Eat, Drink & Be Married for Eternity!

The post you've all have been waiting for. 

I am so sorry everyone that it has taken me all this time to get around to blogging about our big day!!

It FINALLY happened. After a short courtship (9 1/2 weeks) and an engagement that dragged on for MONTHS while waiting for paperwork (18 1/2 weeks) Kevin & I were sealed for Time & ALL Eternity on March 18th 2011 in the Sacramento California Temple. It was incredible. It was perfect to be surrounded by family and close friends as we knelt across the alter and began our lives together! 

It rained that day, of course. It rained when we went to Disneyland for the first time and it rained during our engagement photo shoot also! It makes sense that it would RAIN on the most magical day of our lives! We were both told however that rain means good luck. We are hoping for LOTS of luck with all the rain we've had :)

We arrived in Sacramento on Wednesday afternoon. We went straight to the Social Security office where we applied for our marriage license ($82 dollars later). Thursday Kevin's family arrived from Washington and we had a intimate family dinner at BJ's Brewery in Roseville with Kevin's siblings and parents and my sisters and parents and grandparents. This was the first time our parents had met and everything was lovely!

You'd think the night before the wedding the bride and groom would get to bed early for some needed beauty rest.... Not us :) We had the most amazing people putting together our reception hall and luncheon that we had to stay up until 1 in the morning helping and supporting our incredible friends! We are so blessed to have had so many wonderful people work so hard to make our day perfect. They succeeded!

Friday after the sealing we had a luncheon for all our friends and family who came to the sealing. Great food and some great stories from a few friends and family members!

The reception started around 7 and we were overwhelmed with how many people came. Kevin told me that I am definitely loved by the groups of people who kept showing up! I felt so much love and support for  my new life I was so happy to share that day with everyone who came!

The reception lasted two hours. We had a receiving line, cake, dancing, a special bouquet and garter presentation to my grandparents who have been married 51 years (their wedding anniversary is March 18th also so we honored them instead of a traditional bouquet toss), it was sweet if I may say so myself.

Lots of food and mingling with guests. We had so many compliments on the incredible decoration. I wanted a vintage type theme for the wedding and my mom and the women (and men) who helped make that happen, did an incredible job surpassing my DREAM wedding! 

Kevin & I stayed in Sacramento Friday night at a very romantic bed and breakfast downtown! It was close to the airport which was great because we had a flight to catch the next morning!

 We had a layover in Dallas, TX before we headed to Cabo. Kevin lost his ring on the SECOND night of our marriage!! (Luckily it showed up in his suitcase a week later when we got home and unpacked).

We arrived in Cabo on Sunday to beautiful warm weather and an ocean view! 

5 days in paradise is more what it felt like! Our SUITE was over 1400 sq feet, (not that we used more than the about 10sq feet the majority of the time) but it was so beautiful. We had an incredible view of the ocean and the resort was stunning. Room service for breakfast every morning, pool side by day and fine dinning at night! Such an incredible experience. Only one day of Severe sunburning for me which only meant the next day I had to stay in the "PRINCESS BED" by the pool! I didn't mind at all.

We went into town one day and walked around. I can't tell you how awesome it is to have a husband who speaks Spanish. Definitely helps when trying to get a good deal with all of the little shop owners! 

Funny story. So 24 years ago my parents went to Mexico for their honeymoon. My dad bought a shirt of the street that he thought said COCA COLA.. it wasn't until he wore it around town for a few days and on their way home a couple told them a story about a crazy American guy who was wearing a shirt all week that said: 'come caca' which nicely means, 'eat poop'. Well in honor of my father ......

 Ha. Love my dad!

Yup we found the same shirt! 24 years later! It was a great moment for me to honor my dad and Kevin and I certainly got a good laugh!

Cabo was amazing. I feel so blessed to have an incredible husband who wanted our honeymoon to be incredible! He did such a great job planning and it was an amazing week!

We arrived back to Utah on Friday and headed to spend the weekend in Elk Ridge at Grandma and Grandpa Goold's to attend The Festival of colors on Saturday. It was such a fun experience to be with Aubrey & Daniel and thousands of other crazy Utah people celebrating the Hire Krishna festival! Who ever thought throwing chalk on each other could be so much fun. Oh, it was!

 

On Sunday of the same weekend we had a scary moment when Aubrey called us and said she needed to go to the hospital because she was really sick. Once we got Aubrey to the hospital with Daniel and the grandparents we headed home. On the way home I apparently decided that I didn't feel well either. We went home and after about 2 hours of me lying on the papasan completely miserable I finally started throwing up! Every 30 minutes until about 3am. It was miserable. I cant tell you how blessed I am though for an amazing husband who held my hair back the whole time and cleaned out my barf bowl. Sounds gross I know, but It was a very endearing moment for me! Especially after 9 days of marriage. I stayed sick for a few days and wasn't able to return to work until the following Wednesday.

Before all the sickness happened, Friday, while we were in Elk Ridge we got to open all our presents! We got everything we needed and what we didn't, we got with all the gift cards and cash everyone gave us! On Saturday we took advantage of all the gift cards/cash and got some household things for the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and filled our fridge with lots of food! Our friends and family really spoiled us is all I can say!  Thanks Everyone!

We had so much fun putting together our little home and it turned out great! Our house is coming together so nicely and we have EVERYTHING we need! Its beautiful. 

Well we are now at 22 days of Marriage and things are PERFECT.
I say perfect and I truly mean it.
Neither of us could be happier.
We are both back to work, weekly temple date nights, and not having to say goodbye at the end of the night is the best part!

Again, we are so thankful for everyone who helped make our big day incredible. From the amazing group of people who made the reception site a fairy tale, to the cooks, to our FABULOUS PARENTS and family and to all our amazing friends who came! 

We are very excited for our Open House on the 24th of this month and look forward to seeing all of our Utah family and friends! (Follow link below for details)

Kford.squared Utah Open House

Thanks for being patient everyone until I could finally get around to finishing (yes I actually started last weekend) the blog! 

Hope the weather is nice where you are today! 

The Fords

its a beautiful night, we're looking for something dumb 2 do....

Cookie Art by Rhonda Shields.

Hey baby, I think I wanna MARRY YOU <3

That's right friends and family, Kevin and I are just one week shy of our BIG DAY! We could not be happier as we prepare to start this new chapter of our lives together and are so excited for all of you who have supported us along the way and who will get to share our day with us.

I cannot believe it has almost been a whole month since I have last posted. I guess with the new job and wedding plans things have been a little crazy! 

I figured the best way to catch everyone up on Kevin & Kyla is by photos! 

(Everyone knows how much I love my pictures)

So here it is... The last month according to US in photos.

First of all (No picture included for this one actually)

I started a new Job on February 28th and I am so in love with it. I work for a company called Myler Disability in American Fork. I am a legal assistant for the law firm and get to talk to clients all day! I even have my very own little cubical! The hours and location is PERFECT. Monday thru Friday and right across the street from Kevin's office. I feel so blessed to have found something so perfect! 

Last month we posted a blog saying how excited we were about the couches we found, well it turns out they didn't fit in the living room the way we wanted so we had to actually turn right back around and sell them! At least we made a little profit ;) So for now our living room remains open with just the TV and Popson. Some day we will find just the perfect couch! 

Mr. Ford and I spent a lovely Valentines Day together. We had dinner at Jo's Crab shack (my first time eating crab) and then had a romantic adventure to the Ice Castle's in Midway Utah. Such a fun night. Kevin got me a LITE BRITE. I am so spoiled. Overall it was the best Valentine's Day ever! 

Desserts. Cake by Lora McConell. Cookies by Laura Lockett.

Two very dear friends @ the Sacramento Bridal Shower.

On February 18th I went home to Sacramento for my bridal shower! It was so wonderful to spend the weekend with my family and see all of the lovely ladies who came to my shower! I am so blessed to have so many women in my life who supported me! Thanks to the special ladies who helped put the special  event together! It was a huge success! 

 While in Sacramento I also put together all of our wedding announcements! They turned out perfect! 

My sister Aubrey also hosted a lovely Bridal Shower for me in Utah the following week. It was such a wonderful shower also. It was so great because some of Kevin's family members came that I had never met. The shower was held at our apartment in American Fork and was totally full with all the ladies in folding chairs around my entire living room! I am so greatful to everyone who came to the Utah shower and even to those who had to drive hours to spend the evening with me!! Luckily everyone traveling made it out of town before the snow storm came!! (see picture below!)  

Our Backyard.

We had a big random SNOW STORM one evening here in American Fork and we got a good 5 inches of fresh snow! It was so pretty and only lasted a day (which is my favorite type of snow!)

Beef Tacos

Pesto Chicken Pasta. Recipe by Ashley Nichols

Dutch Babies

Orange Blossom Cake

The last few weeks I have been cooking a lot. I love having my own kitchen and fridge and it is so fun to be able to come home from work and prepare a nice meal for Kevin and I. Kevin had to drive me to work the first two weeks because my car was still in the shop, so I thought I even cooked breakfast a few mornings for him when he got here! I love cooking and look forward to getting new recipes and cooking lots of meals for the two of us.

Check out some of the great dishes I made! 

Jessica & Colin Kilgore. March 5th, 2011

 On March 5th my cousin Jessica Goold was married in the Salt Lake temple. She and her new HUSBAND Colin looked absolutely amazing on their big day and we were so blessed to be able to attend their sealing. Kevin & I are so happy for the two of them and love them so much! They threw a pretty great party in Bountiful that evening to celebrate their new marriage! So fun.

My parents were in town that weekend also for Jessica's wedding and it was so great to see them! 

 FINALLY.... I got GLORIA (my car) back this week! She broke down back in November and has been sitting in the shop for MONTHS. Thank goodness for TAX returns and good mechanics! Gloria passed smog and is running great now and has officially become a Utah Resident. Its so nice to have my car back! One less thing to be worrying about! 

Well I think that just about brings us up to date everyone! I hope you enjoyed the photos! 

We are so anxious for the next seven days and have lots planned between now and next Friday in preparation of our special day! 

I promise to be better at updating the blog :) (well I might slack off for the next week or so.. ya know, wedding.. honeymoon....NEWLYWEDS. ha. I will try to get a post in there somewhere!)

 Thanks for Reading!!