Working, Working, Working

So basically our lives revolve around the 5 five jobs that we have between the two of us. Recently the newspaper I worked for decided it needed to shut its doors. So that eliminated a little bit of work from our plate. What can I say? Adam and I like to be busy.

Even with being busy, we've found ways to spend time with each other. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I don't work until around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. And since Adam doesn't have to be in with Provo PD until 12, we're able to spend those mornings together for the most part.

With everything going on between our jobs, I feel like we've lost a schedule and some of the structure I'm accustomed to. For anyone who really knows me, they know how much I value my sleep time. I can be a complete wreck if I'm not getting enough of the good stuff. I'm starting to see that's also the case for Adam. So I'm going to start working, hopefully with Adam's help, to restore some of that structure.

Besides all of that, we've been talking about taking a few different trips. We really want to head out to California to see Adam's friends and family who couldn't come out to the wedding. We'd also love to see that new little niece of ours. We'd also really love to take a trip out to Washington D.C. Sometime either this fall or next spring.

For now, that's about it. We have some birthdays coming up which should be a lot of fun. I have a big surprise for Adam's birthday that I know he'll just love.

Wedding Pictures Galore

So.... Anyone interested in what's been going on? Yeah, let's just say we're not exactly thrilled with the photographer we paid. She took two months to get our pictures back to us. Which, I know... I shouldn't be so picky, but really?! We paid you up front.

Enough with the whining. You came here for pictures! And I've decided to post some of the ones not found on Facebook.

My dress had these buttons down the back that were tough to lace up. So this is Stephanie, my sister and Matron of Honor doing my dress up.

Let's give Adam the credit he deserves, he was balling from the time he put on his tux to half way through the ceremony. Then he started balling again once we kissed. So here he is walking my mom down the isle while crying. Then this is me, reaching him at the end of the isle and pulling a sad/funny face at him so he'll stop crying already. I'm giving him shit, but really, it was sweet.

So... basically I'm an idiot and when we exchanged rings, I put Adam's on his right hand, not his left. I'm a fool and was so nervous I didn't even think about it. Luckily he caught on and ninja'd it over to his left hand for me. After I realized I felt so dumb!

Martin Corona was our little ring bearer. He's the son of Adam's long time friend Juan. And Kate Poulsen is my cousin who asked point blank when we got engaged if she could be the flower girl. They were so fun and looked SO cute together!

The picture on the left is of my bouquet but the picture on the right is what I wanted. So basically the colors of the callas were off and that big puffy flower, i think it's hydrangea but I'm not sure, was MIA. I know it seems trivial, but pink verses a more purple can make a girl cry on her wedding day.I think everyone has things they look back on and want to change. But one of my biggest complaints were my flowers. Granted in the picture my bouquet is beautiful. But it wasn't quite what I had ordered. Plus my flower girl's flowers were purple (which we promptly threw away and sent someone to the grocery store to buy something else to replace them) and the mini callas were pretty wilted when they arrived.


There were a few other small touches that we put on things which I absolutely loved. This was our card box. The nice thing about it is that it stays locked and the cards slide through the slot so once a card is in it, it's not being taken out easily. We just tied the color of ribbon we wanted on the sucker and called it good. Nothing too fancy, but we thought it fit the bill nicely. The other thing I've been getting lots of questions on is the monogram "W" and I'll be honest. I paid 12 whopping dollars for the damn thing on Amazon.com.

We basically hand tied every pink bow in the place. In all it must have been somewhere around 130 bows. I ordered some bulk tulle online in big bolts and just cut them around two yards a piece and tied like a mad woman. One of Adam's friends, Eric, was SO good at tying them. So it was super helpful to have him helping us as we went. The other thing our friends were awesome at was helping us with our drop ceiling. It was a lot of work and it wasn't easy. But it was pretty inexpensive and I felt like it made the space feel less like a gym and more like a location.


And last but not least is our cake. When we started talking about getting married I was dead set that I didn't want a traditional big cake. With Stephanie's wedding it was impossible to get rid of all the extra cake she had since we didn't cut hers up and serve it. So I knew that wasn't going to be the route I went. Instead we decided on a cupcake wedding cake. I had a hard time finding the right stand. I knew I wanted it to be more square and cake-like than round and tree-like. Finally I found the stand and decorated it with some help from my mom. We put a patterned paper on the top and wrapped the edges in ribbon. For the top of the cake we asked Cindy Shepherd to a round carrot cake with white butter cream frosting, not fondant. It turned out simply wonderful and we got rave reviews over the thing. The best part is, with the topper and everything we came in under $120 for the whole damn thing. And I think it looked incredible.


So that's that. We served cupcakes with some nuts, pink punch and hot pink chocolate dipped Oreos. And we stayed on the really inexpensive side not going over $2,000. It was SUPER easy and not nearly as stressful as I thought it would be. I'll be posting some pictures from our Honeymoon soon, hopefully!