The Reception -5/22/2009

Our reception was held the night of our wedding from 7-10 pm at my parents house in Poway, CA. It was so wonderful and so much fun! We had tons of dancing and social chatter and many many friends and family that surrounded us that night. Tons of our friends and family came from all over the country and it was so awesome to see everyone and visit with them. At one point in the night we had aprox. 200 guests show up and joined Joe and I celebrate our night. We had a toast, first dance, father-daughter & Mother- son dance, cake cutting, garter toss and bouquet toss. The night was so much fun and so exciting for Joe and I to see all the people we love and care about in our lives there with us! **My nephew Mathias playing his role as the chip-n-dale of the night after he spilt juice on his white shirt.
** Joe's wonderful amazing Grandmother (Barbra Savage) made our cake for us. She baked and decorated it herself and did such an amazing job! Thank you sooooooo much Grandma Savage!
Each layer was a different flavor- banana , lemon, chocolate, and party cake at the top!

** Reception Decor' before all the people arrived

** Janelle, me and Ashley dancin' it out on the dance floor

** Our first dance- we danced to the song "We are man and wife" By: Michelle Featherstone
**Talking to my cousin Melinda

** Enjoying our guests

** Cake Cutting ;) I smashed it back....Thats right!!! hahah
** Toast to bride and groom

** MR. & MRS. TAYLOR

** LETS PARTY!!!!!!!!!! dancing the night away!!

**Garter Toss ( I could not believe that Joe really took it off with his teeth) :) ya thats right!

** Our wonderful bridesmaids and groomsmen decorated our car so well we could not see when we drove off that night that we had to stop down the streets at a gas station and clean off the windows so we could drive to LA safely!! hahah They did a wonderful job though!

Joe and I thank all of you for your wonderful kind words and gifts that were received for our wedding!! We appriciate all of you that came out for our wedding and reception and want to thank YOU for making that day a day we will treasure forever and never forget!!!!

Our Wedding 5-22-2009

We are finally MARRIED!!!! Joe and I had a beautiful wedding and were so blessed with such a beautiful day on May 22, 2009! We were married in the San Diego temple at 2:00pm in the afternoon ! Our ceiling ceremony was such a wonderful experience and it was such a good feeling to see all our friends and family in the temple surrounding us. I still remember Joe's face when i walked out of the brides room in my wedding dress and how stunned he was with a smile from ear to ear. This is something that Joe and I have been dreaming of for 3 years now, and it is such a great feeling to be finally married for time and all eternity. That day went by so fast and i remember so little that it is amazing to be able to look at the pictures and video that were taken that day and remember how blessed we are to find one another and make a commitment to each other for eternity. The temple is so beautiful and nothing like you have ever seen before. It just amazes me that this little piece of heaven is here for us to enjoy and experience here on earth!
Surprisingly the morning of our wedding I was the calmest person in my family. It just was such a amazing and calming feeling to know that I was going to the temple that day to be married for eternity with the one person I love and want to spend forever with.
As we came out of the temple that day we were walking out the walkway of the temple and just as I told Joe to be careful not to step on my dress because my bussel will brake....he stepped on my dress and my bussle broke hahaha! That was a good first moment of being married but luckily my Grandma Ulla saved the day twice that day and fixed it so i could walk and dance that night!
Our wedding was more then I could ever ask for and i'm so happy now to have such an amazing husband and excited to start our long and wonderful life together! :) **Us coming out of the temple (This is where he broke my bussel ;) )

**The whole family at the temple (Both Sides)
**My (Gardner) Side of the family
**Joe's (Taylor) side of the family
** Joe and I only have one nephew each so these our our nephews (David Larsen & Mathias Gardner)
**Our bridal Party ( from Left: Cody Taylor, David Taylor, Matt Carlson, Thomas Taylor , Jason Gardner, David Larsen , John Sullivan, Joe Taylor, Marissa Taylor, Ashley, Carlson, Shelly Gardner, Cassie Larsen, Janelle, Adams, Aubrey kelley, & Ginger Taylor.)
** YAYYYYYYYY We did it!!!

**The studs of the group
**Look at those beautiful people ^ :)
** Lovely Ladies
** I love you!!! ( And probably the only kiss you will ever see in public ) hahah
**Husband and Wife :)

MR. & MRS. JOSEPH TAYLOR

Groomsman Dinner

Those of you who don't know what a groomsman dinner is, it is a dinner with the 2 families and people involved in the wedding the day before the wedding (kind of like a rehearsal dinner). SO... Joe and I being the laid back people we are decided we were going to have our groomsman dinner be a bon fire catered by Oscar's at La Jolla Shores in California. It was so relaxing and prepared a great atmosphere for all the families to meet and get to know each other a little bit before the wedding! Important information for the families was discussed in a large meeting as well as thank you presents being handed out to all the bridesmaids and groomsmen and itinerary's for the entire wedding party. IT was a great evening all together and so much fun with awesome stories being told by everyone. I am so thankful for all the people who surround me in my life and I am very blessed to have such great friends and family!

*Joe roasting Smore's for dessert
* Here I am leading the meeting and going over the Itinerary and discussing how NO ONE is allowed to call me on the wedding day to ask me where they need to be, because it is written in the itinerary very clearly for each person! haha
* THIS is Janelle's doing!! LOL haha
*Everyone enjoying dinner and such
*Beautiful day and beautiful sunset (Janelle and I)
* Some of my lovely Bridesmaids ( from the left: Aubrey kelley, ME, Janelle Adams, and Cassie Larsen)

Endowment Time

Joe and I a week before our wedding got endowed together and it was such an awesome experience Im so glad we got to experience this wonderful event together and with our parents. I was very nervous on our way there, not really knowing what to expect but the second I walked into the temple I was comforted with the spirit of the lord and knew I would be fine! It was a lot of information and me being the great student I am felt I needed to memorize everything being said (which is not possible) so I walked out with a huge headache but all in all it was a wonderful day! We ate at PFChangs after and we all had such a great time with the two families together!

Congradulations Joe!!

At the beginning of May Joe finally graduated with his Bachelors in Business from the University of Utah!! It was a great but long ceremony but it was so exciting to see him get to graduate with something he has been working towards the last 6 years! Im am so proud of you babe!

Joes parents also came to visit that weekend, for his graduation, mothers day and just to visit most of their children who live in Utah! It was great to have them here and it is amazing the amount of love they have for Joe and his siblings, we love them! :)

Great Job Girls!

Today we had our second competition in Layton, Utah. Our girls did such an AMAZING job! They have been working so hard and been doing so great and really showed that all their hard work paid off today! We walked away with 7 FIRST place dances, 6 SECOND place dances and 1 THIRD place dance. We were awarded the judges choice award for the most entertaining show and the First place sportsmanship award. GREAT JOB GIRLS!!! I love you guys so much and it is such a pleasure to be able to teach all you and watch you grow and become such beautiful dancers! :)

The competition went smoothly on our part even though the air conditioning in the whole gym and dressing rooms was not working, and at the time we felt like we all just might melt into a puddle, and the center bar on the doors to the gym wouldn't come off, so we had to do our show without part of our scenery. Besides those small set backs we still hung in there and did a great job. We had the wonderful privilege to see Gev (from So You Think You Can Dance) and Shorty ( from Beat Freaks on MTVs Americas Best Dance Crew) walking around the competition all day and finally performing at the end of the day. So that was truly a nice treat. It was a very long day (7am-8pm) but all worth it in the end!
*My girls in Salsa just hanging out before they went on!
*Chalee and I just waiting in the practice gym for all our girls to meet!
* Goofing off in our down time
*Gev and Shorty performing
* A successful day...I would say! The girls with their trophies that they rightfully deserved! :)

So much fun!

Awwwwww, I have the most amazing, wonderful, awesome people that surround my life on a day to day basis. Last Friday my good friend at work Jen Hall, thew me a wonderful bridal shower at Bucca de beppo, for my fellow staff members at Montessori Community School. We had so much fun and it was so great to see all the support I have around me. I love them all so much and appreciate their wonderful and generous gifts,hugs, loves, kind words ect... They are truly all an amazing group of friends and I love them so much! Thank you ladies for such a great time at my bridal shower!!

Sorry there is not more photos, my camera died after I took these two but, Joshi at work took plenty that i will soon add on to this post.