Let it RAIN!

Well, it's true -- were finally married!

Let me tell ya.. there's nothing better then a down poor for a week straight when your planning an OUTSIDE wedding. I'd like to say that is was a miracle and the day of the wedding the weather was beautiful without a cloud in sight, blah blah blah...but...if you were there, you know it was anything BUT beautiful weather May 19, 2011. I don't think we could have planned a worse week in May for an outside wedding. I always heard those horror stories about hours of labor put into a yard to make it beautiful for a wedding, and then the horrible rainstorm ruined it all. I just never thought I would be one of those stories. When we first decided to do a backyard wedding my mom talked about the 'backup plan' more then the 'actual plan'. I kept getting frustrated saying, "Mom, you need to think positive! It's not going to rain!". Let me just give a little shout out to my mom right now and say THANK YOU! If it wasn't for her and all the last minute help from my amazing family and friends we wouldn't have pulled it off. However, we took the wedding inside the house and it was perfect!

I always dreamed of that beautiful outside wedding growing up. Whats worse then seeing those dreams shattered by crappy weather was knowing how many mornings my Dad and Mom woke up, sore and exhausted from hours put into that yard. Well, for those of you who know my Dad, you know that his main hobby is yard work. He loves spending his free time making his yard a beautiful masterpiece. However, before the wedding we had people telling the family that our Dad had some 'issues' and was seriously addicted to his yard. When in all reality -- I know that he was just trying to make his little girls dream, of a backyard wedding, perfect. When it came closer and closer to the wedding, I prayed hard for good weather..but not because it was going to ruin my outside wedding, mainly because I wanted my parents hard work to finally pay off.

"Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain. But you cant have a rainbow, without a little rain."

I'm sure by now you have a good idea as to why we based our blog around rain. I kept hearing from everyone that rain on your wedding day was good luck. I can now see the truth in that. Honestly, I couldn't be happier!! Marriage hasn't been anything but pure bliss ever since the day we got sealed in the Salt Lake Temple, for time and all eternity.

We can't thank everyone enough for all the love and support that was given to us on our wedding day. It was so great to see all our family and friends come together to celebrate our special day! We are truly blessed with so many great people in our lives! Sure it rained, but the part I'll always remember the best was the feeling I had in the temple... getting sealed to the love of my life and to my best friend, Austin James Thomas.