Our Wedding: Part 2

A couple of days ago I decided to write about our wedding, here. 

I was planning on wrapping it up within one post. As you can tell by the title, that didn't happen, and there may even be a part 3. Oops! 

I'm a long winded type of gal. And long-pictured, if that were a word.

 After a fun several days in Mexico, it was wedding time! July 31st, 2010 to be exact. : )

 Seester and I getting our nails and toenails done! 

Pre-makeup if you couldn't tell.

Sis getting gorgeous! : )

Mama lacing up my dress

That's my dad. In my headband.

My flowers arrived. Tulips are my favorite!

Silly camera kept fogging up when we went outside!

My mom and sister look beautiful!

Foggy but I love it

Me, mom, and dad

Meanwhile, in Garrett's room...

Almost that time!

Our wedding venue

Alyssa and Yates waiting for everything to get started

Her tan line still makes me giggle : )

My two favorite people...

The whole family waiting on dad and I to arrive

And I'm going to leave you hanging with that.

  If I continue, this post will be never ending. 

But, Dad and I arrived in a really neat way. 

Can you guess what it was?

Also, maybe, just maybe, there will be a post number 4. I just realized that I want to talk about our reception too. Too many good memories made to leave it out!

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!

Our Wedding: Part 1

I love to blog because I think that looking back on my posts one day will be sentimental and fun. Did you know that you can put your blog posts into an online book and have it printed...pictures and all? What a perfect little coffee table book!

In thinking about this, I realized that something I have never written about is our wedding. I've talked about our 1 year anniversary in Vegas and Lord knows I have gone on and on about my wonderful husband, but I wanted to share some wedding pictures with you guys too!

Garrett and I were married on July 31st, 2010...almost two years ago!
We chose to do something a little different and planned a destination wedding on the beach of  Riviera Maya at the gorgeous Moon Palace Resort.

On our way to Mexico!
That is my wedding dress in that huge white bag. I had to carry it everywhere!

Moon Palace Resort

View from mine and Garrett's Honeymoon Suite after the wedding.

Us, our families, and a couple of friends spent several days at the resort prior to the wedding. We played on jet ski's, went parasailing, laid by the pool, and sang karaoke. Not to mention had our filling of yummy buffet food and room service goodies. Oh and I got to hold a monkey!!

Sisters!

My mom and dad : )

I just realized how long this post could potentially be, so I went back up to the title and added "Part 1". We took entirely too many pictures and it is too hard to choose from them, I don't want to leave any out! You know, the whole "looking back/sentimental" thing.

In my next wedding post there will be pictures of our actual wedding, like I promised in this post. I have alot of pictures of non wedding things from that trip, but I have a TON more of actual wedding and pre-wedding pictures. Hopefully I won't have to add a "Part 3" to finish this all up!

Thanks for hanging in there! : )

Alan Jackson

On Thursday, Garrett and I went to an Alan Jackson concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater. 

He. Was. Awesome. 

What was even more awesome was that our tickets were free! Thanks to Garrett. (You rock hun!)

 Garrett designed a logo for a class project and Red Rocks Amphitheater ended up using it, which scored us 2 free tickets to any concert of our choosing.

The lovely logo my hubs designed:

He's a talented one I tell ya.

So, Thursday night we trekked up the long uphill trail to the long sets of stairs to Red Rocks. It is a workout to get to this venue. As in walk a ways, stop, walk a ways, stop. 

They make you work to sit in their venue by God.

We didn't get many pictures, no good pictures atleast. Stupid venues and their stupid rules against certain types of cameras. Thank goodness for small cameras and iPhones. : )

Gloriana opened up for Mr. Jackson.

Then Alan came on stage!

Red Rocks

We bursted with pride for our country when he sang, "Where Were You". We laughed and danced when he sang, "Chattahoochee" and we got a tear in our eyes (or full on cried if I'm talking about myself) when he sang, "Remember When". That songs a tear jerker.

We had so much fun and are so thankful we had the opportunity to go!

Thanks for being awesome and designing a logo and getting us free seats babe! ; )

Garrett's Graduation/Family Visit

Siggy,

I am so very proud of you! You worked your butt off for two years and have your MBA to show for it! I know it has been stressful as far as job hunting goes, but you will find one that is right for you. You've just gotta hang in there. You are smart, funny, sweet, adorable, cute, and just a great person in general. I guess I am biased, but oh well! I know there are big things ahead of us because of you and I thank you for that! I love love you so much! Muah! : )
  

Rockies Game

To our families,

Thank you all for everything that weekend! We know it wasn't an easy drive, or a cheap stay, and we are very thankful for everything. We had fun and miss you already. We love you!

Michael's Visit

Our college friend Michael came to visit us again a couple of weeks ago. 

Fun fact: 

He has been to see us more than anyone else since we have lived in Denver. That means he loves us! : )

We had tons of fun doing seemingly nothing. We watched the complete first season of Dexter, played an It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia board game, spent some time at the pool, cooked out, and went to the aquarium. It was a lazy good time. 

Denver Aquarium

We went to Freshcraft, a place with rare beer on tap. The boys had beer and I had this:

We spent some time at the pool.

Due to the board game, Garrett had to wear his boxers outside of his shorts and Michael had to hold a sock in between his teeth. 

Michael, I swear, next time you come we will atleast go on a hike or something! Well, depending on the heat, you know how I hate the heat! 

We had fun and can't wait until you visit again!