Before the wedding Brooke treated me to a day at the spa!! We went to La Costa Resort & Spa and there totally pampered ourselves. I got a massage, wrap and a boy scrub, it was heavenly!! We relaxed, had lunch, spent time in the pools and saunas and seriously had the best day ever!! Thanks Brooke, you're the best!!
A couple of days before the wedding we as ladies had some grooming rituals to take care of like getting our nails done and practicing our make-up for the big day. I was accomapnied by a few of my bridesmaids (Melody, Brooke and Jen) and my mom even showed up at the salon to chat with us. It was pretty fun getting all dolled up in preparation for the big day. Mel and I spent the rest of the day shopping and doing other fun girl things. I really did have the best bridesmaids! Thanks ladies for making my time so special!!
I have been home sick this week with the cold/flu/whatever it is that has been going around. Ken was sick last week and it seems like it has been circulating around my office. I tried to go back to work today, but only lasted a couple of hours before I was sent home to sleep. I feel pretty horrible, the only good part has been how sweet Ken has been. He came home from work the other day with a bouquet of flowers for me and has been stopping at the store everyday to get what I need and made me yummy dinners! He has been so wonderful, even on the little sleep he is getting due to my coughing and sneezing all night long. I really am lucky to have such a wonderful husband and I love him very much! If this is what marriage is all about I really have been missing out all these years! I love being taken care of!
That's right, NKOTB, The Block or as we die hard fans of twenty years still like to call them...NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK are back and better than ever!!!!!! I know I'm lame but I really have been a fan of this 5 member boy band since I was a kid, in fact my 10 year birthday party was a tribute to them, especially my favorite and love at that time Jordan, his falsetto still makes a girl swoon!! My friend Katie took me to their concert about a week ago, there we met up with our friends Megan and Carrie. All I can say was that it was freakin' AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Those boys (or men now;)) can perform!!!!!!! It was probably the best concert I have ever been to!!!!! I left totally hoarse. We were all standing, singing and dancing throughout the entire concert, I pretty much felt like I had given the concert by the end and was pretty proud of us all for remembering all of the old lyrics. They did an awesome job of switching off between old and new songs and yes girls, they even did their old dance moves (sigh)! It was a pretty much a number one night ending with a wave out back by Jonathan to Katie and I, that's right, we rock! Most of you are probably laughing by now or truly embarrassed to know me, but I don't care, I'm a New Kids fan and I don't care who knows it, hahaha, I even left the concert having bought an old school style t-shirt! Ken's a lucky man to have a wife with such great taste in music, hahaha. Seriously though, the show was so great that even non-fans (if there are any?!) would leave already anticipating the next concert!! Hey boys, you've definitely got the right stuff, keep on hangin' tough!!!
There was a purple wall in Ken's apartment that the previous renter painted and he never bothered to after moving in which was close to two years ago. The whole time we dated this wall drove me crazy! It didn't match anything and I am not a big fan of purple. Needless to say this walls days were numbered since we got married. This past weekend Ken and I spent painting the wall white and rearranging furniture. It is so fun to create a home together and painting the wall was super fun since it was our first big project as a married couple. Note to everyone, it took four coats of white to cover the purple, not fun!!
I know I'm lame and I haven't blogged in forever, but my computer is pretty shotty and will only turn on every now and again. I do have a ton of posts written though, so I decided to put those up and when I have access to a good computer again with the software for my camera I will upload pictures. Sorry about all of the writing for now, but it's better than nothing after 4 months.
When Ryan, Misty, Dylen and Max came down for the wedding we took the kids to the mall to build-a-bear. It was pretty cute to see how excited they got! My favorite part of the evening was watching my dad play with Dylen in Old Navy, they were pretending that the tables were forts. It was pretty cute and funny. I also put in some pictures of Bean's flower girl gifts and Max's ring bearer gifts. It was super fun to have them down here!!
That's right, NKOTB, The Block or as we die hard fans of twenty years still like to call them...NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK are back and better than ever!!!!!! I know I'm lame but I really have been a fan of this 5 member boy band since I was a kid, in fact my 10 year birthday party was a tribute to them, especially my favorite and love at that time Jordan, his falsetto still makes a girl swoon!! My friend Katie took me to their concert about a week ago, there we met up with our friends Megan and Carrie. All I can say was that it was freakin' AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Those boys (or men now;)) can perform!!!!!!! It was probably the best concert I have ever been to!!!!! I left totally hoarse. We were all standing, singing and dancing throughout the entire concert, I pretty much felt like I had given the concert by the end and was pretty proud of us all for remembering all of the old lyrics. They did an awesome job of switching off between old and new songs and yes girls, they even did their old dance moves (sigh)! It was a pretty much a number one night ending with a wave out back by Jonathan to Katie and I, that's right, we rock! Most of you are probably laughing by now or truly embarrassed to know me, but I don't care, I'm a New Kids fan and I don't care who knows it, hahaha, I even left the concert having bought an old school style t-shirt! Ken's a lucky man to have a wife with such great taste in music, hahaha. Seriously though, the show was so great that even non-fans (if there are any?!) would leave already anticipating the next concert!! Hey boys, you've definitely got the right stuff, keep on hangin' tough!!!
We had a second reception on November 1st back in San Diego after the cruise for those that weren't able to sail with us. We had this up at the Carlsbad Seapointe Resort, it was in a gorgeous clubhouse overlooking the ocean. Ken and I were able to stay at the resort on Friday and Saturday night to be able to get ready for the reception. Once again Traci came up to do all of the girls' hair and help us get ready for the night. We took fun pictures down at the beach with the wedding party and had so much fun at the reception, since the wedding was over and we had been vacationing all week, it was just about having fun! The flowers and arrangements were gorgeous as was our wave cake with the surfer cake topper that Ken made. We had so much fun dancing and just being with our friends and family. It has been a crazy 10 days and I am exhausted, but also sad to say goodbye to everyone that came out to share this time with us that we love so much. I can honestly say this was the best, most perfect time of my life and I love being married, it is so much fun!!!!!!! Thank you to everyone that made this so special and memorable, Ken and I wouldn't be the people we are without all of the amazing people in our lives!!!!!! We love you all!!!!!!
On October 26th, the night before the wedding, after the rehearsal fiesta I was accompanied by some of the girls in my wedding for a night at the Embassy Suites. I was super excited because this was the first time that all of the girls were meeting since Megan and Resa live out of state. I was even more excited to have all of my best friends together, what I didn't know is that they had made some pretty fun plans for me that night!!! Melody, Megan, Resa, Brooke and Amber planned an amazing girls night for us that included a not so attractive costume for me, games, movies and tons of laughs!!! We had so much fun that night!!!!! I have never been happier than I was having these girls together and being able to share with all of them why they are all so important to me in my life! We stayed up late giggling and chatting and it was so worth it!! The next morning at 6 am Traci arrived to start doing our hair and getting us ready for the big day! This has already been the best experience of my life!!! Thank you to all of the amazing friends in my life! I love you all more than words can express!!!!!!!
