wedding bells and all is just swell

So this post took a lot longer to do than I originally thought it would. But hey, better late than never right? I was totally ready and super stoked to get this shizz done, but then a psychology test, family applications paper, finding a sub for our sunbeam's class, cleaning and getting ready to go down to Salt Lake to visit my parents all got in the way. It's all good though. So may I present to you, our wedding day.

We got married on August 9th, 2014. I wore a white dress, he wore a blue suit, and everything was magical. Honestly, that day was a very vivid blur; a magical, magnificent, blur.

It was

.g r a n d.

I have several favorite memories of that special day, but one of my very favorites was sitting in the Celestial room with Chad before we were sealed. We were one of the first couples sealed that day, so the temple was really peaceful and quiet. The whole experience of waiting to be sealed, holding his hand, looking around at how beautiful God's temple is, and knowing that what we were doing was sacred and right was an amazing experience that I will always remember. I didn't really recognize it at that moment, but the Holy Ghost was bearing a witness to me that Chad and I had made the righteous decision to marry in the temple and have a forever family. If that isn't cool, then I don't know what is. 

So... now onto the pictures and details of the BIG day. 

We were pretty stoked to finally be married. It was pretty much the best feeling ever.

 This is my favorite picture... love is  g r a n d .

The pictures shown were just some of the ones that I thought highlighted our wedding day pretty well. My bro did an AWESOME job as our photographer.

We had two receptions, one in Salt Lake in my grandpa's backyard, and the other in Boise in Chad's parent's backyard. We had awesome turn outs at both of the receptions. To be honest, we didn't really get to enjoy the SLC reception, but we heard that the food was pretty good. After the SLC reception, we honeymooned in Newport Beach and had a fun day in the magical Disneyland (BIG thanks to the Pulley family!). Disneyland was seriously MAGICAL. I pretty much ate that entire experience up. It was perfect. We would also go cute little walks on the beach and spending that quality time with Chad was so much fun. Our honeymoon was so much fun! After the honeymoon, we had to haul butt up to Boise for our second reception. We didn't get in until midnight, and we were so exhausted from just flying into Utah and then having to drive 6 hours to Boise. The struggle was real. But the reception turned out great. Kevin and Susan (Chad's parents) did an awesome job and the Cheesecake Factory cheesecake was YUM. Both receptions were fabulous! Our wedding day was truly memorable... but the life after the wedding is wayyyyyyyyy better. Being married is the greatest thing ever. I love everything about it.