Monday, April 28, 2008

The Honeymoon...Cozumel












After a long day of travel and I mean long... we had to leave for the airport at 2:30 am, we finally made it to Cozumel, Mexico. It was amazing! We walked around the island for a bit and decided we needed a little refresher before the evening so we headed back to the resort for a little nap. Here is the view from our balcony. It was all inclusive with 4 restaurants to choose from, snack shops and drink bars. Larry was loving the bars and tried so many new drinks... I tried but I really just don't like the taste of anything. Our resort had a private beach so went spent some time there before our Lobster dinner cruise. We did some snorkling, the water was beautiful. It was kind of windy so the water was rough, but we still had fun swimming and checking out the colorful fish! Since the water was so rough, we decided to take a submarine 107 feet under and explore that way. We saw some crazy fish some people call them scuba divers. That evening we went on our Lobster dinner cruise, (thank you Dave and Kathi) It was so fun. It was on a pirate ship with real Mexican Pirates... They danced and gave kisses and made us participate in crazy games. It was fun and the food was great!











The next day we headed for an adventure... to the Mayan ruins. After a long ride in a van we finally made it there. It was very interesting, but due to our short stay would have liked to have been on the beach. We also visited a sink hole, which was cool. A big hole in the ground full of water. We played for a bit and then headed back to the van for the drive back. It was a long day, but we enjoyed ourselves and met some interesting people from Canada.















ALl in all we had a great time and wished we had 2 more days to just enjoy each other and the beach. We made a deal we would go back and spent more time! On our last day before our plane took off we did some shopping and roaming around the shops. Next time we will cruise in!

Saturday, April 26, 2008

The Wedding






Well, we did it! It was an amazing day, yet I am glad that it is over! Everything went over without a hitch (or at least to my knowledge)! It was perfect, a little on the hot side, but perfect! I just had to keep moving and my built in air conditioner (swooping of my dress) kept me cool! The ceremony was the funniest I think I have ever heard, which is good, that's how we wanted it! Andy did an awesome job, thank you! My dad and I danced down the aisle and it was fun. We laughed so hard (it kept us from crying). Larry looked great in his tux... who knew he could clean up so nice! After all the laughing during the ceremony, we were announced and husband and wife... what an amazing feeling!















Then on to the Reception...
This is when it got really hot, but people just migrated to the shade and drank lots of water. We danced and said our hellos to people. It's amazing how many people you never get to and wonder, "were they even there?" There is so much going on, you can't possibly see everything. So, sorry to those I never spoke to... I'm glad you were there with us, I hope you enjoyed yourselves! The breeze was just enough to keep things cool and blowing over the centerpieces (which were full of jelly beans, so I'm sure people weren't complaining!) We decided to head out early because it was so hot, but that was OK... we were ready!
We headed back to my Mom's house to change and then through the Chik-fil-a drive thru we went. Meal of champions, that's what I say. We spent the night at the Pointe, Squaw Peak. It was really nice. We sat in the hot tub for a while and then Larry had a midnight craving and had to run to Wendy's. I guess the eventful day brought him hunger pains! :)
The next day, we went back to my Mom's house and opened presents. We were truly blessed in so many ways. Thank you everyone for the many things we received. It was all wonderful. We spent the rest of the day running around saying hi to out of town family and friends. Finally ending the day packing for our Honeymoon to Cozumel!

Sunday, April 6, 2008

The Move

WOW...what an experience this move has been! I don't ever want to move again! OR at least the week before my wedding, and the good thing is I will never have to... I'm never getting married again! I have learned so much about myself in this process of planning a wedding and moving all while having my Fiance' 1200 miles away. I don't handle this much stress very well and I either crawl in a hole or I explode like a firecracker. Neither of them being very good! But it is all calming down now and I'm ready for a new adventure in Oklahoma!

I have been slowly packing my house for weeks and yesterday it came to a head. My wonderful friend, Julie has been a lifesaver through all of this. She met a couple of guys here at my house to start the packing of the POD... OH wait let me back up a little... First we had to unpack the POD! Larry's family packed all of his stuff in the POD and filled is almost half full... with none of the furniture in there yet, we had to take some action. What was going and what was staying? This is where I learned that my soon to be husband keeps everything and I mean everything. So, we hauled everything out of the POD into my backyard and surveyed what was going.

Back to the movers... it's amazing how much stuff they got in that POD! Every piece of furniture that was in my house in now in a 16 foot POD; a pool table, 2 beds, dressers (all 3 of them), a piano, a desk, bookshelves... they stuffed and stacked and got almost everything in there. But there is too much that isn't going to fit. So, I am right now on my floor typing this waiting for the second POD so the rest of it can join us in Oklahoma, including the fish tank!

It's been an experience and I'm glad to be doing this. I can't wait to finally be with Larry in Oklahoma, so we can talk face to face everyday. He can kiss and hug me when these tears of overwhelm take over me! I see a light at the end of this tunnel and I am excited!