Sarah and Jordan

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I love Mondays.  The week is so hopeful.  I love that I can be choosy with my to-do list on Monday because there are still four more days to get everything done.  Yay! I love being married too.  It has been three weeks!  One of my favorite things about being married is the coffee!  Every morning Gabe makes delicious coffee and pours me a cup, just the way I like it.  He's so good to me.  And having the coffee with him is even better.

Enjoy these pictures from last weekend.  This was a great wedding for us, so fun and relaxed.  Sarah is an old family friend and has grown up to be an incredibly smart and beautiful girl.  I love these pictures!  Congrats you two!  Have fun in Costa Rica!

Gabe took this shot above and it is awesome!

The wedding was book themed.  Brilliant.

My favorite thing about this picture is my mom.  She's on the right with the "oh-no-he-didn't" look.  Ha!

Autumn and Zach: Part Two

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Happy Friday everyone!  I cannot believe it is almost July!  I love July: cookouts, fireworks, swimming, lots of weddings, the 4th (aka my birthday!).  Can't wait.  Yesterday Gabe and I went to Ikea and Crate and Barrel.  Can you believe we only bought shelves at Ikea?  We were feeling the self-control, but now we still need a bookshelf and a pantry.  Alas.  We decided we are picky shoppers, at least I am.  We just couldn't find exactly what we wanted and so the search continues. I have been cooking a lot lately.  I love recipe names, especially when they include verbs.  The other day I made Lemon Chicken Pasta Toss.  I have been making a lot of salads and dressings too.  Here's a great dressing:

1/4 cup rasberry vinegar

1/4 olive oil

1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard

2 teaspoons granulated sugar or honey

We put it on a spinach, avocado, orange and strawberry salad and it is wonderful.

Here are a few more photos from Zach and Autumn's wedding.  Enjoy the weekend!  Congrats to Whitney and Tyler, getting married tomorrow!

Back as the MRS!

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So we are back from San Diego and getting settled and loving married life.  It is so wonderful thus far and Gabe is such a blessing to me.  I started back to work today and am anxious to really kick MLP into high gear for the summer. How did the wedding go?!  SUPER!  Our wedding was everything I dreamt it would be.  The weather was wonderful, the guys' green ties looked awesome with the girls' purple dresses, the food was great, and I made it through my vows!  And all of our friends and family made the day complete.  There are three moments that really stick out in my mind that have to do with our wonderful guests:

1. After we were announced Mr. and Mrs and I looked out and saw everyone smiling at me.

2. Everone waving flags for us as we ran through the tunnel.

3. Coming into the reception and everyone clapping.

I was awestruck by each of these moments, when I looked around and saw so many people I loved and who have played such an influential part in our lives.  We are so loved and we love each of you.  Thank you.  Even those of you who couldn't make it, I am so thankful for my friends and family who brought me to June 6th.  By the way, our moms looked sooo good!  You two are BEAUTIFUL!

Anyway!  Everyone came together and it was wonderful.  However, I am glad it is over because marriage is way better than the wedding!  But here is some advice for all you brides out there.  What I learned:

1. Choose your closet friends to be your girls.  Mine were so amazing, helped me with everything and treating me like a queen.  They complimented my all the time, stayed by my side, fluffed the tulle, made me eat. :)

2. Plan ahead so you can enjoy wedding week.  I am not a planner but I did everything I could to get things done so I could hang out with everyone before th wedding week.  Hanging out helped me relax and enjoy the entire week.

3. Get a legal pad and make a list for wedding week.A couple weeks before the wedding I wrote down everything I could think that needed to be completed so I could enjoy the week.  This goes with #2 but it is so important.  Wedding week, I would make calls in the morning and check things off the list and then hang out in the afternoon with friends and family and it was great!

4. Trust your vendors.  I love all my vendors!  Most them were are friends, which made the day even better.  But I trusted them and once they knew their arrival time, their job was theirs and so I could forget about it!

5. Something will go unexpectedly.  Go with it.  I tried to remain calm when I found out something was going wrong.  We troubleshot quickly and moved on!

I think that is all for now.  It was a great experience!  Forever thanks to my mom and dad who put sooo many hours into it!  Cannot wait to share some pictures!

Here are some honeymoon pics!  We went to San Diego and had  blast.  Below are our adventures: