Bridals

So here are a few of my Bridals. They were taken at The Garden Park Ward.

 



So cute story about this pic with this random little girl. So we were taking pictures when this lady comes over and asked if her daughter could take her picture with me. She thought I was Cinderella and wasn't cooperating while they were taking their family pictures because she couldn't stop staring at me. Well I couldn't say no! It was so cute and totally made my day!

 



 

This is my gorgeous bouquet that my grandpa made for me. He ended up doing three different ones between this one, one for the temple, and one for the reception. This one is by far my favorite!

 

 

Here is the whole group he came along. My Lisa, My Mom and My Grandma. So glad they were able to come along.

 

The Story of a Girl and Her Dress

So when it comes to my wedding dress, it's quite a long story. I actually bought my dress 2 almost 3 months before we were officially engaged. Yes I know it sounds a little crazy, and I had a lot of episodes of buyers remorse after but that's not important. I actually didn't plan on buying one that soon. But we were going to be visiting my grandparents in Oregon and there were only two people in the world that I had to have go dress shopping with me and that was my mom and my grandma. Now seeing as I had no idea when Colton was actually going to propose, I didn't know if my grandma would be able to be there to go shopping when he finally did. So I decided that we should go look while we were visiting her.

 

So my mom, grandma and I headed up to Tricities to go to David's Bridal. I had looked on their website and had found a dress that I was convinced was the one. So I grabbed that one and a couple others and headed off to the dressing room. I was so excited and put my favorite on first. I loved it! It was everything I thought I wanted, simple and plain, lots of tulle, and I was sure that I was going home with that one. Boy was I wrong. I put on the second dress, and suddenly realized this was going to be a much harder decision than I thought because I loved it too. It still had tulle, but it was different from the first, and this one had some bling, not a lot, but enough for me to realize that I didn't want something as plain as the first dress. This one was also a winner because it had a corsette back, something I'd always wanted in a wedding dress. It also made me look super skinny, which is also a bonus. My mom and grandma were in love too, but I couldn't make a decision yet because I did still love the first and hadn't even tried the third on yet. When I tried the third one on I was finally able to say that there was definately a dress that wasn't for me. It was pretty, but felt more like a prom dress than a wedding dress. After this I was feeling a little lost. I loved both the first two but I still wanted to try on more. So the consultant who was helping me asked me what I liked and didn't like about all the dresses and then went and pulled another one she thought fit what I wanted. I tried it on and it was pretty, but I didn't love it. By this point I was overwhelmed. I really wanted to try on more but knew that would just confuse me more. So I said no more dresses, and put the second one back on. When I came out the consultant brought some shoes, put a veil on, and asked me how I wanted to feel on my wedding day. I said I just wanted to be able to look at Colton and know he was thinking "that's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen". As I walked around, my grandma and mom were telling me how much they loved the dress I knew it was the one. And yes we all started crying. Didn't think I would, but I did. Here is the dress that I bought...

 

 

Now I know that doesn't look temple modest, and it wasn't. But before I get to that story I have to mention something really funny about my shopping experience. When you go to try on dresses they give you a bra to use, so you don't have straps hanging out and it sucks you all in. Well I gave her my size and when I put the bra on it was huge! I thought maybe I was just smaller than I thought and didn't really think much of it. Well after I picked my dress and they were bagging it all up they asked if I wanted to buy the bra and slip. I said no to the bra but they wanted to write down the size anyway just in case I change my mind. Well when this other worker checked the size she found that the cup size was a D! No wonder it was huge! We got a good laugh out of that one.

 

So onto the altering of my dress. I know this is long, I'm sorry. So we brought the dress back to Utah and took it to the David's Bridal here to get it altered. When they told us how much we about died. Ridiculously expensive. But the lady that did it was super nice and did a lot more than she charged us for so that was nice. The only thing she didn't do was add beading to the sleeves. My mom did that. We didn't want to pay another ridiculous amount of money, so my mom said she would do it. It turned out to be a lot more stress than we thought. Between finding the right beads, putting the right amount on, and satisfying a very picky bride, my mom was stressed. But it turned out amazing! It was perfect and I am so happy that she put up with everything to do it. Here is how it turned out...

 

 

I love my dress! It's not what I thought I wanted, but it's perfect!

A New Look

So if you haven't noticed my blog now looks a little different. I figure that now I'm married I would make this mine and Colton's instead of just mine. Granited I will probably be the only one posting but that's fine. This will be about our adventures as newly weds. I also am going to be playing catch up with weddingness for a while seeing as I haven't put anything about the wedding. So stay tuned.