We're In

Hi All,

I know that I have not been writing...at all...Life has just been super crazy!!

We got married, went on a honeymoon, packed, I quit my job, we moved, we unpacked and now I am writing to you from sunny Los Angeles!

Super exciting!

I hope you all are enjoying your Tuesday!

Honeymoon updates to come!

Success

I hope you all are having a Successful Weekend!

It's Official

Last Thursday the husband and I went to the Social Security Office and the DMV to get the process rolling for my name change.

I got my new Social Security Card in the mail yesterday!

Woohoo!

Now I'm just waiting for my new Drivers License to come in the next month!

Wow!  What life adventures! We got married a little over a month ago, went on our honeymoon, snapped back to reality and now we move in 2 weeks up to Los Angeles for the husband to go to school! I am so proud, he was accepted into all of the schools he applied to! UCLA is lucky to have him!

Now, I need to finish my current job and find a new one and move and great re-acquainted! We am so excited!!

I hope you all are enjoying your Hump Day!

The Teasers and Some Friend Shots

The Wedding was Magical!

Even more fun than I had expected!

My Beautiful Mom

555 Photography - Before the Ceremony

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I hope you all have a lovely weekend!!

I can't believe it! We have been married 6 days!

Woohoo!!

Now to tackle the honeymoon!!

Switzerland and Paris, here we come!

THE Dress

As you know from before, I found a dress that I loved in a wedding magazine.

I tried it on and I knew it was the one. My Madre knew it was the one.

My friendoodle knew it was the one.

It was the one!

the back is the best part!

what a beautiful dress!

We decided to get a Muslin to avoid high costs of alterations.

A Muslin {if you don't know, I know that I didn't before the whole process} is basically a mock up of the dress. The seamstress takes your measurements and then has a dress made to fit you. After that you try on the Muslin and they make any other alterations needed and then they send the Muslin to the makers of the dresses and they make a dress to fit me.

My Muslin came in in July.

the muslin!

wow it was soo beautiful!

super excited!

bootylicious!

look at my mom!

it had to be taken in just a tad :-)

sooo pretty! I would be have been happy with this as my wedding gown! :-)

The Muslin went out and then in January the dress came in!

I made my plan to drive up with Sweeter for my first fitting.

I brought two lovely ladies from my bridal party, their Madre's, my Junior Bridesmaids and their Madre and of course my Madre!

I saw my dress and it was magnificent! 

It reaffirmed my thoughts and feelings that it was the right one for me!

I can't even describe in words how excited I am to walk down the isle to my Sweeter in it!

I asked my gals to bring their BM dresses so we could see the whole thing together.

It looks great, I am so excited!

seeing the dress for the first time

we were practicing bustles

how gorgeous!

my gals!

2 of my most favorite people in the whole world!

so pretty!!

trying it on with the hair

And with my spray tan...haha

Yesterday was our wedding day.

I cannot tell you all how Happy I am!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

We are driving back home on our holiday off!

What a surreal weekend!

I am ecstatic!

I cannot wait to show you all of the pictures from our special day!

Thank you all for listening/reading all about our wedding plans!

The First Picture

This is the first picture that Sweeter and I ever took together...

 

..not the best...

But that night was definitely unforgettable!

I got off of RA training and he told me to change into something warm and that we were in a rush.
I put on a sweatshirt and got my butt in gear.
We took the SFMuni to Embarcadero and started walking.
Trying to beat the clock we started running!
We ran 33 piers down the Embarcadero
(mind you, I still had no idea what we were doing)
To my excited surprise, he had booked a night time tour of Alcatraz!
We had talked about how much I wanted to go on the tour at night since I had done it during the day
This is on the cruise line on our way from pier 33.

We had a brilliantly fantastic time!
I can't wait for so many more adventures to come!
Happy Wedding day to my sweet sweet Sweeter!

The Best Marriage Advice

~Listen to each other: seek to understand when you're wrong, apologize when you're right, be quiet

~Don't tie a half-hitch knot - plan for forever

~Never go to sleep angry

~Laugh at yourselves together

~Never embarrass, criticize or correct one another in public

~Remember one of life's ironies: We are least lovable when we need love most

~Don't expect perfection - it'll bore you spotless

~On days when you don't like each other, try to remember that you love each other

~Tell the truth, and always with kindness

~Kiss at least 10 seconds every day without fail

~Examine your relationship often: know its vulnerabilities and keep it growing, together

~Be content with what you have materially, honest emotionally and never stop growing spiritually

~Never yell unless the house is on fire. Hurtful words can be forgiven but never taken back

~Be best friends, as well as lovers

~Show by your actions as well as your words that the person you married comes first in your life

~Remember that you're in love

~Never miss an anniversary, birthday, or chance to make a memory, you will treasure them one day

~Take care of business: pay bills, change your oil, call your mother

~Open your home and hearts to angels . Teach Sunday school, coach little league, feed the homeless, talk to strangers

4 days!

We got this card last week and it seriously made a huge difference and we both smiles! 

Please share this with as many people as you can!

Have a great day!

The 3rd & Final Shower

The Third and Final bridal shower was this past weekend!

My FMIL's friends wanted to throw a shower for me!

It was absolutely lovely!

 My Friends are Beautiful!

 My Handsome Bride Groom!

 I have the best friends!

 The apron!

 It was full of lots of fun kitchen items!

 The toilet paper bride!

 Love this! We didn't even plan to all be the brides!

 The FMIL, Friend and I!

My favorite ladies! Minus a few...

And then my camera died..hahah

There were a few games!

The first game was a wedding trivia game! Did you know that only 68% of women receive a diamond engagement ring? Or that the average American Wedding is $25,000??? Interesting!

The second game: A wedding word scramble! The winner got a mini colander!

The third game: I put on an apron with a bunch of kitchen items and I walked around the room. Then all of the guests had to remember what was on the apron and write them down.  The winner got a mini colander!

The fourth game: We were split into 3 groups and we were given a bag of goodies and2 rolls of toilet paper. Each team had a bride and we were made into toilet paper brides!

The games were a blast and the company was so sweet! I had a so much fun!

It was a great way to spend the weekend for the wedding!!

Wedding Countdown: 

5 days!

Can't believe it!

We are soo excited!!