Dreaming back to our wedding…I thought I best write a blog that documented our Vegas wedding… it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea but for us it was just perfect. The last bit of celebration was at the weekend when our friends and family came together for a relaxed ‘day do’ with buffet and bouncy castle. It meant such a lot that people gave their time to come and join us to celebrate. I’m now sitting here reflecting on what an incredible experience we have had!

Vegas is insane, a totally out of this world place, that presented us the perfect situation to get married in.

Our wedding itself was so simple and intimate with just me and Terry and the kids. We had planned the package and changed a few details to make the day personal to us.

We started the day getting a taxi to collect the marriage license from the registry office in Nevada. Stopping on the way back for a cheeky McDonald’s- has to be done! We then got ready whilst enjoying a couple of drinks at the hotel. I had the luxury of getting my hair and makeup done. “Airbrush makeup” for special occasions that no kidding was literally airbrushed on! But it covered my tired eyes extremely well! Terry, bless him decided last minute he needed a haircut, so had to cart the kids to the next door hotel to juggle that- hey it is usually me that has that juggle!!

We were then collected by a limo from outside the hotel, everyone was so lovely wishing us well and commenting on my dress… and Layla’s dress!

The ceremony itself was short and sweet but it was performed so personally for us. I literally would not change it at all (see link for video of ceremony). Layla loved dancing down the aisle and being part of the ceremony. The wedding meant as much to her as it did for me and Terry. Following the ceremony, we were taken into a room to view our photos. After some lovely offers for additional photos, the wedding coordinator seemed to realise she wouldn’t be getting any extra money out of us and threw some extra pictures into the package to stop us ‘umming and ahhing’ anymore.

Once we had paid all our tips to each relevant person and said our thanks we got a lovely limo ride back to the hotel singing and dancing in the back and just generally goofing around together.

Once back to the hotel we picked a burger joint to eat at… the staff were lovely and made Layla a celebratory “cocktail” aka pineapple juice! We enjoyed burgers, a couple of cheeky drinks and a complementary humongous chocolate desert that was finished by straw. Following that I was desperate to get my dress off I had planned on staying in it all day, but we abandoned that idea to put comfier clothes on (except Layla who “had to” stay in her dress).

We then went to explore the Vegas strip, we walked to the Bellagio fountains and watched the display and Terry went to gamble our $20 that my sister and husband had gifted to us to put on red- we won!! Doubled our money in-fact! It must have been a lucky day!

We walked for hours soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying the time together. Layla was shattered and ended up sitting in the pushchair- bless her and Scotty snuggled up to sleep in the sling.

We then went back to watch the ceremony video online that our family and friends had been able to view live at the time of the wedding. After much searching (seriously a lot of searching!) we found it saved under the wedding of Justina and Merrill… much to our amusement!

Like I said it isn’t the traditional way to spend your wedding day but it’s a day that will stay with me forever and I felt overwhelmed with emotions that day.

Our ‘honeymoon’ was spent in LA where we had 2 days in Disney California. This was magical and honestly topped the whole adventure off perfectly. Layla had the most amazing time with magical experiences one after each other. I think I could write a book with all that we did on our little adventure. Anyone who’s friends with me on social media was spammed daily with pictures…I could not get enough of watching our children explore and enjoy a holiday of a lifetime!

The icing on the cake was the party we had last weekend that allowed us the time to celebrate with family and friends. After again much ‘umming and ahhing’ and general ‘Tash stressyness’ I decided to wear my dress again, so we went in our wedding clothes allowing for those who had desperately wanted to share the actual wedding day with us the chance to see us dressed up! (and my mum and sister who had spent a lot of time talking and shopping dresses with me a chance to see the dress that I finally had settled with! – (that’s a whole other story!).

We are now totally weddin’ out and ready to settle into married life- because it’s obviously so much different now were are married!

The marriage certificate has been ordered so soon I can start the process of changing my name to the same as Terry, Layla and Scotty- this literally means the world to me, silly as it may sound!

We are so grateful to our wonderful family and friends who have supported us and helped us have our Wedding as “ours” in an incredibly special way! 💕

Heres the link to our wedding video of AKA ‘Merrill and Justina’s special day’ (It has been changed now)….
https://www.monbelami.com/the-wedding-of-terry-and-natasha-april-5-2019-2pm/