Me & My Husband {Ninth Edition}

Question 9: The reception: Where was it at? Show us some pictures! What day did you get married? {From this post}


Race and I were married on September 3, 2010. We did not have our reception until September 25, 2010. We did this so that we were able to have a little bit longer of a honeymoon before we had to head back to Flagstaff to get all moved into our apartment and get back to school. We were married at 9 AM, had a delicious brunch with family and friends that were at the temple, and then left for our honeymoon in Sedona, AZ. It was so nice to get to leave right after eating and start our honeymoon so early in the day. 

Our reception was two weeks later, the day after my brother got married. It was a crazy weekend for my family! Especially for my mom. She put so much work into my reception and it turned out beautifully. We had it in our front yard on our lawn/driveway. It was super laid back and Race and I were able to relax and enjoy talking to our guests. I am so grateful for all the service that went into putting my wedding reception together. People from my home ward, my family, and my parents all put so much work into making this a special night for Race and I. 

This was the detailing on the tables. My mom cut out all of these cute little hearts and found the adorable, perfect fabric.

My mom and aunts also made the cute fabric banner and hung up the pictures along our garage.

 

 

This is the top of my gorgeous cupcake made by Amy Gregson. 

 

Some of the table settings:

The food table.

 

 

Our "Guest Book" drawn by my sister-in-law Nikki. She is such a talented artist and I love the way our guest book tree turned out.

 Here is the whole thing put together with some of our guests. As you can see, we were just out on the street but it was perfect for us!

{Photos by Jessica Downey of Sierra Studios Photography}

Me & My Husband {Eighth Edition}

Filling out the fun questionnaire from this post.


Question 8: The little accessories: You know, veil? Shoes? Jewelry? What did your bridesmaids wear? 


I loved all of the little accessories at my wedding. I did not have a veil but I did have the most gorgeous jewelry ever! It was made by Coreen Hennig, a lady and good friend from my home ward. I had not even thought about what jewelry to wear and she offered to make some for me. I came to her house two days before my wedding and she had made the most GORGEOUS pearl necklace and earrings. They honestly made me feel like such a princess. Whenever I wear them now they remind me of my wedding day and how special I felt. I am so grateful for Coreen and her sweet gift to me. 

The Gorgeous Necklace:

 

The gorgeous earrings:

I knew that I wanted red shoes for my wedding {red is my favorite color} but I could not decide between heels and flats. I found a pair of red flats at Charlotte Russe that I liked but wasn't sure if they were fancy enough for a wedding. They were $8 though so I knew that I couldn't pass them up. I headed down to the valley to go shoe shopping at the mall and I looked for hours for some cute red heels. I didn't find anything that I liked {My little sister Gelsey came shopping with me and she couldn't believe how picky I was being}. I finally gave up and "settled" for my cute $8 red shoes. I am so grateful that I did though because they were so comfortable, I wear them lots now, and they photographed BEAUTIFULLY! And I like bragging that I got my wedding shoes for such a good deal. :] I got so many compliments on my cute red shoes and I love them so much!

 

 

I already talked about what my bridesmaids wore so I won't really do that again in this post. I'll just put another picture up and say that I have the cutest, most stylish sisters/sister-in-laws ever!

Finally, I wanted to talk about my hair. I had it done by Alisha Jacobson De Kruyf. We grew up in the same ward and she was willing to get up ridiculously early in the morning to do my hair before I headed over to the temple for pictures. She was so sweet and I loved how my hair turned out! I'm pretty sure the only direction I gave her was that I wanted it to the side and curly. She made it look so good and I love it in every single picture! It makes me want to learn how to do hair so that I can do people's hair for their weddings. {I actually did do my sister-in-law/best friend Jasmine's hair for her wedding day. I liked it--but I am not a professional and just got lucky! :]}

 

 

 {Yeah, I made cool faces on my wedding day :]}

{Photos by Jessica Downey of Sierra Studios Photography} 

He Makes Me Happy :]

The next couple of weeks are not going to be super fun...

Race and I both work at Coldstone Creamery and for the next week and a half or two weeks we are on completely opposite schedules...which means we NEVER get to see each other.

I know this is life but it's still not tons of fun.

This morning I called Race before he opened the store just to say good morning.

He had me get out of bed, walk downstairs and open my door...

And, right outside my door was...

MY BIKE! 

Yeah, yeah I'm sure you were all expecting something super romantic but let me tell you about this.

Race and I decided to have him drive to work in the morning and then I ride my bike there for the evening shift and then he rides it home so I have a car to drive home when I get off at night.

So yesterday we did that except we forgot to throw the bike in the back of his 

truck before he drove me home. 

I was kind of upset because it is a long hot walk to Coldstone in the afternoon. 

So Race brought it over for me and left it outside my door with the key and a cute note taped to the seat.

I love this boy!!! 

And here is the cute note with my crazy morning hair. 

He is so dang sweet :]

Race's First Post!

Well since this is for both Emma AND I, I might as well do my first ever post. This week I had a tooth pulled and a bone graft. During the surgery, Emma sat in a corner of the room playing solitaire on her phone and watching. As soon as it was over, Emma started taking care of me. Let me just explain that I have the world's best fiancee ever. She has been taking such amazingly good care of me all week. It's funny, because she likes throwing in things like "you'll have to take as good care of me when I'm pregnant." Of course I will, Emma! Anyways, we're hoping that I'll be less puffy by the time we decide to take engagement photos in a few weeks!