Wedding number one...

We had an amazing ceremony at the courthouse in Texas. My aunt and cousin came up from Houston to be there...and Peter's grandparents came up from the same area to share the day with us. We got our marriage license during the week and set up an appointment for 3:15pm that Friday with the JP. I didn't anticipate the day being that big of a deal...I mean it's a courthouse wedding. How special can it be to walk in and watch the judge sign our marriage license?? I was wrong. Even though it wasn't what I had hoped it was a wonderful day. I got a new dress to wear (there wasn't time to make alterations to my original  wedding dress). We found out that the judge who was to marry us was a Christian and would only do a Christian ceremony. Even when people would ask, he would not take God out of his ceremony. It was an awesome little surprise. With our family surrounding us and a great adventure ahead of us we made our wedding vows before God and man.

The walk to the courtroom

My beautiful flowers :)

It's official!!

There were a lot of smiles that day

The elevator ride...

Registering our marriage license

We couldn't end the day without taking a self portrait...

Graduation...

The first big event in my life has been graduating from college!! Peter was not able to get away from tech school for my graduation...but his family came up to show their support. It was wonderful having them there and for both of our families to meet. There were so many amazing people there that week and I was overwhelmed by the love shown by them. Lots of awesome people...and cake :) Best week ever:) And did I mention I graduated Cum Laude??

My awesome peeps from artlab ;)

Another awesome artlab peep. Love ya Katie!!

The woman without whom I would have not graduated when I did...

The happy graduate....:D

My other favorite professor :)

My church family :)

My brother...the life of the party

The same time that I graduated from college with my bachelor degree, my brother graduated with is associate degree, and my sister graduated high school. This was a group show of us all in graduation apparel.

Grandma and Walt. Two more reasons why I graduated when I did.

My mom and dad :)

Group shot

My sister...she's pretty too...

My sister and both my brothers

Peter couldn't be there...but he made this for me to wear in place of him....It's beautiful :)