Happy Anniversary

2 years ago, May 4th was something of a blur. It was the day that I was going to be married. Getting up was somewhat of an ordeal. I didn't want to wake up. I just didn't want to roll out of bed. I've never been one for girlie things like the beauty salon or getting my hair/nails done but that day I had to. I didn't want to, but I had to, and that meant getting up earlier than I would have liked.

After getting the hair and nails done and grabbing something else to eat I had to go home and finish putting the garnet stones on my dress. See, I couldn't have just some ordinary dress; I had to have something that was me--and that had color on it--so my mom and I ended up creating our own. It was a long process but we finished it that afternoon. My mother made me go take a nap. I love naps, but I don't love it when my hair smells of hairspray and products, and that it did. I also sent Matt (Jakob's best man) some text messages making sure he was taking care of Jakob since I couldn't talk to him. No, it wasn't that I was superstitious, I wanted to bring some tradition in and not talking or seeing each other was part of that. I hadn't even seen him the day before.

But luckily enough I had a great set of bridesmaids and he had a great set of groomsmen so we were all set. Since we were having the ceremony and the wedding back to back, it was nice to get to the house and set everything out and know that if I needed a break or needed something it was just upstairs. Then a quick walk-though and time to get dressed, sign the license, walk down those stairs and get hitched.


Two of my favorite pictures (and their aren't many) of the wedding is this one with my dad and the one below it with both my parents. When my dad walked me down the isle and gave me away, he almost started crying. I hadn't cried yet (I'm not much of a crier) and I wasn't about to lose it there so I made a little joke of "If you or mom lose it, I'm going to start too, so don't lose it!" He chuckled and then sat next to my mom. I was facing them and for the longest of time I couldn't look at them because I could hear both of them sniffling and I didn't want to lose it. Luckily enough they didn't and I didn't so there are no crying pictures. I'm not much of a crier but if my parents lose it, I'm sure that I will lose it too.

Anywho, we had a great ceremony then my wedding planner (who is also the owner of the reception house) said that we had to line up for a reception line. I HATE those things with a passion, but since I would only do it after the ceremony and not during the actual reception, I did it. But we got these fun shots of my line. I made a good choice with those who were in our wedding party. Those are some close friends and people who can play around with us.


But the reception was a blast with lots of food and some dancing near the end. No, we didn't shove cake in each others faces. I think that is incredibly tacky. There were some interesting things that happened at the reception though:
~A friend of ours had surgery the day before and still came to our reception! I love that family!
~My Marine friend scheduled his leave around our reception and made it in full dress uniform.
~Someone brought their computer to the reception and instead of enjoying everything, sat in the corner with the computer on their lap.
~We had "drunken" groomsmen.



~I met too many people that I have no idea who they are . . . and still don't know who they are.
~A few of my old dancing teammates came up who I hadn't seen in a while.
~We had great food . . . and the wedding cake ended up giving Jakob food poisoning

There are so many other things that happened . . . some that I can mention but may get in trouble for mentioning so I won't and some that I can't mention but want to soo badly but won't.

It has been 2 years since that day and much has happened. I graduated, Jakob started school back up to get his license, we're both working on getting our debts paid down and are on a good track for doing that, we've made a plan of priorities and we're sticking to them, I'm on track for getting a full-time teaching job, and we are still enjoying life.

Luv ya a bunch hun! Happy 2nd Anniversary.