At VRBO.com (stands for Vacation Rental By Owner) you can find a wide spectrum of different home types for short-term rental (from 1 night to a week+).

I don’t want to link to any specific properties, because you would of course want to speak to the owner before inviting 50+ people into their home.

But, think about all those old neighborhoods in Toluca Lake or Pasadena … big old trees and wide backyards that would be perfect for an intimate, DIY wedding. Or a Malibu beach house with a balcony overlooking the ocean? Or even a downtown loft with high ceilings?

There are other home rental sites as well …. .

Just think of the possibilities.

Beth and Jenny’s Las Vegas wedding reception was also at Rainbow Gardens …

Those girls have some fun friends – who obviously love them.

First dance:

Beth’s brother Josh gave a very sweet, funny toast … as a brother should.

Dancing with their fathers …

the money dance …

The end!

Congratulations to Beth and Jenny!

P.S. I LOVE this last photo. So much emotion in this image …

They are both from Southern California, and so much of their friends and family came out to Las Vegas to celebrate with them …

One of Beth’s family friends performed the ceremony for them and that personal touch just made everyone feel like they were part of that day and the love of Beth and Jenny’s relationship.

(the paparazzi)

Love it.

This wedding party was SO MUCH FUN. Obviously close friends, crazy, goofy, making themselves laugh. It was a total blast.

This was also the first real chance I got to see Nick and Cora interact, since I hadn’t met Nick previously. Let me tell you – they have a happy life ahead of them.

Nick and Cora are very clearly best friends. So in love and so happy. I love the fact that they are such good friends. It bodes very well for their future. …. reminded me of Andrew and me, if you want to know the truth.

All images taken around the Clubhouse at Aviano (where the reception was held).

Enjoy and stay tuned for their reception images …

This wedding was so much fun! I’ll tell you more about it as we go … but suffice to say that friends and family are what really make weddings entertaining! Everyone there supporting Nick and Cora obviously love them so much. … it was fantastic.

We started out with just some photos of the wedding party getting ready …

Nick and Cora saw each other just for a few moments before the ceremony. Neither of them seemed nervous at all, but this special moment was just for them. Just as they are about to walk down the aisle …

… ceremony photos and more to come!

So, every Wednesday I’m going to try to post a list of what is inspiring me that week. I guess kind of similar to what Susan has been doing…

Most of these are anticipation related … stuff I am looking forward to accomplishing or experiencing. I wish there were 30 more hours in every day. Not because of all the stuff I HAVE to do … but because of all the stuff I want to do.

• New Year resolutions
• new books to read
• new wedding publications
• new vacations to plan
• new photos to edit
• Eric Clausen – especially this recent wedding. love his style. Trying to think of a reason to fly him out to CA to shoot.
• crossing things off my to-do list (makes me feel OK about adding new stuff to the list)
• winter weather
• Mary Poppins – I just watched this recently. I had forgotten how much I love this movie and how much I wanted to BE Mary Poppins. I sat there grinning the whole 2.5 hours.
• new clothes