Travel – Mrs. Madeline

14 Apr 2022

Mexico

For my younger brothers' spring break, my family went to Mexico! I've never been to Mexico before and was soo excited to go. My dad and brother were competing in a half ironman in Oceanside, CA so we went down to support them and flew down to Mazatlan. They did so well in their race! It was a beautiful, stormy day which was perfect for their race, and exactly why we decided to fly to Mexico rather than stay in California haha I can get easily stimulated and overwhelmed and so landing in Mexico whe[...]

14 Oct 2020

Travel, Wedding

City Hall | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

One of the main reasons for choosing Philadelphia to be married was the City Hall building right in the middle of the city center. It has a clocktower near the top on all four sides that we could see from our hotel room across the street, which was so fun. The very top has a statue of William Penn, the founder of Philadelphia. The architecture reminds me of an old European building -- and I love that we got to stand in the median and take the funnest photos! Earlier in the week we went into the city ha[...]

06 Oct 2020

Travel, Wedding

Wedding Breakfast | The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel

We decided to get married in the evening and have our marriage ceremony be the culmination of our entire day. So, we kicked the day off with a Wedding Breakfast with our guests at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, built in 1904 in a French Renaissance style, in a quaint room on the 17th floor. The room was facing east and the sun came streaming in the large beautiful windows -- the light was dreamy! We had a collection of vintage bud vase groupings on each table with garden roses, ranunculus and other[...]

03 Sep 2020

Travel, Wedding

The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We fell in love with The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel! I love the The balcony overlooking the city!! I mean, it was magical to be with Jared overlooking the city. The Bellevue Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street, at the corner of Walnut Street in Center City. It was constructed in 1904 and expanded to its present size in 1912 and its breath taking! The molding, marble floors and views are incredible!We chose to have our wedding breakfast in a quaint room the morning of our wedding day,[...]

24 Jul 2020

Travel, Wedding

Why Philadelphia?

Honestly, I had never been to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until I walked off the plane a few days before my wedding day -- it felt a little crazy for us to choose a city and temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on the other side of the United States, but I can tell you we don't regret it! ha! Not one bit! It is seriously one of the coolest cities in the U.S.!But, can I tell you if I had a dollar for how many times we have been asked, "Why Philadelphia?", we'd be rich! ha!!So, heres the d[...]