WEDDING BELLS!

The wedding......Holy Cow it was a lot of work. I moved home a couple of weeks before to help get stuff ready. I was busy cleaning Aunt Sue's house and reception hall. I went through her whole warehouse and found everything I wanted to use for our reception. Silk, tool, lights,tents, trees, dance floor, tables, linens, chairs, center pieces, anything you needed to have an amazing reception I needed. It took a lot of work and patience on my family's part but we did it and our reception was amazing.


The Wedding was fast approaching. We were getting married on Friday and we had people flying and driving into Portland on Thursday so Jamie and I pack up the things we would need for the wedding day and we head to Portland. We stayed Wednesday night at my Aunt Elizabeth's. My Grandma Buckmaster flew in the day before so we got to chat with her for a little while. It was Jamie's first time meeting any of the Buckmaster's side. They all took a liking to him and everything was great. We called it a night because the next morning Dayne, Messina, Catye, and Trevor were to arrive.

I get a call about 5 am Thursday morning it was Dayne they were parked outside my aunts house dead tired from their drive though the night. They all crashed in the basement with us for a couple of hours.

We got up showered and dressed cause Thursday was a crazy day. We drove all over Portland picking up people from the airport. Then wasting time until we had to go back to the airport for delayed flights. All in all it was a good night and everyone was happy. Jamie's sister and brother in-law drove in around 7 and we decided to meet up with them and his parents and grandma for dinner. We went to Burgerville. MMMmmm Need I say more? After dinner we called it a night. The Boys headed to their hotel and the girls to ours. Jamie's Parents and Sister went back to theirs as well. When we woke up the next morning we were to be getting married.

The morning of was great. we had a great nights rest and I was totally ready to head to the temple. The sealing was amazing and loved it. Next we were to head outside to take pictures and then head to Newport for the reception.

Megan Captured some pictures of the reception....

Thank you Trevor for making our cake! It looked amazing!

My parents put together all of the food, we asked my cousin Melissa and some good friends of ours to help out with serving.  

Everyone looked like they were having fun singing Karaoke and eating.

Thank you Everyone who helped!

Engagement Pictures!!!

So Funny. We were getting ready to take pictures and Megan tells us to bring as many changes of clothes as we want. Well me being a girl I grab multiple. Jamie's response I look just fine in this one shirt. So instead of fighting him on it I just let him wear that one. But he did look really good in it :) 

As we were taking pictures along this wall Megan had an idea to have Jamie dip me. So Jamie starts to dip me and of course I squirm and he drops me. Did I mention that the snow had just melted and it was really muddy right where he dropped me?? I had mud all down my side. I had to change shirts and then make sure my left side wasn't showing in any of the pictures because there was mud clear down to my feet. 

Thank you Megan for everything you did! We love our pictures! 

The Engagement Part 2. :)

Ok So apparently I suck at this and I added the first posting of the engagement without finishing it and adding photos So here it goes again.

Jamie and I take a trip to Oregon the weekend before Thanksgiving for one of my best friends wedding. I was originally going to go by myself but it just so happened that this would be the perfect time for Jamie to "Meet the Parents" So here goes a 16 hour car ride with Kelsey (my little sister) and Trevor (hometown friend and Jamie's roommate). The whole way over to Newport we were warning Jamie of my dad. How he likes to tease people and just make them squirm. I know how sarcastic Jamie is and I figured he could handle my dad but it was still a good choice to warn him.

We drove through the night and got into Newport about 6 am. Right when mom and dad woke up :) we walk in and Jamie who drove most of the night was tired, hungry, and cranky. Great time to meet the parents for the first time. He did however put on a smile and hugged them. Mom and dad left for work and we all headed to our bedrooms to sleep. Jamie in the guest room and I crawled into bed with Kirsten. Kelsey slept on the couch. We slept a few hours and me who can never sleep very long after a 16 car ride through the night only let Jamie sleep for 2 hours. :) He was not a happy camper. We got up showered and dressed and we headed out on the town....of Newport. Jamie was a little impressed by how big the ocean is. He still will say to me "wow I can't believe the ocean just keeps going. I can't see anything out there."  Yes Jamie, it is the Pacific Ocean and yes it is HUGE.

We went and got some fish and chips at a local fish joint and Jamie who is not the biggest seafood eater actually liked it :) we got a soda for mom and dropped by the middle school to give it to her and show Jamie where I grew up. It is always fun to see old teachers and people you grew up with. This time I got to introduce Jamie to everyone. That night we had dinner with the family and just hung out at home. The next day was Saturday and mom and dad wanted to show Jamie around a little. So we headed up to Depoe Bay and did some site seeing....a little later that day we went off by ourselves to the bay front and got to explore Mariner Square (Ripley's Believe it or not and the wax works).
Dad asked if he could take Jamie and I to dinner with him and mom so he could talk to Jamie and getting married. OOOOooooo It was "The Talk" Only it was my dad's first time and he thinks the whole one on one this is weird and awkward so he just took us out to eat at Mo's MMmmmm. We ordered and as soon as the waitress left out came the question. "So you guys want to get married?" Jamie-"Uh, Yes sir we do." Dad-"and you have prayed about it and you want to get married in the temple?" Jamie-"Yes sir." Dad-"alright you have our blessing." That was it :) Easy Peasy.

Our Trip was a success and we had a great time visiting home and seeing old friends. Sarah's wedding was beautiful and I was ready to start planning mine ;)


A few weeks went by and I started to nag at Jamie...When am I going to get a ring? It was the question of the day everyday. He somehow managed to dodge it pretty good. The Second Thursday in December Jamie planned a trip for all of our friends and us to go to Temple Square and look at the lights. He did a great job planning cause I had NO Idea what was going on. Tasha had her camera and was snapping shots all over the place. Group photos, single photos, girls photos, guys photos. It was a lot of fun and the lights were so pretty. We were on our last little section of temple square and Jamie want's pictures on the little platform just outside the gates. you know the one where all the brides and grooms take pictures. So we did group photos, sister photos, guys photos and girls photos, then Jamie was like I just want a picture with Leah now. So me being the star or every picture climbs up on the platform and start to pose....I look over at Jamie and he has a goofy smile on his face so I Go along with it and do goofy shots. then he says you want a cute picture now....OF COURSE..... Who doesn't want a cute picture in front of the temple with their boyfriend. So we pose only Jamie wasn't posing he was down on one knee. All I could think to say was "Are you being serious right now?" HaHa He was being serious and I did say Yes! He was so cute and did a great job picking a ring. From there it was official. We were heading to Tucson for Christmas to meet his family and after that was the wedding.

The Engagement

Our Engagement I guess some people would say was short and fast. All I have to say is when you know you know...Why Wait?

We knew we wanted to get married and we couldn't see any reason to wait. we made the calls we needed to and got the appointments we needed. Then we started planning.
I got a good friend of mine Megan to take our pictures. She said she would take them for both our engagements and our wedding for a good price. She does great work and we were super excited. Well I was Jamie didn't show much emotion with all the wedding planning :) He thinks if he just nods his head and says yeah it sounds great then he is set. it worked out for me. HaHa!

The Beginning

I am going back 7 months to October. When my good friend Jamie and I started dating. Who knew that after 8 months of hanging out and being "really good friends" we would end up dating. I got a lot of pushing from my friends asking me why I wasn't dating Jamie.

 "He is so good looking" and "You guys are so fun together" was what I was hearing day after day. 

Well finally I gave in and looked at Jamie in a different way than just friends. They were right. He liked me and I realized I liked him back and had for a while I just let the "really good friends" stand in my way. 

Since then it was all down hill.....or should I say up :)