For me the day started off a little crazy though. Both my mom and I woke up late. I actually slept the night before. When I did wake up I looked at the clock and was like OH SHOT!! I hurried up and got dressed and ran downstairs grabbed something to eat. Then my mom and I rushed out the door to go and get my hair and makeup done. A good friend of ours Judy Ercanbrack did both for me. It was so nice of her. I looked so good thanks to her. Then when I got home I rushed backup stairs to my room and got clean clothes, kissed my soon to be hubby, and then ran back down the stairs to take a bath. A girl does need to smell clean on her wedding day. :) Afterwards Jay and I talked for a little while and we got the wedding cd ready.
Jay had an easy morning. He woke up and pretty much did what he wanted. Lucky guy. He stayed at my house while his parents and brother Russell stayed at a hotel. I asked him later when I got home what he had been doing. He played on his new Ipod that myself and parents got him for Christmas and he played around on my computer, and he relaxed some. Lucky little bum!
When the whole family was finally ready it was time to leave. Except we had one little problem. Jays family was nowhere to be found. AAAHHH!!!!! Now comes the time to stress. We kept calling and no one would answer the cell phone. Jay and I needed to be at the Temple by 11:30 and so by 11:15 we had to leave. As we were getting onto the highway we saw his family coming. Thankfully my mom had put directions to the Temple on the door for them. After all the things you have to go through at the Temple I was really starting to get stressed because there was still no sign of the in laws. By the time Jay and I came out of the Celestial room everyone was there. I could then breath a sigh of relief.
The sealing was amazing!!! We had the most wonderful sealer ever. He gave us so many wonderful pieces of advice. One of the things he said to us was that couples tend to focus on the eternal part and forget the time part. He told us to always remember the time part. I think of that now and I am so grateful for it. The time part is hard but with the Lord it can be accomplished. He also said that we need to only work on ourselves. Mary works on Mary and Jason works on Jason. I loved that. To many times couples try to change each other when really you need to look inside you and make yourself a better fit for that person. So that's what Jay and I try hard to work on. He also said to always remember two things. First: always live a righteous life and second: never give up. He talked a lot about the priesthood and the importance of it. It was just amazing. One of my favorite things he said was that those who had passed on that were important to us were in that room. Lareta came up to me at the end and hugged me and said that she knew that my Memere and Pepepre were there. I started balling.
Mom and Lareta helped me to get ready and into my dress. Oh wait backup. Before they came into the bridal room I had to pee REALLY bad. But there was one really big problem. I had spanx on that went all the way up. My mom had pinned them to my bra. But they have a gusset on them. You know that pee whole thing. I waited for them for about 10 minutes before I couldn't hold it anymore. I decided that I could go on my own. Like I was 2 again. ( Even though i was potty trained at 14 months) So I go into the brides bathroom and pull up all that needs to be pulled up and then pulled down all that can be pulled down and I go pee. Not just in the toilet though but also on my Spanx and leg and floor. Oh the joy I felt at that moment. I was SO annoyed at myself for not being able to wait. But oh well. At least I know have a most embarrassing story to tell.
After I was put into my dress and Judy retouched up my hair and makeup it was time for me to walk about and meet my husband!!! That still puts a smile on my face to know that hes my husband!!! I walked out and took his hand and he whispered to me that I looked beautiful. It was so amazing that I was holding the hand of the man that I would be with for eternity!! Such a peaceful feeling!
I had red shoes instead of the traditional white shoes. I wanted to be fun and match my colors at the same time. I found these awesome shoes that were cute and hott at the same time. I had them dyed and was told that I should get a half size bigger due to the fact that those shoes ran small and dying them would make them smaller. WRONG!! They were to big. I had the worst time trying to walk in them. Oh well though they still looked cute.
Our photographer got some pictures of us in the foyer of the Temple. Me putting Jays rose on him and us kissing. Then we walked out into the real world for the first time as husband and wife!! *sigh: still amazing to think of* All of our close friends and family were there to cheer for us. It was so nice. The day was just perfect! It was chilly and cold but not freezing, the sky was so blue, and there was snow on the ground. Just like we wanted.
After all of the many many pictures were taken we left to go to the reception. Jay really wanted to rent a Cadillac for the wedding instead of a limo so we did. It was so nice!! The leather seats and the new car smell. Oh so nice!!
The reception was SO much fun!!! It was great to see so many friends and family there to help us celebrate our happy wonderful day. Jay had some good friends of his come up from Saint George and I had some missionary buddies there. The night went by to fast! The first dance was perfect!! We danced to Awake by Secondhand Serenade. After our first dance my very good friend JaNae and her daughter, one of my bridesmaids Alanna, sang a song to me. They sang the song For Good from the musical Wicked. I cryed pretty hard. To this day when I hear that song I get teary eyed. Then after that JaNae and her husband Kevin sang a song for my dad and I to dance to. They sang the song Turn Around by Nanci Griffith. I balled!!! I still cry just thinking of that moment. I love my Daddy so much!!! I remember thinking to myself at the moment what am I going to do without my dad?!?! Now I know I can make it but there are many times I wish I could just lay my head on his lap and cry or sleep or just relax. I know have a husband to that with. :) The cake cutting was fun. There was no smashing of cake into anyone face either. I don't believe in that. My dress coast far to much to have cake stains on it and the same with Jays brand new suit that he bought. The cake was perfect. My mom and I decided on a bakery called Schmidt's Pastry Cottage that makes bake goods that are to die for! So yummy. I went in and told them what I wanted and I got it. So pretty!! They also made the food for the reception. We had all baked goods. Eclairs and brownies and cookies. Oh yummy! We also had a most awesome candy bar. The kids loved and so did I! All of my favorite candies. Jays not a big candy eater. It was the one thing I insisted on having. I want some now. Oh and how could I forget it was also my little brother Jamies 16th birthday. So we of course had to sing happy birthday to him and get him a cake! It was a big day all around.
We were both ready to leave by 9pm. I was so tired!! And Jay started to get a little bored. Hes not into dancing and he didn't know a lot of the people there. So it was time to go. I had begged my best friend/sister Becky to please make sure nothing happened to our rental car. Well that did and didn't happen. Mitch Reynolds, Becky, Jamie my little brother, the Ercanbrack boys, and my bridesmaids oh and Jason's brothers decorated our car. They wrote on the windows, put condoms all in the car and on the shifter and on fruit and on sausage, threw candy in there, Becky also put in a bottle of sparkling cider and two wine glasses. They tied cans on the bottom of the car for when we drove away. It was really fun!
After we left we went back to my house and packed out clothes and some stuff and we were off. I think I shall leave the rest of the night to your imaginations. *wink wink*
*Pictures to come soon. I hate putting them in the blog because it takes me to long!
