no one was ever blinded by looking at the brighter side of things...

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

there's a first time for everything...


Our wedding held a lot of firsts. First kiss as husband and wife, first dance, first wedding night :-) But our wedding also held some other firsts...one of which I will treasure forever. It was the first time that I had ever had all 6 of my best friends/bridesmaids together in the same room. I know I've said this many times in many places but now, almost 2 weeks after the wedding, I am still amazed and pleased by this fun fact.


My Maid-of-Honor Leena I met in 1989 in St. Louis, MO and even though we only lived by each other from age 5 - 9, 20 years later she is still one of the most amazing friends I have. One of my bridesmaids was my cousin Rachel...who holds the title of wedding party member I have known the longest. The other 4 amazing ladies are friends from various levels of schooling. Robyn is the bridesmaid I have known the "shortest" amount of time, which is 13 years. All-in-all I'd say this is a pretty amazing feat! I love them all and hope that one day, maybe...just maybe, to have them all in the same room again!!!

From left to right: Me, Bree, Melanie, Rachel, Leena, Kalli, Robyn!

Monday, July 27, 2009

the start of it all...

This picture was taken on July 17, 2004. Jason and I attended our first wedding together, of our friends Rob and Kacie Matthews, exactly 5 years to the day before our wedding! What a fun fact and coinscidence! It was not planned that way and I didn't even realize it until Kacie told me. This is where we had our first dance and we danced to the same song on our wedding night. We danced in the rain too that night. Who would have guessed that 5 years later...

Life has a funny way of working it's self out.