Blanchettes in the Making: 06/05/14

Military Service

2 weeks before we got married, Sam joined the U.S. Navy. He was sworn in and left for Boot Camp on April 13th. He spent 2 months at the Great Lakes Base in Chicago, IL, before transferring for 3 months down to the Naval Base in San Antonio, TX. I had the opportunity to fly up to Chicago to see him for a few hours in between Boot Camp and A School. I then made several trips to see him while in TX. It's a 24 hour drive. I listened to several books on tape and was grateful for Sirius XM radio!

We spent the day at Sea World

Feeding the Dolphins

Japanese Garden

Finding things to do on Sunday in San Antonio was difficult because you had to pay for mostly everything, but the Japanese Garden, located right across from the San Antonio Zoo, was open. It was very beautiful and very peaceful.

It was hard each time saying goodbye to Sam, to make the long 2 day trip back to AZ by myself. I was so glad that the last time I made the trip it was to pick him up and bring him home. We were already packed up and we drove to our new home in San Diego.

New Life

We weren't able to take a honeymoon right after our wedding because of work and school, so during Spring Break, we headed over to CA, to spend some time at Disneyland.

We were there for 3 days and went on every single ride that was open. Our favorites were the Indiana Jones ride and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Wedding Day

The night before our wedding, I had a really hard time sleeping. Most people would say that this is completely normal, but the reason I couldn't sleep was because I was sharing a bed with my sister, and my dad was snoring really, really loud. I tried going into the bathroom to sleep, but that didn't work either. Finally about 6 that morning I gave up and got up to get ready. It took forever to do my hair, because I'd decided to do it myself. I'm not a hair expert by any means and I didn't really know what I was doing, but it turned out pretty good. The problem was that it took me so long to get ready, we were a half hour later getting to the temple than what we had planned. We were still on time for everything, but Sam had been their a half hour early, so he had been waiting for me to show up for a good hour.

I am so grateful that I was sealed to my best friend for time and all eternity. This was the best decision that I have ever made in my life. I love him dearly.

We were so happy to have our friends and family together to witness our special day. People traveled from Arizona, California, Montana and all over Washington just to be there. Sam's dad and step-mom were there, as well as Sam's mother, and his best friend. All of my siblings, my parents, and my best friend attended too.

Having DJ and Jennilee as our best man and maid of honor was really special because they both had to travel to come and see us. I was very glad that they were able to share our day with us. It wouldn't have been the same without them. I especially love that Jen came, considering her newborn was only a month old!

My 4 siblings and I rarely are all together in the same place. I was living in AZ, Amber is in CA, Timothy is in WA, and Breck and Brock were going back and forth from ID. I loved having them and their families there.