Monday, February 1, 2010

The Wedding


Wow, where to start? What a wonderful day it was! It was the most gorgeous day full of the most beautiful moments. Everything was perfect. Not in a flawless kind of way, but perfect anyways.


Like any bride I was up at 4am unable to sleep and full of excitement. I drove to the temple with my parents, we just chit chatted. I don't think we talked about anything important but I remember feeling that those moments would be some of my last quite and alone ones with my mom and dad for the rest of my life.

Like any good groom : ) Brandon was waiting for me outside. He looked absolutely wonderful, so handsome!

What followed as we went inside the temple and then to the sealing room were the most beautiful and precious moments of my life. They were the start of our life together and of an eternity of love.

After the sealing we took lots and lots of pictures and enjoyed a fantastic luncheon at Olive Garden (my favorite restaurant!). The reception was up in Fort Collins and it was stunning! I can thank my mom and sisters for that! So, thank you Mom, Beth, Katie, and Meg! We had a dessert bar, which was perfectly fitting for me considering my love of chocolate and dessert as a meal. Brandon and I didn't get to eat very much, but we had plenty of time to visit with family and friends and to dance.

One of the only things I had ever actually pictured for our reception was our "send off". I wanted a lit walk way as left and absolutely NOTHING tacky about the decorations of our car! I had to beg my brother to work with me on that one, but he came through : )

We left for our honeymoon to Hawaii the next morning!









"Real love stories never have endings."


Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Honeymoon

Brandon and I left for the honeymoon to Hawaii on Sunday September 20th and missed our original flight flying straight to Honolulu so we caught a flight to San Fransisco and then caught another flight to Honolulu. By the time we got there we were exhausted! For the rest of the week we enjoyed sleeping in, great food, laying on the beach, walking through Waikiki, a visit to Pearl Harbor, the Dole Plantation, a trip to the temple, a luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center, parasailing, snorkeling at Hanuma Bay, a pedicure (for me of course : ), and spending all of our time together! It was an amazing trip that sets the bar pretty high for all other trips!
















We left our hotel at 7pm on Friday night and arrived in Denver at 9 am and then waited for our 2:30pm flight to Salt Lake. It was a very long day of travel and we were ready to get home!

We are loving being here together and getting settled. It's fun and exciting!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Update

So Brandon and I have already discussed if it is possible to elope to the temple! Being engaged is fun but definitely over rated. There are SO many more decisions to make than anyone every warned us about. We are still so excited though! My wonderful Mom and sisters have really taken over the most stressful details of all the planning, so I guess we shouldn't complain : )

We've been working up in Fort Smith Arkansas this last week and staying in hotels up there. It's been really nice not to have an hour long drive home after work. Brandon's sales are going well and he's staying motivated.

My dress came in the mail on Wedsenday which is very very exciting and it is beautiful! I love it and am starting to look at ideas for my hair, veil, jewelry, and makeup.

Brandon is in charge of finding housing and he is doing a great job! We think we may have found one we like, and he is really excited about it, which makes me more excited! He's super stoked to not only marry me, but to not have to room with five other dudes!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Anna's Family

My Mom and older sister came down to Little Rock for the weekend from Nashville to visit. It has been so fun so far! The nephews and my youngest sister are way fun!.... And a little wild. While they are here we want to get as many of the wedding details figured out. Tomorrow is dress shopping day! Wish me luck

Friday, June 12, 2009

Hey yall!

We got engaged on June 10th, 2009. We'll keep updates on here about all sorts of stuff! Cool, huh?