How is Married Life?

As I opened my page to write this very overdue post, I was again reminded about how long it had been since I had done a post.  Yes, I know it was June 29th of 2015. I have been reminded of this fact all too often by my sister (who blogs faithfully), my mother (who keeps up with my life in person mostly), and Scotty (who knows more about what is going on than I do sometimes).  Ha Ha.  This in itself makes me smile.  Knowing that my family loves me and misses reading about my life and all of the things in it that I just feel like ranting about.  I think that means I am loved.  *Now I am blushing - as I smile at my mom sitting across the table from me.  She is so close and knows nothing about what I am thinking, because when she asks "What?" I just nod my head.  It's like a mini little secret.  Anyway, I sigh as I remember how blessed I am.  I am sitting here watching my family watch tv.  I am not a tv person, so I decided to continue writing this post.

Since I have last blogged so many things have happened to me, with me, and around me.  As I think about the year that has happened since you were blessed (ha ha) with my ranting, I can't help but smile.  

The biggest thing that has happened is that I almost became Mrs. Jessica Dianne Davenport.  Even though that is not the biggest part of the story, it is definitely part of the story.  So, Friday, March 25, 2016 Amber and I married.  We were so blessed to have so many friends and family join us (in person and through technology).  We never imagined how blessed we are.  We didn't want to have a big flashy ceremony.  We didn't want our day to be about making a statement other than our love for each other.  And that's exactly what happened.  We got to see our families blend together in a way, we had never imagined.  We were showered with love and blessings all day.  It was amazing.  We really joked about, "what's the big deal, we have been together so long anyway" and "it's not going to feel any different".  I never dreamed the difference I feel.  Getting married did not change my love for Amber, but it did change how I feel.  It is weird to explain, but it was a big deal.  It is different to be someone's wife.  Which brings me to the question that I get asked most often right now, "How is Married Life".  

I have to say, day to day, it is not a lot different than it had been.  But some days there are little differences.  Like a few days ago, w e had to fill out new W4 forms to say we were married.  Another  little difference was when I got a company email and it stated that Amber Stewart is now Amber Dunn.  When Amber went to get some tests done at the hospital, we put me down as her spouse.  That now means that we don't have to worry about having access to each other if there is an emergency.  It means that if Brennen is hurt or in the hospital, Amber has rights to stay with him and go back with him, etc.  These are thing that don't come up everyday, but they are things that have changed since we have been married.

So, I guess all in all married life is the same.  We have been together so long so nothing has really changed on the day to day.  But here are some of our pictures to share with you.

This is a picture of our "Parent's Dinner".  We had it the night before the wedding so that our parents and grandmothers could meet and mingle.  We had a great time getting to see everyone get along.  We were sad that Madear (Amber's grandmother) could not make it.  She wasn't feeling well, but did make it to the wedding.

Here is a picture of our guests just before the ceremony started.  

We wanted to thank Karen, Beth, Pheonna very much for helping us get all of our word decorations on the walls.  They look awesome in some of the pictures.

Here is a picture of our archway.  I was pretty proud of how it came out.  Although it was way taller then I had anticipated

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I love this picture.  It is us with out mothers and grandmothers.

This picture says it all.

Here is a Gladys (Amber's mom) just loving on us.  She was a very large part of our ceremony.  She went early and helped us decorate.  She even helped fix my dress.  She was such a blessing during this process.  

Here is a picture of our cake.  You can't really tell but that is a butterfly on the top of it.  These two animals really represent Amber and I.  She is a cat and I am a butterfly.  The characteristics of each describe us perfectly.  

I love this picture of Amber.  Her cousin took of her looking in the mirror just before the ceremony.

We got to enjoy some of Amber's cousins during the reception.  They are so funny - all of the time!

We were so grateful that Shawn and William entertained our guests while the photographer had us outside taking pictures.  

 Joey, Karen, Kerri, and Brad did awesome at keeping all of the boys entertained, all day long.  They were also a big help when it came to helping clean up and tearing everything down. All of the boys had a great time.  

  Everyone chipped in and it made things happen a lot quicker.  We are so grateful to have such wonderful families.  

So, that is just a few of the pictures we have from the wedding.  We will send out some electronically, so that everyone who wants some can have them.  Please let me know, if you would like some.