Wedding!!

On November 20, 2010, Elena and Alex said "I do!" We all had a fabulous time in San Antionio for the wedding- it was truly a group effort to get everything done and finished and we couldn't have done it without Elena and Alex's friends. Because Blogger is a pain to upload pics, I uploaded a few from the weekend to show the high-lights. If you want to see more, go to by facebook page and see the rest.

Wedding weekend in review:

Alex's dad is amazing with Christmas lights- he made this sign that went on the side of the reception building wall. Pretty cool.


Sisters at the rehursal. Notice the lovely rehursal bouquet, complete with Paddy, the Leprechan.


Paige and I blocking out Liz with our preggo bellies (Paige wins the award for being pregnant the longest and for not going into labor during the wedding or reception and making it home to Dallas without delivering Alyssa).


Wedding day!!


Beautiful bride! The dress was absolutley gorgeous on her! She had my grandmother's broach placed on the side with the bow.


Papi and Mom walking Elena down the aisle


House Party with their Alex and Elena buttons


The Serna family (minus a few) outside the church



Mike and I (and Peanut!) at the reception at the Cibolo Nature Center outside of San Antionio

The newly-married Serna-Wallenders!

Another Christmas light masterpiece by Alex's dad- a peacock measuring 4 ft by 5 feet

All 31 pies mom made herself for the reception! Elena and Alex didn't want to have traditional wedding cake, so they asked Mom to make all of their favorite Serna desserts! We had Mystery Pecan Pie, Better-Than-Lemon-Merainge-Pie and Pineapple-Upside-Down Cake.

Sisters!

The reception- really pretty and we had great weather!

After all was said and done, Liz, Mike and I went to go see Harry Potter at 11:00 pm. It was fabulous!

6 years

6 years ago (yesterday), I married my best friend. First off, I can't believe it's been 6 years. Doesn't feel like it and I cannot imagine my life without him.

This has been quite the crazy year for us (I feel like I say that about every year), but really- with both of us changing jobs (me twice!), getting robbed, living and figuring out Mike's crazy travel schedule, remodeling our bathroom, remodeling the pool, adding a nephew, two nieces and a brother-in-law, figuring out community, and, of course, finding out we're pregnant (quite the surprise, and still kind of surreal)- this has truly been a crazy year.

Despite the craziness that has ensued, I am so thankful to walk through life with Mike. He is a constant source of encouragement, he leads us well, always manages to keep a level head (unlike his hormonal wife at times!). I know that he loves me, and he tells me that often. I love how he loves my changing body- this morning he told me that I now have "girth." May sound un-romantic, but it was hilarious at the time. :)

I love how he desires to make our family first- how he is striving to change the amount of work travel, how he asked to read a book about the baby before the baby comes, how he is a forward-thinker and the perspective he has about different things. I have loved doing pre-marrieds tables and 2:2's with him- he's such a great teacher!

I love how his mind works- he is so, so intelligent. He knows how to solve hard problems- he always has a solution. I love how he has been getting up each morning to spend time in the Word. I love how in the evenings he snuggles behind me, and prays for Peanut and for me and our family.

I love him. I have no doubt that he will be an excellent father to our little Peanut. I look forward to what the next year has in store for us.

Oh, and he's really hot. :)

Cancun = Fabulous

Mike and I went to Cancun last week for a much-needed vacation. We did not want to come back (and being searched twice at the Cancun airport made me really not want to go back- I must look very suspicious).

We went to Xcaret, kind of like a cross between an amusement park/lazy river/ beach/ Wet-n-Wild/ aquarium... This is the beach part of Xcaret- beautiful, with clear, blue water. Mike even snorkled a little. I sat under the tiki hut and rested my feet. :) And people-watched.

Me with the Mexican pregnant stone lady

This is the hotel where we stayed. All-inclusive, very nice, just re-done 2 years ago. We loved, loved, loved our time laying by the pool or beach, having unlimited sources of delish food and beverage (too bad I couldn't drink wine) and excellent service.

Mike and me on our way to snorkling! Snorkling is one of our favorite things to do on vacation. Because we went during off-season, we actually got a one-on-one snorkling tour and got a private boat-ride back to the dock. Seeing the coral reefs was pretty amazing, as were the fish- but not the baracudas. That I could have done without.

On our balcony at the hotel with the sunset.

Chilling at the Isle Mujeres at Playa Norte Beach- this is the beach where they filmed the Corona commercials. It was absolutly beautiful. White sand beach, clear, blue water, only about 3-4 feet deep for a long while- it was great.

What we woke up to every morning.

More pics to come of our random photo session at the hotel....