Wedding Day

So, like I have said before. This blog may not end up in any order. I am just writing things down as I sit down and remember them while I type. Eventually, I may have things come to my mind that I want to write down, so this blog may not end up in any particular order. Anyway, Jonathan and I were sealed in the Mt. Timpanogos temple on Thursday, June 24, 2004. Our original date we planned to be married was July 15, 2004, but there was some family conflicts, so we moved it to July 8, 2004, and once again there were problems with family and that day, so we moved it up to June 24, 2004. I am super glad we did. That meant I got almost a whole month more being married to him, I cherish every moment I got with him! It was a sunny day, and there was actually a girl I worked with at Parkers that got married the same day as me in the same temple, so I got to see her in the brides room. Jonathan and I went to the temple together, my mom came at the same time we did so she could help me get ready. Of course a lot of the day was a blur, but one thing I do remember about that day, was I was so excited! I was never nervous. Jonathan and I sat in the Celestial room at the temple before they took us in to be sealed and it was the longest part of the day, I was just thinking come on already let's get this marriage on the road! That wait in the Celestial room seemed forever, but I was so excited! We went to the sealing room and all our family and friends were there. I don't remember a lot of what was said to us, but my grandpa sealed us and we were grateful for all the love and support of our family that was there.
After we were married, and went and had pictures taken outside the temple, we went to my parents church and had a little luncheon with all our family. After the luncheon, we headed to the reception. We did the whole cake cutting etc. at the reception. I got Jonathan good! Our cake knife was pretty sweet. Neither of us wanted to buy a lame cake knife that we would never use again, so we bought hunting knife and had our names and the date engraved into the knife. Jonathan's brother's friend operated a knife shop, so they were able to get us a pretty good deal on the knife!
After the reception, we headed off to Midway and stayed at the Homestead Resort in Midway. We had the Honeymoon suite there and just the other day, I was going through some stuff in my basement and I found in Jonathan's wallet that he saved out room key from that night! Super sweet, I started crying! We slept in that next morning and just relaxed because we had a long day the day before. Here are a few pics from our wedding day and the reception.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wedding Plans

Anyone that knows me, knows that I am not much of a party/event planner so I went as simple as possible in planning my wedding. I was only going to have one reception because I didn't want to plan a reception and an open house, but Jonathan being from Summit county meant that people would have to drive awhile to come to the reception in American Fork, so his mom talked us into having an open house in Oakley. She said she would plan it all, and she was awesome and did, and it turned out great! I didn't have to plan one thing of it, just show up! Best mom ever!
 I pretty much planned everything for our wedding and reception in American Fork because if I asked Jonathan anything his reply was always "I don't care." So, it was very simple, but that was ok with me because I am a pretty simple person.
So, just a fun story that I remember because it is pretty significant to me is one day one we were up at Jonathan's parents house and we were talking about the temple we were being married in etc. I told them I was planning on having our wedding in the LDS Mt. Timpanogos temple because my grandpa was a sealer there and he could marry us. They asked me who my grandpa was, and I told them, and Jonathan's dad said, "Your grandpa spoke at my dad's funeral." Well come to find out mine and Jonathan's grandpas had worked at Geneva Steel together and were friends and when Jonathan's grandpa died, my grandpa was asked to speak at his funeral. Jonathan's dad pulled out the program from his dad's funeral and showed me my grandpa's name in there. It was a fun little experience, made me feel like we were really meant to be together.