We finally celebrated!

Our 8 year anniversary was on Dec. 19th. But on that day I was in Utah attending my sister’s wedding while hubby was still back home working. Our time in Utah while he was there was a whirlwind so we didn’t get to celebrate and then after we got back we just didn’t manage to get out. We didn’t go on a date until this last Saturday. So I guess it was our Valentine/Anniversary Date and after seeing this meme on some other blogs I thought I’d fill it out too!

1. Where did you and your husband meet? We saw each other at work and in church within just a couple days of each other. But then we went on a pioneer trek reenactment just a bit after that and that’s where we really got to know each other.

2. How long before you kissed? It was about a month after we first met. Oh and we’d decided to get married before we even kissed.

3. Who kissed who first? I guess I did. We were sitting on my parents front porch and it was raining. He leaned over to me and kissed me on my cheek so close to my lips it was teasing so I simply turned my head a little and kissed him on the lips.

4. How long from the time you met until you were engaged? Ok, crazy but true - 11 days. That’s when we set a temple wedding date. I didn’t get my ring though until 1 month after we’d met.

5. How did he propose? Ok, another funny story, I guess we did everything backwards. I didn’t have the ring yet but we took two of my friends to some really pretty gardens to take some engagement pictures. We were sitting on a bench in a beautiful part of this garden when my best friend said she’d forgotten her film. So she grabbed my other friend and they went to get it. She left us with her purse. Hubby took the purse and said, ” Shall we nose around?” and he began naming things inside. Then my ears perked up when he said, “Small white jewelry box.” Inside was my beautiful ring that he had picked out all by himself and it was perfect! So obviously my friends were in on the surprise and I was surprised. Of course I knew I’d get a ring but I had no idea when and didn’t think it would be that day.

6. Did he pick out the ring or did you? He did. All I told him was that I didn’t care for square cut diamonds and that I preferred white gold. My ring has a circular centered diamond and three tiny inlaid diamonds to each side of that in a white gold band.

7. Do you still like the ring? Absolutely! It is perfectly me!

8. Where was your wedding and reception? We were married in the Mt. Timpanogos LDS Temple and had our reception at our local church building that night.

9. How many bridesmaids did you have, and who was your maid of honor? I had four bridesmaids, Whitney (my sister) and friends Allie, Loni and Brenda and my maid of honor was my best friend Michelle

10. What color were your bridesmaid dresses? Three of my bridesmaids wore a burgundy dress with chiffon skirt and silver foliage on the bodice. The other two dresses were exactly the same except silver instead of burgundy.

11. What was your bouquet made of? Fire and ice red roses

12. Did you cry during your wedding? I don’t think so. I got maybe a little teary but I was mostly just excited to begin a new life with my husband.

14. What style was your dress? It’s difficult to describe so here’s a picture. I thought it was very simple but classy and I loved it. It had a large pleat in the front middle and there was ribbon like ribbing around the waist.

15. Was your wedding kiss sweet or sexy? I think it was very sweet and modest.

16. Who caught your bouquet? I think it was my new cousin in law Emily.

17. What flavor was your cake? Chocolate! Hubby was pretty sure I was the one when I told him I’d always wanted a chocolate wedding cake. Lol! Of course this was before chocolate started giving me migraines.

18. Did you smash the cake onto each other’s faces or feed it to each other nicely? His family really wanted us to go wild with the smashing but I’d never wanted to do that. So poor hubby acquiesced to my ideal.

19. What did you serve your guests to eat? A variety of breads (cinnamon, pumpkin, etc.) and hot cocoa and cider. It was buffet style.

21. What did your friends do to decorate your car? I really don’t remember. Just the typical stuff I guess, crepe paper, shaving cream maybe. Our car was a piece of junk anyway so neither of us cared.

22. What was your favorite wedding gift? Funny as it sounds my favorite was a large tool set. I thought that was so unique and so very useful. And since I’m the one who does most of the fix it jobs around here I’ve been very glad to have it.

23. What was the worst wedding gift you got? I don’t remember getting anything we didn’t appreciate. And we didn’t get any duplicates of anything!

24. Where did you go on your honeymoon? Disneyland! Hubby and had never been and I just love theme parks and rides!

25. Looking back, is there anything you would have changed about your wedding? I would have rented a dress, even if I couldn’t find the absolute perfect one. Buying one is silly to me now. I could have used that money to hire a professional photographer. Our photos aren’t that great and I don’t have any bridals. I wish I would have gotten some bridals.

Play along! I’d love to learn more about you and your husband!