUV actually pulled over for them!  The guys inside gave everyone a ride back to the strip where Chelsea and Justin did family photos before getting in a limo to head over to the marriage bureau to get the marriage license.  The limo driver said Chelsea was one of the only brides to have her paperwork filled out before she got there!

Then it was finally time to make it official!  They headed over to the chapel for the ceremony!  Chelsea’s grandpa gave her away.  Dad said that her grandpa used to be a photojournalist in the 60’s and now does a lot of traveling.  Dad also said that Chelsea’s grandma is deceptively fast.  At one point during the day, dad had to speed walk just to keep up with her!  All of Chelsea and Justin’s family and friends were great people.  They made dad feel like one of the family and he was very grateful for that, so thanks to all of them!  And they were all very excited that they were able to be there to share Chelsea and Justin’s wedding day with them!

After the ceremony, everyone went to Yolos restaurant in the Planet Hollywood hotel for dinner before calling it a night.  It was so much fun for dad to be able to join Chelsea, Justin, and their guests for their Vegas wedding.  Dad wants to thank Chelsea and Justin lots and lots for having him there, and for being such awesome people!  They are truly an amazing couple.  Mom has become friends with Chelsea through emails and Twitter and she was so excited that she had butterflies when she woke up Tuesday morning and knew it was Chelsea and Justin’s big day!  It feels like Chelsea had been planning this day (and re-planning after plans changed to a Vegas wedding!) forever and mom could not believe the day had finally come.  We know married life is going to be a blast for Chelsea and Justin, and we wish them all the best!  Stay tuned for a few of their day after pictures coming to the blog soon!

Just for you Steph 😉