Robbie + Amy = Married

Although we went to high school together, I officially met Robbie about 2 years ago when I joined his co-ed soccer team. He is such a fun guy to be around. He is so outgoing and friendly and is always making people laugh! When I first met his fiance Amy, I thought she was super shy and quiet. However, after a few meetings together, I quickly learned that I was mistaken! She is a little firecracker! She is the perfect compliment to Robbie.

Their wedding ceremony took place on July 10th at Ocean Hills Church in San Juan Capistrano. Unfortunately, I couldn't watch the ceremony since I had to go set-up the reception. But I got to catch a peak of the bride before she waked down the aisle and she was absolutely GORGEOUS!!Their reception followed at Pacific Hills Banquet & Catering in Laguna Hills. I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into the venue for the first time. The walls were lit up by pink uplights and there was a pretty white swag draping across the ceiling. Glass bowls with rocks and pink votive candles lit up the guests' tables. The dance floor was packed the whole night thanks to DJ Flo Maracine. The photographer was Jeff Wallace, who is also a friend of mine that I play soccer with. He did an amazing job and I can't wait to see the rest of their pictures!

Since Robbie owns his own printing company, he and Amy designed shirts to hand out as favors to their guests. The guests loved them! In fact, so many of them couldn't wait until they got home so they put their shirt on over their suites and dresses. The dance floor became a sea of white t-shirts sporting "Rathburn 09" on the back. It was awesome!

Their wedding was a blast to coordinate! I am so thankful I was able to be a part of their big day. Thank you Robbie and Amy for trusting me to, in your words, "do what I do". You have such amazing families and friends. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Rathburn!

Charlee and her Daddy

So precious!!

Newest Member of the Family

Last night, my husband I got a new puppy - a 4 month old female Boston Terrier we named Charlee. She's the cutest little thing! We brought her home and she had so much fun playing with her new toys and running around the apartment. Jana and Brian came over to play with her and so did my brother and his girlfriend. We gave Charlee her first bath in the tub. She did so good! She tried to drink her bath water...it was so cute!

We expected to be up all night hearing her cry but to our amazement, she slept through the entire night without so much as a peep! She laid on her little brown and pink bed we bought her and slept like a baby! We are lucky we made it through the first night without her crying. We are crossing our fingers that she will repeat her behavior the next few weeks!

Welcome to the family little Charlee! We love you so much already!

Weekend with Nicole

This weekend I got to hang out with one of my closest friends...Nicole (otherwise known as Nic to me). We spent the day Saturday in Balboa. We laid out on the beach, got lunch, did a little window shopping and of course...got frozen bananas. Saturday night, the two of us went Kevin's 40th surprise party at my friend Amber's house. It was a ton of fun! Amber and Claudia did such a great job hosting the party! After the party, Nic and I had a sleepover at her house with the two dogs. It was awesome...four girls in one room!

Sunday, Nicole and I went to breakfast with my family at Coyote Grill in Laguna to celebrate my brother Ryan's 23rd birthday. After breakfast, we went to Ryan's girlfriend's house in Newport and went to the beach. We spent about two hours laying by the bay and it was absolutely beautiful out! We watched all the boats go by while listening to music and flipping through magazines. After the beach, we went to a friend's house for a bbq. Nic and I made the dessert...homemade donuts! They were so yummy!

Thanks for being my date for the weekend Nic...I loved every minute of it!

The Wedding Pics are Here!

We just got our wedding pictures from our photographer and we are so excited! They turned out amazing! I can't wait until she finishes our album. I'm sure it's going to be awesome!

Trista...Thanks for all your hard work and amazing photography skills. You helped us capture the best day of our life, and for that, we will be forever grateful. We love you!

Click on the link below for a slide show of some of Trista's favorite images...

www.tristalerit.com/kymandrewwed

To see the rest of the images, click on the link below:

http://www.tristalerit.com/pickpic/gallery/jump.php

and enter the password: ka060609

Enjoy...

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

Today is my husband's (still not use to that) 26th birthday. It also would have been our 6 year anniversary of dating, but of course, we have a new anniversary to celebrate! Married life has already been fabulous! I love that he's the first thing I see when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I see before going to sleep. (How can you not love that face??!!)

Here is a picture of the gift I gave him. We are getting ready to get a puppy so I put together a basket of puppy stuff. I got a puppy bed, a dog food bowl, lots of toys, a pretty pink collar with rhinestones, a puppy teething ring, and some puppy treats! This puppy is going to be one spoiled rotten princess! I can't wait until we pick out the next member of our little family.

Happy Birthday Baby. I love you times a thousand!

xoxo

Love,

your wifey

Honeymoon in Belize

Andrew and I put a lot of thought as to where we were going to go for our honeymoon. We researched a few different places such as Caymen Islands, Bora Bora, Costa Rica and Tahiti. We decided on Belize as the perfect destination. We left on Monday morning, June 8th around 7:00am. We arrived in Belize around 3:00 pm local time. We took a small prop plane from Belize City to the island of Ambergris Caye where we were staying. We were nervous because their hurricane season is typically June-August so we didn't know what to expect. However, the weather was absolutely amazing...all week! It was about 95 degrees and pretty humid. But there was a constant breeze which helped make it bearable. We were only two of about 15 people at the resort which was awesome! We got to have a lot of time to ourselves at the pool and on the beach. The food there was awesome. The traditional dish there is stewed chicken served with rice and beans. So of course we had our share of that, but we also ate fresh fish and a lot of fresh fruit.

We went snorkeling two different days - one day we just took a kayak out and went on our own. The other time was with a tour and they took us to Hol Chan which is at the Barrier Reef (the second largest in the world). We saw sea turtles, sting rays, tons of fish and one shark. We also went cave tubing one day which was really cool. We went on an innertube through a long, dark cave and we wore little lights on our heads so we could see. It was really neat - although it was a little scary because we could see bats above us. One day we went to the Mayan Ruins and got to hike up to the top where we could see into Guatemala. Another day, we went to a small island called Caye Caulker, an island that we heard about on a travel show. It was a small island that had no paved roads. There was a part of the island where a hurricane had come through and split the island in half. That was where everyone hung out - at the "Split"there was a neat little bar where the food and drinks were super cheap. We hung out there for most of the day and went swimming in the clear blue water. We also ran into a girl that I went to high school with which was totally random! So of course, we had to take a picture together. The nightlife was kind of quiet since it was there slow season. So we spent most of our in town but only until about 10/11:00. We watched both Laker games (of course) and even watched a little soccer - which is really popular in Belize.

We were so bummed when Monday morning came and it was time to leave. It was weird because when we were on our way into town to get on the plane home, it started raining - for the first time since we had got there! We were so lucky to have such great weather. We had such an amazing time on our honeymoon. It was so nice to be able to spend an entire week together without any interruptions. We agreed that we need to take more vacations together just the two of us.

Above are just some of the many pictures we took while we were there. Click on them to see them up close.