Ryan & Sophia's wedding part 1.

Two months later I am finally posting about Ryan and Sophia's wedding. 

There will be 2 posts with lots and lots of pictures! 

So get ready.

I flew in Monday June 18th with Olivia.

My mom and the littles picked us up.

Olivia literally screamed with excitement when she saw them.

That night we went to Sophia's last bridal shower for both sides of the family.

Even though I had only been gone for 2 months it was still so fun to see everyone.

The week was full of hilarious craziness.

We had my aunt Hilary from San Francisco stay with us as well as my aunt Tiffany.

And if you know them you know there was never a dull moment.

I loved spending time with them, Sophia, and my mom and Olivia loved the CONSTANT attention she got from the 3 littles.

She was completely spoiled.

I got my snow cone like I planned and it was amazing.

And thanks to my aunt Tiffany's find, we enjoyed many fresh strawberry shakes.

And when I say fresh I mean fresh.

I don't even really like strawberry shakes but after trying these ones I've changed my mind.

They can be found at the local Taco Amigo (yes the creepy beat looking shack) right by Purple Turtle.

Apparently they are seasonal so I'd go check them out a.s.a.p.

Oh and the peach ones are apparently just as good.

Thank you aunt Tiffany for having the courage to order a shake from that shack because I honestly would have never stopped by.

But it's been a good lesson for me to learn food wise.

In the future I will not be so hesitant to try different items from the beat up shacks.

I may end up finding the very best things!

We spent 3 straight days baking.

Thank goodness for the help I had.

Tiffany was incredible and Hilary found out that she had a natural talent for frosting.

She was pro.

We baked and frosted over 360 sugar cookies and 360 cupcakes.

Homemade everything.

We did have some burning problems and larger than life sticky messes but we did it and they turned out perfect.

Looks and taste wise! 

Oh and I was able to frost my very first wedding cake.

It was definitely time consuming and I really thought I might lose my hand but I also am proud of the way it turned out.

After all it was my first time!

 (The pictures will be on the part 2 post.)

The temple ceremony was beautiful.

I enjoyed every second of it and was so grateful to be a part of it.

The reception was of course gorgeous.

And it was so fun to see everyone.

You will see a few pictures of the flowers and of course Sophia's bouquet.

And I just wanted to make it known that my very best friend Leslie did them.

Yes she was the florist and the flowers were stunning.

I'm so proud to call her my best friend:)

Enjoy all the pictures and stay tuned for 1 more post.

(I won't ramble as much in that one.)

 So excited to finally be with her aunts and uncle!

She screamed and squeeled the whole way home.

The shower.

 Olivia admiring beautiful baby Abigail. (Annabelle's youngest)

 Olivia and grandma watching Sophia open presents!

 Me and Soph.

 Loving my raspberry snow cone with cream.

 So glad I was able to be there when Sophia received her endowments!

So proud of her.

We had an amazing time at the temple.

Of course!

And then enjoyed some yummy desserts with Ryan and his parents at Applebees.

June 23, 2012

Ryan and Sophia's wedding day.

Isn't she precious.

They are married!

Olivia congratulating aunti "roph" and uncle "yaya".

She did not want to let go.

The bridesmaids.

Family and close friends right after the sealing.

The Farr/Brown sides of the family.

Our family.

(Minus Winston who was greatly missed, but we are so proud of him!)

All the kids.

Thinking of Winston!

(We each did the sign in sign language for each letter in Winston's name. 

Michael ended with the I love you sign!

After pictures and that fun stuff the prince and princess drove away in their carriage with Mcdonalds in hand to the Farr home.

(My mom surprised them)

The Reception.

Olivia jumping on the tramp with all the cousins.

Don't you just die over those little cowboy boots!

Sophia with all her bridesmaids.

Lucky Ryan!

The bridesmaids and the groomsmen.

The Farr girls:)

I love this picture.

Oh and I am not sure if I mentioned this but I was her matron of honor:)

It was so fun to call myself that!

Sophia and her brothers.

The family.

Part 2 coming very soon!

Ryan & Sophia's wedding part 2.

This post mostly has pictures of all the little details of the reception.

So enjoy!

 The sugar cookies.

These were basic sugar cookies, my great grandma Cederlof's recipe, frosted with a pink cream cheese frosting.

They were amazing and turned out pretty cute too.

This is the only good picture I could find of the cupcakes.

But there were 180 vanilla cupcakes with a fresh strawberry cream cheese frosting and then 180 pink velvet cupcakes frosted with a cream cheese frosting.

Besides the cupcakes and cookies they served strawberries and cream.

Look how stinking cute the glasses are that people used to pour their cream.

A cute little display right before walking back to the tent.

Her cake.

I'm so glad that it turned out good, I was freaking out the whole time that all the frosting would just melt away or something else awful would happen.

But the cake remained intact and fit in perfectly with everything else.

Yay for frosting my first wedding cake, although I highly doubt I will ever do it again.

Isn't her bouquet gorgeous?! 

Leslie did an amazing job.

One of the displays on her tables.

Everyone loved the chandelier hanging right in the center of the tent.

This was the cutest idea.

The 2 missionary brothers had their very own display table with pictures.

Me and mom.

Me and one of my best friends Kenz.

They were not very nice about their cake sharing!

Us with all the aunts.

I can't even explain how much I love each of them.

I'm so grateful that not only are they my aunts but dear friends as well.

Making a run for it!

(Hilary since I know you are reading this I just wanted to tell you that I love this picture haha.

You are trying so desperately to catch up!)

Only 3 of us made it in tact but no worries the others are right behind.

The faces of my cute aunt Hilary and Tiffany are priceless.

Love these girls.

 Olivia had a hard time sleeping that night.

I think she knew we were leaving the next morning and so she was sad.

Luckily she had grandma who volunteered to comfort her and cuddle her the whole night.

We had a perfect crazy, hilarious week.

And we couldn't be happier for Ryan and Sophia.

They definitely are meant to be!

Shoe lover.

 This little girl loves shoes.

Dad's shoes, mom's shoes, her shoes, random people's shoes, everyone's shoes.

If you leave your shoes out it won't be long until she's walking around in them.

I especially think it's cute when she wears my heels.

And I love all her facial expressions in these pictures.

I just couldn't resist posting them all.

3 years later and even more in love.

 It's been 3 years.

Three perfect years with my Michael.

Looking back it kind of seems like it's been forever.

Like we've always been together.

I think that is because our life feels complete with each other.

Now that we've reunited.

I love thinking about what we were in heaven together.

I'm sure we were just as cute together as we are now and just so excited to experience our earthly life together.

Even though we knew it would be hard, and that there would be lots of pain and trials.

Yet at the same time so much joy and love.

I couldn't have picked a better partner to share forever with.

I love this boy SO MUCH MORE than I did 3 years ago.

It's funny how on our wedding day I was sure that there was no way I could possibly love him any more than I already did.

But I do and my love continues to grow every single day.

We've been through a lot the past three years.

A lot of hard things.

But going through them has only made us closer, stronger and even more in love.

Back in the day when we wrote love notes/emails to each other every day Michael said this at the end of one them,

"I'll be your constant Bella, your one sure thing in life. I'll honor and cherish you and respect you.  When the morning sun rays dance on your olive skin and wake you every morning, when the evening stars sing love to your ears, when our children are screaming for dinner and you don't feel as if you can stand on your two feet even one minute longer, you won't have to wonder where I am, or what I am thinking or doing.  My devotion is yours forever, and you can fall asleep every night knowing that, just as I always have from the foundations of time, will be right by your side with my hand in yours."

I love this and it's been our motto ever since.

Side by side hand in hand forever.

I love you so much Michael.

I'm so grateful for everything you've done for me, everything you are to me.

And I'm so excited for forever.

It will be perfect with you.

We're moving..again.

I have officially decided that I hate moving.

Oh my gosh.

But tomorrow morning we are off to Salem!

It will take us 2 days since it is a 14 hour drive.

But we are so excited.

So excited to start Law school and get on with our lives.

I think I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Just 3 more years of school.

Well maybe 5 if Michael decides to do International law.

But we can do this!

Stay tuned for pictures of our new place and updates about my cute boy's first day of graduate school!

I'm 23!

I love birthdays.

Especially mine.

 I just like having a day all about celebrating me.

This year my birthday was pretty much a three day celebration.

Which I did not mind at all.

On Thursday the other girls from the group came over to watch Bachelor Pad and surprised me with a cake.

I am so grateful to them for not singing happy birthday and just letting me make my wish and blow out the candles.

I think getting sung to is kind of awkward.

Anyways, we all enjoyed our cake while watching our show.

The night could not have been better.

Then around midnight (the start of my actual birthday) I was given a sweet hug and a kiss by my boy.

I love that.

That next morning we ate breakfast and then Michael told me he was taking one of his personal days so that he could spend time with me.

He played with Olivia, cleaned up, and changed a couple poopy diapers.

We were able to spend time with each other and cuddle during Olivia's nap and then the second she woke up we headed to Tutti Frutti.

Which as you know is my favorite.

We then went grocery shopping to pick up a bunch of food for my family's visit.

After Olivia was in bed for the night Michael and I finished off my birthday toasting sparkling cider, playing uno and watching 13 going on 30.

Oh and I got a very nice massage.

It was a perfect day.

On Sunday since my family was here I made a yummy birthday dinner consisting of homemade rolls, creamy bacon carbonara, and of course a homemade chocolate cake.

Here are a few pictures.

The cute cake the girls brought.

Blowing out my candles.

Notice how I am holding my hair back.

That is because I've experienced lighting my hair on fire due to my hair hovering over a candle.

I will never make that mistake again.

(From left to right).

Nicole Bringhurst, Nicole's sister who was visiting, me, Sarie Hurd, and Kylee Carlson.

My very cute family after enjoying our amazing frozen yogurt.

My family celebrating.

It was hard, but I blew out every single candle in one breath.

I'm so proud of myself but at the same time nervous for next year.

Happy Birthday to me!

I kind of wish my birthday came more than once a year.

I might have to start making everyone celebrate my half birthday!

Company party.

Last weekend we were able to drive up to Fresno to spend the day at a lake for the company party.

We left late Friday night and drove about 2 1/2 hours to Lancaster where we spent the night.

Since we don't have a travel bed for Olivia she got to sleep on a little princess mattress all by herself.

We really struggled getting her to sleep since she wouldn't fall asleep on the mattress by herself and when we put her in our bed she just thought it was time to play.

So it was a long night.

But she did end up falling asleep and looked so cute on her very own mattress.

In the morning we drove another hour to the lake where we spent most of the day.

The company had rented a platoon boat and a bunch of jet skis.

Michael and I were able to go out on the jet skis which was a complete blast.

We also tried to take Olivia but she was not impressed.

There were TONS of food and drinks.

So we pretty much spent the whole day shoving our faces and relaxing on the boat.

Then we drove to a hotel where we ate dinner and they talked to the team for a while and gave out a few gifts.

Both Michael and I got a couple shirts and some Nike basketball shorts which I've seriously worn almost every day since.

Michael also got a really nice Ogio backpack.

Which will be perfect for Law school.

We headed home at around 7:00 pm.

So it was a long drive and another long night.

But a super fun weekend thanks to Spark!

I was so terrible at taking pictures but here are the 3 I did manage to take!