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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

I promise I'll be productive in 5...

But I just had to do one of my thought barf catch up blog posts real quick.
First off... did you know that sixteen is an interesting number? When you're little and you look at people who are sixteen and driving and dating, it's an impressively big number. When you're looking at the number of cookies left for a group of friends, it's a little bit disappointing. When you're looking at your wedding day I think it goes all split personality on you and seems like holy cow huge and oh my word is everything ready yet small. That's how I'm feeling. Is everything done yet?/Who cares, I'm gettin hitched! Basically... holy macarel. :p SIXTEEN DAYS!!!
Second of all, Matt and Mallorie's wedding was beautiful! The Friday before, my Matt and I went to the Mt. Timp temple to do some sealings for a date, and met our sealer. Well. He wasn't our sealer before hand, but he just was so stinkin cute and talked with us for a while afterwards and made the comment that he'd be on shift the day of our wedding and so if we'd like to, we could request him to be our sealer. So of course we did! And then we sort of thought he was going to be Matt H. and Mallorie's sealer. :p But it was a different Garret. Anywho, the wedding was beautiful, Matt's family is awesome, Mal's reception turned out so pretty despite the weather, and I just loved everything! I'm so excited for our turn. :)
Here's Matt's fam during pictures... photo compliments of
Aunt Deb :)
Left to right: Carson, Kade, Morgan, Jennifer, Kennedy, Mallorie, Matt,
Enoch, Mike, Braxton, Miquelle, Matt, and me!

So our table at the luncheon was teasing Matt's
Uncle for looking like the "drunk uncle" of the
wedding party because he had one of the boys'
aviators on and his beard, and he may or
may not have borrowed a bottle of Olive
Garden's wine for a picture prop. Turns out
we must have just been the drunk table because
in attempt to capture Matt's lovely napkin
tucking skills... well. You see the picture. ;)

I really wish someone would have taken pictures of all the siblings ganging up on Matt. The big little brothers and him wrestled and then the littles decided they needed to take Matt down. :p Kennedy (his youngest sister who is Bri's age) said she's on my side, 'cause girl's stick together and so we're going to get Matt one of these days when he's not expecting it. :p Obviously we'll be successful with that because as you can see, we have large muscles and we're not wimpy girls or anything.

Anywho, now we're just both kinda packing so we'll be ready in two weeks to start moving stuff to our apartment in Cedar! Weird. Life is awesome. But weird. In a really great sort of way.
So. Sixteen days. I'm done working at BCNHA in 10 days (feel free to sing praises. Loudly.) and there are 6 days until our field day (the only reason that's making the count down is because it's totally awesome, and the Dean of SUU is hosting a dinner for us at his house (I've been dreaming of going in that house for the past 5 plus years. FIVE YEARS! And now my dreams are coming true. :p) and then we're going to Les Miserables at the Shakespearean Festival. Seriously? That is the only non paycheck related perk of dealing with work this year.)

Matt doesn't want to see my dress, so I guess I'll just make sure I don't tell him the blog address yet.
But I kinda can't resist giving you a small sneak peek. :D I'm so excited!! I'm marrying my best friend in less than three weeks!! Holy crap! I didn't even think life was headed this way anytime soon. 




Yeah. I'm pretty excited. :)


6 comments:

  1. SHANNON!!!!!!! AGGGHHHH!!!! So beautiful!!!! I absolutely adore your dress. and I think you're a genius for renting. obviously i haven't worn my dress in the last five years (well, i tried it on a couple times to see if it would still fit, haha), and i feel sad that it is just sitting in the closet. Renting is so smart! Your temple dress is the one you'll actually be married in and will wear over and over, so it's the sentimental one! :) BUT YOU ARE GORGEOUS!!! Love the pictures.

    Also I think it's so cool that you and Matt were able to do sealings together! No surprises for you on your big day. ;) Not that there's anything really alarming about being sealed, but you know what i mean. haha. I was endowed like two days before my wedding so i think it's great you had a little more time in between.

    Also, SIXTEEN DAYS!?!?!? That is nothing. It is going to fly, and it's also going to crawl, but it's going to be worth it. I'm so happy for you. Best day of your life, coming right up! (And then every day after that is the new best day! believe it!)

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  2. Oh Shannon, you are so beautiful. I love the dress and bouquet. I'm so happy for you.

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  3. LOVE the dress!!! And the colors of the bouquet (I never know how to spell that word!) are gorgeous!! And I love the shoes too! I happen to have the same pair. I got them to wear at Aubree's wedding! Soooo happy for you! You are going to love married life! Plus I'm kind of excited you'll be living in Cedar! We'll have to have some married people hang out dates. :)

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  4. love love love love love! im am working hard on seeing it in person! so happy for you rico :)

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  5. Exciting times still ahead for you and matt. Life is beautiful when ou meet the right eternal companoin. WE love you both....Gram and Gramps.....

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