8 years!!

Well, I know I am behind so please enjoy the two posts I just put up today to catch us all up. Wow, I can't believe we have been married for 8 years!!. Time really flies by when you are having fun. I love to look back at our wedding pictures and think of all of those memories. Here are a few of the memories that I remember from our wedding day.
The facts: we got married at 12:30 in the afternoon on Saturday August 10, 2002. It was hot but not scorching. Our reception was that night at my parents house in their backyard. We had to work extensively on the yard because Ashley and her hubby got married that summer in May so Shaun and I had to dig ponds, plant trees and plants for months. There was no way we weren't going to take advantage of that.

Our colors were deep red and pale yellow. We had a full buffet at our reception but we didn't really get to eat any of it. We stayed at the Ameritel honeymoon suite for 2 days (we got a screaming deal, $55 bucks a night!!!) and than went to Island Park for the rest of the week. We went to Yellowstone, Virginia City, other various areas. It was so fun. I was so tired from all of the planning and things that I basically slept a large majority of our honeymoon. It as very relaxing.

My Mom, sisters, and sister-in-laws made sure I looked very beautiful. Shelby did my nails and Colette did my hair. It took her 3 1/2 - 4 hours to complete it and it looked amazing!! I handed her a picture of what I wanted it to look like and it was even better. I loved it and I felt so beautiful. I wore my Mom's earrings and one of my prom necklaces. My veil was from the lip sink "going to the chapel" that me, my Mom and sisters did at a Beatles Revival concert in Richfield, Utah. (that's right I sang in public and I loved every minute of it. I'm not sure the crowd did but whatever) My mom tried and tried to let her sew me a nicer one but I didn't really want a giant veil and heck, this one worked perfectly

Our wedding day was almost perfect, there was only a couple of small hitches. In the morning before our wedding Shaun called to double check on our hotel reservations for that night. We had made them like 3 months in advance. The hotel said that we had called and canceled our reservations and that they were booked for that night. We both about died!!! After further review we found that the hotel had taken and charged our credit cards and than canceled it themselves. They kept the money. Shaun, of course not wanting the risk of not having somewhere to go on our wedding night said, well this is really fraud and let me tell you, it is my wedding night and I'm not going to just let this slide by with some generic room. Strangely enough they found that oh my goodness, they would have an opening that night in the honeymoon suite just for us.

The other small hitch had to do with the mere lack of a bottle opener and Shaun basically getting his hands torn up trying to open a bottle of Martinellis sparkling cider. What a wonderful day and the last 8 years being so wonderful as well. I couldn't ask for a better husband and father for my kiddos. I love you sweety!!