Wedding Picture semi-preview

So while we're waiting to receive our wedding pictures back I figured I'd post the ones my aunt took for us here:

Skyping with the brother :)

Vow time

First Kiss as Husband and Wife

We both look so happy :)

Helpful little ladies, and super cute too!

Our wedding day ended up being so beautiful. The only change I would've made is that we spent so long doing our pictures we didn't really get to enjoy our reception. After our ceremony (where we only flubbed ONE line) we went and said hi to everyone there, but then within maybe 20/30 minutes we went to take pictures and by the time we were done with those almost everyone had left. We didn't end up doing a first dance, but we did do the bouquet and garter toss :)
I was really surprised because I ALWAYS cry at weddings, doesn't matter who it is, I cry. So I was prepared to cry a ton at my own, but once I saw that aisle and walked down the stairs I was completely fine. I may have rushed a little bit, but I didn't shed a tear. This was not so true for Larry, he cried a bit-I was wiping down his face a few times while we were up there in front of everyone, I thought it was cute. Everyone came up to me saying they cried and thought the place was so pretty so I was really happy that they liked it. We got a bunch of awesome photo booth strips to look through and some fun mad lib creations that made us laugh. Overall the day was awesome, could've gone a little better, but I'm happy with it overall. After the wedding it was so warm so we met up with my aunt Cindy and Skyler and Jena and their families and went to Cowabunga Bay to cool down-it was the perfect day for it. We stayed there till late afternoon/early evening, then went back to our hotel to relax and unwind. It was the perfect day to me.

Now our drama: So if you've read this blog for a while you know that we had a photographer do our engagements at the end of August last year, and then in November, sadly, she passed away from stage 4 lung cancer. It was really sad and tragic and I felt so bad for her family. Well we ended up finding a new photographer, Jena V as I call her, to handle the rest. Well the day we paid her she ended up going into labor and lost her baby girl. Again, this is so sad and I felt horrible for her. She's such a sweet lady and so happy and nice, it seemed to be a cruel joke that would happen to her. Well after some healing (although I'm sure it wasn't fully) she did a 2nd engagement session with us and then my bridals back on June 1. Everything was going great, I was making jokes the whole time that if something happened to her and we had to find a 3rd photographer I'd probably have to have them sign some sort of waiver, but it was a complete joke. Well the day before the wedding she called me to say she was in the hospital for a life threatening kidney infection. Seriously?! Again, I felt so bad. Why were we cursed? We kept knocking out photographers. After MUCH panicking my new hubby mentioned looking for a photographer on KSL, I thought that it was a long shot but it could work. I mean we were in the busiest of all wedding seasons, but our wedding was in the morning so I figure it couldn't hurt to at least try. Well completely last minute we got one who was well within our new budget! I was so excited, his name is Mark Allred with Allred Photo and he was AMAZING! He was easy to get along with, got Larry to give good smiles (sometimes he makes me look way too excited in photos of us together haha) and he got a ton of pictures! I loved that we got someone so amazing and completely last minute. I did tell him our history of our photographers (after he was already there at the wedding) and he definitely looked shock, but as far as I know he's still completely healthy, as are all the members of his family haha.

Once we get all our photos I'll share them, but until then these will have to do. And once I get all our honeymoon photos loaded up I'll post some of those, it was an awesome honeymoon! Although I will say I'm traveled out for a little while haha.

Aloha! We're Back!

We're officially back from our lovely honeymoon. Pics and Posts about our Wedding Day and Honeymoon to come, for now we're relaxing and adjusting.

Love,
The Bradsby's :)

We're getting closer...

So let me tell you how excited I am to say we're getting married THIS WEEK!

Every month saying 9 more months, 5 more months, even 2 more months felt like it was still forever away. I saw so many people get engaged and get married within our engagement time so it really felt like our day was just always going to be far off in the distance. There were times where I stopped everything wedding-related because it felt like it was never going to come so there didn't seem to be a point in actually planning anything. But now we're here, it's here, and of course, now I have all these little details to finish off. Luckily Larry's been SO helpful these last couple weeks, I think it's because conversations go something like this:

Larry: Babe, have you read any more of the book?
Me: When would I have time to do that?
Larry: What do you do during your spare time?
Me: What spare time do I have? I spend all my days planning the wedding.

I think he got the picture. Everything had been pretty okay, until my bridals. That's when I got pretty stressed and I think that stress got to be too much. I ended up having anxiety attacks and getting really sick this last week. So now I'm working on cooling off, calming down, and building my immune system back up. I'm sad to say Andy, my brother, will not be here for my wedding. He's about the only sibling that won't be and it sucks because he's the one I grew up with so it would've been nice to have him there, but we're going to Skype with him during the ceremony and part of the reception so we can pretend he's part of it a little bit.

So this week will be nice, I only work till Tuesday so I get 3 days to finish everything and hang out with the Wilson's. We'll be going to get our marriage license on Wednesday and then, for some reason, Larry is working Thursday, and then Friday we'll be doing our rehearsal. I still can't believe it's really here, but I'm so excited for it to be. After spending so much time in my dress for bridals I've been getting so much more excited to stand next to Larry in it and get to say he's my husband at the end of the day! I love that boy so much!

Here's hoping that this week is smoother and I get over my sickness quickly! Fingers crossed, hope we see everyone on Saturday!

Best Weekend Ever

Okay I just had the BEST weekend ever! Up until today it's EXACTLY what I needed for right before the wedding. I can't believe we're at 12 more days till the big day now! So let me go over the best weekend ever:

Saturday:
Saturday had a whole bunch of snags, but it was still a really fun day. I woke up, got ready, got my manicure for my bridals, went to pick up my wedding dress, got my bridal bouquet, went to my mom's to hang out until my hair and makeup, went to hair and makeup, went downtown to do bridals, and came home to undo my hair.

The cons: I went to pick up my dress and part of it that was supposed to be taken off was still on it-even though I told them back in January to take it off. It was a hideous part of my dress and I was really upset to see it still on when I was expecting it to be taken away. I was told from Millennial Falls that my bouquet would've been there and we could only pick it up between 2 and 4 (my hair and makeup was at 2 so mom was supposed to pick it up on her way to meet me at hair and makeup), but at 11:30 the florist called me to say I needed to come pick it up before 1 because they had another wedding to go to. This wasn't part of the plan and I wasn't sure if I'd have time to go to my mom's now that I had to make another stop. When I finally got to the florist, the bouquet was NOT what I had pictured, it was supposed to be white roses with stargazer lilies, but the lilies hadn't fully bloomed so it was more like buds with white roses and was kind of plain. I brushed it off, but it was kind of annoying. Once we got to start my bridals (after MUCH walking around in my dress) I found my veil was torn and my dress had snags on it from the ugly "attachment" that was supposed to be removed when I picked it up that morning.

The pros: The alterations lady was at the dress shop (luckily) and was able to quickly remove the stuff that wasn't supposed to be there AND she even offered to press it once more after she removed it. The bouquet wasn't as big of a deal, I'm getting a different one for the wedding, so hopefully that one is much better and I even had enough time to go to my mom's to hang out for a second. I got a ton of compliments on my dress as we were walking downtown, it really made me so much happier about it. My bridals were SO much fun and the few pictures she showed me after she shot them were beyond gorgeous so I really can't wait to see the finished product. Mom took my veil in today to get fixed and the shop said I could bring the dress in to show them the snags and see if they can fix them. So I really lucked out.

Sunday:
Sunday I woke up, got ready, drove up to my grandma's, met up with mom, grandma, Cindy, and Tanny and then we all drove up to Ruth's Diner (if you haven't been, go as soon as you can, it's amazing food!), then after breakfast we went to the zoo and then after the zoo Tanny, mom, grandma, and me drove around the avenues while I got to hear old stories from when they were growing up and then we went to Papa's grave (which was emotional, but really a good ending to our family day) then we came home (Larry and I did grocery shopping, laundry, and relaxed a little).

Cons: The zoo was hot, people got chaotic for a second, I cried probably harder than I have in a while at the grave (it's crazy how much I still miss Papa and how much I can remember him like he's still around), and the heat ended up giving me a monster headache.

Pros: My family is amazing. I had the most fun with them. It took me like 2 months to get everyone free for a day-I wanted one last day with all the girl's since Cindy and mom are moving away soon, just one day as our last memories together before they move for laughs and fun times-and I'm so glad I accomplished it and it was everything I expected! I will really really really miss having them around, but I'm so glad I've had them in my life as well. They've been the best role models I could ask for!

Just a couple pics:

Love these ladies more than anything!

Miss him more and more every day.

This turned into a longer post than I expected, but it was an amazing weekend and I want to make sure I remember it! Here's to the next two weeks flying by!