Wedding Day

I haven't ever blogged about our special day. I had always dreamed of my wedding. I knew there would be lots of yellow, and I wanted my wedding outside. I dreamed of having my wedding at my parents. But, my parents have ZERO parking, and sometimes it floods.

We decided to have our wedding at the Clinton Library. We had originally planned our wedding for October. But, around February we decided we wanted to get married earlier. We called the Clinton Library and someone had cancelled their wedding for June 11, 2011. We immediately knew that was God's plan to get married earlier. I don't believe in the hype of long engagements.

The wedding itself was outside, and the reception inside at the Great Hall. I loved both locations. I would love it even more on my wedding day.

Events leading up to the wedding day seemed like so much stress. I remember the rehearsal, and thought it was extremely unorganized for my taste. But, for me it wasn't about that the organization or what flowers looked right. For me, marriage is way more important than the wedding. I believe some people get lost in that view. I remember trying on dresses, and my attendant told me half of these women will be divorced in a year. "They are more worried about the wedding than the actual marriage."

For me, I knew I had met my person when I met Spence. He was laid back, easy going, handsome, loving, caring, LOVES animals, LOVES God, has different mind set when it comes to politics, he was just my person. When we decided to get married, I knew I could get married surrounded by 2 people or 200 people. It did not matter to me to have the big wedding.

But as wedding planning goes, you realize you need this and that. Therefore, we did have a larger wedding. Things went wrong during my special day. But, for me they didn't. I kind of like the imperfections of my wedding. It is kind of funny how people in the wedding and family like to point out imperfections still to this day. Because those imperfections make it perfect for me. Because for me a wedding is just a wedding, it's the marriage that really matters to me. In our marriage I believe those imperfections are what makes our marriage special.

June 11, 2011 was a perfect day because I got to marry my special person, not because I had a 'perfect' wedding.
-Whit

February 25, 2011

I don't have exactly a lot to blog about. I would say my life is pretty content as we speak.

Spencer & I are going to Tamarindo, Costa Rica. I cannot explain my excitement. One thing we really have in common is our love for travel. He even will bare with me to save, cook and be thrifty before going on these vacations. ;) If you have never heard of Tamarindo, please google it! It's an awesome place for surfers, tourists, but it still has a little bit of its original deposition going on. I am hoping to surf again. I have tried a few times. (I got up on a very very small wave.) I just cannot wait!

On another note, I am going to be an aunt! When I married, I got a wonderful neice and nephew. Let me say noone can replace my two lovies. But, I have waited awhile for my sweet brother to settle down and have baby. They are having a sweet baby girl. She will be one spoiled little girl.

I think once you get married you are entitled for everyone to ask when "it's your turn". I will never understand this statement. I love children, and I babysit most weekends. But, I am more than excited to be an aunt right now not a mommy. ;)

I am still in the process of losing weight. I'm down 11-12 lbs, somewhere about there. 5 lbs more would be awesome; although, I am pleased with how my workouts are going. I did weight watchers for awhile. (Then back to Costa Rica) I wanted to save some money so I started using my fitness app. It's pretty awesome. You can program how many calories you want intake. I like to stick with 1200-1300 a day. I guess just keeping a food diary just helps with weight loss, health, and overall well being, for me.

January

Wow, I haven't wrote anything in awhile.

In the past 6 months...

Spencer and I have been married for 6 months. (He's a huge blessing!)
We adopted our dog, Lilly.
I have worked at North Metro for a year!
We finally have most of our house in order. ;) (Or for the time being)
One of my very best friends, Haley had a baby. (I love little Preston)
I have attended I believe 5 weddings! (It is a baby or a wedding for my weekends!)
I have gotten the chance to love and develop a relationship with my sweet cousin, Jackson.
I lost my cousin in a tragic car accident.
My dad turned 60!
Spencer is starting to take classes again.
I still really want a farm with a horse, more dogs, and a porch. ;)

I guess you could say I have learned a lot. ;)

Until next time...