We then celebrated our one month anniversary by eating (some of) the top tier of our wedding cake! The lady who made our cake includes a fresh tier one year later so we ate the original while it was still somewhat fresh. I still owe Nicole for the whole "shove-the-cake-in-your-face" thing!
We had the reception the weekend after the wedding. It was great to have only one reception and timing was perfect. I was amazed when we walked into the UBET building at how it had been transformed. Our colors were pink and brown and I loved it! Thanks to everyone who did so much to help! Colb and I both have brothers on missions (Brian and Braxton) so we really missed them, but we are happy they are there. As you can see below, the girls are a little out numbered!
Our honeymoon was the best ever! We had so much fun and we have really wanted to go back. Nicole did not know where we were going until we were on our way to the airport and I handed her a folder with all of the travel details in it. We flew into Portland on Saturday morning, picked up our car (they didn't have the car we had reserved because it had been in an accident so they gave us a Cadillac SRX for the same price!) and we drove to Cannon Beach, Oregon (near Haystack Rock shown below).
We spent several days there and also visited Astoria and Tillamook. We had a great time at the beach, the cheese factory, the morning market and we definitely had the best clam chowder at the Baked Alaskan in Astoria!
We had such a great time that we were a little sad to leave but we knew that there were many more exciting times for us ahead. We loved the honeymoon and we love Cannon Beach! And...
This day was definitely one of the best days of my life. We always hear that saying about marrying the right person, in the right place, at the right time. I think I really got it right! Being married to Colb in the Salt Lake Temple has been the best decision I ever made!
I went through the temple for my first time a couple weeks before we got married. We went to the Vernal Temple and it was so wonderful to be there with all of my family and soon-to-be family. Later that afternoon Katie and Bryn threw me a bridal shower.
I seriously debated about whether I should have Bridals taken. I had no clue what I was going to do with so many pictures of myself. I was eventually talked into it and really enjoyed the day. It was such a wonderful, fun, girl day with my mom! Plus...how many times in your life do you get to put on a gorgeous dress and feel like a princess? I'd say it was definitely worth it. However, we do now have lots of pictures of me that we have no clue what to do with! (So now I'm letting you look at them...)
As far as frills and worldly wedding details, the dress was the other item on my list. Mom had been really sick, but Grandma Shela brought her out and the three of us had a wonderful day shopping. Wedding dress shopping is definitely one of those things that every girl needs a chance to experience. It was kind of a hard decision, but I quickly fell in love with my dress. Of course it was almost the first (actually the second) I tried on, but you still have to try on at least half the store. I have to admit that I was a big fan of the veil too!
