Hello!
I imagine people might actually read this one, since I actually have something super exciting to talk about, so I guess I'd better make it good. Here we go!
I'm married!! I have a wonderful husband and I absolutely love it!
My day was perfect!! There was not a flaw to it (I'm sure there were many, but I have no idea what they were, my wonderful family and friends took care of everything that day (especially my mom) and they did such an awesome job!
The day before was super hectic but fun. One of my best friends, Whitney, and her boyfriend, Corbin, came in the late evening. Whitney and I started making center pieces for the luncheon tables at around midnight. I don't think I've ever had so much fun in my life! We couldn't find a good pair of scisors that could actually make it through flower stems... So we used a meat cleaver instead! I highly recommend this tactic to any florsists out there, works like a dream! Whitney stayed with me that night and we stayed up till about 2:30 in the morning just talking.
I woke up at around 6:30 and got ready for the day and went and got my hair done. I came home and talked with Whitney for a bit and then Curtis came over to get me and the last of my stuff for our honeymoon. We left Cedar a lot later than I would have liked but thanks to my mother-in-law's speedy driving and my brother-in-law egging her on we made it in time to do everythig we needed to at the temple before the ceremony.
There were 15 other couples getting married that day (spring break) and so it was hectic to say the least. Most of the ladies who were helping me were really nice but a couple of them were kind of frazzled and really pushy. I get it's busy, but it's also my wedding day, be nice. It wasn't bad though, and it certainly didn't put a damper on my day.
I wore my wedding dress to get married in. Temple dresses come and go but I can always take my girls into my closet, open my dress bag and say "this is my wedding dress and this is the dress I got married in", not the same effect with a temple dress. I loved my dress. I still love it. It was perfect. I really wanted a veil because nobody wears them anymore and I think they're fun. I was starting to question it a couple days before but I'm so glad I kept it. I loved my veil!
Anyway, I got my dress on and I walked out to meet my Curtis and he was all dressed in white and I just wanted to cry he looked so handsome. I will say he couldn't keep his eyes off me either :) One of the coolest moments of my life was walking down the hall and peeking into a waiting room and seeing so much of our extended family and friends there and throughout the halls. It was so incredible to peek out a door at one point and see them all lined up down the hall. I have a wonderful new sister who was in a car accident a few months ago and is still in a lot of pain and she was there, standing, waiting to go in and watch us get married. Her sweet mom came down from Salt Lake to help her make it through the day. It was such a blessing to have them there.
Our sealer was wonderful and our wedding was beautiful. I was super nervous going in and my feet were much colder than I really want to admit but I let go of my fears and let myself enjoy the moment. I have never felt more peace in my life than kneeling across from my sweet Curtis and becoming an eternal family with him.
We walked out of the temple and took pictures with family and then went off to the luncheon. It was a blast, when my salad came I realized that I hadn't eaten anything all day and I was super hungry. The food was delicious and of course my dress was super tight so I could barely eat anything and mainly just had a huge belly and still starved the whole time. I loved going around to tables and talking to people for a bit. I had so much family come that I didn't think would be able to make it, I loved having each one of them there and really missed the ones that couldn't be there.
Our food was amazing and our cake was to die for. I have awesome talented sisters-in-law as I'm sure you've all gathered by now. Curtis's sister made our cake. It was the best wedding cake I've ever had in my life. I loved every bite I got of it (it was technically only three, but they were amazing).
The car was nicely decorated when we left the restaurant and we went back to the temple to do some bridal pictures (easier than doing them a different day and because we didn't have a reception the timing worked out great). We changed at Curtis's grandparent's house and were headed off to Las Vegas. Curtis's sister, Marie, (the one that did the make up) and her son came with us so that we could drop them off at the airport so they could go home to New York. It was a nice car ride getting a couple more hours with them. We took them as far as we could in the airport and then we went to our hotel at the Trump. We told them it was our honeymoon and they upgraded us to a sweet. It was amazing. 54th floor out of 68.
The next day we got up and left for California to go to Disneyland for 3 days! It was so much fun! I loved sharing my absolute... obsession... with Disney and the lands that go with it with my new husband.
We went to the New Port Beach Temple on Thursday. They kept asking if we were just there for spring break and they were all so excited we were on our honeymoon. I can't tell you how friendly they were and pretty much no one was there so we were very spoiled. They had us go into the celestial room just the two of us for about 15 minutes. It was so perfect.
We went back to Vegas Thursday night and stayed at South Point and again got upgraded to a really really really nice sweet on the top floor, it was so fancy. Actually it was a little too fancy for our taste and we checked out about 2 hours before we needed to. But it was such a nice stay!
I loved everything about the last week. I am so excited to be married to my wonderful husband forever! He is so amazing and so kind and patient and he'd do anything for me and I am so thankful for him.
I loved my wedding day, best day of my life, I don't think I'd ever do it again, not because it was too much work or I didn't love it, but because it was so perfect that it'd probably turn out horrible the second time around.
Well this has been a super long post... I guess I did have a lot to say. Hope you enjoyed it at least :)