All Things Wedding

Brian and I are definitely blessed with a great family and great friends! We had the wedding of our dreams on March 7th and couldn't be happier! I had my bachelorette party on Thursday the 5th and had a great night with the girls.

Friday we woke up and were getting ready for our bridal luncheon that my grandparent's were hosting at their house. I woke up crying because I was afraid that my brother wasn't going to make it home (we still hadn't heard anything for sure from him at this point) and Brian kept assuring me that he would make it here if he could. I called my dad while Brian got ready to see if he'd heard from him and he said that he couldn't keep it a secret anymore but that he'd bought my brother a ticket a week earlier and he would have to fly all night but he'd land in Houston at 6am on my wedding day! We had a wonderful bridal luncheon and then it was time for a rehearsal...well after finding Brian's parent's a hotel room because apparently the hotel near my parent's house was booked for another wedding! We had a great rehearsal and ate some yummy BBQ at McKenzie's.

We went our separate ways after the rehearsal (Brian with Guy and some of my family to the Cactus Lounge) and Kim, Mom, & I to her house to watch a movie and make cookies....well my brother had other plans for us!! My dad calls us around 9:00 and tells us that my brother has gone UA (unapproved absence) and the Marines are looking for him!! I was balling my eyes out all the while begging my dad to turn him into the Marines after my wedding, but my dad said that he had to do the right thing and turn him in right away. We spent the next several hours crying and begging my brother to turn around and go back to San Diego (all the while he was at the airport and all ready to get on a plane to Houston while the Marines are scaring us by telling us what could happen to Matt if he didn't come back right then) Chelsea and I frantically ran to Wal-Mart at 11:30pm to get phone chargers for our phones so that when Matt did call (he was calling periodically during all of this) we would be able to talk to him. We knew that if he could make it to Las Vegas (one of his layover sites) he could probably make it to Houston. Long story short he made it to Houston at 6am and was there when I walked down the aisle! He also received favor (much prayed for favor) with the Marines when he got back. We had a beautiful day of fun, family, and friends! Brian and I are truly blessed and I am blessed to have married the man of my dreams! I will leave you with pictures of the big day. For more pictures check out my myspace or facebook.

Stay tuned for pictures from our AMAZING honeymoon to Disney World! It will take me awhile to get those pictures up but I will get them up soon! I love you Brian and I'm so blessed to have such an amazing husband!

The Newlywed Life

We are back from our AWESOME honeymoon and unfortunately are back to work tomorrow ;) I will post more details & of course pictures later, but I just wanted to let everyone know that we had an AMAZING wedding and honeymoon.

Tomorrow's The Big Day!

Tomorrow is the big day and we're so excited!! We've been running around this morning trying to get everything packed and I think it's all ready to go!! We have a bridal lunch at my grandparent's today and then our rehearsal and rehearsal dinner tonight. Please continue to say a prayer, because we still don't know if the Marines are letting my brother come home this weekend, I just hope they do and that he's on a plane to Houston tonight!!

Well I'd better go so I can get a few last minute things together...I'll post when I get back & next time I post I'll be a Mrs!!!

Please Pray

Please say a prayer of favor with us...we are still waiting to hear if Matt will be able to come home for the wedding on Saturday!! Please say a huge prayer of favor with us, because I can't imagine walking down the aisle without my lil bubba being there. Also please pray for him because he is feeling discouraged and also cut his head today and should have really gone to get stitches. I will keep everyone updated on whether he makes it home. Thank you all for praying!

Proud To Be An American

All I can say is WOW I am proud to be an American (as I hear that song playing in my head)...I am watching Oprah right now and she is at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington D.C. talking to the servicemen and women who have been injured while serving OUR country! Time after time everyone says the same exact thing...they would do it again in a heartbeat! Seeing these men and women makes me think of my amazing baby brother and best friend who are proudly serving our country! I am about to see Julie on Sunday for the first time since she came home from Iraq last August and I am hoping to hear good news from my baby brother this weekend about him being able to come home for my wedding. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about how I felt the first time we saw my brother when he was getting ready to graduate bootcamp. All I can say is thank you to everyone who is serving our country so unselfishly and a big thank you to my baby brother and best friend Julie! I love you both so much and am so proud of you! Julie I can't wait to see you on Sunday and Lil Bubba I sure do hope you make it home and are standing next to Brian and Guy when I walk down the aisle!!

11 Days & Counting

While Brian and I don't feel like that yet....well I don't feel that way, Brian has alot to get done at work before he leaves next Tuesday to start his vacation time, so he may feel like that! We just finished the final touches on our wedding program and all that's left to do is go and buy the gifts for the kids in our wedding, bachelorette party, bridal lunch, rehearsal, and rehearsal dinner, and then we'll be married! I can hardly believe that we're 11 days away! I truly am blessed to be marrying the man of my dreams and can't wait to start this next chapter in our lives! We are very excited to see everyone, for our families to get to spend more time together, and just to enjoy this time in our lives and take it all in. I am excited to see everyone all dressed up, to see Aaron & Bryson in their little suits, and to see Summer in her beautiful dress!! I also can't wait to see what they'll do in the wedding, because as we all know something is bound to happen when you have kids in your wedding.

Please say a prayer for our family, mostly my brother because we are still unsure if he's going to be home for the wedding! He is in the field (i.e. camping) all this week and we're anxiously awaiting to see if he'll get a text message out to us to make his flight arrangements to come home. We will know for sure (well I say for sure, but with the Marines I guess nothing is ever for sure) this weekend if he's going to be able to come home. He's told me that even if he only gets to be here for literally 24 hours he'll be here! Please say a huge prayer that he will have favor with those in charge and will be here standing next to Brian & Guy when I walk down the aisle.

Update on Life

Hello blog world! Things have been good, but crazy around here. We are 15 days away from the wedding and I can't believe it is almost here. It feels like we've been planning forever and now it is finally here! I can't believe that just 2 weeks from today we'll be getting ready for our bridal luncheon and then getting ready for our rehearsal! We've just been working and going to school for me. I am in a Kindergarten class that I really love and am excited about teaching! Please continue to say a prayer of encouragement for my brother! I haven't talked to him since Monday and he should be able to use his phone by this weekend, but I really do hope that his spirits are lifted and also that he got approved to come home for the wedding! Anyways I just wanted to post an update, be sure to watch this blog for the next few weeks as we'll have pictures of all of the events leading up to our wedding.