Friends and Family at the wedding

There were so many pictures I have to just give you bits and pieces.  Hopefully in the next post I will do just Ryan and I, plus the boys.  If you came to any part of the wedding I am pretty sure there is a picture of you so let me know if you want one!

Some Wedding details

Here are some wedding details to start with.  People pictures are still to come!

Bridal Pictures

Ryan and I have had a rough day or two, mostly because of money, custody stuff, and trying to get projects done.  So I thought posting some pictures would be fun.  I will start with some bridals today and then do some wedding pictures sometime in the next week.  

Then maybe, just maybe some from our honeymoon in Hawaii. Enjoy!

Baptism by...

I know you are all anxious to hear about the wedding (at least the two readers I have), but I am waiting for pictures to come back before I post anything.  I will however tell you that I have been baptized by throw-up as a Mom, 3 times now;D  

First I have to say that I love being married, being a wife, and being a mom.  However I do not like bodily fluids, not that anybody really likes them, but I really have to work hard not to throw up myself when I am around these things.  I love all 5 of my guys so much already, which is the reason I feel like I can deal with puke.  To be honest I can deal with the other bodily fluids a lot better, so luckily Ryan cleaned up one out of 3 times.  The other 2 times were in public places so we didn't have to deal with them.

Last night was epic.  I should have know getting on a spinning ride at a carnival with the boys would equal disaster.  However once the deed was done I felt compassion for the little guy and I felt bad that he was embarrassed (as I am sure we all would be).  I took him home, we got cleaned up and I headed back to the carnival.  

The last ride as a family was on the Ferris wheel.  For some reason this is the ride that gets to me the worst.  The last Ferris wheel I rode was at California Adventure, which spins in two directions.  I hated it.  Luckily I made it though last nights ride with a lesson learned.  Going backwards and upwards made me nauseous, but moving forward and down was great and rather pleasant.  I enjoyed the view from the top, even as our youngest was shaking the chair.  The view made me think that family life is really where it is all at.  I wish everyone got to experience the ups and downs of being married and having a family.  So to my single friends out there...be patient!  You too will be baptized one day and enjoy the ride.  

Like a chicken with its head cut off (get it?)....

Man I have really been bad about posting lately, but with all I have going on I feel excused.  From the moment I got engaged it seems like it has been a constant flow of plans.  We have had family get-together's, birthdays, wedding planning, Conference, and on top of that I have been packing stuff to move.  Ryan and I have been painting in the house this week too.  For the last week the boys, with the exception of Kael, have been with their Mom, so Kael has been here a week and will be here another.  

We are taking him to the aquarium tomorrow.  Then Sunday the parents will finally meet!

I talked about starting a tradition with the boys for their birthday in a previous post.  Drew and Robby both had birthday's this last month (March) so Drew and I saw Mr. Peabody and Sherman and ate at Olive Garden afterwards.  Unfortunately because of family visiting and Spring break I wasn't about to take Robby to a movie, but he chose to eat at Sonic and picked a red box movie.  

They both had several birthday treats/cakes.

I also went to Women's Conference with Janet (Bonus Mom) and Grandma Nielson.  It was awesome!  I was pretty overwhelmed, especially when all the women were singing so I cried.  

Oh ya, at the beginning of March I went down south for a quick weekend trip to visit one of my closest girlfriends, Mikaela.  We went hiking, on a scenic drive, watched a movie, and best of all just had girl talk time.  I sure miss her living down south, but will be excited to see her for the wedding.

Wedding plans tend to make me crazy stressed, so I am glad they are pretty much over besides the cake.  I have mostly enjoyed the decorations part.  We got engagements out of the way this last week and the announcements go out next week.  

I have enjoyed painting with Ryan and also making my own ottoman.  Anything that distracts from Wedding is much appreciated.  Although packing hasn't been fun!  Most of all I love the calming influence of Ryan.  I tend to worry or stress over so much and he helps me "throw it out the window" so to speak.  So lucky to be marrying this guy.  I will miss him as he has to go to Ireland for a few weeks soon for work.

Robby loved decorating these cupcakes with me.

All Drew wanted was a Maple doughnut, so I got him a BIG one.

Indian ruins with Mikaela and Clarissa.

Yes, I know how to use a drill.

One of the pics from our engagement session, not the one we picked though.