WEDDING PICTURES!!

Oh my goodness, the mailman made my day yesterday! My wedding photos came in!!! I am so pleased with them! There are like 400 pictures lol and I love looking through all of them to relive that day! It was so perfect! :) Here are a few...

I love all the red and white!

Saying the vows

You may kiss the bride...

Lake Tahoe was our beautiful backdrop

Maid of Honor/Sisterrr

Crazy girls!

So happy!

Wow, sister! Hahaha

Happily ever after...

There are just so many! That was hard to only pick a few! I am so excited because I ordered a wedding album today! I can't wait for it to get here so I can start on putting that together!! Hopefully I'll finish it before my husband gets back so I can surprise him with all these pictures! He hasn't gotten to see them and it's killing him that he has to wait! Lol aww I'm so happy with our pictures!

Fairy Tale Collection

This is so amazing!!! I love every dress! Alfred Angelo has a Disney Fairy Tale Collection!!!

ARIEL

BELLE

JASMINE

CINDERELLA 

RAPUNZEL

TIANA 

SNOW WHITE

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Aren't they all so gorgeous?! I have lots of ideas! We are going to have to do a vow renewal in like five years so I can be a princess (again)! I'm imagining white, royal blue, and periwinkle colors, winter wonderland theme indoors, and me in that Cinderella ball gown! OR, yellow, red and brown colors, and me in the Belle dress! Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie! But I want all these dresses, they're so beautiful AHHH!

Meeka barks!

Meeka learns how to bark! I kept telling her "Noooo" and she barked for the first time! I tried to reenact the situation to get her to bark again to capture it! She doesn't bark often, though. She hasn't quite gotten the hang of it, yet! 

My Sweet Husband

My husband surprised me with beautiful flowers! A dozen red roses! My absolute favorite :) he is away at sea and still managed to send these to me! I love them! And the square vase is so fab! Good job hubby lol with a thoughtful little note... 

And a little fake lady bug... so cute!

Blue Buffalo

If you don't know what that it is, it's dog food. Expensive dog food! And there is a bag of it in our apartment. I took Meeka to the vet yesterday for an exam and asked the vet what brand of food she suggested. She gave me a list but she was talking super fast and all I caught was "Blue Buffalo" at the end. So, I went to Petco and searched for it. I found the section and looked for the "puppy" kind. Found it! I grabbed a small bag and headed for the register; didn't even look at the price. "Your total comes to $29.69" I smiled and swiped my card but in my head I'm thinking, "What?! I wonder how much the big bag costs!" Out of curiosity, I looked it up when I got home. 


6 lbs bag = $19.79
15 lbs bag = $29.69 
30 lbs bag = $52.52

Turns out, I actually got the "medium" bag. Meeka is such a little brat! At least she will be a healthy brat! :) I'll spend the extra money to have a healthy baby girl!  


The vet found a few fleas but she is too young to use any flea medication; she suggested a warm bath and flea comb. Guess who had their first bath last night? 

She did so good! She just stood there and let me shampoo her and rinse her. She did attempt to jump out a couple of times but I was expecting much worse! I thought she was going to cry, struggle, jump, and do anything to get away from me lol she was so happy afterwards! She was running all over the apartment showing off how clean she was! And fell asleep soon after. I miss my husband so much but I am glad to have Meeka because she keeps me super busy! 

Meeka

We finally got a puppy! I have been wanting one since I moved. I love doggies so so so much and it was so hard not having one here. I've grown up having two dogs at a time. (Bunny was supposed to fill that void but sadly, she became suddenly sick and passed about two weeks ago. RIP Bunny). 


We searched and searched all nearby animal shelters for the past two weeks. We weren't looking for a specific breed, just wanted to safe a life. We saw this beautiful Beagle but we weren't sure because she was already six years old. I wanted a younger pup so we kept looking. There was the cutest Corgi puppy that we applied for but we were declined because we don't have "Corgi experience." A few days went by and we decided a Beagle would be a good breed of dog for us. Short hair, small to medium sized, not too big, and of course, super cute dogs! So we went back to the animal shelter looking for the six year old Beagle. 


We couldn't find her and we were told she was in "intensive care" for having a contagious doggie cold and that she also had an adoption pending. We went back home, discouraged. I decided to try some online rescue programs. I applied for this cute one year old Beagle. I was emailed back shortly that my application had been denied because we live in an apartment. SO frustrated! I didn't know trying to save a life was this difficult!? My last hope, I looked in the classifieds for puppies. I figured there wouldn't be any Beagles but maybe there would be some puppies that need a good home. I couldn't believe it! Baby Beagles! The ad was added that day, too! I told my husband and he couldn't believe it.


We went to go look at the puppies after he got off work. They were all so adorable! I wanted to take them all. We picked one out and brought home a baby girl :) We named her Meeka. I fell in love with this girl instantly! 

And she loves mama too! 


I picked out the pup that was the most calm in the litter, so I thought. The next day, she was full of energy and wanted to play and play! I felt bad because I didn't have a toy for her so we were off to Petco (where she got lots and lots of attention) and someone got a bear... 

Isn't she sweet? She also got a pretty pink princess collar and name tag...

She doesn't like it so much lol but she will get used to it. I love those long, floppy ears and droopy, sad eyes! She is too cute and I am so glad to have found her :) 

Our Wedding

My dream wedding became a reality on Friday, August 19, 2011. It was more beautiful than I imagined and it honestly could not have gone any better. The whole wedding weekend was just perfect! Ezekiel and I flew out to Sacramento on Wednesday morning where my sister picked us up to head to Lake Tahoe. We met up with my parents and headed to the cabin we rented out. The cabin had the most amazing views! This is looking out my bedroom window...

Waking up to THAT every morning? I could get used to it! On Wednesday, it was just my parents, sister and husband. We were very tired from our very early flight so we all just hung out in the cabin, went to Tahoe Pizza for dinner and then came back and played some card games. Thursday is when everyone else arrived. We were hanging out at Camp Richardson, laying out on the beach and playing in the water  and then all my bridesmaids arrived! We were all playing in the water but then we had to get back to the cabin because we had to get ready for rehearsal at 6 and for our night out afterwards!

Rehearsal was fun! It was so exciting to see everyone pair up and walk down together. It made me very anxious to see it all come together with the decorations, guests, etc.

 My dad kept doing funny things whenever we rehearsed "giving the bride away." One time, he pretended to be angry and slap Zeke lol and another time he grabbed him and smothered him with kisses! It was hilarious!

 Always making me laugh!

Maid of Honor/Sister!


Then Ezekiel and I said our goodbyes! It was the last time we would see each other until the ceremony and he was off with the guys and I was headed back to the cabin to get ready to go out with my pretty girls!

We went to the neatest restaurant! It was like a buffet. You get your bowl and you go around and choose pasta, vegetables, meat, sauce, etc. whatever you want! Then you go over to this huge circular bar and one of those cooks takes your bowl and puts all of your ingredients on this big grill thing! Lol they put on this whole show while they're sautéing your food. They're tossing and juggling their knives and throwing bowls over to this bin; very entertaining! And then they put your food on a plate, hand it to you and then you go back to your table. It was so much fun! It's called "Fire and Ice" and we kind of just stumbled upon it last minute. I am so glad we did! My friend Chelsea was hilarious, she went back like five times! Took full advantage of that buffet! Haha.

My friend Chelsea and I doing the "pregnant" pose! She wants us to have babies, already!

We all felt so bad for Zeke; the boys hadn't planned anything for him! So... we ended up meeting up with them! So the whole wedding party ended up at the cabin and we were all just hanging out, talking, laughing... until like 1 am! I had to be up early to get ready, it was wedding day! So the boys went to their hotel and I was off to bed to get a few hours of beauty sleep. I couldn't really sleep, though! Too nervous, anxious, excited!


WEDDING DAY! 


I was up bright and early! Got right into the shower and headed to get a spray tan. My second one! I wanted to make sure I was super, duper tan! And then I was off to my hair appointment. She did such a great job! Exactly what I wanted. After hair, it was time for makeup. Kathy did my makeup. I absolutely loved, loved, loved my makeup! So gorgeous!!!! She did such a great job.

It was that time... to put on the dress! 

 Isn't my hair so fab?? Lol

 Tan, tan, tan!

The dress was actually a bit big since my last fitting! Phew! That made me excited haha luckily, my mom is brilliant and such a great seamstress she fixed it real quick!

It was time to head to the venue. That's when my breathing stopped. I got so nervous! Let's get the show on the road!

 Time to take lots and lots of pictures!

 Groomsmen!

 Wedding party. Doesn't the red and white look great! I loved my colors!

Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Rodriguez! Walking into our reception area... time to party!

Beautiful cake.

I got him good!!! Lmbo

Everyone thought he got my garter off waaaay to quickly!

 Ezra caught the garter!

And my sister caught the bouquet! Scratch that, she tackled her way through to catch it! Uh oh! Haha

 Our song.. "Love Never Fails" by Brandon Heath

There wasn't a dry eye during the father daughter dance. We danced to "I Loved Her First" by Heartland.

Mother son dance <3


Then the real dancing begun!!

 I was attacked!

The battle! It got serious... I had to lift my dress up. Notice how filthy my dress is!!! When my parents took it in to be dry cleaned, they said they have never seen a wedding dress that dirty and they have been in business for 30 years! That's what happens when you're having such a good time!!!

My mother in law claimed she didn't know how to dance... pfff she got low!!

 It was very emotional at times.

Happily ever after :)