Alright, alright. So I have been a major slackalacker as far as the blogging goes. But I’m now back. Yes back with a vengeance! Well sort of, I’m going to be as vengeful as I can. So take note! Oh and… this is going to be quite the blog post so I have to apologize in advance. It’s a long one!
Anyway, so Nikki and I… well… we’re married! I know hard to believe but it’s true! We’re married and couldn’t be happier or more in love. So for those of you that aren’t aware we got engaged on December 18th, 2008 and we were married on May 2nd, 2009. The day was absolutely magical. I really couldn’t have asked for a better, happier, greater day. We woke up around five and got all done up. Headed up to the Salt Lake LDS Temple. The ceremony was incredible. Thanks to my grandfather for marrying us. When it was all done we came outside into a quite literal torrential downpour. It was great. We ran around and snapped some pictures getting absolutely soaked. So that was fun.
After those heartwarming pictures were taken we had a little luncheon at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Luckily it wasn’t too far away. Once we got indoors we took some more pictures and headed to the top floor for the foood. It was delicious. Everyone took turns crying and telling stories about Nikki and I and our most embarrassing moments of all time. It was great. I have to admit though that Nikki got roasted a lot worse than I did. My poor wifey. Oh, and then my brother Matthew and my Aunt Yara sang a beautiful song for Nikki and I, thank you so much to them. I also have to say thank you to my parents especially my Mother for setting up the luncheon and making it such a great time for everyone especially Nikki and I. Anywho, that was the luncheon and here are some more pictures.
After that we drove home and sadly did nothing for a couple hours. We cleaned off Nikki’s soaked, mud covered wedding dress and headed to Sun River Gardens to get everything set up for the reception. We got barely got everything set up in time. We couldn’t have done it without Whitney and Ashton’s help. They pretty much managed all of the food for us. So thanks a million to them. Also I have to say thanks a million to Nikki’s Aunt Linda for all of the beautiful flowers for the entire day. You see, Nikki has always wanted black roses for her wedding and Linda pulled it off beautifully. They all turned out amazazing! So after we stood in line for a year and a half we finally had to take a break and cut the cake, do the dances as well as the bouquet and garter toss. All went well and very smooth. Thank you thank you to everyone that helped us in anyway, especially all of Nikki’s bridesmaids. Thanks a million billion. So after all of the formalities we talked to a few more people and called it a night. We left the reception in a pretty sweet Hummer limo. No I know that a bunch of people out there are saying what? A Hummer? I know, I know. It’s not the most classy ride in the world and I have to admit that I was kind of bummed out when I found out that that was what it was. You see… I special ordered a 2009 Lincoln stretch but for some reason the limousine company thought that I would be impressed with the Hummer and I mean it was nice but I still think the Lincoln would have been nicer. I don’t know why but it seems like every time I order a limo it gets changed at the last minute for something that isn’t as good (my fellow fellas know what I mean). But it’s okay. And that’s enough about the limo. Okay okay, so then Nikki and I left the reception in some major style, psh… and after changing headed up to the Grand America Hotel to spend out first night together… psh again! No details for you other than that it was magically magnificent and amazing. Oh and very romantic. Let’s just say rose petals and chocolates a plenty, who’s-its and what’s-its galore. I love my wife Nikki more than anything. So that pretty much covers the wedding day! Here are some more pictures, this time of the reception. I also have to give a little shout out to Sam and Aubrey at Every Little Moment Photography. Thank you so very much! We love the pictures. Here you go…
Now we’re onto the honeymoon. Now Nikki’s dream honeymoon has always been to go to Cancún, Benito Juárez, Q Roo, Mexico. I know! What a perfect destination! It really was. I love Cancún. It’s always been my favorite tropical destination. I’ve been there a few times but it was a blast and a whole new experience to go with Nikki. We created so many great memories that we talk about everyday. If you want a play-by-play of the honeymoon and everything that we did you can check out Nikki’s blog. She kept track of everything that we did everyday we were there.
Nikki’s Blog
Honeymoon:
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day Six | Day Seven | Day Eight | Day Nine
Thank you wife. I love you. For those of you that have already read Nikki’s posts or if you’re just looking for the quick version here you go…
Day One:
We woke up and ate a delicious breakfast at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. After that we checked out and took Nikki’s first taxi ride to the aeropuerto. We got on the plane and headed directly to Cancún. We landed and everything was so beautiful not to mention so so humid! I love the feeling and it was so great. Mmm… I want to go back. We checked into our hotel the beautiful JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa. It was so gorgeous. We were pretty tired so we just walked around the resort, ordered some room service and went to bed…
Day Two:
We pretty much just kept relaxing at the resort. We liked just taking it easy after the chaos of planning the wedding and finishing finals. So we hung out some more at the hotel. Spent a few hours undoing knots in Nikki’s hair and Went swimming out at the beach. Later that night we went out to a great (super spicy) Thai restaurant called Sasi Thai. We ate outside and watched the sunset. After that we went back to our room and had a great surprise of rose petals everywhere in our room, wink wink. It was quite romantic.
Day Three:
Kept relaxing. Scheduled a trip to a water snorkeling park adventure place called Xel-ha for the next day. Finally got the rest of the knots out of Nikki’s hair. Walked around a bit a got the lay of the land. Went to dinner a little Italian place called La Dulce Vita. Not the same as La Dulce Vita in Provo, Utah but still very good. They even had a pet crocodile or ‘cocodrilo’ that Nikki tried to feed pasta. Don’t worry all you cocodrilo lovers out there, she got yelled at for it.
Day Four:
We woke up pretty early for a change and took a bus to Xel-ha. Nikki learned how to snorkel or ‘esnórquel’. She actually loved it! Here’s a sad story. We had a waterproof camera that we took. We had so many cool pictures of us on it. You all should have seen the ones of Nikki in all of the esnórquel gear. It was hilarious but awesome. And… we lost the camera! I know! How could we! Trust me, we searched and called all of Mexico looking for it but never found it. It was so sad. But then after we got back from Xel-ha (so so burned because we had to use their stupid eco-friendly or ‘ecológica’ sunscreen) we found Lost! Yes that’s right I was able to watch my season finale of Lost right there in Cancún, Benito Juárez, Q Roo, Mexico!
Day Five:
We slept in and ventured even further in the heart of Cancun or ‘Cancún’ to a little breakfast place called Vips. We made friends with the waitresses even though we don’t speak any Spanish or ‘Español’ and figured out the rest of the bus system. We went down to the market or ‘mercado’ and got Nikki bombarded or ‘bombardearon’ by all of the merchants. I told them all that she was the boss and had all the money. Hey! I figured it would be a good learning experience for her! She hated it, doesn’t like having a million hot (in a bad way), sweaty men follow her around. But she did manage to haggle a little and buy a nice hammock for us! Way to go babe! I’m so proud!
Day Six:
Now this was a fun day! We went to Chichen Itza! We took a long bus ride to the ruins and had a great tour guide that taught us a ton! We took a bunch of pictures then went to an authentic lunch that turned out to be really good. After that went to a sink hole where people could go swimming. It was pretty cool to see, I wish that we would have brought our swim suits but we forgot them… sadness was all around us. Oh and it was during the long bus rides that I found out that Mexico is the place to play ‘Slug Bug’ and Nikki is horrible at it when she is tired. Just so you all know.
Day Seven:
We woke up and decided to go do some shopping and see if Nikki’s movie ‘Wolverine’ might be playing. We went over to a nearby mall and walked around for a while. After that we found out that the world was closed because of the Swine Flu (H1N1 for you technicals). So we went to Planet Hollywood. Nikki loved seeing all the movie props and everything. They had some stuff from Empire Records (Nikki’s favorite movie) and she was so excited to see all of that. A couple things that I thought were pretty cool was that they had the Ferrari from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the sunglasses from Blues Brothers.
Day Eight:
Happy Mothers Day! We woke up way to early so that we could go out to the beach and look for shells. Nikki found some really cool ones and they are now proudly displayed in our bathroom. Come over whenever to take a look at the treasures! We called out mothers to wish them a happy day. We also got to talk to my sister Sharolee on her mission in Lithuania! So great to hear from her! Then we ate breakfast again at Vips downtown. I might have taken Nikki on a round about way downtown that would have been a shortcut if it had worked how I had planned it. But no, we got lost and it was all my fault. We were sweating like crazy and so so hot. Nikki was pretty mad at me but then I bought her a flower for Mother’s Day from an old elderly old woman on the street and she started to forgive me. Ha! Yea right! She was so mad for a good hour or two after that.
Day Nine:
We woke up even earlier on this day to go and look for shells. Yep, three in the morning! Nikki is hardcore when it comes to her shell searching. But we found a few more. Then we went back to bed and later on woke up to start packing. We went to Vips one last time and then came back to the resort. Nikki started to feel sick from the Indian food that we ate the night before. Don’t ever eat Mexican Indian food! It’ll getcha! But after that we went back to the airport and headed home!
Overall the wedding and honeymoon was so fantastic! This little (haha, yea right, huge) blog post really doesn’t do it justice. We had so much fun together and we’ll never forget it. We love being married and couldn’t be happier. Thanks again to all of you that celebrated with us and thank you all for your wonderful wedding wishes and gifts. We couldn’t have asked for everything to go better. We love you all. Stay tuned for vicious vengeful or ‘vicioso vengativo’ updates in the future. Thanks for reading if you did!
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