8.25.12

i woke up this morning feeling ridiculously nostalgic.
i opened up my silly youtube channel + watched video after video
 of jay + i from dating, to engaged to married, to honeymoon.
i can't get over the fact that tomorrow will be three years.
three wonderful, hard, easy, fulfilling, happy, awesome years.
+ truly, honestly, it gets better + better with everyday.

i don't have a lot of wedding pictures or memories on this blog
(i've started + ended more blogs than i care to admit)
so with tomorrow being such a special day,
i figured i deserved to post about 8.25.12.
right?
right.

jay + i were married in the sacramento LDS temple.
we are lucky enough to be from the same area,
our parents only living about 40 minutes from each other,
so that made the choice of where to get married a no brainer.

a day before jay proposed, he took me to a theatre costume shop in old town auburn.
it was actually a warehouse filled with every costume imaginable
from every time period + outfit you would ever want.
she gave us a tour + at the end, i felt like i should ask her if she had wedding dresses.
she took me to about 20 balls of white, ivory + off-white dresses + i looked through each one.
i kid you not, the last dress was this ball of lace + i decided i want to try it on.
*mind you jay, my BOYFRIEND, is still with me + probably was rethinking the whole propose to this crazy lady idea*
it fit perfectly.
this vintage, all lace dress fit me perfectly.
i asked her to put it on hold + told her i would come back in two days with my mom.
well the next day, jay proposed (super cute story too)
+ thursday we went to see "the dress."
it was long sleeved, turtle necked + had a train the length of a hallway,
but both my mom + i agree,
there was major potential.
so we bought it.
we bought my wedding dress for 80 dollars at a theatre costume shop
+ made it into my dream wedding dress.
how's that doing things on a budget?

our day was perfect.
i don't remember all the details,
thank goodness to our wonderful photographer,
Photography By Bianca
+ my wonderful bridesmaids who filmed my wedding video for me,
but i do remember it being one of the best days of my life.
i remember feeling ridiculously loved + ridiculously happy.
marriage is a lot of things, but marriage has been so good because of my spouse.
i love you jay,
happy three years to us.
i cannot wait to see what year three has in store for us.

8.25.12

the back of your head

i find comfort in the back of your head.

i find comfort in your walk, you determination + your quietness. 

the back of you isn't a bad view either.

thanks for playing hide + go seek in the dark with me + sheila,

thanks for getting over priced ice cream with me waaaaaaay later than we should get ice cream

+ thanks for doing things with me even when it's inconvenient to you 

or something you don't like.

thanks for being my adventurer + my confidant,

my supporter + my encourager.

i like the back of your head.  

the back of your head

14 Day's of Valentine's

on the fifth day of valentine's my true love was given:

you guessed it, swedish fish, 

yum.

jay says to me that morning,

are you trying to get me fat?!

but wouldn't give them to me hahaha

jay really is a great catch + most days i don't give him enough credit for it.

i'm sure glad i've got someone as wonderful as this guy.

on the sixth day of valentine's my true love was given:

am i cheesy or what?!

but we really were "mint" to be together + what better was to tell him that, 

than with some mints!

day 1 + 2

day 3 + 4

day 5 + 6

day 7 + 8

day 9 + 10

day 11 + 12

day 13 + 14

14 Day's of Valentine's

14 Days of Valentine's

on the third day of valentine's my true love was given:

okay so really, if i'm being honest with myself, this "gift" was more for me than for jaybaby, 

BUT it's still something we will both love. 

my dear friend, whitney, offered to take lifestyle pictures of jay + i. 

she is so dang talented i said heck yes!

so this gift will be used shortly, 

but if you didn't want to a photoshoot, 

you could always print off your favorite picture of the two of you 

+ give him a frame + photo.

on the fourth day of valentine's my true love was given:

when i gave jay this gift, wanna know what he said?

why am i just your "soda" favorite, why aren't i your very favorite....

*eye roll*

oh please.

but this is his favorite soda + i know he loved having it at work

today because we never buy soda!

soda hope you like it!

day 1 + 2

day 3 + 4

day 5 + 6

day 7 + 8

day 9 + 10

day 11 + 12

day 13 + 14

14 Days of Valentine's

14 Days of Valentine's

Valentine's Day is 10 days away!

i've always always loved this holiday.

love the meaning, the feelings + it's my second favorite candy holiday.

but, holidays can be tricky at times because of gifts, budgets + time.

SO with valentine's approaching this year,

i thought i would try something new,

14 days of Valentine's!

I pulled all my prints from The Dating Divas,

but their gifts were hourly on the 14th

+ while i love my husband + he loves me,

we both don't love each enough to wake up every hour, all hours,

to open a gift SO i put my own spin on it along with editing a few of their prints to say

what matched my gifts!

i started four days ago + i guess i'll try to catch up so you can either use this now, or for next year.

yowelcome.

on the first day of Valentine's my true love was given:

because what says love better than a mason jar filled with donut holes...

on the second day my of Valentine's my true love was given:

inside that package was some tropical chewy jolly ranchers, which are some of jay's favorite,

but you can easily do gum, chewys, basically anything that you can chew on. that's obvious though ;)

More Days of Love:

Day 1 + 2 

Day 3 + 4

Day 5 + 6

Day 7 + 8

Day 9 + 10

Day 11 + 12

Day 13 + 14

14 Days of Valentine's

something to be said

i've got this thing about taking picture of the back of people's heads,

especially and exclusively of jay.

i even made a hashtag out of it.

here.

+ looking at the beginning picture, i smile thinking about how you clomped through that mandarin orchard throwing peels back at me, laughing my favorite laugh.

a n y w a y s....

you fell asleep a few hours ago.

 6:30 on a thursday to be exact,

which is a bummer because thursdays are basically a friday.

so i watched my netflix,

took silly videos of you sleeping,

used you for your body heat + sneakily tried to prod you awake. 

then i got bored + started editing again

while listening to my special playlist on spotify 

+ norah jones, love me tender came on. 

love me tender, love me sweet,

never let me go.

you have made my life complete + i love you so.

love me tender, love me true,

all my dreams fulfill.

for, my darling, i love you,

+ i always will. 

i looked over at your wide open mouth + quietly laughed.

this is my marriage, this is my complete life

+ may i never forget that i've got a hard-working, loving husband

who works hard labor for us. 

who loves me tender + true

+ fulfills my hopes, dreams + wishes.

it's a wonderful thing to be married to you. 

you are everything i wish to be when it come to work ethic, responsibility + accountability.

you are dedicated, loving + really are the best.

thanks for keeping me sane,

keeping me grounded,

keeping me camilla.

i sure do love you.

something to be said

you

simply, i'll miss this for the next week.

you

happy second celebration

two years. TWO YEARS. wow, has the time really flown that quickly by?!

that's what jay + i kept saying to each other monday. it was like we blinked + the time whooshed right 

over us.

jay sorta tricked me into planning monday, he told me to find a nice restaurant, 

but he knows me too well.

sure, i like fancy, but i like reliving memories better + that's just what he did.

i woke up to the sweetest text (he had early morning work)

telling me that today was remember when day.

so he texted me all these memories he had from when we first met/dating

+ was super vague about what we were to do that night.

so, being the cute wife that i am (psh, who am i kidding, thank you pintrest)

got this ready for him when he got home BUT as you can start to see,

the helium started to go out of the balloons + by the time he showed up,

half of them were at that height of that pathetic one.

he came home from work + said, we leave in 10 mins! Grab your camera + let's go!

he still was being sneaky about the evening, but again, that's just what i like.

sneaky jay took us to B.J.'s for some deep dish pizza + sparking raspberry mojitos 

(i drank about 6 of them...). 

we talked about our predictions for the next year of marriage + ummm i'm pumped.

we have a special spot for BJ's (isn't that the most awful name for when i'm trying to be serious?!)

+ we again, played the game, remember when.

the food was killer + it was fun planning ahead + remembering.

after din din, we jumped in the car + end up at home depot...

oh you better believe i was pumped.

i thought we were there for the plant selection + jay lead me to believe that we were there for just a quick look.

after looking at the flowers + plants, he started leading me through the maze of isles, confusing me as to why we were in the tool section looking at axes, the appliance section looking at fridges + the wood section looking at 2x4, until we walked into the lock + key area.

back in 2012, when we were dating, jay took me to forrest hill bridge on valentines day to recreate paris + italy's lock bridge. it was cute, i totally thought he was going to propose (which he didn't)

 + it was a perfect night.

unfortunately, the bridge recently had construction to it + our lock was removed for new railing. 

so jay decided that we needed to 'relock' our love lock + so we bought everything 

+ headed up to the bridge!

then to fosters for some yummy ice cream that i got ALL OVER my dress. 

+ last but not least, we headed to the movies to finally see guardians of galaxy,

which, btw is the best marvel movie ever. 

i totally get that tonight might not be everyone's ideal 2nd anniversary date, but for our relationship, it was the perfect remembering day for the best two years of our lives.

i love that about our relationship, it's exactly what i need it + want it to be.

sure, we can be fancy, but at the end of the day, we are just a 22 + 24 year old who really like each other + wanted to celebrate August 25th in our special way.

i love you jay baby. thanks for being my best.

ps. jay doesn't get me flowers, he gets me plants, they last longer he says :)

so this year, he let me pick out some plants + we built a terrarium! we LOVE it

pps. enjoy

happy second celebration