we are MARRIED!

On May 1, 2010 I officially became Jennica Van Blerkom! CRAZY! im married. and so far. life is fantastic. Brian is absolutely the best husband possible and we are oh so happy. Here are all the little details of our fairytale wedding!

I woke up at about 5:30 that morning after only 2 or 3 hours of sleep. I was so excited how was I supposed to sleep?! After showering I ran over to wake up Brian who was sleeping on the couch cause he gave up his bed. Best boy ever. Aubrey Greenan got there about 6:10 and we headed up to Lisa’s bathroom for her to do my makeup. Aubrey did a flawless job on my makeup and at 7:00 Chayenne, my hair stylist, began my fancy hairdo. Brian of course with having tons to do himself still found time to make me breakfast along with 3 or 4 others who poked their head in asking if they could do anything for me. I felt fairly calm by this point and was just counting down the minutes until 11:00. After a family prayer given by my dad we packed up our bags and headed to the temple.

The temple ceremony was so beautiful and I was grateful we could be married there for eternity. Eternal Marriage is so exciting and everything in the temple is so beautiful and i wouldn't want to me married anywhere else. Then we got to do the grand exit out of the temple. It was pure ecstasy. I can’t believe how happy I felt and I couldn’t stop saying it. Everyone takes pictures and laughing and hugging. It’s the best ever. My family was there and all my friends, and all of Brian’s family and close friends. We posed and showed off our rings and moved to the front steps to take group pictures. The weather was … PERFECT. It was about 24C or 75F since I am practically duel now :D No wind. Completely clear out to the city. It was perfect. Soon everyone left and we walked around the temple taking pictures everywhere. Then we left to Oak Hill Park to take a few more pictures not at the temple. We took some cool ones in a woody area and I was paranoid for ticks. Eww yuck.








When we got back to The Van Blerkom's i was shock how well the decorating turned out. The reception was incredibly beautiful. I was impressed with everything. The tablecloths we picked and the white chairs with our garden floral centerpieces were everything that I wanted. Our cake was massive and delicious and the food looked scrumptious. We decorated the pool with floating lilies and Lisa had planted explosions of flowers everywhere so the backyard was the most ideal wedding setting and gorgeous. I kept thinking... wow we planned this, we put this whole wedding together (of course with loads of help from Dave and Lisa and EVERYONE) It was a very chill atmosphere, which is just what i wanted. Everyone kind of just ate and mingled for the first bit and then the toasts came. My mom, and brian's dad, lisa, and janeen all gave cute toasts that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :D

Brian stood up and of course said everything perfect and made me tingle with happiness. He manages to always say the perfect thing. We continued mingling and did the rest of the events, the slideshow, the first dance (lovely tonight by Joshua Radin), the cake cutting, the bouquet toss, and the garter fling.








To wrap things up, it was just perfect, the ppl, the weather, the marriage, the decorations, the outfits, my dress, brian :D I just couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day. Everything was just so great and happy. I love being married!!!!!! I am so content being Jennica Van Blerkom. I never want to be without Brian and I can’t imagine life without him. I love him so much and I know for sure that we are meant to be together.

Now we are up in Canada for the summer working in beautiful Waterton Lakes National Park. Our Canadian reception was May 22, and again everything went perfect and was so beautiful. Brian's family were all able to make it up as well. It was so fun to show them Canada. I love weddings!