before we moved, california wedding

{picture overload}
i'm going to back track... kind of a lot. because i feel like i skipped over the whole summer.

it wasn't my fault that my physiology class decided to ruin my last utah summer in ever single way possible!

i even had a chance to play croquet with thee jef holm {yes, from the bachelorette} and couldn't because i had to bomb a test the next day. LAME!

but there were a lot of fun times this summer.

yay for fun and boo for school!

so starting with the california wedding we went to!

it was so beautiful and perfect! the wedding had so much personality!

i had never been to the san diego temple and it was absolutely gorgeous! it looks like a castle!

becca and j.r. couldn't have looked happier on their special day.

after the ceremony they were STARVING and met us at board and brew for some lunch!

can you imagine eating lunch and in walking a bride...

i love them and am so happy for them! 

love love love!

my favorite detail was maybe the biggest- her dress.

IT WAS PINK!

and then of course we had the wedding dinner, which was the night before.
but whatever, we are already way out of order cause this was like three months ago...
but it was super fun! we had banjo's playing, burgers, hot dogs, and hippo cookies!

we got a little bit jealous of all the attention on them...

a year ago today...

A year ago today, I was packing for my honeymoon in the dark. My wedding was at my house, in my backyard and the power was out. For 12 hours. A truck had pulled down the power line. I was in hysterics. My friends came over to see me- I cried, Jeff's family came over- I cried, If anyone mentioned the power being out- I cried. I packed a little bag to get ready at a friends. I also went to bed at 2 AM, woke up at 4 and went to check on the power and found people sneaking in my swimming pool, Thought they were stealing wedding decorations. It was a rough night. But I woke to power the next day and thank goodness it was the night before and not the night of.

SLC wedding: Ellen and Gabe

How stunning is she?

I came home for a SLC wedding this last week. short trip four day trip.

But gosh, am I a loyal friend or what?

The beautiful bride Ellen has been a long long longtime friend.

We grew up together since little times. We went to the same preshcool...highschool.

Our parents have been friends since they were younger. Its a magical friendship!
The wedding celebration was held at Marketstreet Grill which was absolutely gorgeous!

It was perfect weather and it was so fun to see everyone.

This fine couple was nice enough to let me third wheel with them.

I even took the picture in the photo booth with them!

This is my friend who is tanner than me.

My Mom has been in celebration mode since I got home.
Apparently three weeks without a daughter = 2 year mission.It's a super strong bond between us!

I was fortunate enough to be apart of all the wedding festivities!
It was such a special day for them and I am just so happy!
Every wedding I attend in the SL temple brings me back to my wedding there
and there is nothing but the happiest feelings there.
I feel so blessed to have experienced it for myself
and know the happy feelings that the bride and groom feel and felt today!

Next up: Rachel will be getting married soon!
And I cannot wait for her to join married world.
It was so fun to chat and catch up with her
and realize how much I love wedding plans cause I was definitely grilling her.

once upon a time... we got engaged

When Jeff and I got engaged it had been a long time coming! I was expecting it every time I saw him after he got home from a summer away. I really thought I was having a winter wedding. So you can only imagine my frustration when it happened 6 months later- poor me. Just kidding, but there were complications with the ring (it is my Grandma's and my Mom comes from a family of 5 girls so you can only imagine). But I really was anticipating it way too much- to the point where I was constantly upset that I didn't have ring on my finger!

And many imortant dates came and went- what the heck, so I was very thrown off when I was called upon by my sister to work and had to run errands (she is an interior designer and I work for her running errands picking up stuff/dropping stuff off, returning etc.) So I am busy running all these errands; anthro, z gallery, pottery barn, and orchid dynasty. Everything was mostly pre-purchased, I had to pick out some stuff on my own from descriptions. My last errand was to pick up orchids from orchid dynasty for an open house, I was just told to pick up flowers for Caitlin Creer... as I am waiting and wandering around the store, a man named Jeff brings out my flowers! (Jeff is my husband).

I am shocked, and very confused, Jeff gets one one knew and proposes! The ring is tied on the orchid. He was smart enough to arrange for someone to be there to capture the moment on video and film!
After we went to a little cafe for hot chocolate and he brings along with him the packages that I had been picking up all day long- they were all for me! We enjoyed delicious hot cocoa and were off to get ready for dinner.

I got home and my over excited Mom had bought me a new outfit to wear (sweetest). We went to dinner at my all-time favorite, and pricey restaurant Tiburon. After we spent the night visiting with friends and family!

Here are the prictures of the big day taken by molly jones photography. check it.

a year ago today

We got engaged!

It was the day after Valentine's and I was in total shock

I thought I was working and being paid and then HELLO! It was wonderful!

We are fortunate enough to have the entire even documented in pictures as well as video!

I will always treasure these pictures, as well as the video forever!

I cannot believe that I haven't done a re-cap of this day

(COMING SOON)

But we did display it at our wedding, as you can see below.

As well as incorporate the video into our wedding video.

The entire proposal was extremely romantic, thoughtful, surprising, sweet, and beautiful!

If you can see in some of the pictures I was proposed to with an orchid,

at a flower shop, and the ring tied to a ribbon.

Orchid's are my favorite flower, they are so lovely.

I am so lucky to be married to such a sweetheart

who puts so much thought into everything. I just love him to bits!

To celebrate this day, we ventured out to purchase an orchid.

our wedding day

PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!!! be prepared!

I have decided to share my wedding pictures with you... We had such a great wedding day in the dead heat of July, we somehow managed to have cloudy skies. It was perfect! Taking pictures was great lighting and an unimaginable cool temperature. We also had a great photographer, Lindsey with green apple photography, you can visit her info here. We loved her and couldn't be happier with our pictures.

A little re-cap for you if you didn't know. But the wedding was at my parent's house, in the backyard. And the day before my wedding the power was out on our entire block, for 24 hours! it was horrific in every way, just ask anyone who stopped by (tears streaming). You can read more details of the wedding day and the power being out and us being champions about it here. So anyways I think that we had incredibly good weather that day because of that.

You are lucky, or maybe not... I might post more than you even want to see, so deal with it. Cause of course I loved my wedding, everyone loves their wedding so I can't help it.

We really struggled with where to take our bridals and literally decided the day of a couple hours before. Because the Salt Lake Country Club is closed on Mondays we were able to roam inside and out. They let us borrow a golf cart and everything. It was perfect!

The golf course is my back yard, so we were able to drive right up to my house and do this below... My Mom, sister, and photographer were probably thinking I was crazy. Who jumps on the tramp in their wedding dress?

TEMPLE TIME!

THE RECEPTION! from the roof: the entire PARTY!!!!

all the little kiddies! Haha this picture was the funniest!

our bridesmaids and groomsmen!

these are the stylish boys in their seersucker shorts and their plaid bow-ties

Below is a picture of my niece Kate in her cutest ruffle dress!

This is what all the little girls wore.

wedding cake! every layer was a different flavor; coconut, 2 chocolate layers, vanilla, and almond poppy. the works!

if you can't tell this is our engagement story. Jeff is a magician and knew that I would want this documented. So he planned to have someone there so take care of it. Molly Jones.

and you've all seen him a million times, my nephew!

I did a little recap previous to this one awhile back with some other photos. We were fortunate enough to have some pretty good photographers on hand at my wedding. So click here to see some from a good friend Molly Jones.