Letters From Base

Friday, June 11, 2010

Wedding: Mid-day.

when i very first started planning the wedding, i knew that i wanted time in between the ceremony and the reception for just jon and i.

i always hear from people that their wedding day went by so fast.

and to make sure you spend time with each other that day.

so we did just that!!

right when we got out of the temple, it was a windy mess.

my veil blew off, my hair...oh my hair...

it was so cold that we all left pretty quickly.

i think jon and i got to the hotel at about 1pm.

we stayed at The Peery Hotel downtown.

i've always wanted to stay there, and that was one of the first things we decided in the wedding planning. we would spend a night there :)

we walked into the hotel, me in my church clothes, jon in his uniform.

they gave us a free upgrade. i'm not sure if it was the uniform, or the fact that we just got married. either way, it was a beautiful room.

we ordered room service for lunch and just hung out for a few hours.

i highly recommend keeping your wedding day pretty simple.

it was so nice to be able to hang out with my new HUSBAND and not feel rushed or feel like we're needing to be somewhere or in contact with anyone. it was perfect.

Alex Messerly did my hair that day.

she is such a doll and so fun to work with!

she did my hair for my bridals, and she came to my house oh so early the day of the wedding.

she and the photographer came to the hotel room at about 3 to touch up and take photos.

alex re-did my hair and touched up my make up that amanda had done that morning.

i love this picture. look at Jon in his wedding shoes, dress pants, and t shirt just watching tv. so cute.

jon helping me into my dress.

we walked around downtown before we went to the reception to get some photos of the two of us. it was fun and the weather was a lot nicer than it was in draper.

(Kalie DeMann made my bouquet for my bridals, and for the wedding day. both bouquets were BEAUTIFUL)

just a day in the life of the Kennedy's.

this is us leaving the hotel. i wanted the photographer to get pictures of jon opening his wedding present from me. i think the pictures turned out darling.

how handsome is he?

yesss.

reception photos to come.

thank you for your sweet comments on the previous post.

i'm happy.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Wedding: Something.

Old.

[antique locket.]

Something new.

[dress.]

Something borrowed.

[necklace.]

Something blue.

[sewn in slip.]

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Wedding: Temple.

May 11, 2010

Jon getting ready before picking me up for the temple.

driving to the temple together! last time hanging out before we get sealed. nuts.

the beautiful temple.

we got there at about 9:15 am.

they said to be there at 9.

We got there, walked in and met with a man who was going to go over our temple recommends.

Turns out, we need more than a recommend.

Why didn't anyone tell us that?

(...)

So Jon had to call his bishop and eventually they called his stake president.

Jon had an interview over the phone with his stake president 15 minutes before we were supposed to be married (yes, it is now 9:45)

he passed!

Luckily, my bishop was there for the sealing, so they just pulled him aside and talked to him.

After all that, we finally got out of that room at about 10.

We were so nervous.

Jon...

He may not want me sharing this, but it's too cute not to.

The morning of the wedding, he was shaving. He's been shaving of course since jr high and high school, but since he was on a mission for 2 years and now a marine, he's had to shave EVERY. single. day. for the past three years.

while he was shaving the morning of the wedding, he went too high up on his right cheek and nicked his side burn. it's the first thing i noticed when i got in the car with him.

he's soo cute when he's a ball of nerves.

anyway, we eventually got up to the sealing room at about 10:30.

we got married and sealed and it was amazing.

surrounded by most our favorite loved ones.