The Day I Married My Best Friend

March 7, 2009.... The best day of my life. I was lucky enough on that day to join my best friend in marriage. The day was perfect. No stress, no disasters, just a little wind but that couldn't be enough to ruin my perfect day. The wedding was at 7:00 PM at Green Lawn Church of Christ with the reception right after at the Reese Center. It was so special and contrary to what everyone said, I didn't feel one bit of nervousness. I was excited and eager the whole time. Joseph on the other hand couldn't hide his nerves. On my walk down the isle he faked a yawn to conceal his tears. And yes I did win the bet that he would cry. It was so sweet. Luckily no one saw his yawn but me. Another of my favorite memories was after our kiss, he wiped his lips with his hand, yes in front of the whole audience. Laughter erupted, I was a little embarrased, but no big deal. After we walked out to the hallway after the ceremony, I witnessed a very precious moment. Although he would kill me if he saw this, I have to write it anyway. My dad was crying and it touched my heart. It made me tear up. The whole wedding was a success.

More pictures to come soon, and I will be posting about the reception whenever I get the pictures in!

Rehearsal and Dinner

Our rehearsal dinner began at 6:00 PM on March 6th. We had it at Green Lawn Church, where our wedding was held as well. We had the dinner catered by Orlando's. We had about 35 people including friends and family. We had a lot of family that came in from out of town that I had not seen in a long time. It was so great catching up with everyone. We walked through the ceremony a couple times and got all the kinks worked out, then had a great dinner. It was such a great time.

Wedding Decorations

The colors of our wedding were cream, lime green, and black. Joseph and I worked really hard on all the decorations. The church was decorated with pillars, tulle and lights with a lime green isle runner customized with our initials and wedding date.

We decorated the reception with alternating center pieces. We used cylinder, tall vases filled with limes and a cream candle with decorative paper and ribbon in our colors. The second centerpiece we did was a green and black flower pot and a bare tree branch painted white in it. Each tree branch had a hanging ornament and cream beads on it.

We had a candy bar that had 6 vases filled with all different candies. Everything turned out really great and we had so much fun decorating it all.

Why I Love My Husband

I have been married for almost a month now and life is great. I LOVE my husband so much.

1. He helps me do dished, laundry, and clean the house.

2. He is a great DOG Dad!

3. He let me paint our living room purple and lets me decorate however I want.

4. He even help me paint the purple.

5. Joseph is such a great achiever. He opened his own business at 20 and owned 2 houses by the time he was 21.

6. My hubby always takes care of me.

7. We love all the same shows and he always lets me choose what to watch.

8. Joseph always does things for me, around the house, or out and about.

9. He loves me unconditionally.

10. I love that Joseph always thinks about our future and has HUGE dreams. No goal is ever too far out of reach for him!

I am so lucky to have found my soul mate and to be able to marry my best friend. Thank you so much for what you do for me and for always loving me! I love you Joseph!

Bridal Photo Session

I know these pictures are WAY over due, but life has been crazy busy with the wedding and all. Now that's it over we can resume life as usual and I can catch up on everything. Here are some of my favorite pictures from my bridal session. It was a lot of fun. We started at a place across from the Windmill Museum in a tree filled area, then went to an abandoned drive in burger place. A friend of my mom's brought her beautiful old mustang. I wanted to do a lot of car pictures since that is such a huge part of Joseph's life. We finished at a house on 1585 and Slide Road that has a whole lot of old cars. I absolutly loved the looks of the old car in the front yard. All in all the day was fabulous and the weather was great, even though the start of the week was cold.

My Bachelorette Party!

WOW! What a fun night! It kicked off around 7 PM at my sister's house. There were lots of fun people there. We had lots of good food, a great cake, chocolate fountain, and good drinks. They threw me a lingerie shower and I got so many wonderful things. My hostesses gave me a Tiffany's bracelet with my new "married" initials on it HKH and I absolutly LOVE it! They know me so well and knew I wanted one. I loved all my gifts, I am so lucky to have such great friends and family.

After the gifts were opened, we played some really fun (and funny) games. It was so great. At 10:30 PM a limo arrived to pick us up for a night on the town. We went to Klusoz for about half an hour, then on to my new FAVORITE place... Club Heaven. It is just way to entertaining there. Everyone is so nice and I just love it. Everyone else seemed to enjoy it as well. We all agreed we can't wait to go back. We ended the night at Daquari Lounge and headed back home about 2:30. It was a blast. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with me! Here are some pictures from the night!

Natalie Tagged Me

A chance to see how well you really know your spouse. Cut, paste and fill in the answers, then forward . . . shoot, you know what to do. The real challenge is to send it to your spouse to see how right you really are.

1. Your spouse is sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? Any car show, or The Hills (yes seriously)

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on the salad? French, extra french, or ceaser

3. What's one food your spouse doesn't like? Banannas

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does your spouse order? Bud Light on tap, but always asks if it's ice cold first, and fajitas almost no matter where we are

5. Where did he go to school? Monterey High School

6. What size shoe does he/she wear? 10 shoe or 9 boot

7. If he/she was to collect anything, what would it be? Cars definently, old and new

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? ham and cheese, extra cheese with mustard and mayo

9. What would this person eat every day if he could? cheeseburgers

10. What is his favorite cereal? cocoa pebbles

11. What would he never wear? Nice Sweaters

12. What is his favorite sports team? Texas Tech Football

13. Who is his best friend? Me and his brother, his mom is pretty far up there too!

14. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Always have a project, never sit still

15. What is his heritage? This is the only question I'm not sure of

16. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? Chocolate with chocolate icing

17. Did he play sports in high school? NO

18. What could he spend hours doing? He could spend hours on e-bay, watching a TV car auction, or clothes shopping

19. What is one unique talent he has? He can fix things on a car

20. Does he prefer to drive an automatic or stick shift? Automatic

21. Given a free trip anywhere in the world, where would he choose to go? any beach

22. If you spend a lot of money on a special gift for him, he would like? Really expensive watch or a blinged out mafia style pinky ring, ewww!

23. Is he near-sighted, far-sighted, or neither? not sure, just know he needs glasses for all of it

24. If he had to choose a different occupation, what would it be? Own a bunch of rent houses, he only wants to be his own boss

25. What is most attractive about him to you? He spoils me rotten, and never sees the flaws in me that I see