matt + elizabeth = wedding!

i've been a bad bad blogger as of late. ooops. this one goes all the way back to july 18th! this was matt and elizabeth's big day!

the ceremony was held at at. alphonses church on lincoln and wellington and 1:30pm. after the ceremony, the bridal party went to take pictures and there was a several hour lapse between that and cocktail hour which started at 530pm in the ballroom of the hotel allegra. to give everyone something to do, they had cocktails and snacks set up in a suite which was nice. then came the cocktail hour and reception. they had a super fun photo booth and all kinds of other cute things. in the interest of keeping this short, i'll just post the photos and give small comments along the way.

for those of you not familiar with matt, he is a friend from NNN days and he's kind of like a little brother to me. love that guy. he met the lovely elizabeth at his ex-girlfriend's (c- none other than jessica johnson!) wedding. they connected once matt moved to chicago in oct 06 as she already lived here and he didn't know many people. turns out it was true love!

st. alphonses church

elizabeth and her dad walking down the aisle:


look closely - matt and elizabeth are at the alter. it was a beautiful church!


got this pic from someone who posted it on fb...this was during the 'break':


back at the suite: me and brooke


still in the suite: me, becky and brooke. becky is my friend and also matt's sister who is pregnant with baby #2 that has a due date right around my bday!

the pretty ballroom:


the really nifty name cards for table seating - once a card was removed, it revealed the scene beneath it so the chicago skyline always came through:



every true LA fan needs this as their groom's cake!


some of my table: me, yena and her man, and simon


clearly they had their names in lights on the dance floor!


aren't they adorable and happy looking?!


me and mod (matt o'donnell):

obviously towards the end of the night:

no idea if this is wedding night or another night, but i thought it was awesome. i'm guessing elizabeth didn't find it quite as awesome...

after a long night of dancing - they kept extending by one hour until it was 2ish and they could no longer extend the party - i think originally it was supposed to end at 11? anyways, we were starving after all of our dancing and drinking and therefore simon wanted a gyro so we had to go to greektown with him and a couple others. it was delicious!