:) We kissed A LOT this day lol
Me and Bret at the reflection pool :)
The "First Step" of our married life, yes i really wore flip flops on my wedding day :)
Hehe, we are silly
Me looking to Heaven thanking the Lord for my Husband :)
WE MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's official, I am now a full fledged Woodard and I couldn't be happier!!! Well, if i had my house and my puppy and stopped stalling in the Mini i would be happier... but those are just tiny things... lol
So the wedding was beautiful! The above pictures were taken by Bret and my friend Ashley Brockmen, we love them! the top one is my favorite.. :) I was SO nervous! but once i got in there, dress on, Temple ready, and sitting next to Bret, all fears were washed away! Then we went through the sealing and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!! I didnt cry till mom got up and started crying.. but the room was PACKED!!!! And man was i hot! thank you Scott and Jodi for having water ready for me when we got out! :D
When we left the temple so many pictures!!! Our eyes hurt the rest of the day i swear! But everything was perfect!!!!
The reception was so beautiful! we were kind mad that we had so much delicious food, and couldn't eat any of it! our line was only suppose to be for an hour... it was most of the reception... lol but we danced, and i danced with my dad, and christopher, morgan, jon, hunter, preston, emma, bailey, hayden, lexie, sara for like 2 seconds, it was really fun! then we cut the cake, i told bret to be nice with the dress being so beautiful and all, man was i mean to him though! lol i cleaned him off though :) then it was off to our honeymoon and PHX airport! and We thank Jodi and everyone else who partook in decorating the Mini, which i have yet to wash off by the way lol. When we got there we went through security, and i beeped due to the 50 bobby pins in my hair, so i had to do one of those stupid searches. meh. the plane ride was ok, couldnt really sleep though, only 1st class got pillows, which was dumb!!! then in alanta we switched planes and then off to Orlando Florida! once we landed in Florida we got on a bus to the cruise, and then before we knew it, we were on the cruise ship getting ready to set sail!
once on the cruise, which we couldnt even feel the waves, we went to our first night of dinner, and met our dinner buddies! more pictures will come when i get Brets camera pluggen in.. i forgot it at the apartment lol. But ya, we had lots of fun and they SANG to us!!!!! it was totally cute! then we went back to our room and passed out!!!!! the next morning we docked in Nassau, Bahamas. It was a beautiful day in Nassau, our cab driver was LDS too! It was really cool! :) We went to Atlantis, and man was everything EXPENSIVE!!!! so we didn't really buy much... or have much fun... We did get asked if we wanted to smoke crack by a "law abiding citizen" looking fellow. We gladly declined... lol we did buy me a nice sunday dress that when i put a white shirt under, i look like Bell :) then we came home. Nassau wasn't all that great to be honest.. and the beach kinda.. stunk.. badly.. lol
Then we were off to Castaway Cay, pronounced Castaway Key... why i dont know but it BUGGED ME!!!! but that was the BEST part!!!!! There was an adult only beach, and hammocks and umbrellas everywhere! it was so quiet, and just peaceful... the water was so BLUE! and just looked amazing, and it felt amazing!!! we found a sea urchin, and it liked bret... a lot.... lol then we had a day at sea and we just slept, played for like 10 mins in the adult only pool, slept some more, and then had dinner. lol the next morning we got back into port and off to the airport for our "shuttle" to take us to out hotel.
Our beautiful "shuttle" was really Bret's friend Natalie, and her wonderful Toyota Pre-runner extended cab truck :) when we got to the airport, Natalie was holding a sign with our names, and i was like thats us! she gave me a box that had TONS of white(fake) rose petals in it.. i was curious and opened it, and it was a pink glass slipper with "Bret and Kayla", "09-19-09", and ""To my beloved Kitty" etched onto it. Bret's 1st surprise for me. :) i was so happy!!! Natalie took us to our hotel, we ditched our stuff and then it was off to Disney World!!!!!! YAY!!!
Disney World was so fun!!! I even went WILLINGLY onto Splash Mt... and yes i did freak out when we got to the top... but i survived... We went on the new pirates ride, and guess what... WE DIDNT GET STUCK!!!! MAHAHHAHAHA!!!!! The curse is broken! (at least thus far) we also did the Tiki Room, which was kinda lame.. i'm sorry to those that like it, but no... lol We also went to Epcot center on day 1, and it was so cool! they had 13 "visiting" countries in which you could test food, and we visited Japan for most of the day, and man was Bret happy!!! He could speak freely in japanese and we got to try sushi, which i only had a cali roll and a beef roll, i dont remember the name of it.. but we bought a lot of Yaki Soba, which is basically like ramen noodles, but WAY better!!!! and i bought Bret some things to remind him of Japan and just cute little things for us. We got a japanese shrine to bring happiness and take away contention in our home...
Day 2 at disney world was the mostly shopping, then we went to Animal Kingdom and we rode some fun rides, one ride, the Dinosaur ride, based off the movie Dinosaur, was so fun, we went on that ride like 5-6 times lol we only got stuck twice.. lol then back to disney world for Mickey's not so scary halloween party, which was super fun!!!! the Headless horseman rode through and then there was a parade and one of the lost boys came up to me said congrats, was so sweet, then pulled my hat down and made everyone laugh lol. it was fun though. and we went trick or treating, we were dressed as honeymooners. :) lol perfect right? lol
day 3 was Sea World, which to be honest, wasn't that great.... like at all.. only 3 rides, and one was a water ride, and the other 2 were roller coasters that i refused to go on... so went to olive garden and got foods went back to the hotel and ate then passed out watching Gone in 60 Seconds. a sin, we know... lol
Day 4 was also sunday, so we decided to be like the Lord, we took a day of rest :) we only left to bed to turn the air colder, get drinks, and use the restroom... lol we had a lazy day and it was awesome!!!!
the last day we went to Sea World and had fun. we watched shows, mainly then rushed to the airport to catch our plane. lol
US Airways sucks, you get free drinks, but have to buy a blanket??? makes no sense.. like at all lol. then Aaron and Emma kindly came and picked us up from the airport and brought us home. It was so nice of them! :D
Thank you to everyone who had helping hands in the wedding, reception, and clean up! We really appreciate it!!! So now we are back in reality... sadly...
BUT- tomorrow we are going to the Brad Paisley concert, friday round noon we are leaving to Utah to go to Saturday's conference session, and then coming home sunday, and guess who gets to drive most of the way.. ME!!! im so not excited for that... like at all.. lol anyways, I'm sure this post is already long enough and you all have better things to do, so i will now release you from reading. :)
Until another adventure!
-The Woodards
