We are Rick, Corene, Athen, Crew & Sutton, we sometimes drink RC Cola (well not Athen, Crew or Sutton). This is a blog about us and the adventures in our lives.
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Our wedding weekend was perfect. Rick and I really wanted it to be a fun weekend for all those coming into town. Usually when you fly into town for someone’s wedding you see them for about 5 minutes at the temple or at the reception and don’t really get to spend any time with them. We really wanted to be able to spend time with our out of town friends and family. This was very important to us.
Our wedding weekend started Wednesday night when we got off work and picked up his parents from the airport. Thursday morning Rick and I ran last minute errands and worked on preparing food for our family dinner. We picked Toni up from the airport. She flew in early to help us with our dinner party and last minute prep. We ran to the grocery store several times that day.
Thursday
Thursday night was the family dinner at our new place. We wanted our family to be able to spend some time getting to know each other and to see our new place. Since Rick and I both like cooking we decided this would be a great opportunity to say Thank You to our families for all the love and support they gave us in our wedding plans.
It took us a while to come up with a menu that we both liked. Rick really wanted to create a new dish that was our very own, but was easy enough to cook for 30 people. This was our menu:
Course 1
Appetizer: Individual Cheese Plates with Camembert, Smoked Gouda and Jarlsberg with slices of fresh apples, dried apricots and cranberries, baguette and water crackers. They were served on little white square plates (they turned out very cute).
Course 2
Salad: Spinach salad with slices of avocado and oranges with Vinaigrette dressing.
Course 3
Palate Cleanser: Raspberry or Lemon Sorbet with mint leaves, served on even smaller white square plates.
Course 4
Main course: Red and White Manicotti (this was our own invention) served with garlic bread. We made a thick and chunky homemade red sauce with sausage, hamburger, and vegetables (zucchini, mushrooms, olives and onions) similar to my homemade lasagna sauce. We then made a ricotta cheese mixture. We then stuffed the manicotti shells with layers of chunky red sauce, ricotta cheese mixture and then chunky red sauce. This way every bite was a little different. One bite you got lasagna and the other you got manicotti. We then topped the manicotti shells with my homemade specialty cream sauce to add the richness to the dish. It was very inventive.
Course 5
Dessert: White cupcakes with Coconut, mint leaves and raspberries.
The tables were set up in a big U shape so everyone could see everyone and have a chance to talk. The napkin rings were little tiny picture frames that I found at Villeroy & Boch. Each seat had a picture of the person that was suppose to sit there. Everyone was suppose to find their seat and get to know the people around them. This would have worked out a little better if everyone was actually there. We had a little trouble getting everyone there. Some were coming from
Friday
Friday morning the girls and I woke up and headed over to the reception hall to set up for the wedding. My family and friends were there as well as the caterer. It went smoothly and quickly with all the help. It turned out beautiful, just the way I had envisioned it.
I figured this would be a perfect opportunity for the Groom to spend some time with his family and friends and more enjoyable than helping set up (basically, I figured my decorating may not be as efficient and effective if he was with me).
Rick, his friends and his family headed down to Santa Cruz to spend some quality time together in the ocean surfing. Everyone was pretty excited about this event including Rick. However, there was a slight problem that cut the trip a little shorter than expected. After everyone rented their boards and wetsuits and actually got into the freezing cold winter ocean water, Rick ran into a little trouble. During a wipe out, his board managed to hit him in the face giving him a big bloody lip. Of course his first thought was; Corene is going to kill me if I have a big swollen bloody lip on our wedding day, so he immediately put some ice on it and rushed to the emergency room for some stitches. The ice seemed to have worked because that night I had no clue it happened.
Friday night we had a roller skating party with friends, family and all the kids. It was great fun. I had my purple leg warmers on and a side pony. Rick had a great polyester outfit as well as a super cool wig on. Some guests dressed up and some did not. Rick and I also performed a “Roller Routine” that we had been practicing. It was great. We even did the peacock move from Blades of Glory.
A few hours into the roller skating party the Bride and her best friends headed home for a Bachelorette Slumber Party. I had been planning my B Slumber Party for the last 10 years, and it turned out just the way I wanted it to be. Toni and my sisters put it together for me and planned it just as I had dreamed. There was tons of great food, lots of good advice and useful gifts, as well as things that might make you blush. The best part was, all my life long friends there together talking and making memories. I think I was the most educated bride by the next morning.
Saturday
Saturday morning – The Wedding Day! We woke up and had some croissants, fresh fruit, breakfast quiche etc for breakfast and then headed over to the Salon for manicures and pedicures. We then came home to get ready for the great day. We all did our hair and make-up together in my mom’s room and bathroom. It was like a beauty salon in there. It was a great morning. We had plenty of time to sleep in and get ready and make it to
We all made it on time to the luncheon at Del Navio. The luncheon was great because we had all our friends and family from close by and far away with us. You can’t get better than that - so many of the people you love, all in one room celebrating with you.
This was our menu:
Course 1 Salad with vinaigrette
Course 2 Chicken breast wrapped in procuitto and cheese with a side of fettuccini alfredo and vegetables, or Shrimp scampi with Spanish rice and a side of vegetables.
Course 3 Crème Brulee
My Groom was on time to the luncheon, thanks to Blake who kept him moving along that morning. We all ate and talked and people shared stories about Ricky and I. Of course it all made me cry. It meant the world to me to have so many people there that I love. While we were eating, Rick whispered in my ear that he had gotten stitches yesterday in
Rick and I left the luncheon a little earlier than our guest since we had to be across the street at the temple before them. I was the only Bride that day getting married which was nice. We had some time together in the temple before we headed into the Sealing Room. Our sealing was great, Jesse, Rick’s sister said our kiss was a little riskae. We enjoyed it.
Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to mention, it was a rainy day. I knew it could be a possibility so I wasn’t going to let it spoil my day. When we all came out of the temple it was pouring down rain. Of course our pictures were scheduled to take place outside in front of the temple. We all grabbed umbrellas from the temple and headed out to the front in the rain. It was pretty funny. For a split second I just laughed and thought this is the greatest moment ever. We are all out in the rain getting drenched together, how much better can this get. Then this moment quickly left and I hurried the photographer along and ended the photo shoot. For this reason our wedding pictures didn’t turn out so good.
The wedding party headed straight down to
It was then time to cut the cake. Rick was so good to me. I was crossing my fingers for a very long time that he would not smash cake in my face. This was something that we had talked about several times while dating for two years. After he proposed to me I said – you have to promise me one thing, that you will not smash cake in my face on our wedding day. He never made that promise, which is why I was crossing my fingers, but the good man that he is, let me enjoy our reception with a clean and happy face (I told him he could smash cake in my face on our one year anniversary all he wanted.)
After the cake we moved on to the bouquet toss. I stood up on the stage and tossed it out. My good friend Alyson Day got it. I hope she is next! It was Rick’s turn to toss the garter. To his surprise my garter was black which matched the sash on my dress. No one was around to catch it so he shot it over to my little brother. I hope he isn’t the next, he is way too young.
We planned our wedding reception to only be 2 hours. We knew after that long weekend, we would be ready to get on with our married life. After the tossing of the garter it was almost time to head out. I went into the back room with my sisters to prep up for our departure. The departure was something I had been planning and waiting for, for a very long time. We rented a 1963 White Silver Cloud Royals Royce to drive us off to our hotel. Our friends and family gathered at the door on both sides with sparklers and as they played the song You Look Like Gold by Ben Harper we walked hand and hand through them, to our car. We paused for a quick second, kissed and stepped into the car and drove away. It was great. The pouring rain was a little bit of a bummer, but still a great memorable moment.
That’s the end. No more details.
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This was the first stop on our two week long honeymoon. We stayed in Negril at the Rockhouse. It was great. We had our own private bungalow on the cliffs over looking the water. Our room came with an outdoor shower, it was pretty fun. In
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We flew to
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1 comment:
Hi Corene-
Fun to find your blog! I was happy to read about YW..I'm in YW in Fremont and we've often talked about going to city beach. Would your owner host another YW group?!
Great to see what you're up to. Our blog is cjgilstrap.blogspot.com
Carrie
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