October 15th, 2011 was the best day of my life-I married the man of my dreams :)
The day started with our sealing for eternity in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. It was great to have so many people there who are so close to me. We came out the doors to find even more loved ones waiting for us. After many pictures, we headed to our dinner at the Charleston town hall. It was catered by Utah Celebrations. The dinner was delicious and the fudge Grandma Cole made for dessert was divine. After dinner we rushed over to Soldier Hollow to put some final touches on the reception decor until people started to show. Chito and I stood in line greeting all our guests. We had Caleb Blood and his band playing background music. We had a pumpkin curry soup and a potato soup with different breads, cheeses, and apple slices to eat. As well as Lemonade to wash it all down. We also had several different kinds of cakes for dessert made by my Aunt Sonja. There were Chocolate, Carmel Apple, Pumpkin Spice, and Vanilla cakes.
My theme/decor was all about heritage. I wanted to tie pieces of my ancestors into the wedding. I had a wedding dress display which included my mother's dress, both grandmothers' and my great grandmothers. There was a table full of pictures of our ancestors and pieces of antique furniture around the room. My center pieces were tapestry table toppers made by my Grandma Anderson with lanterns on top. I had twinkle lights over the dance floor and large white drapes around the doors. A fire was blazing behind us and more twinkle lights surrounded the building.
During the reception guests signed in on a quilt square which my sister in law, Allie, is making into a quilt. Guests also took pictures in our photo booth built by my father in law. After the line faded, Chito and I cut (smashed in our faces) our cake, had our father/daughter and mother/son dances, as well as our first dance. We then invited everyone to dance with us. I was really happy that everyone got into the dancing-it's always a risky move at receptions, but it turned out really well. We then had the bouquet toss-Alyssa caught it, and the garter toss. More dancing followed until Chito and I were rushed away to our departure surrounded by sparklers.
After Chito and I began to drive away, we pulled to the side to take some of the cans off the back of our car. As Chito was cutting them off, one of the lips on the can actually cut his hand and he began gushing blood-so we made a stop to his mom's house to bandage him up and change clothes before we headed to Park City.
We stayed in Park City for our honeymoon and had a great time there. We ended our honeymoon with my 22nd birthday where Chito took me shopping in Salt Lake. It was a really great week and so nice to spend time together. Sometimes, who am I kidding-all the time- I wish we didn't have school and work and could just play all day.
It was a wonderful reception and everything turned out even better than I imagined. My family and friends put so much effort into helping it all come together and I truly appreciate all they did. I want to thank Colby Su for doing all my invitations, Jill Thomas for doing our groomals, Jami Leavitt for doing our engagements and wedding day pics, Andy Harrington for our videography, Sean Oviatt for the flowers, as well as Laura Hales for flowers, Sonja for the cakes, Karen and Brenn for decor, Ken and cousins for setting up, Grandma Cole for the fudge, Grandma Anderson for the table cloth pieces, Luis for the photo booth, Caleb Blood for music, and so many more family and friends for all their help. I am especially thankful for my family who helped with everything and put up with all of my bridezilla moments. Chito and I truly appreciate everyone's help in creating such a memorable experience. We really couldn't have done it without you all.
Thank you so much!
