Our wedding was at 10 AM of December 19th 2009 at the Snowflake Temple. It was a warm day for December but still very cold. We had a very crowded sealing room with both our families and a couple of friends. Most of my family stayed after for the big family group picture but most of the Boone's had to leave. The 2nd to last picture is just of my family with Joseph and me. They were a great support! After the wedding we exited the temple for pictures & then drove to the wedding luncheon. It was difficult getting the whole dress carefully into the car. The luncheon was at the Pioneer Church & it was a Mexican-style theme with shredded beef/elk tacos. Afterwards Joseph and I headed to my house for a short nap and then went to the reception hall. My wedding colors were Red & Black. It was elegant and turned out very well. The reception hall was beautiful with the chandeliers, beautiful antique furniture, and the elegant Victorian style room. Many of our friends and family came and we were grateful for the support. Joseph and I had discussed serving cake to one another and he had always teased that he would shove it all over my face- but my threatenings and his own kindness I believe were what kept him at bay. He served it nicely like a husband should. We had a slideshow with pictures & music all ready to go but the day before the computer crashed and the whole slideshow was lost. But Mr Gentry, our school choir teacher who is a very talented & well-practiced pianist, agreed to come and play music at our reception. So I think it turned out even better- we had live music!
After the reception we left for Pinetop. My parents rented a time share for us to stay at and it was a very nice place. The next morning we went to church and then began traveling to California. We took turns driving. We stayed at a hotel very close to Disneyland and could even watch the fireworks from our window. The next day we were so excited to go to Knott's Berry Farm Amusement Park that we arrived an hour early. We took pictures around the Christmas tree and found ourselves at the very front of the line. As soon as they opened the gates we were off to the largest ride which we found hadn't opened yet. So we left to find another ride - Bigfoot rapids - and we got wet of course. It was a very fun day and we took time out to eat at their famous restaurant. It was absolutely delicious! It will always be a family favorite.
When we got back to the hotel that day we both had headaches from the jerking of the roller coasters. We ate our leftovers from lunch and tried to watch a movie but we were too tired.
The next day we were set to be at Disneyland. We arrived early but at least not an hour early like the day before. We tried to use RideMax so we could get a lot of rides in without waiting in lines. My family has always used it and it's done very well for us, but on this extremely busy day (one of their busiest- they were sold out) the RideMax wasn't working and when it said 30 min wait it was really more like 2 hrs so we stopped following the RideMax and kind of made it up as we went along. We still fit in most of the rides and enjoyed our time together. We ate lunch at a cute Mexican restaurant that was very quiet for being right in the middle of the park. We had park hoppers so we could also go to California Adventures park. We stayed until almost closing time for the park.
The last day of our honeymoon we went to the temple and then we had to hurry and drive home so we could get ready for Christmas!
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