Wedding and Honeymoon!!!!!!!!!

Arm and I are MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The wedding day was so memorable! My family was so helpful and wonderful! My dad did his part very well and didn't break down until Arm and I went to pay respect to them. Good job dad! My mom was smiling the whole time and did a remarkable job on the cake! Everyone loved it and all the missionaries here enjoyed it for the next week since we had so much leftover cake. My brother said some very touching and helpful words. I'm glad he didn't say too much sentimental things because I was already crying a little from my mom's sweet prayer. My sister-in-law made my neice and nephew look so adorable for the wedding, helped my mom so much with the cake, and made the cross picture for a gift for us that had everyone talking! My niece and nephew did a fantastic job and I only had to chase away people from taking pictures of my nephew once so we could get him to smile. It can be SO overwhelming for them! However, Autumn loved being a princess. She looked adorable and bounced around the whole time.







I had 3 friends from college who came and helped me SO MUCH! Trisha was my maid of honor and she was amazing! She was always by my side or keeping guests out of the sanctuary since we were running late or making sure I had enough water but not too much or rounding up people for pictures. Polly and Lesley were amazing as well. They bought coffee for everyone and did a last minute run back to my apartment. They were also helping me round up people for pictures and making sure my family had everything they needed. They also threw me a bachelorette party and gave some fun and sentimental gifts.

Also, people from our church were AMAZING as well! One woman delegated all the small jobs out to different people in our church and took a HUGE load off of my family and I. I'm sure I would've forgotten something if it wasn't for her. Thanks to all of these people, everything went off without a hitch and it was truly a memorable day!

Our honeymoon was a lot of fun as well. We reserved several 3 day 2 night packages in 3 of the most beautiful places in Thailand, Krabi, Phi Phi Island, and Phuket. All of our tours were booked, all transportation was already arranged, many of our meals were already planned at the restaurant, and the rooms were all decked out for honeymoon! We basically followed our schedule and were able to really relax. All of our hotels were right next to the beach and it was beautiful. Snorkeling on Phi Phi Island was breath taking. The Thai food in Krabi was probably the most delicious I've ever eaten, and the American food in Phuket was wonderful! I ate real sausage for the first time in I don't know how long. All of the islands and all the tours we went on were beautiful and fun. I would love to get on a boat and travel around the world, but I don't think Arm's on board with me. We're already in Thailand, so we could sail around the coast of Asia and see the Phillippeans, India, and everything else as we make our way up to Europe. How cool would that be??? Maybe I'll be able to talk him into it by the time we retire and we can actually go hahaha.

Finally, we want to thank all of you who sent cards and notes and gifts. Even though you couldn't be here for obvious reasons, we felt so much love from our friends and family in the states. I love you so much and we're so thankful for all the notes and prayers that have been given on our behalf. I am truly blessed to be able to call all of you my friends and family.

May God bless you and draw you closer to Himself.