So, I realize that it has been awhile since my last post...but I've been understandably busy! Riley and I FINALLY got married on the 30th of October, and everything went beautifully. I'll recap the important highlights of the last little while.
On the night before the wedding, we had an adult dinner party at Joy Luck in Bountiful and invited our aunts and uncles and close friends. Riley and I both come from large families, so we decided aunts and uncles would be the extent of the family we could invite, otherwise we couldn't accommodate everyone. Even with just them we had a group of nearly 60 people though! It was a great turnout. We had a microphone go around the room to everyone and got lots of good advice from the old married couples, as well as solid advice from our young single friends as well. The highlights were Riley's grandma telling us that, (paraphrased) "Everyone used to say that you should never go to bed angry, but that's NOT true. Everything seems way worse than it really is at night. It's dark. It's dreary, and looks bleak. In the morning everything usually gets better. However, if it doesn't (looks straight at me) you let. him. have it."
Also, Riley's uncle Cliff taught us a few handy tricks to use around the house. In order to avoid dirty dishes, simply eat everything over the sink. Also, it's hard to go through an entire gallon of milk with just two people before it expires. Therefore, he suggested mixing the expired milk with double stuff oreos, so you can't tell the difference between that and the chunky milk. Yum.
Riley was determined that nobody had EVER seen us kiss. In fact, he addressed the entire group at the dinner asking if anyone had ever seen it. There was a silence, and a shaking of heads, until my little brother chimed in that he had! Wes (Riley's dad) asked Carter to come up to the front of the room with the microphone and tell everyone of his experience. Pretty sure everyone thought he wouldn't actually do it, because he's a pretty timid little kid. But he did. He marched right up to the front, grabbed the microphone and said, "Well...I was up in my parents' room, and Riley and Alyssa were in the backyard playing with the dogs. And I saw it. They kissed.............*exaggerated pause*...........THREE times." Of course the entire room then proceeded to explode with laughter, and needless to say, Carter was the man of the hour. He looked at us with a face of "Ha. Stuck it to ya with THAT one." It turned out to be an ongoing joke throughout the rest of the wedding proceedings, and everyone saw us kiss a few times after that (over the altar, ((Shrena complained that since she was behind me, she didn't get a great view of that one)) during pictures, and after cutting the cake), but EVERYONE kept track of their own personal number. I'm sure we'll be hearing about all that for years to come.
After the wedding dinner, we took a few of our friends and family over to the condo to see it before it got completed, and we toured them through the clubhouse. Then we were obligated to watch that day's episode of The Office, and since someone deleted it off the TiVo at Riley's parents’ house, we watched it at Jordan's with he and Alyssa before calling it a night.
The day of the wedding was overcast, and our journey to the temple started a little after 9 am. Riley and I drove up separate from our parents since we had to get there a little earlier than them. We were both hungry, so we stopped at Wendy's before arriving at the temple. Nothing like little snacks from the dollar menu to tide you over! The ceremony went flawlessly, and the cute man who conducted did a great job! The room was PACKED with our endowed friends and family members. It was so neat to see all our close family there to support us, as well as three of Riley's closest friends all sitting together. He has the greatest friends, they've been a huge support to use, and let's be honest...Jared likes me better than Riley anyways :)
It was freezing outside the temple, and one of Riley's aunts had the awesome idea of bringing hot chocolate and hand warmers, so everyone enjoyed that as we took group photos and lingered around the temple. Riley and I had our photo shoot, and my toes nearly froze off. Seriously, no joke. They were past the hurting point when we finally got back inside the temple, and our family sat in the waiting room with me as I unthawed. Despite the weather not really cooperating, it was amazing.
The reception was awesome, too! We had a HUGE turnout, and ended up standing in line, with NO breaks, for nearly 3 hours because our line was so long. We have AMAZING family and friends who came out to show their support. Our hostess had to break up the line for Riley and I to have some time to cut the cake, and throw the bouquet and garter. But we had time to see everyone and spend some good time catching up and talking with people we hadn't seen in awhile. All our guests said the food was great, even though the six of us didn't get any that night (six meaning us and our parents). They packed some soup for Riley and I to take, as well as some breadsticks and sweet roll type things were sent with our family. The cake also turned out GREAT. It was absolutely beautiful. The flowers looked amazing thanks to Riley's cousin Sarah who works at the Flower Patch. She did such a fabulous job, the reception center looked gorgeous. I don't have enough good things to say about all the people who helped with the whole reception, in any way. Seriously, it couldn't have been better.
Riley and I left our reception and spent our first night in the Treasure Island room at the Anniversary Inn. The themed room was fun, but the rickety bed meant for a hard night's sleep...we woke up and went to our parent's house to grab some things I had forgotten, and we opened our gifts with Riley's family. We kept track of EVERY present and card that was received, so don't worry, thank you notes will be coming shortly!!!! The second night, we spent in the Twilight Room at the Anniversary Inn. That one was SO much fun! It didn't have too much to do with the actual Twilight books, but it was gorgeous. Riley was tickled with the king size bed, even though took up less than half of it between the two of us. He thought that was the greatest thing ever, although the cheese and cracker platter that we got to choose with the room was also a hit with him. It was massive, and very yummy. Sunday we embarked on the journey to Tahoe. We got there in pretty decent time, though it was dark when we pulled in. We went grocery shopping and got ourselves all outfitted for the week.
We had such a great time in Tahoe! The lake was beautiful, the weather was perfect, and we couldn't have asked for anything better. We went horseback riding, hiking, wandered around the shops and the town, and altogether just had a week of relaxing. It was so nice to go and have the time together without any stresses. I didn't take ANY homework with me (which I'm paying for now...) but it was well worth it. We owe Riley's dad BIG time for letting us use a week he had accrued for his timeshare.
We came home a day early to a nearly completed condo! Our carpet was put in early Friday morning, and we were home early that night. We got all my stuff moved in that night thanks to the help of my parents, Carter, and Jared and Sammie. We were incredibly grateful for their help. We got all of Riley's stuff moved in the next day, and spent that evening playing Mario Kart at our house with Jordan, Alyssa, Jared, and Sammie after a yummy dinner at El Matador. We watched the Last of the Mohicans, too, and had a great time. We LOVE our friends and couldn't ask for anyone better!!!
We spent Sunday trying to get the problem with our water heater figured out. Turns out we have the water turn off for the entire building, so we have to get special clearance to turn it off. Our neighbors are going to hate us after all the late night work and loud noises, and now this! Oh well. From those that we have met, it seems we have some cool people living around, so it shouldn't be a big deal. We're hoping that after today we'll have hot water again! YAY!!!!!!!
This has been a ridiculously long post, so thanks for taking the time to read it. Your patience shall now be rewarded by getting to see a collection of pictures from the last little while! I haven’t had a chance to upload many pictures from the actual wedding and reception that were taken with either of our cameras, so quite a few of these have been stolen from my friends, but they’re still great! I’ll post some from ours when I get the chance. In the meantime, here ya go!!
On the night before the wedding, we had an adult dinner party at Joy Luck in Bountiful and invited our aunts and uncles and close friends. Riley and I both come from large families, so we decided aunts and uncles would be the extent of the family we could invite, otherwise we couldn't accommodate everyone. Even with just them we had a group of nearly 60 people though! It was a great turnout. We had a microphone go around the room to everyone and got lots of good advice from the old married couples, as well as solid advice from our young single friends as well. The highlights were Riley's grandma telling us that, (paraphrased) "Everyone used to say that you should never go to bed angry, but that's NOT true. Everything seems way worse than it really is at night. It's dark. It's dreary, and looks bleak. In the morning everything usually gets better. However, if it doesn't (looks straight at me) you let. him. have it."
Also, Riley's uncle Cliff taught us a few handy tricks to use around the house. In order to avoid dirty dishes, simply eat everything over the sink. Also, it's hard to go through an entire gallon of milk with just two people before it expires. Therefore, he suggested mixing the expired milk with double stuff oreos, so you can't tell the difference between that and the chunky milk. Yum.
Riley was determined that nobody had EVER seen us kiss. In fact, he addressed the entire group at the dinner asking if anyone had ever seen it. There was a silence, and a shaking of heads, until my little brother chimed in that he had! Wes (Riley's dad) asked Carter to come up to the front of the room with the microphone and tell everyone of his experience. Pretty sure everyone thought he wouldn't actually do it, because he's a pretty timid little kid. But he did. He marched right up to the front, grabbed the microphone and said, "Well...I was up in my parents' room, and Riley and Alyssa were in the backyard playing with the dogs. And I saw it. They kissed.............*exaggerated pause*...........THREE times." Of course the entire room then proceeded to explode with laughter, and needless to say, Carter was the man of the hour. He looked at us with a face of "Ha. Stuck it to ya with THAT one." It turned out to be an ongoing joke throughout the rest of the wedding proceedings, and everyone saw us kiss a few times after that (over the altar, ((Shrena complained that since she was behind me, she didn't get a great view of that one)) during pictures, and after cutting the cake), but EVERYONE kept track of their own personal number. I'm sure we'll be hearing about all that for years to come.
After the wedding dinner, we took a few of our friends and family over to the condo to see it before it got completed, and we toured them through the clubhouse. Then we were obligated to watch that day's episode of The Office, and since someone deleted it off the TiVo at Riley's parents’ house, we watched it at Jordan's with he and Alyssa before calling it a night.
The day of the wedding was overcast, and our journey to the temple started a little after 9 am. Riley and I drove up separate from our parents since we had to get there a little earlier than them. We were both hungry, so we stopped at Wendy's before arriving at the temple. Nothing like little snacks from the dollar menu to tide you over! The ceremony went flawlessly, and the cute man who conducted did a great job! The room was PACKED with our endowed friends and family members. It was so neat to see all our close family there to support us, as well as three of Riley's closest friends all sitting together. He has the greatest friends, they've been a huge support to use, and let's be honest...Jared likes me better than Riley anyways :)
It was freezing outside the temple, and one of Riley's aunts had the awesome idea of bringing hot chocolate and hand warmers, so everyone enjoyed that as we took group photos and lingered around the temple. Riley and I had our photo shoot, and my toes nearly froze off. Seriously, no joke. They were past the hurting point when we finally got back inside the temple, and our family sat in the waiting room with me as I unthawed. Despite the weather not really cooperating, it was amazing.
The reception was awesome, too! We had a HUGE turnout, and ended up standing in line, with NO breaks, for nearly 3 hours because our line was so long. We have AMAZING family and friends who came out to show their support. Our hostess had to break up the line for Riley and I to have some time to cut the cake, and throw the bouquet and garter. But we had time to see everyone and spend some good time catching up and talking with people we hadn't seen in awhile. All our guests said the food was great, even though the six of us didn't get any that night (six meaning us and our parents). They packed some soup for Riley and I to take, as well as some breadsticks and sweet roll type things were sent with our family. The cake also turned out GREAT. It was absolutely beautiful. The flowers looked amazing thanks to Riley's cousin Sarah who works at the Flower Patch. She did such a fabulous job, the reception center looked gorgeous. I don't have enough good things to say about all the people who helped with the whole reception, in any way. Seriously, it couldn't have been better.
Riley and I left our reception and spent our first night in the Treasure Island room at the Anniversary Inn. The themed room was fun, but the rickety bed meant for a hard night's sleep...we woke up and went to our parent's house to grab some things I had forgotten, and we opened our gifts with Riley's family. We kept track of EVERY present and card that was received, so don't worry, thank you notes will be coming shortly!!!! The second night, we spent in the Twilight Room at the Anniversary Inn. That one was SO much fun! It didn't have too much to do with the actual Twilight books, but it was gorgeous. Riley was tickled with the king size bed, even though took up less than half of it between the two of us. He thought that was the greatest thing ever, although the cheese and cracker platter that we got to choose with the room was also a hit with him. It was massive, and very yummy. Sunday we embarked on the journey to Tahoe. We got there in pretty decent time, though it was dark when we pulled in. We went grocery shopping and got ourselves all outfitted for the week.
We had such a great time in Tahoe! The lake was beautiful, the weather was perfect, and we couldn't have asked for anything better. We went horseback riding, hiking, wandered around the shops and the town, and altogether just had a week of relaxing. It was so nice to go and have the time together without any stresses. I didn't take ANY homework with me (which I'm paying for now...) but it was well worth it. We owe Riley's dad BIG time for letting us use a week he had accrued for his timeshare.
We came home a day early to a nearly completed condo! Our carpet was put in early Friday morning, and we were home early that night. We got all my stuff moved in that night thanks to the help of my parents, Carter, and Jared and Sammie. We were incredibly grateful for their help. We got all of Riley's stuff moved in the next day, and spent that evening playing Mario Kart at our house with Jordan, Alyssa, Jared, and Sammie after a yummy dinner at El Matador. We watched the Last of the Mohicans, too, and had a great time. We LOVE our friends and couldn't ask for anyone better!!!
We spent Sunday trying to get the problem with our water heater figured out. Turns out we have the water turn off for the entire building, so we have to get special clearance to turn it off. Our neighbors are going to hate us after all the late night work and loud noises, and now this! Oh well. From those that we have met, it seems we have some cool people living around, so it shouldn't be a big deal. We're hoping that after today we'll have hot water again! YAY!!!!!!!
This has been a ridiculously long post, so thanks for taking the time to read it. Your patience shall now be rewarded by getting to see a collection of pictures from the last little while! I haven’t had a chance to upload many pictures from the actual wedding and reception that were taken with either of our cameras, so quite a few of these have been stolen from my friends, but they’re still great! I’ll post some from ours when I get the chance. In the meantime, here ya go!!
PS-I love my mom, my dad, McKenna, and Carter. Even though McKenna is taking over my room now that I'm gone, probably still has a few of my clothes, and sometimes doesn't like me. Carter, even though he spilled our secret to the world that Riley and I actually like eachother. My mom, even though she insisted on going over every detail of the wedding at least a million times, thanks. It was perfect. And my dad, even though he painted a few parts of our ceiling with the color on the wall, as well as the mirror, and painted over a few light switches so we had to scrape that off. We absolutely love the condo, and may even let you come over and visit sometime. The end.
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