Best Day Ever!

Matt and I got married on August 7! It was so cool. I loved getting married! It really is the best day.

We got married in the Salt Lake Temple, it was gorgeous! We had our parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and some cousins that were able to come. It’s awesome to see all these people that we love so much surrounding us.

Well, we were scheduled to be married at 10, so Matt and I (and our escorts) had to be there extra early-8:30- to check in and get ready and all that. Well, I got up early which is a feat for me. I was so excited, like Christmas. Jefrilyn did my hair, and we couldn’t quite get it right like before, so it took longer than when we practiced, and what we anticipated. Then I got to talk to JoNeale, so that took up some time. Anyway, we were running a little late, and we drove with my parents. We got to park under the conference center for free! Yah! Except so did the other 175 weddings so there was no where to park. I was so excited, and maybe this is bad, but I didn’t care that we were late. I was on cloud 9. Well we got there at around 9:30ish. We were so late, but they still let us get married! My family told me that it was the longest wedding they’d ever seen. Turns out that the guy that married us is my grandma’s best friend, Betty Blair’s brother. Kind of cool!

Then there was a delicious wedding lunch in Herriman. It was so fun to see all the Barnes’ there and eat the yummy food. Once again Matt and I were way late for it. Most people were almost done eating. Oh well, I loved it!

That night was the reception in my parent’s yard. Everyone pitched in and helped so so so much. It was so cool. A lot of people came to support us and there was a long line before Matt and I got there because, surprisingly, we were late. We had a good excuse though, we were helping get ready. We had yummy food and cake and even though we didn’t get everything ready in time and forgot about a lot of stuff, I thought it was the perfect day!!

(That night we stayed at the Anniversary Inn. David and Erin, and Jefrilyn and Paul paid for us to stay there and got us a fun basket of goods. We stayed in the Phantom of the Opera room. It was awesome!)

My Good Looking Husband…really

I have the best husband! I could be all sappy and list all the wonderful things he does, which I probably will do someday, but I was looking through some pictures and along with all his wonderful qualities, I realized how lucky I am to have such a good looking guy!!

At first I thought it might be cruel to publish all these, but it’s his own fault for not giving me a real smile!

So really, He is the best looking guy I've ever seen, to be nice, here are a few to prove it.

3 Years in a Blur

It’s crazy to me that three years ago I was getting back from Chicago with a crush on a cute boy that I had met out there. Here’s a walk down memory lane, or more like a list of the important things that have happened since, that made it go by so fast.

Matt started school at UVU 3 Augusts ago. He moved into Gomer’s house - my favorite house I’ve ever seen- with Mike. We did the commute thing where he lived in Provo and I lived with my parents in Murray. I transferred my credits to SLCC and graduated with my Associates.

That coming January I took off to Hawaii with JoNeale. I had no idea how hard THAT long distance relationship would be. Loved Hawaii and Laie and the PCC.

I got back on April 26th, I’m horrible with dates, but I remember that because if was Matt’s birthday. I was nervous to see how things would work out. We went to a Bee’s Game with the Barnes family and it felt like I hadn’t even left.

That summer Matt, my brother Daniel, my sister JoNeale and I took a river trip down the Green River. So much fun!!! I loved that! We met Al, a topic of some other blog. Such good memories from that.

That fall I started the Aesthetics program as Matt started his second year at UVU. I was once again in Murray and he in Provo.

In January I moved to Provo to check it out. I rode the bus everyday for over an hour to get back to Salt Lake for school. What was I thinking?

That summer Matt started working for Magleby. There was a summer company party that foretold the outcome of our relationship. I was given a name badge that said, “Kaycie Barnes, wife of Matt Barnes.”

That August I finished school as Matt started his third year at UVU.

In February, as our siblings left, weeks apart, on Missions for our Church-JoNa: Philippines, Daniel: Mexico, Eric: Mexico- I was getting ready to take off to the East coast.

In April I was living in a cute little apartment right off of Broadway in Manhattan. Living my dream. Cute Matt came out for my birthday and we left that second week in May. It was my shortest move, so we’ll see if I can get Matt back out there someday.

That summer we planned our wedding, and in August Matt started his fourth, and hopefully last, year at UVU.

Those three years were fast, but they were my favorite!