Wedding, amazing. I don't know any other way to describe it. Yes, it was 105 degrees, Yes, we ran out of plates (and the caterer told ME!) and yes not everyone we invited came, but it was one of the greatest experiences of my life and so moving for me to see all the important people from two families come together as one.
Honeymoon, well it started with the geo breaking down.. BUT it was only 8 miles from our hotel, we were on the strip, we walked to the beach, called a tow truck and managed quite nicely on foot the entire weekend.
Then to living with the inlaws for two weeks. (Great way to start out a marriage right?) :) And it was nice. It was CRAZY, at one point there were 40 people in the house (14 of whom were kids and babies) but it was a really great experience getting to better know Mark's side of the family.
Then we drove BACK to KC, rented a truck, packed up all our furniture (once again 103/4 degree heat) and thanks to the help of a couple great friends were even able to fit the too big couch through the too small apartment and safely to our new home. We had our last time of local Kansas City barbeque and we said goodbye to a place that had been home.
It was funny, the last night we stayed in our apartment, Mark and I were lying in bed and we were pretty quiet. All of a sudden Mark realized I was actually crying. In his sweet and sensitive fashion he exclaimed "Are you crying!?!?" I, in fact, was! As much as I hated to admit it Kansas City was a place I had come to call home. I had become an adult there, I had my first real job, I learned what it was like to live in the city, I learned how people who are much less privileged than I myself had been grew up, I met great friends, I cried... a lot, I learned to appreciate places that have mountains and beaches and lakes and most of all I met my husband.
During that night I found it very hard to sleep reliving all my memories of Kansas City, those before in college, before that cheerleading competitively and traveling the country, hiking with my family, playing tag with my brother and dad, playing barbies with my mother, swimming in Miami beaches and swinging on a "mile-high" swing.
I realized that in life change is to be expected. All change is hard, but I realize with it brings new great things and memories. Even though this move to Mn has been hard, I look forward to the adventures it brings for me and my new family, and know that even though it is sad when one thing ends, it just marks the beginning of a new great adventure :)
