Our Big Day! -August 18th

So our wedding pictures are all on Facebook,

but I wanted to post about my wedding

on my blog too :)

I recorded parts in my journal

so it helps make this a little easier.

My day started off by getting up at 5:00AM.

My lovely cousin Katie was there to help me with my hair,

and we all got bagels (my favorite strawberry!).

I had so much fun getting my hair done

and talking with my family and bridesmaids.

It was probably a good thing I was so tired,

or else I probably would have freaked out

that it was my wedding day!

My future husband Matt came to pick me up

and we drove to the temple.

I was so nervous

that I ended up only eating a piece of my bagel.

We met my parents at the temple 

and Matts parents came a little later.

We met with the temple people

and had a few things we had to figure out,

but after a little panic everything was set and ready to go!

Unfortunately, I can't tell every special thing

that we experienced while in the temple,

but it was the most amazing thing EVER!

All of our family and closest friends 

were there to support us.

It was a very loving and overwhelming feeling

and I had a hard time keeping my emotions in!

We had the most beautiful sealing 

where I was to be with Matt

for time and all eternity :)

I wouldn't have it any other way!

I got ready in my beautiful wedding dress

that my Aunt Missy was so kind to let me borrow.

Once again, Katie and my mom were lifesavers

in helping me get ready.

Then it was time to let Matt see me in my dress!

I was so nervous

and I wish I could have taken a picture

of his reaction!

But once I turned to corner to see him,

nothing else mattered and I could handle anything!

We got our flowers ready and then we walked outside

to all our family and friends once again :)

It was a beautiful and hot day for pictures,

but I believe we got the best ones ;)
There were 18 weddings happening
on that same day!
Luckily we were the first ones out
and got to the best spots first :)
But we were rushed along quite a few times ;)

 Our group!

My new family :)

And my old original one ;) 

We had some really fun pictures,

but there are just too many to post on my blog :)

If you would like to see more,

feel free to take a look on Facebook.

After the temple,

my moms friend put a lunch together 

at the park across the street from my house.

So we dropped by there and then to Matt's house

to relax and take a nap before we rushed to the reception.

So after relaxing, the craziness began again!

Katie helped me get ready and we went to take more pictures :)

Our reception was absolutely stunning!

I was bummed I had to stand in line

while the party was going on inside!

But it was so fun to everyone who came to see us :)

Since we didn't really get to see the details of the reception for ourselves,

we made sure to get lots of pictures!

 

We had some fun dancing

     We had some way yummy food! :)
           


                     

My friend Zach caught it! :)

MMMM....

WE LOVE CAKE!! :)

It was all in my nose,

so I swiped and got it in his hair

...and nose and ear!

My cousin Jenna caught the bouquet! 

Our first dance :)

A Thousand Years

by

Christina Perri

And of course, 

the Daddy Daughter dance.

Luckily most of the tears came out in the temple,

so neither of us made a fool out of ourselves :)

Fun sword sized sparklers

as we were leaving :)

Our wedding day was nothing but perfect :)

I seriously couldn't have asked

for a better day

or to be with better people :)

Thank you to everyone that helped us

make that day possible!

The Proposal -March 29, 2012

So this is my very first blog post.

Ever.

I figured a lot is going on in my life

and its hard to tell everyone the same story

over and over.

So now I blog.

Oh boy.

I thought I would do a little catch up

with all these changes

before I start posting about the new things.

The Proposal.

It all started when I got back from my trip to New York

with the BYU-Idaho pianists including

my cousin Kami.

The night I got back,

Matt showed up with a bouquet of flowers

and a piece of paper that mapped out the next 5 days.

It was the sweetest thing and I was clueless

as to what was going to happen these next few days.

So Wednesday he took me to the Timpanogos temple

and we just took some fun pictures with his sister's camera

and went out for a treat after.

 One of my favorites!

 What a keeper! :)

So that concluded Wednesday's surprise.

Matt wouldn't let me see or have access to these pictures

and later I understood why :)

So Thursday came and I had to work at Subway.

I surprisingly had a great day at work

(Thanks to Matt).

He came to pick me up

and we went to his sister Hillary's house

where she wanted to practice wedding hair on me.

I LOVE having my hair played with

so I of course had no objection!

Then as we are all sitting and talking

my best friend Krysta walks into the room.

Totally caught me off guard and threw me for a loop!

Matt goes on to explain 

that once I was done getting my hair done,

Krysta and I were going to get Manicures.

I remember explaining to Matt

that I HAD to have my nails done when I got engaged

because everyone looks at your hand with your ring

and I wanted it to look good.

So as soon as he said those words

my heart started racing and I got all red (of course!)

Everyone was quiet to see my reaction...

I had butterflies!

So Krysta and I went to get manicures

and it was a ton of fun!

The lady kept making fun of my 

"baby nails"

but I didn't let that get me down!

Once we were done we started to head back

and Krysta had missed the turn 

to go back to Hillary's.

She explained that we were not going there,

we were going to my Grandmas

(where I was living at the time).

She then missed that turn

and my heart starts racing even faster

as I yell "Gosh dang-it Krysta!"

over and over. 

I could feel it coming.

We turn the corner to a park

where Matt and I really got to know each other

and had some of our deepest conversations.

I could see him standing there

with a table all set 

and surrounded by quite a few dozen roses.

Both red and white.

It was absolutely gorgeous!

Matt comes to Krysta's car and walks me to the table.

We sit down and try to make small talk

as we both were so nervous

and our hearts racing.

He remembered one of my favorite meals

from I HOP and had that for us to eat.

He then asks if I would like to see the pictures from yesterday

on his laptop.

So as we are sitting watching a little slideshow

of the pictures from the previous day,

it all of the sudden changes to older pictures of us

from the whole time we dated.

He also put it to our first dance song.

You can imagine how fast my heart is racing now!

In fact,

Why don't I let you see the slideshow!

Here is it :)

As soon as it was over,

Matt was standing behind me

and asked me to turn around.

I swear time slowed down and everything

was in slow motion!

But as I turned,

Matt was down on one knee

and my stomach dropped to the floor.

I tried to stay serious,

I really did!

But I couldn't help from smiling 

at Matt's friends Connor and Marley

who were running across the park with

a video and picture camera :)

It was awesome!

Then we had a little fun with the camera

after Connor and Marley left :)

It was a really special moment.

Matt and I choked up a little bit,

but were filled with such joy that it was finally happening!

He gave me the perfect ring

and the perfect day.

I couldn't have asked for more :)